Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-11-05
WoMAN'S WORLD IN PARAGRAPHS
A Lady's Experience In New York FIJI
teen Years Ago.


A prominent lady Of Brooklyn tell
me that even fifteen years ago women il
offices down town in New York wer
unknown. When she first came east
her husband was not SO prosperous rs he
is now, and she determined to act as his
bookkeeper while he went abroad ''hus-
Ting" for the business. The owner Of
the building in which the Office was re-
fused her permission TO do 50, rs II 1t
had been proposed to bring "A leper or
smallpox patient into the house. She
went to see him, and begged and pleaded
and brought credentials TO prove that
she was the properest kind of a woman.
He could see for himself that she IA a
pretty one 1t vas only her own hus-
band whose Office she was going into,
and the business would he apt to go to
ruin if she did not thus take a hand.
Finally this e~ninently respectable gen.
tleman went around TO the other tenants
Of the offices in the building, and asked
them one by one If they would out
in case he permitted Mrs. Blank to enter
the walls Of that sacred masculine struc-
ture. They considered the matter and
concluded to stay, and for several years
my friend went regularly to the Office,
taking often her little girl with her and
keeping her all day. And now there is
scarcely q down town Office Of any i'm
portance that hasnot one or more women
in it as typswriters or clerks of some
kind. Many of them earn S1s and go a
week, often more
The Illustrated American publishea
with their portraits, sketches OF the
women lawyers who hare been admitted
to practice before the supreme court of
the United States. They are good look.
ing women, all Of them. the first one
admitted was Mrs. Belva Lockwood.
The next, in 1887, was Laura de la Force
Gordon, of California. Mrs. Gordon
drafted the following clause. which was
inserted in the new state constitution Of
California: NO person shall, on account
Of Sex, be disqualified from entering upon
or pursuing any lawful business. voca.
ton or profession Ada NJ. Bitten.
bender, Of Nebraska, was admitted in
1855. The fourth woman was Carrie
Burnham IIilgore, of Philadelphia. A
good year for the women LAWYERS has
been 1890, no less than three having re-
ceived permission TO practice before the
supreme court this year. They are Clara
s. Foltz, OF California: Leila Robinson
Sawtelle. Of Boston, and Emma N. Gil
lett. OF Washington. Miss Gillett is the
only unmarried lady on the list. On her
wedding tour in April at Washington
where al brides go, Mrs. Sawtclle was
admitted TO the supreme court. Mrs
Foltz is a tall, bright, handsome. merry
woman. who can get 800 "a night lectur.
ing, and is fond'of good clothes. She
stumpel California in the interest of
tariff reform during TIN last presidential
campaign.
There are nearly a quarter million
schoolmistresses in the Union. and vet
at teachers conventions they let the few
men do nearly all the talking, make the
rules and hold the offices. In Massa.
chusetts there are ninety women teach.
ers to one Of the other sex. In Ger.
many the proportion is exactly opposite,
and there are ninety men teachers to
Floretta Vining is one of the largest
taxpayers in Hull, Mass. At a town
meeting not long since she made a speech
calling attention to the diiapidated ap
pearance Of the public cemetery. L.
consequence Of her remarks the Gene
terry was put in order without delay. 1t
is when w1men-whether they believe
in voting or nOt-take interest in munic
ipal and town matters that we shall
have beautifu! landscapes and clean. M.
tractive villages in America. They have
even more interest than men in clean,
whole streets and sidewalks. In "a por.
zion Of the town Ct Norway, Me-, the
men struck. and declared they would not,
any of them. serve as 7oad supervisor,
they had no time. Thereupon. with
their approval, u woman was appointed
to the place. With the help Of the road
machine and Of workmen the public
highway was put il excellent condition.
Here is the fashionable recipe to pre-
vent wrinkles: Sleep on your back and
never smile.
A pleasant party of women, among
them Alice Stone Blackwell, have gone
off by themselves TO camp on the banks
of Lake Memphreinagog. Mrs. Isabel
Barrows is another Of this jolly party.
The only representatives Of the mascu-
line sex permitted in the camp are two
boys-one 8, the other 10 years old.
Helen Campbell asks for women in
business the same consideration that
would be given to men entering a new
and wholly untried field. Give the
women time to develop, she says.
Among the reports Of the United
States bureau Of education is an essay
by q man of the name Of Smith on The
ch~eapening of the honorary degrees,
DID, LII. d., etc, conferred by Arneri-
can colleges. He expresses his mingled
dismay and disgust because even the
''female colleges have gone into the
LII. ID. business too. What are we com.
ing TO when the legion Of these SO
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