Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 18, 1874, Page 10

3 g i i ! ./ Her wording and her manner were most mprese ‘10 THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, OCTOBER IS, 1874—SIXTEEN PAGES. THE WOMAN'S GONGRESS. Third and Last Day’s Session. Pefscmal Sketches of the Leading Members. Mrs. Flynt's Exhibition of Her Im- proved Clothing, How She Liberated Herself from the | s Tyranny of Corsets. Paper by Miss Swazey on How Can Woman Best Stop Intem- She is not witty, bu She clung to be to the last second of hier allotted time, the other d;y, ‘with amusing tenacity, She heightened the effect faco. business-like manner, and in loud, rather mascu-~ line, manner talks to you. She conld not deliver she has homer, the last minute snd then t of her epigrammatic conclusion by pre- fecing it with * Now, in the last second of my time, let me eay to yon,” etc. Her bearerssaw at once that tha second would hold a very few wort sud listened for each. calling attention to the summary of her whols speech that Lamb himself would have smiled atit. It showed a keen knowledzo of human nature anda little playing upon it that wespleas- antly bumotons. Iu was 80 neab & way of An entirely dilleront trps of woman fiada a representative in tho THE REV. MRS, 80TLE. She hes & thick-set body. with a merry sort of Sho walks out before the audiencein a speech, but she can talk in a free-snd-easy, ngrammatical, practical way, that is amusing to an extreme. She does not strike one as a cultared lady, but as a go-ahead woman, with strong heart and shrewd head. gestures are & distinguishing feature. She wants tobe fanny, and sometimes she is. enigma in what this woman's power consists,— for shehaspower ; it must be in herindependent air, ber familiarspeech, and a certain Americanism Mrs. Soule's It is an perance. tlst boloogs to her. And yet it may be account~ ed for by that strange £ift of magnetism which e surrounds its elect \iit‘h & bulo of power. None 7 of the popular ideas of magnetic attraction por- Reinarks by Miss Frances Willard | tin to this coarso-looking vomsn'a appearance, 7 Subject. and yet her face rises clear above many dim on the Same Subj oues. It must be that her hair falls lower over one side of her face than theother, that sho Hrs, Malloy on the Subject of Woman- Journalists. £ = I Mrs, Dr, Johnson on Dress-Reform. The Newly-Elected Officers. THE LEADERS OF THE CONGRESS. The platform of the First Methodist Church held many preachers last weck. During the three | 8 dsya’ sossion of the Woman's Cougress it was : laugls a good deal, and generally announces be- fore each spegch tuat ghe is & mother and & grandmother in such cheery tones that you are Bighly amused, and emile delightedly at tuo in- :guzfeuce. The audience must have been at- tia ed toward her often as she was sitting bhe- ind the Secretary's desk, with her head cn her hand like say other woman. Nomember of the Convention has been mors i than DR. MARY SAFFORD BLAKE. Shois atiny woman, with brown hajc drawn tigatly from her face, o shortdress, aud a phy- sician’s manver,—if you know what that sort of * I-belong-here ” air tiat makes hor very voice and presence seém fawitiar when she first —a ppears, Shatreats all subjects from a medical tandpoint, and one natuially gives a sort of rodouce to what she says, * because she's a doc- trodden by most of tho foremost women Of | {0 w"4 vory proper sast of credence in this Americs. They came and went, giving place to eachother. In the foreground, however, DS, MARY A. LIVERNORE, President of the Congress, constantly eat or stood. One look at her recalls the old umpglgu ery of Beott—*The right man in the right place.” She is empbatically the woman for tho place. Of large porson and commanding pres- ence, with & full, rich voico, 8h6 18 & fore- ordained leader. Whenaover she rises to an- nounce, an essay or a speech, Bhe | dds to the bars statement a few genial or amus- ing words. The habit keeps alivo a constant in- | ¢ terest in her appearance and voice. She uvitee = great deal of dignity with an unusual degres of familiarity. She has the rare gift of knowing when to repress and when to amuso her audi- ence. There wassa good examplo of haor power cage, 88 Dr. Safford Blake knows what she is talking about thorougbly. hibitwyz some articles of apparel at ono of the meetings, she was very fanny. Holding up & pe- culiar garment, she said abruptlys golog to ssy sometbing awful. I'm going to say chomiioon, and don't you?” The name of the new combination garmont has sttracted so much discussion and such disapproval that tho remark was appre- ciated and met with the applause it deserved. Dr. Blake is not afraid to call things by their 8he'is witty. inex- * Now I'm 1 thmk ive s pretty name, ight namos. A leg is a leg to her, and ** it is nothing more;” & useful member of our body, to be_apoken of when occasion demands. Al hough obliged to treat the subjects under dis- cussion with great plainpess, aud although her words wera thase of a doctor in private, rather thanthese of & woman in public, she bore the earnest student mauner, aud oue felt the sub- ject of maokind was as delicate and modest to her g the daintiest flower to an ardent botavist. in this direction on Fridsy afternoon. A1ady | ™5 " "giaky made s forcible appeal for at the back of the hall insisted that gentlemen | ghorf dresses. Upon introducing her, should be allowed to sppear at the meetingof | Mrs. Livermoro remarked that this lt- tle woman walked 12 miles into Saturday morning, when Mrs. Flynt, of Boston, | went deep into the mysteries of the feminine Boston last winter, stopped tho traivs. \Whereupon the liitie Doctor wheén lLeavy snows had tollet. Asit bad boen definitely decided that | ar?BE, P i reos folded. Ler hittlo hands, they were to bs excluded, the suggestion was, to eay the lesst, fll-timed Noverthelese, and opened ber little mouth. of you have already exclaimed, *‘See how short 1 dare say somo 2 ling | her dressis?” My friends, if iy dress bad not it was popolar It el many, e e | beenso chort, T coald novor fiavo taken that boots and hands bard at work, o that there was | oy’ pr Biske maid Ister tnat a womun a deal of noise. Thereupon, the speaker fol- lowed up her suggestion with similar remarks. The whole sudience was goon ins hubbub. Mrs. Livermore asked for order in the calm and au- thoritative tane which the patriotic mind accords o George Washington. A good many fathers and a few mothers haveit. The cifect was in- stantaneons. Not five minutes after she had qnelled the crowd, she led 1t off in & hoarty peal of laughter over s mistake of her own. sho an- nounced the reading of an essay by Ars. Ellen Sparrow. Mre. Howe interposed: ** It is Mrs, Swallow, not Sparrow.” Mre. Livermore laughed -and retorted : - I knew the Iady was a httle bird of some kind.” She showed her mother's Leart when she told how tho girl-graduates | B of Chauncey Hall took the prizes awsy from their boy-classmates. * One in particular dis- tinguisbed_bersoll,” shie said. **by carrying off the first prizes in Greex, and Latin, aud mathe- matics. daughter.” When 1he daughter camo homo, Mrs. Livermora asked her what ehe was going todo. She said she expected to take a position 88 agsistant in 2 high school, bat addea: Il tell you, mozher, what I'd like to do besond anj- thing. I like to Liré myself .out to a milliner would bo wull dressed with tho chemiloon, and other under-garments displayed, and with o dress as short as the world would let her wear, withoat the boys in the street running after her. “The boys of the street,” continued tho littlo Doctor, “ have long been my great horror.” MRS, CHURCHILL. of Providence, presents o mors (ashionable ap- pearance thau many of the members of tha Con- iress. She wears a biack silk, or & navs-Llue polonaise over a black skirt, and has an imgos- ing fizure and mein. strong, capablo of eevere espressions. She looks like what she seems Lo be, an intelligent woman mith oo executive ability that makes her put on her tio quickly and neatly, aad lay the points of o Her face ig plessing 2nd peech before you in the hamo way. She is sys- tomatic, ecopomical of time and words, clesr, and foreible. 830 bas a fine voice, sud a decidod aur that is delightfal. Probably no member of the Congress is list~ Tnis_first-prize_young woman was my | ened o more esgerty than A6 PHEDL COUZINS. As tho first woman aduntted to the bar in the United States, as a young ludy of brilliancy and autractivo oppearance, eho carriea with her an intorést thar gives nddod weig Bhe is without doubt a biilliant_woman, with a to her words, or dressmaker, There's nothizg in the wrorld I | vigor aud Vervo that are fascinating. At the like 80 much s fussing over pretty things!” | Bame time she bears criticism. Her gestures Aliss L. is a toacher, but ber mother closed tho tory by saying, with a shrewd shako of her Dead: *“She may be o milliner yet, and Tl not be one whit ashamed to have her!” Tt was not only a mother's heart that shone in +his story, but something much rarer,—a true sppracidtion of the dignity of labor, 1t is easy, especially for women who are trying to forwurd heud-knowledge and head-wors, to_ overlook or Bcorn the haud-work, the common forms of toil which the average man and woman must know. One woultd think that 8 leader of progress with 8 impress one as put on, particuiarly the ebrug, which never sits easy on shoulders that aro not naturally fitted for 1t. Misa Couzing' shrug is unplessant. Then, too, ghe does not forget Lerself, and remarks. Yet sho is as brilliant as tha blue on Der hat and &t her throat, and perbaps one rea- has the fault of making personal! on that her brilliancy is not pleasing to some people is because deep, intense people are no more in style than gewmmne colois. women are like the tints they wear: very delicate and exquisite, but of no color, tone, or warmth. Iodein a clover daughter might shrink from having the | It is refresbing to seo 8 young womsn of de- girl's gifts thrown away on bonnet-makivg. &rs. | cided character and mind, ana Aliss Couzins is Livermore ig above such narzow prefudice. recognizes the dignity of 1l labor, and shows Ste | corwinly sach au one. 0SS FLETCHER, therepy s healthy desire for progresseverywhere, | the Secretary, on the contrary, impresses ono inall stages of life. In cobnectton with this idea, | i she told of » young friend of hers, & theological student, sho Las been out at service for twenty-two months for the sake of getting at the bottom of the servant question. tunately, she got 2t the bottom of ber friends’ hesrts vory speedily, and then dropped out en- tirelr. Slie was completely osiracised by eoci- ety tof trying to do her duty by it. Mrs. Liver- more makes some_slight grammstical errors (8he has 3 painful babit of saying : * It's me ™), 18 brusque, sud interrupts the epeakers too fre- | j: quently, and for too trivial causes. Yet she is n admirable President. She has a way, patural, perhaps, to large women, uf lakiog care of the other ladies. She seems to have a fondlein her voice when she ‘wpeaks of littlo Dr. Mary Safford Plake, and sbe announces that Mies Fletcher, the Secretary, can be beard all over | were lea the house in the sort of tone a mother uses in | | saying, **Dick can speals for lumsolf ;—go aheas, Dick.! RS, IULIA WARD HOWE is a deciced blonde, of medium height. She dresges tastefully iulgr:fi or black, and im- snmou one as being ladyhke to anexceptional e cieery woman. She has madeno original marks, bat sbe has resd some cesays in a rich, full voice, and bas, in some way, put her charac- ufor- | terinto all her readings and movements. Sho does her work in an earnest, practical way. Ic was quite amusing. on Saturdey morning, to sco ber dump berself and ber satchel beforo a charming young lady, on the platform steps, and procead to count out hier money, with the aid_of the beaubiful young woman next to bor. Tho mmediately a3 a remarkably wholesome, healtn, et atter, must be nameless and siler:t, but if her public words never commard, her private desires will be sure to Aud slaves. Among the most_prominent women were some of our Chicago Jadies. Although they did not take s active & part in the ongress as some others, they wera in atttendance, and their voices at opportune moments. It i need- ese to describe MAS. EATE ¥. DOGGETT to Caicago people. She is too well known and appreciated to ueed a pen-and-ink sketch in THE ‘FRmoXE. Shedid a great deal to make the Con- gress the success it was, &nd, besidos entertain- ing many of its members, made almost all the ree, She mever lays saido her biat, a8 somo | ok, 1203 Of i ¢ | of tho ladies do. Even when troating of such | L ronnieg Semton” sy ieoPt pm“g,',r:;: topics as **pre-natalinfluences.” sho npprosches | sv "amusing incident ecutred ate im her subject with such delicately-chosen words a8 to suit those shrinking minds which 2re not yet edueated @ (or down) to talkine of the moet re- zretzud eacred reistions in the Leld manner that seems to bo decmred neceesary by most of the speakers. Mra. Howe Eeelns to bo eminent- iy fitted to rebuke false modesty. Theio is refinement and exquisitoness, and yot zn inten- aity, about her manuer of tivught, which seem but patural in the sutlior of the words we all Eknow so well: In the beauty of the lifies Christ was borne scross the ses, With a glory in His bosom that transfigures son and me, ; 48 Ho dict o mate men b, fet us die to make men Our God is marching on, Mrs. Howe is of a moro conservative rature than the other leaders. Her religions views con- frm this idea. She scemato cling Armly to the Christian faith, instead of going over to Ratton- alism. On Fnday, Mrs. Dr. Ferguson, of Nor- mal, eaid thev1f the time ever came when chil- dren were born of perfect parents, utterly pure, bealthy, and noble, there would bs no need their veing born again. M. Howe replied, ‘ovi- dently witn inteuse feeling, that the wods of Christ would ever bo the snme, and that He, tho Master, had said that a man must be born 3gam. ive. The applause that fodowed was great. The audience was deeply moved. Mrs. Howe's voice is peculinr, Tt is high, nud evideatly pitched on &0 munatural key. Yef it renches every part of the room, aud its tones grow upon the ear. It i3 almost B repolition of what has just been Writton to add tha: she soems to be & connectuy link balween the radicals and. conservatives, eofteniug and toning ‘down the somerhas start. livg words of the former to suit the taste of the latter. She kuows how to prepare the meat for those who aro not vet strong men, but ae ready to_abandon the milk of ‘clnidhood. Sho has & delicate humor that 1s pleasanter ‘than'most of ibe wit dieplayed. The words of some wise ran —perhaps 1t was Charles Lamb—who s3id. that womean did not know what humor was have been brooght to mind many times dariog the Con- gress. Thers bas been a great deal of evident aim to be fuony, bat the wit is not of the night kind. It ‘s - parlor, not a ‘platform, air. The mesat-to-be-fanny remarks are bright, not genuinely mirthful. - Mrs, Howe's sayings form an excoption. vesterday morning_dross-raforin meeting. rs. vermore siated that she did not wear coreets uuloss sho wero very tired, or needed strengthen- ing. Then sho put them on, and they quite set herup. Mre. Doggett suggested, dryly : * You take corsets, then, a8 the apostle suguested the taking of wine,—for the stumsch's sake.” The remark was appreciated. Laughter and ap- vlause followed it. In tha midst of this, a rabid Trobibitionist hissed with the venom of a dozen Berpients, ovidently under the impression that Mis. Doggett's remark was _violeutly anti- tomperenco. Such s large development of cold-water ideas, and such & small appreciation of the fudricious, belouged, very naturally, to a woman who hates. _ . DS, MITCHELL, of this city, is also well known 28 ane of Lhe cleverest and clearest thinkers and workers of the day. Tlese women of the Cougress seem to be working more rationally for their sex, aud in- fivitely more successfully, than the suffragists, who know only one thought.—the ballow-box. Oa Weduesdsy last, the suifragists hold a series of mass-meetings here, and scolded in a most shrewish matmer. Their prophecies and threat- enings were quite alarming, bat BUSAN D. ANTHONT o does not succeed as sybil. Sbe clasps her hands bebind her back, in & maunish way, snd hass gott of Mrs.-Caudle-curtain-lecture tone in her voice thatisnot insinuating. She rouses the combative side of your nature at once. _ There are many more membery deserving no- tico, but these are the most promivent. Al- together they form % band of working women who possess an unusual amount of intelligence, Encuull ability, and noble aims. Experience as taught them to attack foliies gently, Arbi- tration 18 better than war. The words spoken were 0 decidedly on the side of Lealth, purity, and earnestness of life that it seems us if the ontpouring of these desires and the practical words of aid must clear many weak minas and Lelp many sickly bodies. et~ - THE REGULAR PROCEEDINGS. MORNING SESSION. That tho question of dress reform is one that is sorjously sgitsting the wholo community was proven by the sttendance at the Methodist Church yesterday morning. Suffering Chicago, bemoaning her wrotenod sidewalks that send alj the fair sex il Bquara or two homa again with their trailing garments torn to shreds, making the most saint- Iy woman lose her chance of heaven as she lifta her train and gazes monrnfully at it, was on band to know how she could be benefited. have ocession to- walk even a After some effort to resolve the meeting into order, Mrs. Livermore introduced Mrs. Flynt, from Boston. That lads’s name is too well known to the public td fequire any spacial men- tion. Bhe first showed the ladies +A CHILD'S UNDERGARNENT ~ intended for either boy of girl. This was made of elastic materisl, d6d inay be of any woven goods, whether cotton, woolen, or silk, but it must bo elastic. The material is that which is generally koown gs ladies’ aud gentle- meu's underwear. That specially used om this occasion was of A. T. Stewarts importation, with improvements patented by Mrs, Flynt, she trasting to thé honor of all pres- ent not to infringe upon her rights. The child’s garment was the ordinary undershirt used oither for boys or girls. It, however, was so improved upon a8 to make of it an entirely new affair. It hed facings of muslin od the front or back, and buttons and button-holes to fasten it all the way down. Then other straps of strong cotton tape were applicd, pasging over the shéulder and down each side to the front, and back to the bottom. Another tape band in the centre of the front for boys, and the back for girls, was also added. These all the garmenis, makiog the shoulders, 38 they should be, the points of support. A series of buttonholes in these banda served to hold the under-drawers. were used as supports for Next the stockings, supported by elastic bands croazed in the centrs, sud fastening on two bat- tons at tho waist and two on the stocking, were applicd. The outer drawers were next added, which fastened on another row of buttons, mak- ing these three portions of a child's attire entire- ly dependent upon the undershirt. The un- elastic material applied to the elastic gave firm- ness and prevented auy slipping or displacement of the garments. out separating them, orconld all bs taken spart, or changod without trouble. A sebies of loops which 80 that the garments could be made to fit a growing child 28 long as they would last, The buttons on tiese bands are applied suffi- ciently below the waist to permit of the lower under-garments being changed without femov- ing the upper. snd fasteoed at the side. that the essy adjustment or removal of these garments would add fiftcen minutes each day to o child's play-timo. These conld be mado high or low-necked, long or short-sleeved, as tho wearer pleased. They could be removed with- could be extended was provided The outer-drawers were closed Mrs. Flynt claimed Mere followed a littlo desullory discussion regarding red fiaonel. The women without & surplus of braias could not seem to understand :.hu these -articles were merely models made n them moro readily, and betrayed their celestial origin—angels every one of them—by supposing they must have an exact copy, even totha patch- es, if they hud sany. cidedly out of order, regarding the peculiaritios of red flaunel, as to whetber it did or did not prodace theumatism. with what the thuck material was to be repiaced in summer, and was assured that there waso goseamer article equally elastic, aud answering tho esme purpose in warm weather, and the ua- elastic material could be applied to it in tho same way. The skirta were to Le applied toe waiet in a similar manuer, o that no pressuro or strain -should come upon’ any part of the child's bright colors in order to show The ‘discussion was de- Another wished 0 know ody. Next wore shown LADIES’ GARYENTS shmilar in construction, to which the same prin- ciple was applied, and it most be admitted that they wero most comfortablo and encouruging to look at, The flrst band on these was applied 4 inches below the waist, 80 a3 to fasten the under drawers to. These button through from the under side, the same as the children’s, and aro made with s very loose band, 80 aa to admit of a perfect raising of tho arms. wide band below this, passing in a curved lino around the front, gave what nearly every woman would be the better for, and what all dilapidated women roquire,—a support to the lower portion of the bo dominal supporter. Next the stockings, supported by bands fastened to a strap. are added. Avother baud and buttons supbport the outer drawers, and the whole, like those for cluldsen, ure 5o arranged as to be easily changed without removing the outer garments. undersbirt, lowevar, to which thess were fast- 2ned bad been fitted at the shoulders neatly as a dress, and had been cut 80 na to properly sdjust itselt at the neck. arm made the sfeeve fit perfectly. meuts were also made 60 that no band should overlap onother, thus removing tae incouven ience lndies must all have felt from the malti- plicity of bindings around their waisis. Another inchi~ . saswering tho Purposo of an ab- threo olastic ut:oned at the waist, The A goro inserted under tho Those gar- Here Mra. Flynt's hat, which had evidently not received suflicient progressive attention, became troublesome, and she remoyed it, but assured the gudience that there was no danger of her hair fall~ iug off, as it wes every spear her own. Next was displased must be infinitely more burtful. to resolve with the fashionable dreesmaker of Boston. Next day her corsets wero dispensed ‘with, and she received her customers n a skirt and undervest. Allthat day shbe fancied tuat she was quite nude, and made sundry visits to the mirror to assuro herself that she was decont- Iy clad to appear before people. The second day she felt as if sbe bad lost every friend she Lad 10 the world. The third day the gloom incrensed. ‘I'he fourth the clouds commencad breaking ; tho fifth the sun shoue in fitful gleams; the sixth there was a bright unclouded eky, and she was bherself again in perfect health. She weighed 200 pounds ; conld run up three flishts of stairs, mount a ntep-ladder like a child, and was a thoroughly Lealthy, agile, active woman, even u preceding intlammatory rheumatism haviog beea wholly overcome. THE COMING UNDERDRESS. This wes a garment sometbing like a Gabrielle, containing “chemise, - corsot-cover, uuderskist, undersleeves, habit shirt, aud_bustle-supporter. Inoxplainiog the use of this garment, Mre. Fiynt was led to speak of how she first came to dream of comforiable, healthful garments for ladies. She hiad a dress washed, and found the arni-hole incouveniently tight, producing such pain needle with any comfort. Taking it off sho measured it by another dress in which the arm- holo was perfectly easy, and found the differ- edce 80 Lrifling she was led to think about other compressions which women undergo and suTor from. This was reslly in answer to & guery from some lady as to howthe corset was to bo worn. Ars. Fiynt said that she did not recog- nize corsets ; that she wonld have nothing to do with corsets ; that after this discovery so trifling a difference in a sleevo could occasion 8o much paiy, she felt certain that a8 to prevent her using scissors or TILE COBSETS To think was since she had left off corsets ehe Mrs. Livermoro here suggeated that most short, fat women were much annoyed by a pulii- ness ‘below the waist-line, which was nos only ungraceful, but troublesome. Mrs. Flynt attributed it all to corsets and the ordinary style of dressing, snd proved how in Lier casj-fitting dress she conld sic down withont drawing a wrap around ber to conceal her form, aud did not require bunching overekirts for similar purpose. been ssked by her customers: But, Mrs. Flynt, what becomes of the lines of beauty 7" and then sbe descrived how every fashionable woman liled to go in ut the waist line, and paff out abave and below it. people that when women were tortured by thoir clothes she considercd that afl lines of beauty were gone. Then, nmid much applause, sho walked briskly up and down the platform to show how active she was with her 200 pounds of flesh, sod how easily all her garments fitted. fore, she would have nothing to do with corseta. She snid she had Bhe said she told theso There- Hereupon Mrs. Livermore arose, and said she wished to ask Mra. to do upon her eystem, she had to come upon the platform with an all-gone feeling. There is not 2 woman living who doesn't know what that ie. She was forced to assume cordets some- times 88 & remedial agent. She could not rest with her work to do, and she could not stand ;-nhonz this extraneoussupport. She seemed to ave ‘water sweetensd was hir tonio, and sbe Flsnt what she was whep, after an enormons strain NO STOMACH AT ALL. Some Iady muzgested a little wine for the stom- ach's eake. Lirs. Livermore re fanang four times upon the platform one day, her phyvician had sid she must take wino and egg. Sho did so. The first hour she felt very high and lofty. She conld mot talk st or ied that after fluenily ecnough. Everthing was st & very oxalted titude. A the cnd of that twme the reaction came, and she not only wanted to die, but considered sui- cide o Christian duty. Corsets cecmed to be her oaly belp for the all-gone feeling. AMrs. §ylnt said t & little warm milk and talked all day on that stimulant, from 8 till 6 at night. Then Mis. Dr. Blake aroso (she whose shadow it i3 said the suflering soldiers used fo Liss, and dubbed ber tho Cairo angel), and said that when such times came it was Nature’s demand for rest for an overtazed system. Itmight be nec- essary to prop a falling wall, but safety demand- ed that as speedily as possible tho props shonld be removed, and the wall rebuile or repaired, and it was 80 with the corsets. The; scemed to Bustain the failing system, but eacl time they were snplied, even asa remedial agent, they weakduved the muscles, and made it wore dificult to repair the .failing strength. Natare's protests must be attended to, or the one who failed to heed her warniugs must suffer for bis folly or necessity. Thersfore one should mend tho wall, not prop it. Do not pile one wrong upon agother wrong, was her conclusion. * Hore Ars. Vibbard, of Afassachusetts, &poke, and gald that those who took off their corsets and suffered with the all-gone fecliog should make their husbands manipulate their bodies until they felt strong, and a reaction took place. An unanawered quektion as to what those should do who bad no husbands, hero arose. Next followea AN EXPLASATION OF THE GARMENT which caused this discussion, to the waist of whica the skirts might bo attached, s collar to the neck, cuffs or rutiles to the sleeves, and, be- bold, wilk a single effort it could all ba dropped without the least trouble. Iis wvein cartravel- ing at night, where the arrsngéments for disrob- ing were 80 awkward and cramped, were beauti- fully illustrated. The last aud ounter garment, the crowning the morning lory of the whole, wis Dow _&howa. This conld either. be msde in ono picce "Use a waterproof cloak, or with skirt aud sacquo or skirt aud cape. It pe- culiarity lay in the faot that in both styles it had a lining of inodorous rubbor cloth,—a’ fabric of Scotch giugham with a rubber costing apblied. This was bght as wilk, ana was sttached to the bottom of the dress. Ouse steps into this and fastons the waterproof lining beneath all the skirts, next the drawers. Then the onter cover- g, which may be of any fabric, and as elabor- ately trimmed as fashion demands, is fastened outside, over the dress and skirts, thus thor- oughly protecting thom in any weather. It is more eensibly mada of watarproof cloth, and uaed as a'covering for the skirts and dress. It hes all the neat sppearsnce of a dross, and leaves the wearer when sho reachies her des- tinetion, no matter how inclement the weather, or how muddy the roads; i & perfectly dry, clean condirion. _ BoOTS with heav goles, otk innér goles, waterproot lining, and buttoning above the calf of the leg, completod this attire. Oue must not forget however, the eight pockets in tho onter garmen| —two lazge onea for heavy impediments, a third for veil, gloves, ond handkerchief, n fourth for purse, & lifth for glaeses, & sixth for watch, 3 seventh for railway tivkets, and one for looss change. A capacious hood cov- ering the entire hat male (it perfect, and the -woman of the present was attired in & manoer that the other gox, who have always had a surplos of all the comforts, might bave eavied, while tho man who should have sucha woman for a traveling companion would think the millenniam hed arrived iodecd. Hero & motion was made to have Mrs. Flynt REPEAT THE LECIURE 2nd oxhibition of garments, and admit gentls- meo. It met with some discussion. A lady suggested that it should be moditied, and that no man should be admitied unless sccompanied by & lady. This met with objection, 88 some 1men might not Lave & wife to bring, and that that seemed to be the class which they wished aud ought to reach—men paiscnally inter- ested in the heslth of women and children. Mrs. Livermore said that need uot be mado s difficulty of. Any man could pick wp some woman, aud ho might perhaps bave a mother, sister, niece, cousin, or friend who would accom- pavy him, It was finally almost unanimously voted that on Monday at 10:30 a. m. the lecture shoold be repeated, and gentlemen accompanied by ladies admitted on !)nymem of 50 cents, as Mrs. Livermoro decided the gontieman must pay both for bhimself and the lady who should accom- pauy him. z Hera a protest was entered against so doing, 89 the parties considered it immodest to display ladies’ clothing to gentlemen. Mrs. Livermore rose to sav that she hed reccived such a protast, and that after voting as ananimonsly as they had done, they had ought to be ashame to enter it. Bhe lhuufbt a great deal of so-called modesty was simply rank immodesty. The origiual vote was carried, Dr. Biake was clected to preside at Monday's meetiog, when tho lecture will be repeated, and gentlomen admitted, wheroupon the meeting od- Jouned until 2 p, m- A rematk may be made concerning these gar- ments. They meet the requirements of all women ; they do mot shock sny prejudice, are not in the slightest degreo epicene, but combine comfort aud elegance, are porfoctly femivine, may be adjnsted to tho zeguircments of fashion in s suflicient degree to please any one not ultra in her demands, and are therefore worthy the atteoion of all thinking men and women. It may also bo said that, whilo young men &ro permitted to sell lalies’ uuderwear, and make any flippant remark they choose about it, it is rather hypercritical to prohibit men who are really intercst in womeu's welfaro from gceing for themselves how they are working for it. WS, FLYNT'S DRESS-EXHIBITION. o the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: StR: There was great disappointment among the ladios who attended the Woman's Congress this morning, oo hearing that the garments ex- bLibited by Mrs. Flynt were patented,and very ex- peosive. Let me say to taem that there are im- provements in dress which aro not open to this objection, and that, by request of & number of my friends, T propeso to show tho ladies of Chi- cago how they can dress themeelves and children healthfully, ot less than the present outlay. The garment I Liave been wearing for years, and call ® - Gotin,” is, I think, far superior to the under- wear invented and patented by Mra, Flynt; and the invention is free to all. If any of my af- flicted sisters will do mo the favor to make an ef- fort toward a healthfal costume, and so give me bright faces to look upon, I shall be largoly re- paid for 8 good dealof labor in aiding them. I thaok Mrs. Fivnt, and the Congress, for develop- ing the latent diecoutent of women with their prescnt miserablo, death-desling atyle of dress; and I admire her business-tact in making her in- vention conduca to her own weaith. There aro thousands of women who will follow the lead of = fashionable dressmaker, acting as an agent for A. T. Btewart, who would not take ono step by direction of a physician, uot even to save their own lives. Theee will find employment, for & reasou, in tryng Mrs. Flynt's garments, which must be supérscded by something better; but just now they are astep in the right direction, and. forthem, I am devontly thanhful. ‘Tho ground of her potent—i. 0., “applsing inelagtic to clastic material "—appears to mo absurd, since every one who runs s tape on the heel of o stock- ing, or bastea a muslin stay across the shouldar of a knit shirt, apolies an inelastic to_an elastic ‘material, for the same purpose that Mrs. Flynt sews tommon tape on to knit undergarments ~ as the basis for button-holes. Moreover_sho has been niggardly of her inelastic material ; for, ag thero is none across the shoulders, and the weight of outside drapery is to be thrown upon tapes running up and down over the pointof the shoulder, the elastic garment must spread, and briog the weight down upon the arms,—thus continming tho prescat trarsed-fowl difficnlty. There is 10 physiological support for clothing but the firm lines of the shoulder, between the upper jointof the arm and the neck; and the principal fault of Mrs. Flynt's garment i, that it proposes to support the clothing on the point of tho shoulder, right across tho jomnt ; and thatthe inelsstic material will give or stretch so asto throw the weight on the arms and hold them down. The reason she gives for this is, that the garment may be cat 80 a8 to be worn with a low-necked dress. Now, there can_be no genuino dress-re- form with low-necked dreeses; and all attempts to support clothing on the shouldsr, avd leave them baro, must be failores until two and two cease to be fonr, Mrs. Flvat throxs up her own arm to show that the joint iafroe: but we must not forget that sho is 2 capital _saleswoman, ad- vertising her goods ; and that hor assertions do not chango the 1aws of gravity. Another defi- ciency in her undorwear is, that it docs not dis- posa of the present trouble of doubling gar- ments over the lower part of the body. Still another is the multiplving of button-holes ; and altogether it seems tome to be quite inferior to the plans shown by Mrs. Dr. Safford Blake, who has no patent, and is simpls working to make the world better than ehe found it. JaxT GREY SWissHELY. AFTERNOON SESSION. The Women's Covgress, in the afternoon, opened its doors again to the public without dis- tingtion of sex of condition. The building was densely packed, many being unsble to find standing room. The regalar order of the session was taken up, which was the reading of the following paper, by Miss Minnie Swazey, on HOW CAN WOMEN BEST OPPOZA KNTEMPERANCE 7 Thiy quasticn was prolably inteeead by the Leamer Woman's Crusade. pounding a general problem capable of several spacifia and independent solutions, which are to be dotermined by ircumstaucss of time dnd of p by differences of individual qualification. It ia only Just, before we can enter into & practieal consideration of the matter, to aseert thq right and daty of woman to combat this form of evil in all ways which havea. reasonable prospect of success. ‘There is, first, THE GENERAL MORAL DESPONSTBILITY which she shares with man, and the duty of working for the happiness and progress of her fellow-creaturea —a responaibility which cannot be avoided without the palaying retribution of confirmod sclfshness, This bripea with it its own punishment, The happinesa which it promises never comcs. The success which it achieves is always qualified by discontent. The sweetest cup of inordinate gratification which it ice, and modified may drain’ has 3 bitter drop of dis- eppointment 3t tho bottom. 3forally we are 8 constituted that we keep only what we cheerfally give, The practical temperanco man who Las had the largest experience will tell you that there {5 no safety for the reformed drunkard cx- cat in working to reform otbers—that be is in danger of relapse tlie moment he ceases to labor in the cause, A woman may not Lo in 80 much danger of this par- ticular excess, but thero is an inebriety of the soul selyich may enslave her, should she absudon herelf to a1ifo of sel{-gratification, of indifereuce and of sen- uous idolesice, This if is which makea work for the sake of others necessary for her own. . THENE ARE OTRER DANGERS which ehould zrouse her 8o woll known that they hard- Iy need mention. Why should we rehearse tie old, old story of blssted domestic happiness, of pinching penury, of cruel disappointment, of shattered hopes, of the” husband daily sinking into a deeper slough of degredation, of the children cowering under the un- timely darkness which lis fullen upon the moruiwg of their yotung lives? The Intter truth has been fold until {hrough iteration it has nlmost become tedious, 1t lsa been sung fu pathotic vorso; it has been watled upon the platfurme; it has been wildly shouted in the sireots, and it has been hewrd in the stifled sobs of the broken-hearted wife and mother years ago. Mr. Wittier said, in writing of Slavery : “1When womati's heart is breaking, Shall woman's voice bo atill 27 Tho question has thie same moral pertinence when asked in relation to tho evils of intemperance. There is no wroog which more thorougnly, completely, cruelly interferes with wowan's hajpiness, which more remorscleasly strikes her to tho heart, which more gurcly darkens and shortens her diys. This is shnple matier of fact. Naturally enough then eomes the question, How can woman best oppose intemperance? (e mnswer: By having her place in the war between temperanin aud | lotemperauco (horoughly defiued ond - under- sl ‘WOMEN TRIFLE IN THIS MATTER, which to them 13 life or death, with a frivolity little whort of madness or fatuity. No.doubt they exerciso auenormous influence, but how often I it exerted in the right way For tho sake of llustration, cousider o brilifnnt and beautiful woman, admired for her man- ners, her taste, her hospitality, and the graceful guloty of her conversation, a woman who natarally calls abont her men of corresponding qualltiss easily guided by her wishes, seriously respecting her opinions, and for 2 hundred' ressons unwilling to do_anyilung to offend ber, Her admirers are of the very class most casily Letraged into the excesses of driuk. Toey men of sensuoua temperamont, of kindly natures, of Erilliant fntellect, and of fastidious tastes—lovers’ of Pleasure, bouh inielicctual and physicul, yot geatiemon are in grain and incapsble as yet of coarae Action or bratal eclf-indalgence. Suppose & woman of the claea T have mentiozed, in ‘Wasbington for instance, during thie Congress se380n, resolubaly excluding wise from her bouso. ot offeriag itat dinier or at wupper, and not. doing thia In asy shame-faced way, but always ns i it wera an omisslon to be proud of ! Suppose ber saying to atateamen and o wita: Nol youwill find no wiuo herol All eles T giva you—viinds the bestcan command_—rational and gracioua conversation—musio euch a8 you may Jove i listen to, and tha dance, §f yon care 1o engaie init. 1 have nade my walls bright with fowers, and wit pictures. 1 have summoned for your entertain- ‘meut the wiscst men, and the most agreeablo women of my circlo; but T huvo not taken 1t for grented thut ou will need the stimulns of wine. Sou will find Ut in your ciub-room end your bar-rcom—here to-night Lot us be sweet, and cleanly, and rational]” Imsgne 3 qucen of sociefy saying this or something like it even to the Presidert of the United States—say- ing it nob sscotically, not with any profen Lut with eheerful nnd elo- gant How tho sturdest tippler of them all would respect her! How Senatory, aud Roprecentstives, and Generals would bow befors tha malesty of Ler toral courago! Ido mot kay that all her préat guests would make Haste {o sign the pledge, —that isn't the yoint; but it is safe to sy that e would set all of taem to thinking soberly who were capable of thinking at all. Well, gll women, thank God, aro not Washington Ieaders of fashion, any morn than all men—for witich e may also give Bearty thanks—sre members of Con- gress ; but what limit would thens be to the moral edfect,’ if reapoctable women througbout tho land let all the reapectablo men in it know izt WINE-DRINKISG, IN THEIR OPININ, 18 UNWISE, dangerous, selfish, and immoral? Taat the use of alcoliolic stimularts is wrong 18 a matter of example, even if the user bo in nodunges of excoss, a8 in axr most every instance ho will be? That in their homes, 10 which all Bober {riends ate welcome, alcobiol in no form i ever offered or provided* That in the public business of the temperance reformation they feel a warm personal intercet? That, other things being equal, they entertain the highest regard for the man determined fo abstain and kceping Lua resolution? a1 ot unmindful thot there is already a grest deal af ibis influcnce exerted, hut thero ia opportunity for a graat more, Happy in all ways is the houschold in_ which temperance is takaa for pranted,—on which strong Gons aro growing up under the proud cyes of loving mothers, with 3 batred of the polson which demoralizes, and degrades, und destroys; in which pure and ewrnest daughturs are blooming futo rounded snd perfect womautiood, with o stuil iniensifying distrust of those who tamper with this danger, aud with 3 still skrengtheniug dote ‘mination to ran no risks of ruin and wretchodness in zccepting the marriage relation ; whohave determined that tho love which cannot resist dangerous self-in~ dulgencs ‘ia not worth havinz, who aro themnelves becoming moral missionarics’ and crusadera without noisy pretenalon. Bt these ruggestions, T zm well aware, will meet the wants aud approbation of only o cortain class of miuds, It fa burd for those who 3re thoroughly in earueat, and devoured ever by a rightcous zeal, to comyrehend the value of quict and unostentatibus work. Thoy have pamsed the stave of theory, and aro eager for practico and for practical results, This ao- colnts sulliciently for . TUE PERSONAL APPLALS mede 1o the deulers in spirituous liquors in different parta of tho country, by women iu_ greater or less bodics, and through' singing, praying, and impor- tunate’ intercesson, To theso energellc natures it Aeoms monstrous that such a traffic should go on for o single day longer, 60 fraught Is it with puroand unmitigated evil.” Of courss, excitement cannot o kept up forcver,and this ‘spasmodic action is necessarily followed Ly exbaustion, and in time by the abandonment of a mathod which facks the element of persisteuce, Yet no ons need be disappolnted nor get discouruged by THE PALPABLE ESULTS achieved. Tho real accomplishment ia 4n the additiou on theright side to the weight of publio opinion, which {8 Decessarily of slow growth. Thess revivals, if they may be called 8o, ara neceasary to keep alive the truo Gocial scatiment respecting intemperance. Ane otlier great protst againat great ein hus Leon pub- lished und recorded. Anotlier goneral sppeal ha been uttered to the common £ense of the community, An- other prescntation bas been made at the bar of tho world, of a crime, shared itko by tho buyer and the scller, of a murderous and maddening crime against tho dignity of man and the peace and kappiness of the family, This should cousole, at least, if it doca not conlent us, For it is tho vice of all our beat effort, that wo are restive under incomplete and fragmentary results. Sin, wrong, ontrage, injustice, oppression, and mistake seem to the clear and honest intellect so utterly outslde the palo of compromise, that wo ezpect them, upon their firat denunciation, ipcontinently to disappear. I suppose that there were thoes who real- Iy expected, aficr o sufliclenc crasading that fho vending ond consumption of whisky and beer would ceaso nltogethier. Alawl they aro Iike all otlier forms of evil, tho necessary result of buman infirmity, The vitsl point is o kecp them under APERPETUAL BAY, Most of the great vices sro there already, snd are kept there by the pulpit, the press, and the platform. Wo do not expect them to dis- aprear altogother, and noither can we expect infemper- auce entirely to ccase, It hcs not the fixed propor- tions and materislity of a bad inatitution which may uitcly Gwept away by an cnactmont, This Is why Iaws ogainst rum-selling are in a perpetual courso of amendment, carriod on somotimies with 50 little dexterity that it is found, s in Maino recently, after years of legislation, with act hesped Gpon act, that there is really no law against the selling at all, Yet it s neverthless true that public opinion agatnst the trafic has been immeasurably strengthened in that State in spito of all tho blundering, Of wowaws cone tribution to tho formation of this opinion there and overywhere eicc, of ta realty and its value, there ean be 10 question whatever, 1f we were not ‘already vot~ ing in a certain way, decidedly though indirectly, upon ‘most questions affecting good morals, men would be- se=ch s at onco to nccept the right of snifraze sod upon all possible oceasions to exercise It without fall. In this matter of ‘nemperanco . swoman bas for & jong timo made herself both consplcrous and useful. Some of the cleverest and ‘most persussive books which have bee written agaiust the vice, have como from her hand. Of the various temperance focietics. she hs usuali been an equal and industrious member ; indced, she has been aa thoroughly in this grest work ga Abo waa in that of the abolition of Slavery. It is mot specially to the credit of men tuat she has boen heartily welcomed to 5 co-operation in the labor; considering all the con- ditions and circumstazces, the difficulty would have been to keep her out of it. " I might say that her toara were eloquence; that her sighs woro persussions ; 2t her sullerige =ere arguments ; and that her wrongs Were {rresistible appeals; but I am not azixiohs to dvell upon the patios and scatiment of the pic. Yotaras WRITING AND SPLAKING in behalf of sobriety cau effect auything, who can write and speak better than she? If anybody under- stands the subject ahe does, She has studied in sor. "he hua read of it In'the saddest pegen of her story ; she has comprehended, through dread- fal expericnca, the lengihi and Lreadth of the evil, How can she best oppose intemperance? Why not by saying everywhere what she thinks of &7 Why not by everywhere uttenng the truth,—in ler church, in her soclety, in the Gocial circle, in the Convention? If she has influcnce over men's minds ‘snd hearts,—end who can doubt it I—wly sLould she be affectedly squeamish about exercising that influence wherever, within the limits of decorum, itcanbe employed? Indeed, wpon the largest cons mderatior, it seems a waste of time and speculation to talk too much about methods, We may bo sure that the right way will walt upon the right il Wemay trust s great deal tothe scenracy of woman's intui- tions, Ia the meromitiar of pecsuasion~—in thet inttingd which makes no mistakes, knows .which chord to #trike, or what words and deeds will be most per- suasdve,—in all the skill which captures and keeys the Soul, and_eaves us from saicidal aberration,—in all thiea? qualtics surely experience has not shown her to be wanting. ‘I do not tiink that thus far sha fully comprehends ber own_moral power, or how triumpa- antly it might be employed n rescuing the drunkard from the siavery of appetite, Usuuly he 18 s man easily persunded efther 0 good or to evil. His moral Dnature, weak a8 it is, may be fall of generous and gentle elements, When ba finds that he is coosidered worth saving by 3 good and Kind-hearted woman, his self-respect, which was washed zway in a flood of poison, will return, timidly at first, but aurely, and the weakened will wil make an honorable cffort o resume its mormal functions. Of the beroic_treatment, of harsh rebuke, of contemptu- ous ridicule, of moral assistance refased and of maite— rial aid denied, he bas had enough and more than enough already. THE PRACIITIONERS IN THIS ROUGH SCHOOL never permarent!y reformed one drunkard yet, and it is safe to say that they pever wiil. Ho naturally op- poses hatred to insults, and quite zs natarslly returns radling for raiiing. Tie men who thus talk to him do Dot understand tho disastrous results of bard drink- ing balf 5o well as hie does, He has himsclf sounded the depths of the distress, Givahim a motive sufi- clent, and Le will never try the experiment agein. Tuat motive hé may Aind in the kindly desires cnd the approbation of the good sud the pitiful. ~In a word, he is 8 sick man in sore need of skilifal nursing. I Lelieve that it ia not too much to ssy that balf tho drunkards who are rescued from o drunkard’s death owe their salvation 1o the plesdings, and the pity, and the cheering encouragement of woman. Already sbe bas done an incomputable amount of this kind of work. auE TIIZ FIRST EEFORMED MAN y0m may meet to whom kLo owes his redemption, Tegeneration, and disenthraliment, snd tho chances ars that he will tell sou, if he auswers you {rankly, that it ia to the appeals and ramonstrances of his wifa or his mother, or 0f Some oue uter to hun either by earthly or Divine parentige! This would be a beathen and nota Christisn, 3 barbarons and not a civiiized couutry, if & great daai of thiy quist, unoaten- tatious and beautiful work were not all the time going on within its borders, In the large cities and the towns, and in the smalest village, theraare alwsys women engeged in this blessed missionary toil, and the more of it wo have the less will drunkénnesa dis- grace aud perplex us. All are froe to undertake it ‘Who have hert and hand and voice fiting them for the divine daty. No woman who fally comprehends the opportunity, and who really hungors {o sava the victims of drunkenness, will wait for us to solve the question winch is now before us, For, after all, it is a matter of dolng what the hands ind {0 do. It is tho resolute will whish discovers the opportunities. Oaly the loving and tender eyos see tho chances of kind- ness and succor, Oaly the great-hearied comprehend the sceret of persunsion, and methods suggest theme selves always to o nature whick really secka them. our question, So, recurring once mois 1o How can women best Oppose intewp.r- ance? tiere comes to us, in the Lght of what has been sajd, a0 answer BIIE WILL WORK BEST +who, npon a fall compreliension of all thesa evils, i moro anxious to erve than to b spoken of, and who deems 1o service amall which i3 heartly and conscien- tiously rendered. It has baen sald—ind with a de- greo of truth—that thers i8 not a family in the United Ststos which h1s Dot in soms way experienced the sutfering and mortificstion which intemperance en— folla; "aia shows you tho Width of the Held aad tho varisty of opportunity. Whata tragedy it is of broken hearts, of Lizter disappointments, of Llasted Lopes, of exqulsite sorrow, and of griefs too great for utterauco! “Wheu war came, and every Sonthern wind brougat to us the groans of our wounded and dying soldiars, woman Xknew whattodo! When the seals of the pestilence are broken, and crowded cities are wailing benesth 13 etroke, women know whit to dof When children areto be tended, aud guarded, and guided, us they ‘make thelr first trembling trial of ife’s journey, women. know whet to do! When poverty has fuvaded s house- Lold, when the hicarth is cold ‘and the cuploard is empty, and ths haif-neked frames_arc shivering in the @k 'and the mignt time, women now what to do! When God cally owsy fusher and mother, and the litle orphaned wroteh walls 0ut ita piteous appeal for succor, women know whatto do! Icreis something,—call ‘it shame, or crime, or what you wiil,—which puta out the light and bantslies the joy of bome, which kaeps death busy, which is remorselesaly breaking a thonsand bearts dafly, which ia the accarsed cause of courtieas accursed olloits, the terror of mothers, the bane of wives, the ‘agony of childron,~here it s in its naked aud Latefal deformity ; aud shall we bo told thas woman does mot. Jkmow whut'to do? At the conclusion of the rsading 3Ira. Liver- more snnounced the paper open to discusaion in five-minute speeches. MRS. LIZZIE BOYINGTON HARBRRT, of Tows, said : As an soswer to the question, How can wom- en best oppose intemperance ? compressod into a five minuies’ speech, [ wonld answer, by placing preminm npon manly virtue. Yiolding to none mn my love of womanhood, I do feel that women will not ba true to their highest womanbood 8o long as they do not seda- lously excludo from their socioty persistent men- drankards as they do women-drnnfards, In all this my eympathy extends to tho fallen man, and yet, for the sake of the young man- hood of this nation, lob us rescrve the prizes of Bociety for moral men. omen have been rep- resented by meu for 100 years. In view of the fact that we are thus represented we ask of men to see to it that we are fairly represented. Oue other point : Wo hear a groat deal in re-- gard to personal liborty being sbridged. etc. Suppose in your city a fearful disease should manifeat itself, snd certain articles of food were found to produce fatal results, could their vale not be prohibited as a heaith ordinance alono; and in view of the fearful disease drunkenness, which is devasting oar land,—in view of the dread processions filing from be- hind tho soreened doors of fashionable saloons down to the drunkard's grave in tho pottor's field.—we asx of & masculine legislation that so much of the personal liberty of liquor venders may bo abridged s to close the doors of the gilded tomptations which tempt oar boys. 188 WILLARD, Miss Frances Willard, President of tho Chi- cago Woman's Temporsnca Society, followed th a lengthy puper, a synopsis of which is appended : In {ying together with my poor thresd of speech tho rosultsof s summer largely spent in tamperence studies, Iowoittomy audienc to refer to my suthoritics, 1 did not consult with Dr. Howard Crosby nor Arch- bishop Parcell, of Cincinnati, nor observa the equi- poise of band'snd brain with which they rose from the rars <wiues of their luxurious tables, but I did Listen thoughzfully to C. I, Hovey, Prosident of a Massachuserts Heform Club, who told how, from a “little light yort wine punch now and then at a sup~ r,” he went up to thirty-five glssea of liquor per 5, and to cures of reformed of similar oxperience. X took careful notcs of what the physiciaus in o formatory Homts for the Inekristes had to say of tho causes and cure of intemperance, sud avarled myself of the experienca of men who have given a lifetima to tho causc. Kid niot seek the connsel of ward poli- ticians who swing their hats and hurrah for ** person— al Tiberty,” tat tulked for hours and days with women, who had ho votes tolose nor place 1o win, and who were only leagued 1o the endesvor to restore to the ‘bond-siaves of rum that liberty which gives man bsck to himseif, TR coNOLUSIONS Ihave reached were about these: How can womsa ‘est opposa intem) arance ? First—Very mucli 36 man can, The algebraio ex- pressicof their ps wers would Lo : Weapons of women cqual 1c the Gosptl. Weapons of man cqua! fo tho Law, That e, wAilo in somo circumstances cither miglt suitsbly uso both, yet, man'a hand fs more trained to wield tho liesyy ax of Law, woman's Yoice batter tuned to proclaa the glad tidiigs of good and peace. Second—As a clasa we g1ive an overwlelming refats- ton to tho faliacy that the *appetite for alcohol ia universal, hence natural,* but ss individuals we can only offer prevailing precept from the fortress of a perfect example. Third—By making tho sttractions of homo ont- weigh those of the club oi* tho ealoon. The ludy e ferred to on article witk:h appeared in . pvlztons’ Journal, sttacking the crusaders, accusing * women of being specially responsible for {his_condition of things.” 1t isfrightrul to think what sort of home the man must havo who wrte all this, and more par- ticularly what a leaden sort of breakfast his wife must havo ee: before him tho morning that ho forged the thunderbolt hurled a the =¥ rage American interior. Fourth—By giving the weight of her influence al- ways and evar: whero to the. Gause of Temperanve. TIIR QUEITION O THE PLEDGL —ought we to kpeak lightly «.f it a8 many of us domn- il we have taken it {nto caret vl and prayerful consid— eration ? In my pursuit of 1a:0wledge I one day mado the diacovory tlat at 53 Reade . ttreat, New York (Head- quarters of the National Tem. erance Society), thero is a variety of excellent literature In which ali possible ar- gumenta in opposition to the sxlvocacy of temperanca aro bronght forward, and dexit with by able minds, ‘which buvo made a lifo-long stu dy of the subject, I believein A MORE AcGuEsATT POLICY, # peacoful war upon the liquor Vtraflic untilit is drivon from the lind, ~In such warfsra Iwould have the weapons of plety, persuation, a1\d prayer. While our Dature coutinues tobe what it is the manliness of men can beat be reschod through the womanliness of women. TRE PLAS OF CAM PAIGY 18 trvo-fold : Defensive and offensk vo—defensive, for it seekn to do wrong with the dem:aid for intoxicating drinks; offensive, for it seeks to cazt off the supply Firs!—Defensive—Dy frequent * mase-meetings, temperance sermons, circulation 0! temperance liters tore, temperance glee club of young people. We must go forth with the pledge and affer it deliberatels, tactfully, prayerfully 10 every man, woman, and child, Second—Oersivo—Cutting off tinasupply. . ADS. BOYCE, + of Grand Rapids, Mich., spoke e¢narnestly in the interest of temperance. She said woman's op- position to the evil of intempersnce was accom- plishing great good, and if purwued earnestly as recommended 10 the papers read Avould soon be- come an almost insurmountable ba rrier. FEMALE JOURNALIS). The next paper in order waa on j ournalism, by Mrs. Malloy, connected with tho ™ press at Elk- bart, Tud. : Not until coming into the city was I = ware that I was $08ll any part of the programime of this augnat body, and it is only because of the filnesss of the gifted Iady 10 whom this duty was assizned that 8 vi tce from Hoo. slerdom is to cry in tho wiiderness, *E-epare 3o tho path for woman in jo " Bat, Ia lics, 1am not going to offer any apology ; that wouli1 be too rauch lMke the men. Iam simuly going to g) re you a little plain business talk, leaving the elabora fons to theso grand women who are 80 accustomed 1o | alking to the dzar public that i¢ bas become a 0rt of 3a 'ond Dature. When by anycourse of reawwning or experience woman has succeeded In salving ay prodilem in the goat o lavog, X bold ihak duly cals Ber ta giva that sofation to her strugglin So T say, tha to me, o yach bna Teas i and nk wom in Is pro-aminéntiv di 13 poot fession of journalsm. Ried for thd oo TIE MANAGEMENT OF A COUNTRY Srwsparm espeially calls out it £33 13tent enersies sod oy ablity, and how many times I hava loked oy e (23 the mizerable fallures among onF couptrs faneons <t and prayed 1zaven fo raise up 3 fow morg Jorr o helms, Helen Manvilles, and Dr. Ellan. Ferprgori™ deliver us fiom theso mals frauds. Theseou !0 dreds of womon in, america " to-diy who word hs grand acquisition 6 profussio . Prised that mosa ars mot ehaoatng s "4 T am gur) Newagaper work, howeqvr, mems busteesy, smg lazy man OF womaA can 10 E30FY bo auccensful Lk, than they can ba good Christians. God never priet 128 » lazy Christian, and the word never patrontoo Iazy edifor. The min or womin who entary e ot malistic work expectins to fad it plant whig o thrive fn a soil of indolenco will o' grangly. yord pmm-nz:eu?,‘ Bt ta the woman Nho come to the work ny o _talents, " her hgart, persistence, " T bee great talents, indusiry will improve them $at moderats abilities, industay it upply thets At ity may be enlay fork. The exiremio patlence of women 1o msrorkS- circumatintes s auother thing in m'g:,",‘,';"ms known 8 womaa 0 sce A WHOLE FORM PIED vihen ehe knes I meaut an alluight' & day of exhsuative labor, and yot 8 g about {t ! 1f thero a & printer in the house, 111 o turo ten to one ho conld' no: produce a Tigs ol among our mala members of the prest gan, “The city jonraallst who kas oaly Lia special ling o work for which be is particulirly adapted canas preciate, perliapo, the {dea that 1 wist 0 advanee, (35} Foman [s priiculary suiled o the workof jo ‘her natural ability to * kaap saverq] tae fire” { bave kuown & womanto et g i whils st was cooking her diuner. Thero ts o Swisshelm ; sbe **Imowa how it 18 herselt. Wonrs can * set {596, read proof, work press f mecespa and 1 assure the country journalist s it neceasiey o do all theso sometimes, eapecially when the - prs 3 13 * om 3 spree,” which, alas, 18 Of 100 frequent Sonrp. rence. Were it not for the sceming egotism of tus oo conntry printing office, but woman glories fn ditlicaities and overcoming them. Tne most important part of tha business in tny country newspaper is CLOSE COLLECTIONF, s0d women make rplendid coleciors genenlly. T knew s woman Lo callect §60) warth of newspsper dibig sticr hes hustand Lad given thein upu 3 ded Leay and oue {ncorrigible old fellow, who was never Kuoey before to pay an hanest debt, averrad that that womes would talk money out of the aide of the houss, Iam told that women are not as thorough in as men are. Well, let 0 woman educated as 8 reporier walk Lteside the aod shs wig lk strect g8 ho will; end can draw fust us largely ‘upes ber imagination too in reporfing 1. Shs tharefees rder to maks o §irls employed 1 don’t hava to tell any untruths in ol matter sensational. As for the oar office, I find them ns efficient more reliabla, for they never get on WOMEX WILL PULIFY NEWSPAPER LITERiTomZ, Tou have heard elaborate and pou.mmuficumm upon *the elfect of lteraiure upon crime,” theratory I'will not dwell upon that thought. Buf 3 Boscon Jjournal o few years ago was horribly shocked ¢ avme articles in the Rerolution, and in holy horror the wico editor penneda half-column editorial in which he exclaimed that Women never entered into o but they felt called upon to give oxpression fo idss 'upon subjects that had better be discussed in a more private manuer. Now, I nover saw an ariicle in soy. woman'a ot not even the most £ spoken, that could equal in fithiness any one of o sccounts of the rocamy scandal in high life, Tho Revoiution was, snd tho IFoman's Journal is, cer'alnly s dignifed’s t e e R M T lhlsggjauvy l’r-r?::; other. -No obscure, corrupting sdvertisen=nts sppaty in their columns, while the disgusting, nauseating gt which {00 many msle Journalisis sowcs to ko eyoctal dsifght 1n serving up to their patrons i3 rigidly exe ciuded from all journals with which I am acqaamisd in this conntry that are under the control of Women, TH2 SUCCLSSPUL COUNTRT TUBLISTZR must have fine exequtive as well as fusncial sbilcy, indomitablo energy and perssverance, larze hope: suavity, and benevolence. ‘Ths firut fonr ars raquined £0 make all ends meet, ond. 10 {nsura prompitess m tho business, which is'the very core of Sucoess; larga bope, to give plack and couraga when tae pathway 18 shaded arily, s it 00 of:enis; and 1 Lirge faud of benevolenco and saavity for the country gue tomer who * just drops In " o taik n wholo preciur hour on the price af hay or woad, or the orops, or the © aton improrement of that yon shall enter sc heartily into his spirit that he ball never suspe:t that ou are trembling fo your slippers at the aight of the “ @evil " grincing o raqaest for copy. R ‘The newspaper sionld be the family eddcator, and woman's tact and woman’s heart fs much needed in that line, e need mors heart in journalism, Re member I am apeaking now from my ovn standpoint 18 cauatry journalist. I don’t supposs any ons looks for much of that articlo called hears in a city news aper. 1 read some weeks 3go an account of au accie dental death in the Exposition it one of Jour very en- terprising dailiea, and the decezmed was' spoken of o much the sams lippaut mazner that you would speas of 3 hog or & cow that had bzen run over by somoin. coming train. If we were o judge the city by its newspapers, we should conclude that all sdecion and feeling, or even respect, for the dead, ware fore gotton in the whizz and Wiir of busnciis. Whea Z ODITUARIES cost 20 centan live they are mot apt_to carry mach origiuality or tenderness with them. Bat tho countrs Jjournalist, to be succcestul. must euter into the Teelings of those about him. ‘There you sce sgain womaws adaptability. Suppose you wera occupying that position, my sister, and ono morning the dear friend who mied to to school with you writs you o pitifal note, wet with her toars, saying that listlo Jamie, or Annle, or Dick, has gone out from her home, mever more o return, with a request that yon whl tall it tenderly %o her friends. As you it down to pen it, the tlresd of sym- pathy that Gan only be awakened by experioce is touched. Your mother heart goes down 1nio the vale leys of tho bitter past, and resurrects the dosd lilles, and the few tender lines you pen about the little dea darling will bear the impress of your own grief when vou lald jnst another such & treasuro under tho daisiea, and the delicate dews of sympathy will Dot only comfort th just bereaved mother's heart, but hundreds of othier mother hearts will take up the ro- rin, and roceive consolation through it. I And that the conntry journal that fills euch a place in the family soon ‘has the heartstrings of 8 community woven abont It to such a degroo that one would almast 48 s00n secrifice the midday meal as to do without that vaper. Sail a subscriber fo the editor of snch an one, * I file all your papers, and you can’t think what a comfort it ia to look them over. Ifind a faithfal cpitome of our little clty. Here 3 tender obituary which one cannot read withont tears, thero » mar— riage notice in which we can almost hiexr the weddin, bells, I can’t help but think what 8 comfort it wil) to the children to look these papers over in after years, and 500 how we of this generation lived.” % THR TRUE JOUBNALIST occupled'in the public affections a much more enviz~ blo position than even the physician or the minister of the Gospel, for the influences of the latter are, at best,# felt only in a circle, while a live ncwapaper speaks to the hearts of thousands, Thero is just a8 much difference in journaliats as there s in preachers. You can very quickly toll the min- ister who presches for money from ths ono who preaches use hin great love for Dbumanity aid the Alaster cowpels ntterance. The world fa full ‘of hungry hearts, snd the jonrnalist who meets their demands will never for work to do. Journaliats, hike poets, are born, no! made, 1know twomen in the country profession who perhupa hava learned thia art 2s well a4 3 woman could. 1 refer to the late limented A. P. Richardson, of McGregor, Ia., the most Popalar conniry journalist in the Northwest, and my fricnd Colfuz, of South Bond. Thero was' bardly & mau, wonan, or child in Towa who did not know and love tho formes, whila the Iatter had the happy faculty of 8o entering into every= bedy’s joys and sorrowa that the heartatrings of th people of Northern Indiana areso wovea sbout him that any tdo of succesd or wave af adversity that touches him tonches also the whole publio heart of that community. Now, I belicva there ars wmany wu‘mv‘n in America who possess this faculty {o s happy extent. We often point to Ar. Colfaz, 100, and say there sta Dot many men who could stast ' paper in 8 country Willage as South Bend wzs thirty years ago, npon $5W, aud clear 3 debt of §1,500 from it in lees than three years; but I Lave the audacity to 83y, my frlends, that 1 belive tiere are PLENTY OF WOMEN who could doit. If yon doubt shis, look over the clrcle of your acquaintance, and ses tho women wha are, every day of their lives, by various contrivauces, succecding in making one dollar do the wark of five. Eight years ago my husband and I commenced with at thopress. To belp ouv1 havo sct type all night after working at otlier branches of {he business all day, aud I om certain my husband. capable and tndns trious ag he s, wouid not have been whero ke i3 to-day without my afd. Thereisas much difference in journalists as in other folks. Fer instance, although we *guns of emaller calibre” may do the gemeral work and superintending of an offics, there arm fow women, perlaps, wlo could evince such ntriking_originality a8 my friend 3, Swisshelm, o s :lxg” Stanton, Mlts Anihony, o Jula Ward Howve, or ivermore, or Soule, so striking tha every newapsper in tho country ia glad to copy their original utterances, but notwithitanding sll thia many awoman can make herself mecemsary in & community a3 3 journalist, We cau't sll be great women or men, Lut e can dignify the humbler places by daing our work well, 1 am often ssked: “Docs not your professional work ISTERFECE WITH TAMILT DTTIES 7" ‘Well, at tho risk of seeming cgotistical, I sl just tell you howI manage it. T beifeve iue care of our houno- Rolds ia very rauch ovardone, For threo years of ouf early married life, when we were sorely cramped for means, I did my own housework, toak care of my Laby, and filled the positions of local editor aud » €oni= the cuse. My boy is juat and biving been much of the upon _his own refources and learning to amusd himeelf, much moro fnely developed than if 1 had spont that precious three years' time in bolding aad rocking him, and dosiug bim with Godfrey's Cor- dial and Jire. Winslows Soothlag Syzap. I cestalnly am pecuniarly much_better off, and generally muc happier, than if 1 bad speat that'threo yoars of my life in making frizzles and furbelows to drees bim. Hais justas apt to bo President of the Unitod States for aught [ know. The bueinees is *catching ” inour family, for the youngest 4-year old has commenced &2 carrier on our street, snd our litle daughter 1s anxiously looking forward to the day when sbe slall ba an editor. It is this contact with the rongh edges of life hat ghscpens the, tntallach and this sccounts for the 4ot that cor grest nea and Womea speing from adveesd o a