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Show i'LAVINO 1'BliWIUKNT. The New York Mail and ExprosB has an interesting column of gathered statements state-ments by noted Amoriean women, of what they would do provided each and every one should happen to be president of the United States. Marion Harland, if she wore president, would make all her relatives happy by giving each of tbem a good paying office. of-fice. Jenny June Croly thinks the presidency pres-idency isn't worth tho asking; she had rather be tho editor of a paper than to be president. Kvory mud-slinger makes a target of tho president. Agnes Booth wouldn't be president I "for anything in the world." Georgia D. Burrymoro imagines if she were the president, which she certainly doesn't wish to be, she would try tomako the country loss corrupt by weeding out unscrupulous ofllue-holders. Marquise Clara Lanza would have the servants at the white house dressed in evening dress at all receptions. Mrs. Frank Leslie is quite sure that she would try to make this nation respected at home and abroad. She would annex Cuba to this country, if diplomacy would do it. Anna Thomas would, as chief magistrate, try to shut up every dram-shop in the United Statos. Annie D. C. Hardy would endeavor to bo president of tho union and not of a party, Bhe would put good men into office without putting good men out. Mary P. Seymour, when-over when-over and wherever she could, would stick to the party that put her in power, but woulJ never sacrifice her country s good. Of two applicants for office, if the better one were a political opponent, he should have the office. Ella U. Cly-uier Cly-uier would do hor best if she were president presi-dent to first emancipate woman. She would try to make our prisons places of reformation as well as of punishmont, and in the meantime take care of little children whose parents, one or both, might be conflnod in workhouses work-houses and prisons. Mary E. Bryan would turn her attention to tho bouUi and help build it up. She would care for the negros and enoourage them to own their homes and ground around it. Mrs. Louise Thomas oonsidors the position posi-tion of the president the most glorious in tho world. She would make strenuous exertions to bring all the railroads rail-roads under the control of the general government and to build an international internation-al railway. The Times had hoped to find Kate Field among tho ladies interviewed. She understands fully the nature and scope of the president's duties and would undoubtedly un-doubtedly make a splendid presidont. Her cabinet eelection would be men with backbone upright men who never I .. i. M A Mi 11 i.1-- ..1.1 "sit on their spinos." After all tho old Jim Crow song "If I was the presidont of these Unitod Statos, I'd lick molassos candy and swing upon tho gates;" convevs to the hiind of ordinary aspirants as-pirants an easy-going philosophy enabling en-abling them to bear the heavy burdon us long as tho gates swing. |