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Rh aid the disfranchised can lay claim? Would those unfortunates be what they are without your chivalry? And could you have made them what they are, if they were not disfranchised? If, after the schooling you have given them, they are still able to arouse themselves to a consciousness of moral worth, they will call out to you: To hell with your chivalry, but give us our human rights, that we can protect ourselves against the dangers of want, and need no longer be the helpless victims of your lust!

By the reply of Julie vom Berg the wine drummer, Gerstaeker, was thrown into a great state of excitement. He arose, but for some time could not find words for his indignation. At last he called out in a stentorian voice:

"I hope that the speaker's insinuations were not meant to be personal. But I shall report the affair at once to my illustrious namesake that he may write it up for the "Gartenlaube."

Then he rushed from the hall, upsetting two chairs in his haste. Upon one of them sat the doctor, spiritualist and editor, Bluethe of New York, in a state of deep reflection, to which philosophy applies the term "trance." Aroused by the violent shock and fall, he sprang bravely to his feet and at once assumed the attitude of a speaker.

DR. BLUETHE — The movement for the political equality of woman is steadily gaining ground, even among the German women of North America.

A VOICE — More ground, it is to be hoped, than it has so far gained‘among German men.