A LADY’S SPEECH.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1756, 28 June 1888, Page 1

A LADY’S SPEECH.

: Miss"Marryntt recency responded jto thetnaat “ The Ladles” at ■ gathering in HqrTtty ifh the following te.rrasl b.’li» viv ft 1 is-' rather Unusual '/«»(• a 'Vdy Jo todhis to a h t', f but I /fancy !; t|i" custom jf iVaia'arisen 1 somewhat in this way. 1 /It is not uncommon, I am ,tofd, in /London and "other‘ great .ciljes/ fpr "some 200 M| or so,o' to get Together arid bare grand 1 banquets., ill ( to while the ladies ajre |babiihec| to a 'galleryto look at them thresh/ tlie 1 ridings feeding,' just libs 'yob see the /ianiinyls at the' Zoological Q'arde'ns.' : 1 have never se.eri it myself; but' jt' must s /be ! ,a f librfid/sight. 1 Well, bivjng/ihds' wilfully banished the fair ■sex'frdra their 'society, 'of- course, when they go 'tbron'gh 1 the hollow farce of drinking the'health of the banished ladies, they have to piit up some/onhappy manjto reply, but, really, l on, thejie occasions,, when the pobter beg pardon,‘ the nobler sex—unbend So 'much ,as to let us feed with them, I think'the least we can do is to'relieve some unhappy man of the task, attd reply for ourselves. If, too. you, will consider for a moment, you will see what an absurdity it is, a , man a bachelor, too, I believe generally attempting do reply, to. toast on the Subject of,'which be must/ be,' wofully ignorant. For, if he is an old*bachelor, his/life has evidently been ' passed uncheered by the sunshine of woman. If a young bachelor, he is probably trio much taken up with admiration for himself to have had time to study the opposite sex. A married man, now, might know somithing about us, but I suppose they are never allowed to reply j. but I; imagine you gentlemen • have the vulgar end erroneous - notion that, if he was to dilate on our charms—as he doubtless would do—he would ; have ,a rough time of; it when' he got home.” It is ne-'dless to say that the above trenchant remarks promoted loud laughter, but Mias Marryat’a concluding sentiments elicited epthusiaatic applause—“ I can only any this toastis one to which you can neverdo more than justice, for, after all, where is there a more perfect thing in ihl« world' than a good Englishwoman ? Look at n good laborer’s wife—what a happy, comfortab'e home she can raalje for her hbsband? Take a gpr.il, farmer’a wifr—vylut a wonderful, bright, us-fnl helpmeet she is in these hard times! Look a good, squire’s or parson’s wife—what a blessing they'are in an English Tillage tbal has one; find to go on higher, where is there a better typo of a .good Englishwoman than oq,r/, beloved Queen, who has. for tho last fifty years sm. every Englishwoman—aye, and every Englishman —an ; example of'all thlit is pure and good?' It is in iho V/ief that such types of such ladies,you bad in your minds when you drank 'his toast that I thank you on behalf of the ladies for the way,in which you reediyed it. I will only remark that whatever may be,,in store for your sex in futuif^whetiler, you admit us to inany branches, of science, art, «nd honors, or rv-n give u» woman’s suffrage, and many o'her thingjs from which we are uow i xclu-b u may depend upon it that the higher tiije scale of duties and re'aponsihi i ies _rlr»i which you raise you women—end veil will find us fit for ( th''rn when the Mm/ com«s —;he higher raise y.niir-e.v'« in the set'e of civdisa; i»n, and- 'he grea'er number of perfect Eng bhwutn p you will produce,”