Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-03-13
NOTES FOR WOMAN READERS.

Mrs. REBEcCA HARDING DAVIS has
written an article advising country girls
to stay at home and not attempt to join
the ranks of shop girls in the cities.
DELAWARE has recently secured school
suffrage to women. This makes twenty
five of the forty-six States and Terrific
ries wherein women have some form OF
suffrage-a majority of all.
MAN and woman are fit to be compan-
ions everywhere in the worlds work and
in the world life. Society suffers, and
the individual suffers, when either sex
is excluded from any great human inter-
est.-Rev. Geo. Willis Cook.
Do NOT be afraid if your wife votes
that you will lose your cook. The
chances are that she may conduct
scientific cooking school and feed you
upon the results. Man has not been
we'll fed or we'll bred in the past. The
future holds better things. Queen Bee
81 HAVE always believed" says Ma
rion Harland, that every girl should
be taught some definite, winning
occupation. My eldest daughter took a
thorough course in English literature;
my youngest has learned stenography
and type-writing, and has the care of all
my correspondence.
WHETHER we consider the right to the
ballot in it's relation to American citi-
zenship, or as based upon virtue and in
telligence, or the correlative right of
representation to that of taxation, or
the right of home protection, upon each
and all of these grounds, woman has a
claim to it.-William Daniel
THREE New Zealand women have
lately brought out useful patents; one
for an improved pastry roller, the sec
ond for fax drawing machine, and the
third for patent fax and wool dresser.
At the annual presentation of diplomas
at the New Zealand University, four
ladies received the degree of Bachelor
of Arts.
THE Italian Government is making
earnest efforts to put agriculture on a
scientific basis, and has established a
school for the daughters of agricultur-
lists. In 1885, agriculture was taught in
ten normal schools, many of which are
conducted by ladies' Agrarian compe-
titions were opened to elementary
teachers, and several women obtained
prizes.
AMONG the petitions presented and re-
ported at the opening of Congress was
one signed by the wives of Chief-Iustice
Fuller and Justices Field and Harlan,
and by the wives of many other dis
tinguished officials and citizens in Wash
ington, praying that in the legislation
organizing the International Exposition
Of 1892 provision shall be made for the
: appointment of women on the board OF
managers, in view of the share taken by
woman in the artistic, intellectual and
religious progress of the nation.
1T was strangely inconsistent that nc
woman's name appeared in the enrol.
: ment of that guard of honor assembled
in Westminster Abbey, as witnesses
when the revered form of Robert Brown
t ing received the highest degree of i'm
mortality in the worlds power to be
.. stow. Mr.. Browning had more thar
poetic apprehension of the divine il
! woman, he recognized the homely hu
: man in her, and advocated her enfran
chisement upon the ground OF clear judg
ment and capacity for good statesman
2 ship. yielding her the best tribute of tn
T best manhood-hearty respect-Uuiol
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