Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-06-09
For anu ADOut Women.

Mrs. Magoon, of Lincoln, Nebraska,
has been appointed. by Governor Davis
matroD, and Mrs. Minerva Lewis, M
d., assistant physician, of the hospital
for the Insane.
A tifteen-year-old girl has charge of
seven switches on the Chicago. Milwau-
kee and St. Paul Railroad, and sixty
year-Old woman has charge ofthe Macon
functions switches, over which pass all
trains from Columbus, Montgomery and
Atlanta.
Mr.. Howels holds in the part of ga
WOman's Reason" in the June Century,
that "the character of no man is fixed
till it has been tried by that of the wo-
man he loves Till then he has only the
materials of character, and they are all
to be shaped and ordered as newly as if
he had never had them before"
In England, the services of women as
Poor Law Guardians have proved so
valuable, that larger number were
elected recently. In London, thirteen
were elected ten of these had already
served one or more years, while num-
Der were elected in other cities. An adj
vance was also made in Scotland, where
for the first time two ladies have been
elected parochial managers or guardians.
The Womans Christian Association Of
Chicago maintains four forms of active
philanthrophy; comfortable boarding
home with moderate rates for selfsup-
porting young girls, where over 900
young girls have been. encouraged and
-, - A,l,l r~I,
ployment bureau;a free dispensary for
women and children too poor to secure
proper treatment with medical staff of
woman physicians who last year made
!, 300 visits, and transient home for
needy women.
Mrs. Emily G. Kimball finley, Mich,
deserves to 60 on record as model
American woman. Sha is So years of
age, and had within the last two years,
knitted twenty-Iour pairs of socks and
stockings, and four pairs OF mittens, and
made aud quilted nine patchwork quilts
some of them of very minute pieces and
intricate patterns. besides assisting with
the Homework and doing general sew
ing for the family. The old lady is bet
ter housekeeper at eighty-three than
many of the candidates for matrimony
at sweet sixteen are.
German papers comment upon the
strange fact that Italy seems to have
taken the greatest stride in the political
emancipation of women. A movement
it is on foot to reorganize the provincial
and district electoral laws, with Il view
to insert therein the right of suffrage for
women. Like the men, they must be of
the age OF tWenty-One years, have the
possession of full civic rights,
and also be expected to contribute taxes
Of the minimum amount of five francs,
besides furnishing the proof of being
able to read and write. AS an act OF
courtesy, women complying with the
foregoing conditions will be allowed to
send their written votes in sealed en-
velope to the commissioner at the polls,
their signatures being attested by Gym
die (mayor)
In 1910, says the Boston Globe, when
Harriet Martineau visited this country,
she showed that only seven vacations
were open to women who wanted to
work. These were keeping boarders,
setting type, teaching needlewOrk, labor
in cotton mills and folding and stitch ng
in book binderies. Now there are 2iS
occupations open to women in Massa-
chusetts and 551. 1853 members of the
zentler sex in this state alone earn their
own living, receiving from $3.50 to $1,000
each per annum. This does not include
or mothers and daughters in
the household. AS there are 70, 600 sur
plus women in Massachusetts, these
new avenues of employment are widely