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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-01-25
WAGE-EARNING WOMEN,
The Social Standing of the Woman Who
Goes Out Into the World and Labors for
Her Living.

The Social Standing of the Woman Whs
Goes Out Into the World and Lsbors fol
Her Living.
No question as to the con.
dition of the wage-earning wo
man has been discussed with less
knowledge and more sentiment than
their homelessness. No word-pcture
has been painted with more fervor than
that of the wage-earning woman re.
turning after hard days work in some
shop or factory to the comfortless hall
| room, hot to suffocatiOn in summer,
cold to freezing in winter. There are
tender-hearted women who never sit
down in the light of the evening lamp
in comfort because they picture the
working girl, tired and cold, compelled
to sit the long evening in barren,
cold, uncomfortable room. The cry
ha' been for years, Homes for the
working women! where they can get
the comforts of life at price within
their means" A generous response
comes to this cry, and a number of
these institutions, called homes, exist.
They meet with more or less success.
Even their projectors have to admit
that they do not reach the class of wo-
men for whom they were intended.
What are the reasons? There are too
many for this discussion; one only will
be stated.
In the city of New York, from most
carefully prepared statistics, it has
been found that eighty-fve per cent. OF
the wage earning women live in their
own homes, or with relatives-one or
both parents, married brothers or SIS
tiers, aunts, uncles or cousins. You
may exclaim as to the kind of home,
but it is home to them; some one they
love is in it, some one who loves them
is in it; some one who cares for them,
and for their affairs. So the need of
institutions as homes for wage-earning
women is as eighty-fve to fifteen per
cent. Is there no need for these homes?
Certainly; just as long as the fifteen
per cent are homeless. You surely
will admit, however. in the light of
these facts, that the greatest need of
the wage-earning women as class is
not the founding of institutions as
homes for them.
What is their need? That education |
and influence which will change the |
conditions in the majority of their
homes. That education and influence
which will make the great majority of |
the whole value clean surroundings,
light and sunshine above seal-plush,
silk and Jet trimming. That education
which will make them know the laws OF
and hygiene; that influence
which will make them respect these
laws.
That education which will teach
them that ignorance is sin if there is
opportunity to remove it. That influ-
ence which will be to them a revelation
into an unknown world of simple liv-
ing and high thinking. That example
which will show them the true relation
husband and wife, revealing
he divinity in that relation. point to
Sod Is its author. The opening 70
hem Of opportunity for education in
looks. In ast in music Rducetion that
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-01-25
NOMAN'S DEPARTMENT.
THE ANNEX SYSTEM.


A Means Afforded for the CO. Education u
the Sexes.
1t seems to be wonderfully difficult
matter to settle in what sort of school
woman should be educated. The two
extremes have their strong advocates,
the one education in the seclusion of 3
convent, the other in the same college
with young men. Between the two ex.
tremes there are two means, the one OF
which is separate colleges for women,
and the other an annex to the existing
masculine university. Convent: wo-
mems college: annex: co-educating
university.
The co-educating university has on its
side reason and what brief experience
there is. and the example of the Ober-
lin, followed by Michigan, Cornell and
many other universities and colleges,
especially in the West, will finally be
followed by all. But the East moves
slowly and must be patiently wooed by
this reform. Meanwhile the East sees
well enough that women's education
must not suffer; perhaps We had better
say that the young women will not
allow themselves to be left be-
hind. Hence such admirable in
situations as Bryn Mawr, Smith,
Vassar, and Wellesley Colleges, in
which, as far as possible in young insti-
buttons. the appliances and privileges
of colleges for men have been duplicated.
They have won their own place, and wo-
men flock to them, earnest for all the
learning the best teachers can supply.
They have different plans. but whether
they approach now the fitting school and
now the system of university research.
or not, they certainly provide for OBJ
tanning an admirable education.
The Annex system is now receiving
great and admirable development.
Here Harvard led the way, and has
provided curriculum as complete and
thorough and with as many elective
courses as the young men themselves
have. 49,. OF the l0S students, 80 come
from Massachusetts, showing the impor-
lance of providing school privileges
within easy reach. To these students, on
their graduation, there are not given d.
plomas certifying to degrees, but only
certificates that they have honorably
pursued the full course which would have
given them the degree of A. B. if they
had not unfortunately been born of the
less-privileged sex.
What Harvard has thus been doing
so admirably for eight years, Columbia
College, with her magnificent equip
ment now offers to do, an excellent
scheme of study has been announced.
The women were already besieging the
doors Of the college, and asking for
equal admission. Not ready to grant
this, the trustees and faculty have lent
their aid to this compromise between
cO-education and conventualism. Prince
ton has similar scheme, and only
Yale, in State which has no college
for women, still confines to the less
numerous sex the opportunities for
higher education which she is so we'll
able to offer to all. Believing as we
do that co-education is to be the ulti-
mate achievement. we heartily welcome
these hating, imperfect and discrim in
ating but. so far as they go, admirable
steps in the direction of the desired re-
sult.-N. Y. Independent.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-01-25
There was a man once. 40 a sto,

There was man once. 30 q story
goes. appointed committee Of one to
examine his own conduct After sever
q days he reported progress. and ask
ed to have the committee continued, q
IL had found more to do than il expect
od-Nashville Advocate.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-01-25

-"Steam heat is first-rate," said Q
market man. "but it won't do for a
grocery store. The heat is so dry that
it shrinks all the profit out Of sugar,
grain and several other staple articles. I"
-Augusta (Me.) Journal
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-01-15
New York Herald.

We print this morning more views n
business men on the question of extendipo|
the Presidents term of Office Thew sr,|
to the same effect as those we pubh,hS|
overwhelmingly that a Presideu3
campaign works an incalculable injugs|
the commercial, financial and industii
interests of the country, and that u
welfare and prosperity of the peoi|
would be greatly promoted if the 4
tional election came but once in sir yess|
If Presidential contest were limid
to the field of politics its injurious cons
quences would be serious enough. Ba
unfortunately, it warps the adminsuz
ton of the government and practical
paralyzes the functions of Congress b
Presidential year it is almost imposdhi
to get through that body measures Wild
are demanded by wisdom and the inia.
ests of the country. A striking illustn'
ton of this is afforded by the record
the past session.
Extend the Presidents term to o.
years, and make him ineligible for re4ls
ton. Then the administration cannot !
used to further the political ambition .
the Executive, Congress will not 50 tn
quently be turned into a political organ
zation, and every branch of business vi
be exempt for six years at least from d
blighting effect of national camps:g
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-01-15
HEALTH BOARD CONFERENCE.

Mr. G. p. Wilkinson, Secretary Of the
Louisiana State Board OF Health, is ac-
lively at work trying to complete arrange
ments for the proposed general conference
between the boards of all the Southern
States, to take steps to prevent recur-
renee ofyellow fever. The plan is good
one. With the cooperation of all the
Southern States, and a thorough under
standing of The needs and requirements
for preventing another epidemic, there
will be less danger in the future.
Mr.. Wilkinson suggests that the con-
ference be held in jacksonville about
March LIST, but the South Carolina Board
is in favor of Tallahassee as the place of
meeting, while the Alabama Board thinks
that it should be held in Montgomery. DIR.
I. Grange Simon, yellow fever veteran,
has been selected as delegate to repre-
sent South Carolina.
jacksonville urges that the conference
should be held there, as that is the place
where yellow jack got in his heaviest
work. We cannot offer such a strong
claim as this, but we do think, if the
conference is to be held in Florida, that
Tallahassee Capitals the proper
place for such meeting.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-01-15
DECIDED ACTION WANTED.

The New York World very aptly sUg
gests that it will be lasting reproach TO
the present Congress if it shall adjourn
without taking very decided action in
regard to the subject Of bribery in cleo
tons, and we venture to assert that the
present Congress will deserve and re-
ceive universal censure if it shall adjourn
without providing adequate ways and
means for preventing the further intro
duction of infectious and contagious dis
eases into our country. This is as much
a national question as is the matter of
honest elections. Let ways be provided,
and ample funds appropriated by the
present Congress, to guard our coast and
to handle an epidemic provided another
one comes. The next epidemic that APP
pears in the United States may not be
caused by visitation of yellow fever in
the South, but is liable to come from some
other disease, and may be introduced into
the country through a Northern or Wes-
tern port. Half million of the enormous
surplus in the Treasury could not be more
wisely appropriated than for the preser-
walton of the public health.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-01-15
SHALL WE HAVE AN EXTRA SESSION

Hereabouts the impression is pretty
general that Governor Fleming Will con-
vene the Legislature in extra session to
consider and act upon matters appertain-
ing to the public health. This IS ques-
ton of vital importance to Florida and
Floridians. and if Governor Fleming feels
that it is his duty to call an extra session
for this purpose, land we believe he hon.
estly feels that it ISL he would be derellct
in public duty were he to refuse to con-
vene the Legislature in extra session.
Every Floridian who knows Governor
Fleming will agree with us, that he would
not, as citizen or Chief Magistrate, pur-
posely do wrong act, and that he will
surely pursue the right, in all things, as
God enables him to see and understand
the right.
The people Of Florida, however, are
divided upon this question of an extra
,sson.
But the fact that some oppose and
others favor the calling of an extra ses-
sion does not affect the real merits of the
question. That citizens are opposed to
the calling of an extra session does not
remove the necessity Gf it exists for
such session, any more than that because
other citizens favor the calling of an ex-
ira session creates the necessity for it.
The question as to whether or not neces-
sitv exists for an extra session is to be
decided in the future-by future events
and resultant effects.
If necessity exists for an extraordinary
session Of the Legislature it is unfortu-
unate for Florida that such is
the case, and if it should be
demonstrated in the future that there
was not necessity for such session,
the fact that we shall have escaped more
dire calamity than an extra session could
possibly be, would perhaps lead us to
regard an extra session as blessing. 1t
error can be made in this matter it were
better to err on the safe side. Whatever
may be said pro and con on this subject,
we readily conclude that Governor Fem-
ing, if he convenes the Legislature in extra
session, will so act because he regards it
as his bounden duty to SO do-because
he believes such a course necessary to the
public welfare, and thus believing, and
thus acting, Governor Fleming will be on
the right side-on the safe side of this
question.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-01-15
THE SPIRIT OF The SOUTH.
New York World.

The interviews with representstn
journalists of the South published y
yesterdays World undoubtedly F
Elected the prevailing sentiment of th''
section towards the incoming adminsss
ton.
The solid South is not yet broken, sn
it cannot be broken by any of the u'esf
DDS adopted by the Republicans ia -
past. Senator Quay's talk of the males
hand" is :either blind madness or opsf
eyed folly. What President Grant, WIN
his iron will, was unable to do while y.
Southern States weres many of them SUI
under military rule and the country w
wonted to the domination of force, u =
sheer lunacy to think that President nA'
rison would be able to accomplish twen''
years later, even were he disposed to w.
dertake it. The day of coercion ana y
negro and scalawag rule at the South -
gone by, never to return. J,
The spirit of the South is nations,
The race question it must be permi''s'
settle for itself.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-01-15
UNTENABLE GROUND.

The individual who contends that
railroad mast draw from the country
through which it is constructed revenue
sufficient to pay operating expenses, in
terest on it's inflated debt and dividend
for stockholders, certainly occupies un-
tenable ground. A railroad company
may rob the country it traverses and yet
not get sufficient to pay even operating
expenses We wish it were possible for
every railroad company in the land to
make fair profit on their actual invest
ment-in fact, we desire TO see more rail-
roads built and proftably operated.
When the Legislature grants charter to
a company to build and operate a rail
road, and the State gives them ten, ff-
teen or twenty thousand acres of land
per mile, quite sufficient to construct
and equip their line,) and the people do
nate right-of-way, depot grounds, ETC.,
neither the Legislature, the State nor the
people undertake to guarantee said COM
pany profit on their investment. The
State Tor it's Legislature may grant a
citizen license to establish ferry on
any stream within its borders, but the
State does not guarantee that citizen that
his enterprise shall be successful and
profitable one. The State will not as
sumo to guarantee the ferryman that one
person will ever cross on his boat. The
establishment of ferry, likewise the
building of railroad, is business ven
ture-an investment on a risk. If the
patronage of the ferry is sufficient to re-
munerate the citizen for his outlay of
money and trouble, we'll and good if not,
it is his misfortune-his loss. And it is
just SO with a railroad in Florida, except
that the company usually gets a grant Of
land sufficient to pay for constructing and
equipping it's line of road, and when said
company has built It's nG though sec
ton of country it is entitled to a fair
profit for the service it renders that coun-
try, if the business of that country is sutfi-
cient to give the company that profit, at
just and reasonable rates for the transpor
tation of frAghts and passengers; but if
the traffic of that country does not-can-
not-afford the desired profit will not
secure the railroad company against loss,
they have no right, nor must they be per-
mitted, to rob the people along their line
in order that said railroad corporation
may be secured from loss. 1t is suicidal
for railroad company to undertake to
rob the people along it's ine-to attempt
to take all the country produces in one
season to save the railroad from loss for
that year.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-01-15
WHAT THE FIGURES saes'
New York Wo,la

The completion of the Stat.
closes some interesting and
facts. Governor Hill leads all -
dates in the State, receiving 81 ~
than President-elect Harrison
cess over President cleveland. "
ls,s49. His plurality over w..
Ter is l6,7o7. Harrison received :.
more votes than Warner Mile,
last in the race.
In New York and Kings Govo,.
is only 500 ahead of Mr.. Clevel..s
this is fully accounted for by thu
can German vote cast for him for Go,'
and Harrison for President. The -
der of his excess was obtained maj,
the "rural districts" among the 6,
except that Cleveland ran behind !,
county 3,463 votes. OF the fftv.D;.
ing counties of the State, Fulto,
Hamilton voting together, sixtee,
Cleveland more votes than Hill ~
forty-three Hill was in the ls.a
Cleveland. In all the counties in -
Governor Hill has great personal st,..
and influence Mr.. Cleveland ran VAL
with his party's vote. The officials,
triumphantly refute the foolish fal,.I7
that Governor Hill's friends sacriSe.,1
President to the Governors success.
The Presidential ticket received !.
more votes than were cast for Cow
Harrison came into New York and 7.
with a plurality of s2,7O5. Cleyel.'
plurality in those two counties wen
ol2. Of this New York gave him !
213 and Kings II, 500. This will conf,
the belief that the purchase of the v,
political bosses Of Kings secured tbs /
publican success.
The details OF. the vote in this CITY;
dictate that the Ivins-Grace combinais
which spent 100000 to "beat Hin,.i
fuenced 5000 votes. Thus the 60
bine" of envy and malice paid a lii
over $33 for each vote it obtained ,
ANONYMOUSLY failed in its object, #
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-01-15

If it is the purpose of those who are
so persistently clamoring for a State
Board of Health to deprive communities,
cities, towns, etc.-the people-of the
right to protect themseves-if it is in
tended to form State Board and give it
plenary powers by restricting the powers
Of local or county boards, we give timely
warning that such a course will not do.
One journal favors this course for the rea-
son, as it says, that it will do away with
the shot gun quarantine so prevalent in
some sections last summer. The present
law confers absolute powers in health
matters upon county boards of health,
and if, under such a statute, the people
resorted to shot guns to maintain quaran-
tine last summer--to protect themselves
they will certainly more readily resort to
shot guns if denied the right Of self-pro-
lection in peritous times. The right of
self:protection is inherent with the people,
and any attempt to deprive them Of that
right is hazardous, and the people will
not quietly submit to such usurpation, in
seasons of great public danger, at least.
A State Surgeon General, with prescribed
duties and powers-to direct, advise and
supervise as to sanitation and quarantine
would be more acceptable to the people
and vastly more efficient than an unwieldy
and expensive State Board of Health.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-01-15
A Great Irrigation Project in Texas

The Scientific American says that the
director Of the geological survey is of the
opinion that the recently conceived plan
Of constructing an immense dam across
the Rio Granle at or near FL Paso is per-
fectly practicable, but he thinks the
question Of conflicting water rights must
first be settled by enactment Of a general
law by Congress. the purpose Of the
dam would be to irrigate the valley for
fifty miles and furnish motive power, to
prevent destructive floods below here. and
to settle the Mexican boundary question
by keeping the river in it's proper chan
nel 1t is propose to make the dam an
international affair.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-01-15
that year.

See our big FLoRIDIAN aud TEXAS
SJttngs offer. Both for whole year for
only 81. If
is State Board Of Health wanted
in order to prevent a yellow fever cpl
demic next summer? If we have the
fever this year we will get it from last
seasons importation. If it appears the en-
suing summer the local boards can certain
ly do as well as they did last summer-and
they did far better than a State Board
can ever do better than they could do
hampered by State Board.
Jacksonville Metropolis If the
Southern newspapers should TEEN with
editorials commencing the hurting of
bombs by the Chicago Anarchists it would
be similar to the advice given by such pa
pers as the Chicago Tribune to the colored
people of the South. The negro had bet
ter pray for deliverance from such
friends.
The publication of figures showing
an advance of two cents pound in
crushed sugars and ga In other grades
since the SugarTrust was organized proves
that the monopoly has done just what
its lawyer said it could not do. 1t is
simply question whether the people
shall throttle the Trusts or the Trusts
rob the people.-W Y. World.
"A cold water douse for Quay. Pro-
hibitionists accuse the Republican Ma
tional Committee of receiving stolen prop.
erty, and criminal prosecution is threat
ened. Two employees of the Voice, the
Prohibition organ, swear that they stole
the mailing list and sold it to Quay and
Clarkson. The bride was $3.50 and the
promise of government appointments.
w. w. Dudley assisted.
In legislating upon matters pertain
ing to the public health they must be
considered as they will affect Florida
not alone for the present but also for the
future-and not as they will apply to
this or that interest, or any one commu-
nifty or section of the State. Measures
intended for the preservation of the pub.
lie health must be framed with view to
protecting the health of all Florida.
-Yonkers Statesman Some one wants
to know " if there are pianists in the next
world" If there are not it isn't because
they haven't been told to 60 there.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-01-15

If coal should not 60 upon the nee 40
there is no logic for exempting anything ;.so
taxation. is necessary of life, an essena -,
manufactures, to transportation ana .,s n.
merce. To tax the fuel of the people 10 l - :
terest of few mine-owners and rallwsJc ~ a
panies when the Cover lment has $lsov -.
of surplus revenue is an abuse off taxing ~
er. We are glad that eleven Democrats u -
Senate had the courage to stand up for unA--
coal.-N. Y. World.