Women Can't Talk

Notrsvitbstanding tho mauy disnises tn whiob Uw feminiuo aftcr dinuer speaker appenrs, Chauuccy Depcw says sho is a "failuro," ;mcl as bo Bank iuto ího lavorito lonnging cliair iu liis rkn, Dr. Dopew reiterated, "Yes, a failurc. " "Anti your ad vico to her is?" "Qnit the business." Of conrso tho uew woman, who thinks sho is n graat snccess is a coinpaüion to aftcr dimier cólico, will riso tocbjict tu Buch wholesale condomnation, but who has a clearer titlo to criticise thau thB kiiiR of after diinicr talkers? Club lifo produces after dinncr talkers by tho dozen. But nono, ns yet, bacomes tho qneen of after dinncr speakers. tí. majority aro too consoions of tlicir oïïu eiïoïta to rcach that distinction. Almost as nia:y aro in too deadly earnest over their particular liuo of woris to heed the graces aaü the lij;htsomeuess of coffea ta'k aud becemo popular. Wheu asked if his jndgment was the result of experience, Mr. Depew said: "Yes, I havo heard woroeu talk at Sorosis, at dinuers politicr.l, charitable, reform dinucra, dramatic dinners, dinners of every conceivablo kind, aud after theru all my advice still is, 'Dou't do it. ' AmoDg themselves they aro wel 1 enough, but in a mixed dinuer party they seein out of place. "They are cot in touch witb their audieuces nor in accord with tho spirit of tho occasion. After dinner speaking belongs to the hour of good fellowship. A woman doesn't fit into tho surroundings when seen through clouds of smoke. She doesn't catch tho rcood of her listeners. Sho is apt to be a wet blanket, and to induce sad aud solcmu formality in tho room of light qnips nd jollity. "