The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-22
POETRY AND POLITICS.

The new Kansas woman was holding
a seance, or something Of that CHAR
acter, at Eureka. yesterday, with Laura
NJ Johns as the chief parrot in this an
nual monkey of time. 1t seems that
Laura is not an equal suffragist for the
fun of the thing, however, nor yet TO
save the country. Her disposal of the
$1,000 received from the National Wo-
mans Suffrage association is to be
inquired into before final adjournment,
when the feathers will fly, and who
win be authorized to do the growing
will transpire further along.-the ban
tams or the Plymouth Rocks Laura
has politics. not bad but in a mild way.
She is a Republican, and her. friends
claim that her enemies are mugwump
cats. These will pompadour their
spines and Laura's contingent will be
adorned with war paint Of a sanguin-
ary hue. and the county-seat Of Green
wood win be in it for day or two.
Women and poetry, love, flowers and
birds go together. but not in an equal
suffra gist convention. They are still
birds and flock well. but poetry, love and
flowers have no place in a discussion
involving the receipt Of $1,000 by
single member of the flock. Speaking
of women and poetry, the most Of the
poetry devoted to woman has been
written by man. Had Eve been
"new woman" there would never have
been any poetry written, certainly not
of the sentimental character. Such as
Scott, Byron. Burns, Haynes, and a
host Of fdealists ascribed would have
failed of blending essence. There
would have been only the elements of
the flint and steel Byron instead of
perpetrating these lovely lines
'She walks s1i beauty Ike the night
Of cloudIess cltmes and starry skies"
would probably have written
''she walks in boomers sorter tight,
Tire cnyosure Of staring eyes
And there is the gentle Whittier and
his Maud Muller. He would after an
evening stroll, perhaps, have penned
MAUD Muller on a summer day
Got out her wheel and sped away.
"Beresfh her plug hat glowed the wealth
of uran-hke beauty and buxom health
Humping. she sped, and frightened she
The mockbirdt from a rear-by tree.
Even woman herself would have felt
the STRINGS of an affiatuS anything but
divine. and Wordsworth in creating an
.,,.o-o aiDh with.
'.She was phantom of delight
Wren first she glssno1 upon my sight;
4 lovely appariefon sent
To be a moments ornament;
would after returning from "conven- !
tion." or from the arduous duty Of
casting his ballot for a road overseer
of bicycle and boomers stripe, have
said:
She wss a phantom that would fright,
When first she came before the sight;
A horrible example Sert
To show US what New Woman meant.
If God had created woman after the /
manner of the prospective and immi- |
nent new wonan-if he had made her
so fearful and wonderful-therew would
not have been any poets and painters,
for beauty and sweetness are their in
spirations: and there would have been
r very slim population on the globe
for she would not have agreed TO be-
come such a slave rs wives and
mothers are There would not have
been many willin' Barkises, anyhow.
We are not sure but resurrection for
her would even he slow business,
believing that Peter weuld
have to command Gabriel more than
once. and perhaps have mandamus
.ssued 10 compel him to toOt his horn
m her behalf.
When the new woman takes the day.
yood-by to the humanities and to poetry
n particular