The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-25

! Intended that these columns .shan record
ve1an's work IN al the varied fields of usefulnea
ss1ect optpion respecting women, and voice the
visWs and thoughts of women. 1t n hoped that
en women in every worthy effort aid them In solv.
ine the problem of selfsupport. protect Dthem
through knowledse Of forms OF business and law
Inspire them to attain 20 their rsghuul position.
and thus through enlightened, elevated womanl
hood ennoole the home. the race, the Nation.
"Woman's World" Is wide A wife. a. mother,
- homemaker. as worker. az educator. a. philan'
thzopst. ss comrade. citizen, and as human be-
In woman II everywhere building for herself and
h0 eenerarion. FROM al sections OF this world
erisf reports Of individual an organised work.
usWs items, thoughts suggestions and inquiries
are invited fer these columns
Aodrosa al such communications TO
FLORENCE n. ADxIssez.
The January Woman's llsgszine contains
q we'll written sketch Of Mrs. May Wright
sewall by Mrs. Helen M Cougar.
The candidates for the Office of State Lii
brarisn are not so numerous this year as ia
former days. Miss Lizzie Calls, Miss Sallie
Prsther, of Brazil, Mrs. Harriet Cooper and
Miss Susie Raw Wilson, both of Shelby
County, appear to be the only contestants.
Numerous society young ladies in New
York sre taxing lessons In elccution for the
: purpose of gaining fuency in speech ana
pel',n Ut manner and of generally improy-
ing their conversational powers The art of
talking and OF reading we'll ought to receive
more attention in our public schools.
DR.. Della Hove. who has served accep-
: tally Is assistant physician at the Cook
County I'LL Insane Hospita is soon to be
transferred TO the State Hospital at Ksnka-
kee. DR.. Howe appointment at the county
hospital was made on the recommendation
OF the Reform Committee OF the Chicago
W0man's Club, and this committee now pc.
titions the commissioners to appoint DR..
Harriet c. b. Alexander to fill the vacancy.
MIS-. Alexander is . graduate of Vassar and
OF the medical department of the Michigan
University and is eminsntly qualified for
TIE duties Of the position.
MIS- Julia Holmes Smith, ". D., of Chi.
sfagp. special commissioner for tne North.
Wet, for the department of Womsn's Work
~ New Orleans, received o dispatch last
Wednesday from her representative at New
Orleans, announcing that the northwestern
division 10 In order. The Inter. Ocean says:
Mrs. DIR. Smith, IN acknowledging this
very satisfactory announcement, expresses
especial gratitude to the lady commissioners
OF the several States of her division for their
efficient services-Mrs. Hughes, of ILLINOIS;
Mre. Scott, OF Iowa. Mrs. Noe, of Indiana;
Mrs. Elliott, of Nebraska: Mrs. Marston OF
Minnesota; Mira. Townsend, OF Ohio, and
others,h
On last Thursday, the Woman's Silk Gull
ture Association of the United States pre-
sented TO the Pennsylvania Legislature a
stand of State and National flags, as o token
Of appreciation of the encoura cement given
by the State to the Association in its efforts
10 develop new industry for women.
On Friday, the Association presen ted two
National flags to the Senate and House of
Representative with memorial
efforts to establish silk culture as homs in.
dustry and asking the good will, influence
and Aid OF Congress in the further develop
ment OF its purposes. All the flags are
woven from silk OF native American gro WITH
cultured by women and children in many
States OF the Union, and spun and woven in
Philadelphia.
Hon. VIM. Dudley Foulke has introduced
two bills in the Senate with view to enlarg-
ing the rights of women. One provides that
AL Persoos twenty one years of age, with
out distinction OF sex, shall have the right
TO vote for Presidential electors The other
provides that 'a]l married women shall
have ali the capacities and powers In law
and be SUBJECT to the same
obligstions as unmarried women"
! xSOsA WCAC AclcxIcu W tuo lOiut COmIUlbtc6
on women's claims, which consists on the
part Of the Senate of Messrs. Foulke, McIn-
tosh, Hoover and Addison. 1t is thought
that the members soon to be appointed from
the House will be equally able, liberal
minded and influential men, making the
committee one that will give the interests
If women CAREFUL consideration.
The question Of the rights OF married
women makes its appearance in legislative
proceedings almost as regularly as does the
appropriation bill for current expenses
The pdiana House has been debating to
what extent married woman should be al
lowed to make contracts, and to convey
and mortgage her property. As the bill
which gave occasion for the debate was in
definitely POSTPONED, 1t Is respect
on the rights of married men Is in order.
To what extent married men should be al
lowed to lmperil the homestead and the
Joint accommodations of husband and wifs
oy going security. dabbling in stocks, pat
ronizDg bucket shops aud other forms of
gambling Is q subject upon which numer.
Gus women are capable Of making some in.
teres,ing remarks, II men can not do it JUS
tice.
Devotion to home and family Is @ cardi-
nal virtue quite as commendaole in man as
In woman, aud IL IS pleasant to fiud that
trait Of Mr.. Colfsx so appreciatively recog.
nized by . remini scent correspondent of the
Chicago Inter Ocean, who rays: Among
his friends and with his family Mr.. Collar
lived up evenly and squarsIy to the ideal
plane CT his writings. 10 ell his lecture en-
eseements. extending over q good many
yesrs, he made it . point to spend Saturday
night and Sunday with his family at home
There was disposition to laugh at Col
= fax's idea Of steaning across three or four
States TO spend one day ct home and then
steam back the next Monday but he never
.abanco ned the custom. He always spoke of
bis wife with the exaltipg kindness of O
bridegroom. There was more to the people
IN the example of such q man than the cy-
mics would be willing to admit"
Ii 10 announced by the press dispatches
that Mrs julia Ward Howe presented q
cou p aint to the United States Commission
els st the New Orleans exposition last week
70 the effect that of the $50, 600 appropriated
for the expenses of the woman's departments
che had received but 50 GEO. which will fall
far short of the obligations she has already
incurred.
About two weeks ego Ladies' Auxili.
AIRY Aid Association" was organized at New
Orleans to raise funds for the woman's de-
paYfment by giving series of entertain