The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-15

wOAAN'S WORLD.
n n Intended that these columns shall record
WouAn's work IN al the varied feds of usefulness,
Honsct opinion respecting women, and voice the
views and thoughts OF women. 1t Ia hoped that
they may In some measure encourage RS strength.
N women In every worthy erort,sid;-~r IN Nv.
ang the problem of self-support. protecs ttet
through knowledge OF forms OF business and Law
1nspire them to attain 70 their rfghtful position.
eud Aus through enlightened, elevated woman
oood ennoble the home, the race the Nation.
"Wo1can's World is wide. AS wife. IS mother,
. home-maker. IS yorker. ss educator. rs philan.
thropist. comrade. citizen. and hurnsn:oe-
NJ woman IL everywhere building for herself and
~ generation. Prom all sections OF this world,
br1of reports Of individual an organized work.
usws items, thoughts suggestions and inquiries
oZe invited fer these columns
Address Gil such mnunications 70
FLogKScs " Atkinson.
1ss Elm ST.. indianapolis. Ind.
Miss Jeanette ID Baldwin, OF Moore's
Bill. Ind, a Young lady OF fns promise. has
obtained patent for back for piano stools
The Dakota co6ncil rsconsidersd its action
frsee 10 women by Statute and passed Vt OF
. vote Of II 10 10 At last accounts IL ives
uncer consideration by Governor Pierce.
Mrs j. Lucas, of Philadelphia. has been
appointed by COr1mi ssIOuer Lorlng Sup5rln-
tsncent OF the Silk Experimenting Station.
at salary OF 500 per month She IL also
authorized TO expsnd s2 $40 upon voucners
certified by herself. Mrs Lucas, at meet
ing Of the ASSOCIATION in Philadelphia, Thurs
day, added her salary to the Government
donation, thus Idakiog the amount SO 700.
The association has 3 600 pe1nds of silk on
hand, and will have il prepared for market
ut once. The association has 10000 cores
pOndents.
On last Thursday evening" Mrs. Mary Z.
Hsggsrt of this city addressed the Illinois
Legislature al Springfield. on the subject OF
the pei ding woman suffrage amendment to
the Constitution. Much interest was mani
tested. and numerous members declared
themselves favorsblY impressed by the argu-
Inents advanced. On the afternoon of the
ssne day. bill TO allow women to vote a.
schoe elections was reported from the CO ~
mittee in the Senate with the recommends.
ZION that il pass.
We learn from tae Woman's Journal that
General Spinner, whom women will ever
women clerks to the United States Treasury
Deparrmer I, is now living happily in orida
with his daught-r and studying botany,
palseontolcgy and concholcgy, though be
il Eighty four years cid. He wrote recently
to an old friend regarding the status OF
women:
Il think the women are looking up. Now
If there is anything in my Conduct that |
look TO with pride, ii is the fact that | first
introduced women into the Departments of
our Government. They have asserted them
selves there, and they viii, no fear, assert
themselves elsewhere"
Apparently, conservative New Orleans zis
making an unconditional surrender 10 the
stron g-mindsd sisterhood. It's prejudices
against professional and platform women are
disappearing in the presence Of Mrs. Julia
Ward Howe and her corps which includes
numerous advanced women. More than
this. the city bids them welcome and Is eager
to do them honor. The occasion IF Mrs.
Howe's lecture was an ovation to that dis
tiBguisied woman. Mrs. Julia Holmes
Smith, CT Chicago, was welcomed royalty 10
the home OF her girlhood. and spoke in pub
lis several times. In response to an invita-
tion MICS May Rodgers, OF Dubuque. Iowa,
author of the Wa1erly Dictionary. presented
her adde's on Madame Roland before the
Womsn's Clut. a few days later Mrs. May
Wright Sswail addressed this clup on the
subject of "WomaIs's Work, I" and her lecturs
was pronounced ore of the most practical
and valuable ever heard in New Orleans.
Lastly. Miss Susan B. Anthony is an honored
guest in New Orleans. On one afternoon
she and Mrs. Sewall visited and addressed
the Girls Central High School. On last
Tuesday evening these two ladies addressed
q large audience under the auspices of the
Womsn's Club. Mrs Sewall spoke of
women's clubs, and Miss Anthony gave a
straie M out woman suffrage lecture and was
applauded enthusiastically.
The growth OF psblic sentiment, especially
ams ng society people, REGARDING the variou:
advancement of komen, particularly ior
their enfranchiseIfent, is strikinglv illus
trsted in the Home Journal of New York.
This paper Is rre-eminently q society
journal the chro.,icler of balls. receptions
dinners. weddingslnd smateur theatrioals
of the coming4 goiugs and doing'
Iyn. Washington and the fash
ionabie resorts. Itis In brief the organ o.
society, fashion, liz rury and wealth, aud ar
authority on 'go1A FORM" Although fash
ionable. the Homo Journal is not given owe
to frivolfy. Its columns contain q record o
recent events in Iii krsry. art educational snC
lhilanthrcpic circzss. It's poems stories an,
sketches ere abovstt the average and its edi
torisls are exceptilnally good.
The writer Is igr{ ,rant of the early attitud,
of the Home Joufnal toward the woman
question, but for Several years past, il Ia
been very favorab<a. Toe progress of womer
in educational afkirs, their admission u
universities thei1 recognition by learned
tociet ties, thei. SUCCESSES In obtaining degrees
etc, has been madt a leading feature o. tn
psper. and its editorials concerning tai
sphere and work Ok woman, her capabilities
and possibilities h&Te been exceedingly lilo
era) in tone.
More significant chan this liberal attitude
on the part of q lgadjng society journal i
The fact that its columns have regularly con
tanned announcements ana reports of the
commencement C the Woman's Medica
College and of ttT Training school TO
Nurses, of the recsetions given By 'Sotosis''
and OF divers ottSsr revolutionary move
mems of women. iScluding the meetings oil
the New York WoAan Suffrage Association
These events hsye been mentioned simply
and courteous O. ORDINARY and integrsl
Parts OF the resE8 Icta5le, well.bred socie
wcrld.
Lastly. one of thf leading srsic es ia the
current issue MarcS IL. is entitled "Womer
ard the State" by Rev. Dr.. James Freeman
Clarke The impktaucs of this article vii
be understood whdh it is said that it occu
pies over two colurkus, and that in il thu
right OF women to &ote is earnestly and une-
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