New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-04
WOMEN DISCUSS MEN.
.p,,ps READ BEFORE THE PROBES
SIGNAL WOMAN'S LEAGUE

nus GARDEN THEATRE FILLED WITH An IN
rrKEsrED AUpIENCE-ONE SPEAKER WAVES
THE BANNER FOR MEN
rso members OF the Professional Woman's League
,,,cb,fillv entertained their friends with literary
80 musical afternoon yesterday al the Garden
Ts[,,ro That the efforts Of the league are always
oreciated was demonstrated by the seating ca
oitv If tire theatre being fully tested.
Thc musical programme excellent. Miss Rus
all .anr two ballads in her most charming man
.or and responded to an enthusiastic recall with a
French song
Tho subject for debate. The Twentieth-Cen
woman" was presented by Miss Bertha Welby.
chairman Of literature The first paper read
-. Miss Maud Banks. This paper had been pre-
,iopsly read by Miss Banks, and its repetition had
been asked for
"Ubea was first asked to present paper" she
d 81 thought Of all the hn-de-s!ecle subjects.
r,c,s fances and fctions. and decided that the
Vet interesting was the condition of my own sex.
The woman of the past is dead. The woman of the
,,,ure is Just beginning to live New wine is not
,, into old bottles and the woman of the TWEEN
10th century will b. a revelation. The superiority
- man is acknowledg ed-fai,ure as he is-for he
has had the sense to overcome the weaknesses and
fvoltes Of his ancestors and has also learned the
c,eat lesson of forgetting. This word is too fun
% all that is grand and noble remember follies
woman broods over her sorrow. and hugs her grief
:, her breast. Man kindly calls this sentiment
NV, away with 1t. Common-sense is better than
sentiment every time. Woman has borne enough
for the world she has paid her life blood for IT, and
che has an equal right with man The completion
Of great cycle in our destiny Will be the outcome
NJ mis- question
o. The he second paper. read by Mrs. Haryot Holt
Cahoon, distinctly in favor of the men. My
have been dipping my pen in the blood of justice
Tor women. and now this afternoon have to wear
he banner for men. and don't intend to do it in IA
taif-hearted manner. Ten days ago ! knew little
about the wrongs Of men, but in the interim have
esnvassci New-York 70 find them out
Mrs CahOon told of the discoveries she had made
and said that. in her opinion. woman had always
had the best Of the bargain. and that her future de-
nsnded entirely upon herself.
gently advised tolerance for both sexes. In speak
Ing OF motherhood she referred to statement made
truth that We have borne the burden of creation
long enough, and yet not long enough: we want TO
bear it until IT has ceased TO be burden. 1t IS only
down in the outskirts OF freedom where We women
are lust beginning TO realize our power. Man is no
more than woman. woman is no less than man.
They are the Alpha and Omega of life"
Mrs Edwin Knowles. in the next paper. argued
that man is merely womans advance agent. and
doubted II all his promises would be realized. She
labor alone. but to assist each other in their mis-
sions Her ideal Of the twentieth century woman
va was &c one ber husband her children ana her home
Miss Mary Shaw spoke briefly. but with much
feeling. and the last paper was read by Mrs Rachel
McAuley who said: Il believe that men always
have been. are. and always will be what women
make them. Men make the laws which govern the
nation but women make the laws which govern
must abide The best interests Of the sexes are
mutual and should be so recognized
A short discussion followed the reading of the
papers The boxes were occupied by Mrs. W. II.
kendall James \. Herne Signor Perug.ni Miss
Russells mother and sister. Mr.. and Mrs. william
Harcourt (Ace Fischer and Miss Lu Blackstone