The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-17
.COR0NEA'S COURT
ONE SAFEGUARD.
In Remarkable Address to Medi-
cal Students DR.. Taylor
Touches on Recent Cases.
SOME DEFECTS OF WOMEN
Men Are Mentally, Morally and
Physically Superior. and Even
More Beautiful.
SOME DEFECTS OF WOMEN

| more Dedutl1ul.
The eternal feminine. the subject OF
one OF Coroner William II. Taylor's
rare and inimitable lectures, which al
ways elicit SO much enthusiasm and
discussion, did not fail last night to
draw more than the usual crowd OF
students and laymen to the Medical
College OF Virginia. Despite the fact
that many things were said by the
recognized sage Of the country here
abouts which differed from the views
of his youthful and ardent hearers,
such subject as the speaker selected
could not fail to hold the attention OF
an audience.
Man More Beautiful.
Physically. said DIR. Taylor, woman
is sad spectacle on account Of certain
defects with which the laynlan never
perhaps becomes acquainted. With
marvellous ingenuity. however, she has
overcome these by the adoption of
dress which makes her more beautiful,
and man Is satisfied with her wiles,
which have transformed an appalling
apparition into vision Of grace and
lovelness. AS T. matter of fact. the
result of calm and unbiased Judgment
and investigation, woman Is anything
but beautiful. She is rather a freak.
being built on the most forbiddlng
plan and specification.
There is. he said, no immutable stand
ard. and he added that he Is by no
means connolsseur. Still he insisted
that man Is more beautiful than wo.
man, judged by true standards.
Passing from the physical defects OF
woman, mentioning her Kindness and
gentleness, her passion, fckleness and
vindictiveness. Dr.. Taylor came next
to the most important point In her
he claims. she holds In the hollow OF
her hand.
Her super-sensitive virtue, alarmed
without just cause, or a morbid yearn-
ing to display II, her selfish fear or her
malice. may brine forth a grouudless
accusation which may be fatal to her
victim or impress a stain that vindi-
Gated Innocence itself cannot entirely
efface," the speaker declared. Cir
cunistances may readily make it inn
possible to disprove the charge, and
there are always but few unwilling
to believe 1t. Indeed. shocking as it
is to the plainest promptinss of hu-
manity and Justice. our very courts
sternly restrain the hand that could
obliterate the blot, and thus, 1t may be,
connive with the liar and murderess
to fix it inuelibly on the memory of
the outraged dead. Sad Illustrations
OF all this have many times been seen.
and some of them Ia Richmond.
While the state!1er tribunals are
thus cruel. there is chance for some
redress in the humble court OF the cor
oner. This court Is, in fact, the only
one where the whole truth, and the
exact truth, Is allowed to show itself.
for It's inquiries are conducted in &C.
cordance with the methods OF common
sense. and not under the heavy burden
of the absurdly finical procedures and
obstructive practices by which other
courts suffer themselves to be ham
pered and beclouded. Unfortunately,
however. the Inquest must be held so
soon after the tragedy that many of
the most Illuminating facts have not
then come to light"
AS to Marriage.
AS to marriage, DIR. Taylor was in
clined to attribute his lack of expert
ence to the fact that he is in no wise
attractive to the fair sen, and on ac-
count of his ineSperience he arrived
at the conclusion that all women but
no men should marry.
Heroism. he asserted, is no small
part of woman's makeup, and the
American product compares most ia
vorably with the heroines OF ancient
| times. The difference arising from dit.
ferent climes he thus describes: 1.-THE
Northern mother glrded her proud boy
for victory: the Southern mother gar
her darling child for sacrifice
| The advanced woman. he said. has. so
| she thinks. "a message" to deliver
to an unregenerate world. either by
tongue or pen, which resolves itself
| into dabbling into the affairs OF men
4 and a screechng on the public plat
forms, which Is a most Objectionable
! spectacle.
Not Malevolcntly.
In taking leave of his subject, in justice
to himself. DR.. Taylor explained that he
has not the least anmosity against
women. Their treatment OF him, he
4 said while it has been devoid of any
approach to fanatical admiration. has
always been kind and considerate
4 Though the frankness Of his dis
course had caused him to give voice
! to certain things which were to say
the least, not complimentary nothing
was said inadvertently.
1T must not be supposed" he con-
implies commendation by contrast Of
man. Far from 1t. l am too well
aware that the character OF our own
sex will not bear a minute examina.
ton: l am considering woman as
an independent proposition and leave
man 70 be dwelt with by the female
critics themselves.
I. In my anatomiZation have felt nc
/ less. tenderly towards them than my
ancient preceptor. Brown Sequard, Eel
towards the 'possums. 'coons, terrapin!
and ducks, whose backs he fondly pat
ted while he cut them up"
Fell From Roof.
Walter Seige tcolored). laborer, a
: work on the new power. house Of the Pas