St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-06-16
Concerning Women.

Schuyler COlfax said a word well
worth attention when he declared that
if Booth, Barrett and Anna Dickinson
should play Hamlet comparatively
on successive nights the verdict would
be in the woman's favor. Miss Dickin-
sons Hamlet is by far the most in
teresting Interpretation of the charac-
ter.
A medical college for women has
just been incorporated at Baltimore.
Aida c. Avery, NJ. D., of Denver, for
six years professor of Hygiene of Vas
sar college, has excepted the appoint
ment of superintendent of Hygiene for
Colorado.
Mrs. Esther A. Cooley, of Brigham,
Me-, has received commission from
Governor Plaisted to solemnize mar
riages, administer oaths and take ac-
acknowledgements of deeds.
Mrs. Samuel f. Sewall and Mrs. S.
NJ. Parsons are revising the papers of
Lydia Maria Child, and preparing them
for the press. Mrs. Parsons is a niece
of Mrs. Child.
The HousatOnic Ray, published at
New Milford, Connecticut, has two la
dies on the editorial staff, one of whom
has several times taken charge of the
paper and acted as managing editor
three or four months at IA time.
The WOman's Christian Temperance
Union of Michigan, in state convention
voted last week in favor of action look
ing toward woman suffrage, by Go to
~, after Il spirited and almost heated
discussion.
The Woman Suffrage Festival and
Banquet held in Boston on Wednesday
evening, May 81, was great success,
and exceeded the most sanguine antic-
ipations. The floor was crowded and
the galleries were filled with interest
ed listeners.
Mrs. Maxwell has received her COM
mission as state librarian of Iowa for
another term of two years. This is the
right recognition of most worthy and
deserving woman, and one who has be-
sides made an enviable record for cour-
tesy and efficiency in the management
of this important duty.
DR.. A. c. Bucket has not only estab-
lished herself professionally in Oak
land, Cal, but is practical teacher of
natural history and biology. Both
classes are in a prosperous condition.
A committee of two from the Brook
Ign WOman's Club called on Mayor
Low recently and presented him with
petition containing over 200 sigma
lures asking the appointment of wom-
en- on the board of education.
Mrs. l.. E. Elliott is a young widow
l. -. 81 Il. I 4
educate, and instead of sitting down
and pining at her fate, she has bravely
stepped forward and opened ladies'
fancy shoe store in Dayton, KY.
Mrs. Nellie Grace edits the largest
paper at Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
She issues daily and double sheet
weekly. Another lady owns and con-
ducts the largest saw mill, and anOth-
Ell is developing Il lead mine besides
experimenting large farm.
A meeting of the Woman's Centena-
ry Association was held i'll Boston,
June |, Mrs. Mary l.. Draper presiding.
The Rev. DR.. A. j. Patterson spoke of
the great regard which he had for the
practical work of the woman in the
church, and recalled what had been
lost to religion during all these ages,
when woman's voice was not heard in
the church.
1t is proof of change for the bet
ter in the tone of the community
of Toronto towards women, and
in wOmen's own appreciation of
their public responsibilities, when
the year 1882 was ushered in by the
hitherto almost unknown circumstance
of women using their vote for school
trustees. May the next move be their
nomination to the superior Office itself.
Mrs. Shaw, of Boston, supports thir-
ty-three kindergartens, at an expense
of SO, 900 yearly. The industrial train
ing of these schools gives poor Outcast
children an after means of livelihood
and taste for work, besides keeping
them from crime. In New York it is
said the commitments for crime have
diminished twenty-five per cent in five
years, fact which is attributed to the
children's aid society.
1t is understood the grand jury has