The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-02-26
ITEMS FOR THE LADIES.

There is woman residing in Bronson who
has cut and corded up ready for market 10
cords of stove wood this winter.
Ellen b. Kingsley, Of Oathe, KS, has been
invited to address the Legislature Of that State
on the industrial education OF women.
Separate street cars for women, indeed And
how would the poor creatures get seat on a
! rainy day, without any gentlemen to get up and
give II to them ?-Cncinnati Times
IN exchange gays A young poetess sends
in contribution entitled, LET us Love-
We will do our best, but we have been married
over four years now, and are little out of
practice.
Anna Dickinson isn't going on the stage p
The Evening Post says she is living in New
York, and that she is preparing two new lee
lures, one on Sisters of Charity" and the
otheron Robert Emmett"
The French Ministry have recently given a
decision in favor of female doctors, and one
Mile. Domerque, of Montpelier, has received
due authorization to pass her examination pre-
liminary to taking the degree
The deliberations of the Brooklyn Bachelors
Club were brought to sudden and ignominl-
GUS conclusion the other night in consequence
OF the discovery Of hair pin cllnging con6d-
ingly to the coat collar of the President.
The Boston Girls Cooking Club is in a
flourishing condition. The first class succeeded
in cooking turkey the other day, and only
made one blunder. They forgot to I" draw" it
before committing 1t to the oven.-New York
World.
1t is simply absurd to talk about woman
being qualified to fill every position IN life that
man fills. For instance. what woman could
lounge around the stove in a country grocery
and lie about the number OF fishes she caught
last summer.-Milwaukee Sentinel.
Put it to yourselves, ladies': how would you
like to make 70 button-hoes, and sew ~ but
tons and SO stays" Oh flannel SHIRTS for %
cents? That was the pay on which a poor
woman and her aged mother were found trying
to support family OF seven persons, IN New
York, the other day.
Kalakaua remarked to friend before leaving
Washington that the ladies OF that city APP
peared to him very forward" One Of his at
tendants, who CHANGED at the moment to espy
a fashioEably dressed female with an enormous
bustle expressed the opinion that they seemed
to him principally backward"
a young lady was overheard telling friend
the other evening that she was dreadfuly
put out" because her pa had rented pew IN
the thlrd row from the pulpit. and she couldn't
see the fashions worth a cent without twisting
her neck off almost. There's no pleasure in
gong to church any more" she SAYS.
The Oldest woman in Chicago is Mrs. Amy
Gridley, who is now in her 9Sth year. She is
native Of Lyme, Conn. and her husband took
part in the battle Of Bunker Hill. In 1925 she
and her husband rode $50 miles In their carriage
to hear Webster's Grafton at the laying Of the
cornerstone Of Bunker Hill Monument.
Miss Rye and Miss Mcpherson, two ladies' in
London who are devoting their lives TO the
work Of educating the ragged children OF that
great city, have already rescued from life of
sin and misery upward OF 5000 children. II
the churches were full OF such devoted Chris
tans. the miseries Of this world would be vastly
relieved.
DR.. Sarah Z. Chase gave q course OF lectures
upon " Health and Dress Reform. " IN Buchte
College, Akron, o.. and the grls were 80 i'm
pressed by her arguments that at the conclu-
sion OF the course they went straghtway and
took off their corsets, shortened their dresses,
suspended their clothes from the shoulders, and
are now talking OF reform dress as college
costume.
A new caprice among the ladies who are
proud to consider themselves fashionable isthe
use Of Irish linen paper for all ordinary corre-
spopdence. The sheets are cut in the legal
cap style, and have a crest IN the left hand up
per corner. The sheet folds once. and fits in
an Irish linen envelope adorned with crest on
the fly. When you receive a kettle drum INV
tation written on this remarkably nice paper
you indulge in the most extravagant anticpa-
tons regarding the forthcoming entertainment
New York Mail.
Those women who do believe in the dignity
duty to exercise it, should show by their ear
nestness and sincerity that they consider the
enfranchlsement OF woman the most important
OF all reforms, far more momentous and far
reaching in Its consequences than any church
or charitable interests, peace prison, or tenn
perance reforms, Indian politics national fairs,
or centennial celebrations for it is only
through a voice in the laws that the most di-
rect and efficient work can be done in these
various dIrections.-Grand Rapids Post.
A pretty girl is employed to take up the col
lections IN Springfield church, and the re-
cepts are very heavy. II strange gentleman
hesitates about contributing, she smiles, mods,
and winks in such queer style that the victim
first bushes up to the roots Of his hair and
then makes dive for his pocketbook. ANXIOUS
to close the interview as soon az possible. ALI
the young fellows who know her think 1t worth
50 cents week to catch her beautiful brown
eye, and the women all pay because If they
don't she says meanny" with her lips, while
a look OF intense disgust overspreads her face.
The Washington correspondent Of the Louis
v;Ila Couriar-To urnal writea Thursdav Their a