The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-02-23
CoNCERNING WOMEN.

Miss Ida Brooks, of Little Rock, is Presi-
dent Of the Arkansas State Teachers Asso-
citation.
Seven hundred thousand women in France
and Italy are employed in the manufacture
of raw silk from the cocoon.
Ex-Governor Talbot, of Massachusetts,
writes: at seems especially important that
women should at this time be given vote
in municipal aflairs.'
The Hurricane is well-printed little
paper published in Charleston, ). C., by its
editor. Miss Eva l.. BrittOn, q girl who Is
only twelve years old. There are a good
many worse papers published by a good
many older people.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton has written
letter to her countrywomen, urging them
to write their own full names, affixed TO
documents. letters, and college catalogues.
Looking over the latter she has seen Susie,
Kittie, Libbie, instead Of Susan, Katharine
, Elizabeth, and says alboywould be laughed to
scOrn who should allow himself to be called
Jimmy, Johnny. or Dickey. There is a
moral influence, reformer, in a dignifed
name, representing a lifelong individual
hsracter.
Miss Helena Gladstone, a young daughter
If the Prime Minister of England, is csus-
ing quite a sensation iii England and on the
Continent by the moral courage developed
in her recent determination TO enter an
active and useful career, and to give the
young women Of England good example.
The idea of the daughter of the Prime Min
ister becoming teacher, or, AS some other
authorities state, secretary and active agent,
is something sotnew 70 the aristocratic femi.
nine world of Europe that it is making an
epoch, as they say.
To obviate the dangers and trouble.
caused by high steps to passenger coachess,
Miss Skerritt, young lady of Albany, N:
Y, has invented and patented folding
step, which, when lowered, comes within u
foot Of the ground. When the train ia ready
to start the steps are turned out of the way
by means of lever, which also holds them
secure. This rendersthem free from ice and
cinders; and in descending them one is in no
danger Of slipping. Another important
feature is that when folded these steps pre-
vent passengers from jumping Oft or on the
cars. The Delaware and Hudson is testing
the invention.
Women have been employed as clerks in
the Stockholm EnskIlds Bank, Stockholm,
Sweden, for sixteen wears, and A. .. Wal
of july. 1864. sixteen young ladies have
been engaged in the bank OF these there
are still in the services OF the bank, eight;
married and left, FIVE; advanced to more re-
munerative positions in other institutions,
two, dismissed for inaptitude, one. OF those
remaining. three are cashiers on their own
responsibility, one is assistant to the keeper
of the head ledger, and four hold inferior
positions. have, from the beginning made
It rule TO employ girls Of good education
and honest families. have never had any
reason to regret that innovation, and it is
but Justice to add that our young men havs
always been attentive toward the ladies
Since commenced some of the other banks
have followed" No doubt the young men
have been "attentive towards the ladies'"
That goes without saying, but it is to be
presumed and hoped that Mr.. Wallenberg
means they manifest no opposition to their
employment.
At late meeting Of the New York
State WOman's Science Association In New
York City, Mrs. Helen NJ Cooke, the Sec
retsry, read psper on Journalism. 1t was
principally devoted to a consideration of the
influence of women in journalism, and she
presented several interesting historical facts,
} among others that the first daily paper in
, the world was started in LcRdon; in 1872
by one Elizabeth Mallet, who in her salUta-
J, tory says that she started her journal 20
"spare the public half the impertinence
that papers usually contain" in this
country the frss paper In Massachusetts,,
the Massachusetts Gazette and News Letter,
was carried on for several yeas by the
widow Of the founder. Mrs. Runger was
for many years owner and editor e psper
in New York, which was discontinued at
| her death in l74S. The first paper
in Rhode Island was established
by Widow Annie Franklin in 1892,
and she and her daughter did all the work
at the case and the press. ami their house
maid served as carrier. The Mercury, pub
lished in Philadelphia in l742, was edited
by woman, as was the Maryland Gazette
in 1770. Mrs Clementine Reed published
paper in Virginia in l772 in the cause of
the Colonies, and was the first to publish
the Declaration OF Independence. Mrs
Elizabeth Timothy was publisher in
South Csrolina in 1773. The essay was
also flied with personal recollections and
anecdotes of many of the women who have
figured in modern American journalism
Weekly meetings of the Association are
held every Wednesday afternoon at the
Cooper Union for the reading Of essays and
discussion.