The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-22
TOAST u ILLINOIS WOMAN
on TIE SUBJECT aTRAI NAM
ORIGINAL TOAST GIVEN ~
RELATIVE or ONO WOMAN
WHO Is SPENDING THg WIN
TER ~ pAyToNA.

SFSEW0ANG tUG WIN
TEA N DAyToNA.
The sollowlng original toast ON the
subject That Man." was delivered
recently at = banquet by am Illinois
woman. q relative OF Mrs. Henry C.
Pirrmg OF Columbus. O., who Isl
spending the winter at IS5 North
Radgewood avenue:
1t was James Russell Lowell who
added another beatMude to those al
ready given Us when he said:
blessed are those who have moth
ing 10 say. and who cannet be per-
suaded to say It." When I was IN
viSed to this banquet l felt that the
blessing was mine, for I knew had
nothing 70 say, but the blessing was
lost because was persuaded to say
it.
My subject, ''Mam," is illim&able,
Tor he was in the beginning, is now,
and ever shall be. world without end,
AMMAN. Why God ever made man
nobody knows. Perhaps the best ans
wer was given by the lad who said:
The reason probably was because
nobody else would do r."
Strange to say man originally was
good-he was thought from God.
Woman, originally, was better than
man-as an after thought of God, and
she has since maintained her super
iority. The Creator was wise when
he put Adam into deep sleep be-
fore attempting the construction of
woman, for. If he had been awake
and as lavish with suggestions and
criticisms as his sons ever since
have been, the finished product would
/ have been comedy of errors" Had
woman preceded man and assisted
in the development process Of man,
he certainly would have been greatly
improved. However, she might not
have considered It worth while to
make much ado about nothing" TIL
is the first instance on record where
woman followed after man. Time has
reversed the action and man has
been after woman ever since.
Sometimes he goes but once, and
a Chicago man win testify to this
fact. He was visiting Cincina&i and
was being shown around by q citizen
who. as evening approached, said;
1--WE have visited nearly every place
OF interest, now let US so and sex
the Widows Home" The Chicago
man glared at him savagely and re
piled: Not much. Mary Ann.
saw widow home once and 1t cos
me $4,000. She sued me for breach
of promise and proved it on me. No
sir! Send the widows home il
hack"
You see the matter OF money will
arouse q man as viii nothing else
except it be patriotism, and though
he may protect the flag, he guard:
more closely the American eagle, 70
he knows that his interest Is pc
cent. at least) is ceutered there. Why
woman in Rochelle told me he
husband counts his money each da,
and every time he pours cologne owe
1t to make it a Isl cent more
When women are enfraRchked
: change win comet win com
harder then than the dimes and nick
els do now. Right here let me say
in obtaining the ballot for women
believe much depends upon the att
tude of the wife, for a gentleman re
! Gently said to me: 81 used 70 advC
cate women suffrage and always b'
I lieved IN equal rights until I wa
} married, but since then haven't ha
! any rights at all"
Wives, take warming, If YOU wan
J your husband to vote right. know
you know, We an know that men ar
censorous creatures, but they ar
! here to stay, and so long as they ar
I the heads of families and We are tn
feet, Just so long We must trot aToun
! and try to please them.
That reminds me of woman, WHIT
4 aIUeT SpSDQutS hkNNAA $AAN~ 49,
) thought in making purchase, II
! turned home and remarked to he
husband that she never had such a
unsatisfactory days shopping, I
which he ungracioCrSly replied
: Huh! l suppose YOU were trydn
! to get something for nothing" "Ye'
Z dear she replied, 81 was trying
: find a birthday present for YOU
: But, ladies', we will bide our tim'
4 and if the admission of one man
. the admission of an men, and
< really true, We can have eVerythin
Z our own way. When this mans SO
2 asked what part of speech woman i
3 the man said: My son, woman
z not a part of speech at an she
2 the whole thing"
3 Now, if you wil trace the orig
- of mankind-I say mankind becauE
m man embraces woman as we'll
these bachelor girls or rather iadi'
in waiting, they can testify that me
and women sprung from the san
source, but that the women sprul
farther and a great deal faster thu
the men.
Madam Toastmistress, thank y