Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-11-09
CONCERNING WOMEN.

Princess Christian is making transla.
ton OF Professor EsmaIchi's work, " First
Help in Sudden Accidents"
Miss Louisa Harris. of Oakland. Dad.
ham, Mass, has sailed for Europe. to fiji
an appointment in the Royal Normal Col.
lege and Academy of Music for the Blind
in London.
Mrs. Jennie Marsh Parker, of Rochester
n. Y, is interested in the condition III
colored people in the South. Her nlan %
says the WomaR's Journal. els to found
homes for little children and place them
under the care of the Sisterhoods of tbe
Episcopal Church. Mrs. Parker has .nra.
pared a paper for her Diocesan Convention
on the Spiritual Emancipation of the
Southern Negro"
Mrs. Burnaby, wife of the hero of s.The
Ride TO Khiva, is a little over five feet
tall, while he is six feet two "But she is
his match, says the WomaR's Journal. Sin
spirit and determination. Lately she has
been astonishing Alpine climbers by her
achievements in that direction. having
scaled Mont Blanc twice in the course of a
week, first by the Col de Geant and then
by Les Aiguilles Crises. The latter route
is an especially difficult one, involving the
spending of night in the snow, but she
safely accomplished it, and has now gone
to the Italian side of the Alps to attempt
other and more dangerous ascents."
The Chicago Times reports a most extra.
ordinary case Of divorce in Indiana. Mrs.
Mather sought separation from DIR. Mather.
on the sole ground of his being frequently
called up in the night, by which her rest
was disturbed. The suit itself was scarcely
more singular than the remarks of the pre
siding Judge. He said there could be no
doubt, under the laws of Indiana, that Mrs.
Mather was entitled to divorce. He then
proceeded to show how the progress of CO.
clety had necessitated changes in the mar
rage laws. Indiana, he said was a pro.
gressive State, and the people would never
endure laws like those of other States.
where couples like this must 90 to the end
OF their days in unhappiness. He regarded
this case as an excellent illustration of the
beauties of the Indiana law. The parties
could now seek happiness where it might
be found.
The Pail Mall Gazette says "Among
the other grievances of the fair sex, the
legal rule that man in Acts of Parlia.
ment includes both sexes when it inhicts
punishment, but is limited to the male sex
when 1t confers privileges, has long held a
promlnene place. 1t would seem, however,
that the rule is not invariable, and accord
ing to decision of the Pontefract
magistrates it would seem that women
can indulge in poaching with impu-
nifty. The daughter of notorious
poacher was caught coming from the
fields with all the psraphernalia of the
craft concealed
hcitor secured her release by contending
that, as the Act referred solely to'men. a
woman could not be punished under its
provisions. This decision opens a new
field OF profitable industry to women and
if it should be upheld, the male poacher
would soon become as extinct as the dodo. I"
The Pail Nal Gazette says: "The
American Courts have recently had to deal
with the difficult question of courtship as
at present practiced in the States, and,
needless to say, they have brought great
learning to play on the subject. I'm order
to establish promise of marriage (said the
Court below. it is not necessary to show
the making of presents, the writing of love.
letters, aud all OF such things that pass be-
tween young people. We have long since
passed That day: T6eSo1r was Of
different opinion, and viewed with sur.
prise and indignation the sentiment Of the
Court below, and that jury had inferred
promise when it appeared the wooer
had only bsen in the house of the wooed
four times, but had met her out in the
evenings, sometimes at church, walked
home with her and left her at the gate
With these remarks they overruled the
Court below. The old order will therefore
at present not give way to the new and it
may still be necessary to go through the
preliminary steps of presents, love. let
tiers, and social attentions : for, talk elk
times to the same maiden lady and you may
get the wedding dresses ready is senti.
-ment the American Judges will never ad.
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