Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-08-22

that q chain OF reasoning ought to be pro-
nounced ursound merely because it leads to
woman suffrage. We ssy that every srgu-
ment which tells us Ct universal suffrage If
males, tells equally in favor of woman SUI
frage."
MISS DITCHEs, a young American lady,
made a great sensation al a London re-
ception recently. She has q fscile talent for
initiating the sounds OF birds, and has spent
hours in the forest listening to their notes.
A Philadelphia prof s'or developed her fac
ulty. She wss brought out at The Sas)on
concert, at Belgrsve mansion, by Nine.
LiebhsTdL.
THEY have a good desl TO cay about wom-
ems firing propeFsilies. But, hsrk ye,
how many fab do you think you would have
for breakfast if the fishes didn't take the bait
that il dropped to them? Fishing would toon
fall into desuetude or some other place if the
fisherman wasn't aided and abeited by his fl l.
ny victim. Go toi Blame not the women, bnt
rather blame yourOeif, poor simpletopi
ADDING injury to insult: A tall, stylish
lookirg woman, Leading = greyhound, pas ID
the balcony Of a S irato2a hotel. 90 which Two
gentlemen were standing. what a beauti-
ful creature! !" said one If them, 10 a voice
that proved loud trough for the lady 10
hear. Turning very red in The face sh-
glanced angSiIy at the speaker and said
: You have no right 10 Insult me, sir" "EK
cuse ne, madam, but you f4tI.r yourself. /
was abiding to your dog"
WOMEN are permitted 10 vote in Crest
Britain much more freely than they are 10
tbs U0ited States, and in the House OF Com
mons a fjrtnig6t ago a measure establishing
iulf woman suffrage csme very rear being
carried. There are now in Englsud and
Walks betwesn 100000 and 400, 900 won n
who pCss IS tbs fl aCch ss-Ibat il to cay, one
woman to every seven men. More than
lOo,tOO women pos iess, ss ~hoUseholders, the
municipal franchise. The number of womtn
Landowners in Eogland and Wales lie 81, S06.
The Iowa Woman's Christian Temperance
Union have three petitions to pr sent to the
next Legislature: O1e praying the submis-
sion OF The amendment to the constitution
striking out the word IN ale; - one asking the
Is Establishment of a refoTmatory prison for
women; and one asking that they eusct laws
requiring instruction of the character Of
alcoholic and marco ic 5 imulan S, and their
%efecis, physical, mental and moral, to be
given in all schools under State coctrol.
These petitions mean work for our women,
but it will be cheeriully done.
Miss SARAH RoBINsoN, The founder OF the
Soldiers Institute, Portsmouth, England, has
bC' q cunCICI spiuhl IDIlIdiul oil utT
life, and now csnnot leave her ola. See be-
gan by lecturing among the SOLDIER, then &C.
companied the troops at the au!umn aneu-
vers, giving the man a chance 10 Chain re-
treatments and to amuse themselves, in rear.
ing two tents in which food and the masus
of recreation were provided; ard, last OF all,
she founded the institute which occupies the
Fountain Hotel and K o'h-r nous 5, and
which she manages with The help u "lsdy
workers." who live in the building at their
own expense.
IF there are idlers ia Boston they sre not
women, writes a New Orleans Iimes CORE
sp1ndeut. The occupations open to women
hire include. everything there is, from the
arts and the professions TO the industries. In
stores, shops. Libraries, restaurants, ~offices,
you are served by women. La the city poet.
office the registry Of letters is su~perinlended
by a woman, with women assistsn s. In the
AtheneIm aud Public Library women almost
exclusIvely attend. La our beat
men serve as walters, whils a dainlil v.dressed
woma al siis behind The desk, with vases OF
cut flowers, aud attends to the cash accounts.
II used TO be considered a little pronounced
for a lady without escort to 90 TO the ladies'
restaurant at the Parker House; but now the
presence of a refined and dainty woman at
the cashiers desk has quite done away with
that feeling,