The Republican journal., 1882-10-12
w oman's Work

WHAT THE WOMEN ARE DOING IN THE FIELDS
| OF INDUSTRY, LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND
ART
Mrs. Margaret V. Longley, of Cincinnati, has
published a book entitled TYPE Writer Les
sons" for the use of teachers and students.
| Costa Rica has honored itself and set Il good
example to more pretentious people, by send
| ing woman, Madam Beatrice, as Envoy En-
| traordinary at Washington.
Since the annual meeting of the American
Woman Suffrage Association, Mrs. Lucy Stone
and Mr.. II. B. Blackwell have been travelling
| through Nebraska. holding meetings.
| Sojourner Truth now one hundred and eight
| years old, lectured in Decatur, Mich, the other
| evening, and devoted the proceeds to furhering
the woman suffrage campaign in Nebraska
| The Louisville School of Pharmacy is now
| open to women its first Young lady student
having recently entered with the intention of
| taking full course, A practiced chemist in
| Louisville declares that after having employed
both men and women he is persuaded that the
latter will make the better drug clerks.
Miss Maria z. Brace, teacher of eocution at
Vassar College, will this year divide her time
| between that institution and the State Uniyer-
| sity of Indiana, Miss Brace is the first woman
instructor at Indiana University, who receives
both sexes as students. Her salary is the same
as that of the other professors.
| The Princess Eugene, sister of the King of
| Sweden, recently sold her diamonds to raise
| funds in order to complete hospital in which
| She was Interested. When visiting this hospi-
tai, after its completion, suffering inmate
wcpt tears Of gratitude as she stood by his side
and the Princess exclaimed, "Ah. now see nv
| diamonds again.
The ssterhood of All Saints, Baltimore is
| quietly doing a blessed work for the Southern
negro, and that against obstacles which would
shake the faith of many. Those who are watch
! ing their Iabors are convinced that there is no
| better instrument for reaching the poor South
| crn negro than slsterhOOd composed, is this
| is of both black and white women
| Oddly enough all the New York Dapers and
| a great many of the Western ones. rot the ac-
| ton of the Massachusetts Democratjc conyen-
ton on woman suffrage inverted i'll their re-
ports, and sundrv wise remarks were made on
The supposed defeat of the woman suffrage
| resolution, Nobody seems to Know how The
mistake arose Was the wish father TO the
| thought, neiehbors>
| Both political parties in Washington Terri
| tory are giving the woman movement recooni-
ton by placing ladies on their tickets for school
| offices The Republicans of Garfield comfy
have nominated Mrs. f. G. Morrison for School
| Superintendent while the Democrats of WaIa
| Wala name Miss Tina for a like position Wo-
! men have also been nominated in several other
| counties
| ton a full and explicit statement of the practi-
| cal working of woman suffrage in Wyoming
| He said that it had done much good both 10
women and society," and that none OF the evils
| often predicted had followed, a ADOIIt eight
| tenths of the men in Wyoming voted. and frllv
nine-tenths Of all the women. After thirteen
| years experience, no man or woman who had
resided one wear in the territory was in favor
of its repeal 1t was universally accepted as Il
| permanent and bcneticent fact
| Miss Carrie ID. Blanchard of College Hill a
| student of the Cincinnati .sSchool of DESIGN !,
has recently completed at Mrs Nichols Rook-
| wood Pottery, a vase of original design and re-
markable beauty of finish. On the vase is a re-
| presentation of "Clovernook" the Alice and
! Phoebe Cary homestead on College Hill. The
| old house and well are exhibited. surrounded
| bV modelled roses and finished in china painting
| from original sketches. 1t is chrstcned the
| ..Clovernook Vase" and was ordered by a Bos-
| ton lady.
Miss Mary $ Davenport, of Worcester, Mass
! has been remarkably successful in her cOmpcti-
| ton for the bread premiums at New England
| fairs. In 1880 She took the first prize 4 silver
| dessert spoon. for white bread made by a gir
under Is wears of age. In 1881 she took The first
! prize for white and the first prize for brown
| bread made by girls under l5. IA silver dessert
spoon III each case. and in 1882 in the lady's
| class. with ! II competitors She took the first
| prize, So, for white bread. and the first So for
! brown bread
During the last week the newspapers have
| abounded in remarks to the general effect that
| the ''woman sutfragists of Massachusetts have
| grown tired Of knocking at the door of the Re