Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-25
WOMEN ARE NOT ANGELS"
SAID DR. EATON AT THE CHAUTAUQUA
Mans Fault Is EgOtsm, and Vanity Is We mans Weakness-fhe Round Table
 and Other Matters.

 and Miss McCarty Then MT. West made some very acceptable announcements in regard to the remainder of the Chau- tauqua programme and presented pr. Eaton, who lectured upon ''The Women as They Are" Women are not angels. Imagine yourself scolding an angel about burnt beefsteak and missing buttons or hiding behind some miserable subterfuge that an angel would see through in minute It is not complimentary to call her a star. which becomes more beauti- ful as it is farther removed. Rather is she mariners compass. true to its pur- pose in sunshine and storm. This, now ever is not poetcal Still, she IS not goddess, nor a rainbow, when IS put a painted leaf.
 1 am not competent to lecture woman about her mission and sphere. Woman has but one sphere and that is the earth
 Those who are fondest about prating about the duties of housekeepers ought to be abashed by a sermon upon the du- ties of the house proVider.
 The great masculine fault of the age is egotism, and vanity the great femi- nine fault. The surest way for woman to win any mans affection is to make him think you think him paragon of wisdom. This done you have him at It.. weaker vessel" l am one who believes in the plenary inspiration of the Bible and therefore must accept the doctrine of woman's inferiority to man. But wherein lies this inferiority? Many are ready enough to answer in the physical nature. This I deny. The most eminent surgeons concur in the statement that women bear pain infinitely better than nlen Week after week women go quiet V about their duties suffering that which if man had for three days thre'd be no living in the same house with him.
 The average man can WorK only eight hours a day, while the average woman works from fourteen to sixteen out of the twenty-four. The average man can strike a harder blow or lift a heavier weight, but that is not a fair test. The true test is in endurance. Does woman's inferiority lie in mental power? Not a bit of 5t It has been charged that woman's love of knowledge led to her eating the forbidden fruit and that the punishment proving efficacious she has not since cared for knowledge. This is both false and silly. A woman's intel lect is as vigorous as a mans. Women don't do what man can, but what man cannot Still no woman who did not love a man interested in good things has her self accomplished anything. Women are stronger than men in that they never throw themselves away because they
 
 tion is so accurate that "because' for a woman is a good reason. The folly of woman is plea sing. When a man makes a fool of himself we are disgusted, but let woman make a fool of herself and we are pleased.
 Women are weaker than men spirit ually, especially in aggressive Christi anity. There are, however, more good women than good men, and that is the reason there will be no marriage and giving in marriage in Heaven-there will not be enough men to go around, | say that women are better than men in spite of mothers-in-law, stepmothers and single middle-aged women, not widows.
 In the various stages of the world s civilization women have been admired for physical strength, physical beauty and beauty of soul, and correspondingly regarded as slave, plaything and help meet
 Far above physical beauty men admire mental beauty, spiritual beauty I hold the women are what we make them and we ourselves are to blame for their faults.
 If men would only show their faith by their works women, who love to please, would be wiser and better. What do we ask in woman? Intelligent sym pathy in all our interests. Lack of in telligent sympathy has alienated many a man from his home.
 Don't say you haven't time to culti- vate an intelligent sympathy in the inter- ests of your husband and brother We always have time for duty. Intelligent sympathy is the key to the happiness of both sexes and the salvation of the males. Boys would be purer and girls nobler for sharing their interests. Wo- mans chief mission is to make men bet ter, wiser. Eve didn't need Adam. Adam needed Eve.
 Nothing is trivial that serves to shape . e NrI ton does not believe in woman's riding a bicycle. nor in receiving equal pay for equal work. his arguments being those so often used against woman's rights. It is a sign not of progress, but of social decay that women are entering so many avocations.
 It is because so many men are worth less and trifling that women have to go out of the home to work. Say what you please, but the world will never admire a manish woman nor a womaniSh man. The c. l.. s. c. round table was opened this afternoon by band piece by the Lavertys. Then the devotional services were conducted by Rev MT. Meli- champe. Miss Love suggested the ap- propriateness of asking the Mother Chau- | taudua that the next c. l.. S. c. class be named The Maurys," in honor of the great southern scientist, Matthew Fon- taine Maury, whom the SoVereignS of | | medals, but whom his own nation has suffered to remain in comparative ob- scurity, actually refusing to join with | other countries in erecting a light house | in honor of his memory. Prof Andrew | M. Mcconnell, the author of a recently | published volume, "Echoes from the Heart" read his own verses on Ala | bama" together with a sketch of Samuel | Minturn Peck. Mrs. Jarvis made some appreciative remarke about her dear and l gifted friend, Miss Eleanor Churchill | Gibbs, and read a poem on "Alabama written by a northern man, Timothy | Emerson Brooks. MT. Leftwich, whc 1 had been prevailed upon to remain in l Talladega a day longer than he had in
 tended, gave song recital which was | much enjoyed.
 | Accompanied on the piano by Miss | Glenn he sang "Old Black Joe 'Tht
 Heart Bowed Down.. Where Is My | Wandering Boy?" savior, Guide Me, | and Almost Persuaded He has voict of great sweetness and depth, enunciate' almost perfectly, and best of all there l seems a soul behind his words. The even | ing's programme began with bright in l strumental duet by Misses Clardy and | McCarty. There were vocal solos by