Mrs. Hamlet's Soliloquy

A lady in Richmnnd, Tfi.,thns discusses, a la Hamlet, the que&tlon of femalc euflrage: ïo vote, ornot to vote, that'a the qnesUOD ; W betm-r t aobler to for ■:: the s;il: . And bear che arrows of ontrageoua t.irtuue, Or to tfike nrirs againtit our iexa . Aid, byopponny, t-nd Hu-in ? Tollve - to wed- Au more ; and bi & marriage my we end The hfjirhiciir. only fco Doru the Uttle ilts Women are hoïr t-- 'tie a conturamntton Not for Joseph. if the Coartherself öotb kiiow ; And tlint Bh (!oth is most lutlubltable, To vote - to act- to act pcicli;ince. a farce : nyo, 3 here's the rub ; for by thie act what flights may ((mu', Wuen we huve fhufücdoff our crinoline f makee aa pnase ; tala, too, La the rtispect That makee caltmity of woman BuflVfl For wbo wonld boor the kk-k and enfra of m:m, The oppreatfoi 'a fltti, our contwoelVj Asaaolt and battarj and the law'a ela : The iiJcoleiice of bummerf, and the nrarni That patiënt nromon from rongh loaféra ttike, When, to avotd it dbe coald stay at home Ani use lier b-dkiu ' Wiio woukl ioake b1 er, Or gro m or swea uu Ier :t me :b inica life, itui tor the pleasare of pmandpatlon - TJj6 rich Qoïconda, from whoee gaptux .iftws The flesh pote yawn In tantallzlng pleoty ! lï:!t tlu-rc's ihe'afierclap ! Thïa posslefl th will, Aml inikcs aa ratherbear the lila we have Thïin ily to the horrid Inexpresslbles. TluiH oowardlce makea babiea of qi all ; And tïiu our petted saffrage reaolntions Are sicklied o'er witb the paie cast of Osar : j ttrprisc of gloriom ballot etuffing Haat fade, alae, becanae oor anfféring aez t ire n t tmblbe the sonMuspirlufi rye, To give us vhu iiud nction.