St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-24

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swinging of the
pendulum along the arc back toward that
point where whenEgypt was the learned
mistress of the world. women stood pre-emi-
nent in learning and in general regard.
Organization has been potent power in
the recent advancement of women to
broader field of thought and labor, and Or
ganization among women has been, for the
most part the outgrowth of that highest
and most admirable of her characteristics
her helpful responsiveness to the woes OF
the world. which is as natural to her as the
hushing of child. The great philanthrOpic
organizations throughout the world have
been founded and conducted by women,
and, for the length of time it has been eS-
tablished, the WOman'S Christian
Temperance union is larger in
numbers and extends over wider
area than any one of them. Having been
established less than thirteen years. this
organization has a following of about
500, 900 and unions in every state and ter
ritory in the United States. i'll Canada
England, Australia, New Zealand, the
Sandwich Islands and Japan, and also
workers sent out by the general organiza-
ton, who are labOring in the interests of
their cause, in Russia. Belgium, and within
the past few months in France
The different long established organiZa-
lions of the
CATHOLIC SISTERHOODS
are even more far-reaching than this
immense, quickly-grown W. c. Il. T.; in
deed, their field OF operation can scarcely be
said to be bounded by civilization. but
rather by the existence OF humanity.
Throughout the whole world the Sisters of
the Good Shepherd or, as they are some
times called, the Magdalen Sisters. carry
forward the reformatory work to which
their order devote themselves, not only re-
ceving. but seeking the weak and wicked,
staying by counsel and protection the fail
ing strength Of the one, and endeavOring to
turn into good ways the tendency
force of the other.
Everywhere are found the Little Sisters of
the Poor, an order who devote themselves
to the care of the aged. They beg the
means to found their Institutions, and
to keep the inmates after such institutions
are established. The rule of this sister
hood, from which they do not allow them
selves to deviate is that the aged inmates
are served first. and what remains is the
portion of the sisters. who not infrequeDtly
find themselves with a very scant app0r-
tiOnment. Another branch of the Catholic
ssterhood, the Poor landmarks of Jesus
Christ are everywhere devoted to the care
of orphans and the deaf, dumb and blind.
The order of st. Joseph, while conducting
orphan asylums. is especially devoted to the
Industrial school work. and the st. Vim
cents branch of the Sisters of Charity de-
vote themselves to that labOriOus and per-
haps tenderest charity of all, the caring for
castaway infant humanity.
These and other Catholic philanthrOpic
institutions conducted by women, are sup
ported wholly by the labor and solicitations
of the sisters. The association for the adj
vancment of women. known as the
Woman's congress. while not exactly phil
anthropic, certainly tends strongly in that
direction and does not, as is quite gener-
ally supposed, include i'll its aims the OBJ
tanning of the right of suffrage for women,
in fact, among its prominent members are
those who are decidedly opposed to 1.-The
sixteenth amendment" This association
declares its object to be ''to render women
helpful to each other and useful to society,""
and also ''by bringing about an
ENLIGHTENED MOTHERHOOD
to remove a fertile source of misery and
cure the evils that so many benevolent
women spend their lives in ameliOrating,"
which last clause is striking at the very
root, since nothing can be more surely true
than Douglas Jerrold's assertion, that 1.-THE
one who rocks the cradle rules the world"
This organization, which includes in its
membership the most prominent literary
and professional women in the country.
holds its fourteenth annual meeting at
Louisville, KY, the goth of the present
month. Possibly one of the most remark
oh nf tho llrQspnt dow nd
also one of the most successful, has been
the establishing of what is known as the
Theosophical society, which was in
augurated by Mime. Blavatsky, a
little more than ten years ago.
She first appeared among the Eddys, the
well known Spirtualsts in Vermont, and
Immediately proceeded there, as she did
later in New ork city. to Out-phenOmony
the most remarkable mediums and to flout
at the idea that the spirits of the dead had
ANYTHING to do with the unaccOuntable DEM
onstrations shown. She claimed to have
come from Thibet, India, where up in the
lonely Businesses of the Himalaya noun
tans she had learned from the M anhatma
adopts. who are said to dwell there, to
thoroughly understand and control those
natural laws which enabled her to aStonish
and convince some of the cleverest men
and women in New York city. Nine. Bla-
yatsky claims to be Russian countess.
She is most learned as well as an accom-
plished woman of wonderful force and quite
carried everything before her in New York.
Col. II. S. o. Scott became one of her
converts and associated himself with her
in the movement which has now reached
such proportions that it has branch So
cieties in most of the large cities of the
world, and an immense following. The
headquarters of this society is now at
Madras, India. Nine. Blavatsky, who is
the author of Isis Unveild," is at present
in Germany writing another book which
will be given to the public some time early
in the coming year.
A missionary union was formed in New
York city in 1861, under the auspices of
Mrs. Dormus, which was the first mission
airy board composed exclusively of women.
When the movement became sufficiently
strong to do so, this union divided. each
denominations forming an organization of
its own. The women included in the
membership of the
MISSIONARY SOCIETIES
of the different denominations and in other
organizations for various objects throughout
the country are an unnumbered army; IN
deed, it is rather difficult to find woman
of standing who is not member of some
organization looking toward the advance
ment of either herself or others.
The association with bright progressive
minds is the most potent stinlulant to adj