The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-08
SPOILED BY WOMEN.
They Have Lost Many Victories By
Curious Vaccinations.
Cincinnati Enquirer.)

Many as the cases are of battles won
through the agency of women Of the
type of Boadicea and Joan of Arc, there
can be no denying the fact that equally
numerous, if not more so, are those Of
the victories spoiled by the fair sex
and the battles lost owing TO feminine
Vaccinations. Peraaps some instances
in point may be of general interest.
There are many who say hat the
failure Of the Jomeson raid at the out
set was brought about by women.
President Kruger is in the habit Of en-
ploying countless detectives, both male
and female. in the Transvaal as well
as abroad. The barmaids Of johannes
burg, for example, are said TO be in the
pay of Dom Paul. These ladies, by
means of their ~propensities for extract
ing condolences, are alleged to have
wrung from some of the raiders, long
before the raid itself vas entered upon,
the fact that il was forthcoming. The
consequence was that when it came
about Cronie was fully prepared.
France can point to a number Of
cases in which victories connected with
the republic have been spoiled by
women. and the whole cours of events
changed in consequence. For example,
the fall of General Boulanger was
brought about by a member Of the fair
sex. But for the Viscountess de Bon
nemain there is the chance n a he
might nave become the ruler of France.
The lady induced him to pay her a
visit on the night of his election as a
member of the chamber Of deputies,
when. had he RETAINED from so doing
and instead marched upon the Elysee,
ais his partisans begged him TO do. the
history of the republic might have been
entirely altered.
Somewhat similar is the oId-world
case of Hannibal, whose wife was the
un%intentional cause of his fall and the
failure of his once successful armies.
The great general wac so foolish as to
marry at a time when he should have
been devoting all his time to the con-
duct Of military affairs. His troops be-
came demoralizeG during the period Of
his honeymoon" with the result that
they were rendered quite unfit for ardu-
Gus service, and never regained their
former standard of discipline.
Again, in his connection there is the
case of James " Of Scotland. who is
said to nave lost h famous battle of
Flodden Field through a woman. It is
argued that if the king a seized the
opportunity given him to meet the Eng
~ ~ OCGLA& kAoL GllGAC
have had a very different ending from
what it did. But James lir gered at the
castle of a titled lady Naose charms
had captivated him, and so it was that
the southern troops were allowed an
opportunity Of choosing a suitable posi-
ton which could never have been Sc
cured had the monarch not heSitated.
The lady was a certain nobleman's wife
named Heron, and was very beautiful.
The noted Russian general, Paranoff,
was found guilty Of treason and sem
fenced to death a rear or two ago,
thanks to a woman, one of his own
family, in fact. She gave evidence
against him and other officers in the
cars service, and through her the en-
pire was deprived of some of her best
soldiers. There are MANY cases like
this, but there are also numerous others
that come more precisely within the
meaning Of this article.
For instance, during the American
war against Spain many Cuban women
rendered valuable service to the Amer
lean troops by acting as scouts and in
other respects fighting for the stronger
side. Thus did they frequently earn
defeat for the Spaniards, who otter adj
hitting the natives into their camps
imagining them to be hostile to the in
va6e-S.
A roman too, is reported to have lost
Alsace and Lorraine to the French and
helped to bring about the Franco-Prus-
sian war by regularly learning the re-
suits of the French cabinet meetings
while she was entertaining one of the
republican ministers, the report Of
these results being dispatched TO Ger
many without delay.