Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-10-27

u memoers OF Tue w. ". L. v.
who were present at the meeting last
Thursday were very much interested
in the report from the State Convention,
given by Miss Eugenia Murphy, who
was a delegate to the convention,
which was held in Chattanooga, Octo.
Der 6-S. Miss Eugenia brought q full
report and plenty of enthusiasm, also
a present for the Union in the form of
a beautiful gavel made from the battle
SCARED wood of historic old Lookout
Mountain. where the convention met
on the last afternoon and held a prayer
meeting.
THE WOMAN WHO VOTED.
II have been today writes my
busy and bright little woman friend
from the infant State of Utah, ITO cast
my first vote.
l had quite forgotten that women
might vote for a President in Utah,
though of course l had been informed
at some time that they could, as we'll
as in two other States-vote lust like
men," no difference in the manner
whatever; register, and take oath to
being over age, and all other things
that 20 under the head of the mysteri-
Gus word, Qualifying"
This is what the letter of my far
west friend reminded that some women
may really do. 1t seems just a little
unreal, you know, to the woman who
lives in a State where women enjoy
just as much respect, but are not al
lowed the important privilege of voting
for a man, whose position is more to
be envied than that of a king, az they
are in Utah.
you can not imagine the weight Of
responsibility l felt" continued the
newly nfranchised" voter. "Of
course you know what candidate l
voted for.
II wonder if views abou. politics
can be inherited from ones ancestors,
like the color of ones eyes or the color
Of ones hair"
This is sentiment, you will say, and
you are right, it is. But, do you know,
/ would have felt like l was doing
something wrong if I had not voted
for the party my grandfather and my
father-but here l must stop. do not
know how my mother would have
voted. l really wonder.
But l think know. The gentle
little woman would probably have
said: James, tell me for whom l shall
vote;' and then my father would havt
told her, with considerable dignity
how his party, like the king, could d,
no wrong. But he was an honorable
man, and probably would have con
cluded his little political speech with
My dear, remember that / do NO
want to influence your vote; it will
count as much as mine.'
Then I think the weighty truth @
that last remark would have taken hi
breath quite away. 1t is that sam
thought that made me tremble whe
put on my bonnet-yes, my dear,
wear bonnets now-to 90 10 vote.
81 went early, but so had a numbt
of other people, and stood for an no,
or two in a considerable crowd. 81
l left there with my bonnet set on
primly straight as it was when | fir
donned 1t. There was no bowling me
to disturb my serenity of spirit or m
bonnet. In fact there was nothing vi
pleasant about voting but the owe
whelming thought that my vote 'coun
ed just like a mans
Somebody, to comfort me, has tol
me that | am too conscientious. But
think conscience should be carried
the polls; don t you?-Selected.
A WOMAN OF TWELVE TALENTS.
The appointment by Mayor StronI
of Now York City, of Mrs. Cynthi
Westover Alden to represent Great,
New York at Nashville, Tenn, is a 7
markable one, because, as Mrs. Aide
herself says, she is 1.-The only woma
Of lowly position who has ever been
honored The other fourteen cor
mittee ladies are the wives of millio
aires, but Mrs. Alden went as the re
resentative of Greater New York W
man, selected by Mayor Strong as Il
type of what a woman can do and b
She is a New York day speaker.
Though q young woman, Mrs. Aid,
has developed ten talents, any one
which would make a woman famo,
and she, for having the ten, is know
all over the world. In 1888 she was t
finest concert singer in New York a
filled the Metropolitan Opera house
the doors.
A little later, firing Of singing, G
got Tammany appointment in [
custom house and there acted as 4
eign inspector, speaking Italian, Spi
ish, Chinese, Japanese, French q
German f1uently.
Later she assisted Street Comm
sioner Beattie, Of New York, n
quelled three street riots by reasoni
with the Italiansi in their own languaI
For this she vas called THE Wo
mans Angel"
Turning her attention to scienti
work, she became one of the geologi
of the Metropolitan Museum of
aud classified minerals with u rapid
never before known in that depa
ment.