The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-07
IS WOMAN ONLY AN ANNEX
Mna slRDHER THINKS 20, AVID SEE
WANTS IHIHGs CHlNeEn


she Rather L'hss se-e Fsrte-isr Me..
but Csuis suwgsst Inprevs@s-ts zee
Ms n ere Abstrsst-A Ws-ssfs Ex-
psrfs-e. witA = Esfs Hs---s.ss Ce-ps.y.
helen n Gardner read paper yesterday st
the Holland House on woman - an Annex"
The lecture VS. fer the bsneit Of the woman's
Press Club. which IL trying 10 raise money
with which to secure club house Mrs. Gard
ner has strong eonvictlons on almost every
thing. ana IN regard to The woman question
her opiniens ere Of the kind which stop At
nothing short Of complete conquest She says
that ~ . rule she rather likes men, but she
considers man In the abstract In need oflsrss
alterations.
in point Of fact" she said yesterday. there
II no woman question unless woman IL consid-
cred ss not part Of the human rsee. II abe II .
human being. then when the question OF right
Il once settled for man II II settled for woman
also. Right 10 not masculine only. and JUS
tics knows no sex. Harvard and Yale. not to
mentien Columbia. may continue to put PRO-
teetive tariff on the brains Of young men. but
% long as they must get those brains from the
prescribed sex. Just so long will male brains
remain an infant industry and continue 10
need protection. STUPID mothers never did
and stupid mothers never will furnish this
world with brilliant sons"
n WOuhm IN tne lEoub row WuO hhu DNcu
noddins her head like q Chinese mandarin at
ever sentence was much struck by this SEN
timent and gave several mods in succession
which we're olym plan in their impressiveness.
II vas surprised the other DAY." continued
Mrs Gardner. when q man asked me II
didn't think I was q tri1e hard on men. I
must confess I did not think so, Upon the
contrary. I thought l was quite inclined the
other way. Irsthsr like men,"
-Four men In the audience smiled compla-
Gently at this remark. and the woman in the
front row hid her face behind her fan and re-
signed herself to con vusions OF silent laughter.
sc, Tor ysrietg a. we'll e. for yerseity,s
forth those who hear us or read what we say
on this subject will not think that the women
or LEGAL SdVance en- ~ The race C are msn
hsters; or soouTed. or fIossi, or EN- FILTERED
grows inpatient and snaps out something
In their contests with each other. have even
cans say little 'spiisiul, filings about Is. Sp-
ss@. s only Win q. added s sS"rits shios
goes with the fact that womep are wholly un-
Most men have 90 large . bump Of AFRO.
gan s,nSSs that they never dream Of women when
6ns the sSG p ,slnsi sse S'f Ssa .1s
tSs on 81 Sus IL
:
population they arc '%sds use Of to q swell f
totals, round out numbers. and serve as bal
last; But man is the race; woman Is only an
Mrs. Gardner then amused her audience By
company % hav. her lie insured.ior the bene-
Pss Only 81 p.yns S SG mere sI ssss
her brother paid at the Same age. This, sns
70 ona - men SPs sn s ss
money 10 an annuity; She found she could mot
could. She asked whyf
because" said the agent beniGply. women
Ths woman f told Il him about her sister. and
asked him to explain this Inconsistency. He |
looked over his mortuary tables with pug
That does seem odd" he admitted. But !
she beats the company By dying sooner and ndf Il
she takes An annuity she beats the company |
b Lying Longer , 50 We charge higher rates
That" said Mra Gardner. lis yasorlln"
logic on ism 1 Esry rye, even in death"
srt.r all; She Is Mrs smart. and Col. Smart.
her hu:band. j.. tail and bearded man. was 10
Lucy gtone did. but that Is . mistake. T6s
Smsits mosssr. ana bis VIE took h i as nom SS
de plume Her own maiden name was Chsno-
Col Smart rose and said that he thinks the
hat @Ssn q h. va: :vss The :. S %
ysR e. H.rns sSs 9itST ssId .h.t !. Va:
i. soins = Ssv. her liSsFty and iSss she VIII
N !, Koran; ?, ssiis .ais sSs vented to
iSss sS.s .shs would Ike to annex sonsSodS