The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-17
woMArs WORLD N PARAGRAPHS.
A Lady's Experience in New York Fiji
teen Hears Ago

A prominent lady Of Brooklyn tells
me that even fifteen years ago women IN
Offices down town In New York were
unknown. When she first came east
her husband was not so prosperous as he
is now, and she determined TO act as his
bookkeeper while he went abroad 'hus-
ting" for the business. The owner OK
the building in which the Office was re-
fused her permission to do so, as If it
had been proposed 70 bring leper or
smallpox patient into the house. She
went to see him, and begged and pleaded
and brought credentials te prove that
she was the preperest kind of a woman.
He could see fer himself that she was
pretty one. Il was only her own hus-
band whose Office she was going into,
and the business wonia be apt TO so 10
ruin if she did not thus take hand.
Finally this eminently respectable gen
tleman went around 10 the ether tenants
of the offices in the building, and asked
them enc by one if they would move out
in case he permitted Mrs. Blank to enter
the walls of that sacred masculine struc-
ture. They considered the mattOr 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 sll day. And now there Is
scarcely down town office Of any I'M
portance that has not ons or more women
in it as typewriters or clerks of some
kind. Many of them earn $lS and SO
week, often more.
The Illustrated American publishes,
with their portraits, sketches of the
women lawyers who have been admitted
to practice before the supreme court Of
the United States. They are coed Look
ing women, all Of them. The first one
admitted was Mrs. Belva Lockwood
The next, in 1897, was Laura de Ia 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 fren entering upon
or pursuing any lawful business, voca-
ton or profession Ada IL Bitten
bender, of Nebrasks, was admitted IN
1888. The fourth woman was Carrie
Burnham Kilgore, 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 Cln-a
S. Foltz, of California; Leila Robinson
Sawtelle, of Boston, and Emma NJ Gil
lett, of Washington. Miss Gillett h the
only unmarried lady on the hist. On her
wedding tour in April at Washington,
where all brides go, Mrs. SawteIle was
admitted 70 the supreme court. Mrs
Foltz is tail, bright, handsome, merry
woman, who can get 500 night lectur-
ing, and is fond of good clothes. She
stumped California IN the interest of
tariff reform during the last presidential
campaign.
There are nearly 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
one woman
Floretta Vining is one Of the largest
taxpayers in Hull, Mass. At a town
meeting not long since she made speech
calling attention TO the dilapidsted ap-
pearance of the public cemetery. In
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terry was put In order without delay. II
is when women-whe6her they believe
in voting or not-take interest in munic
ipal and town matters that we shall
have beautiful landscapes and clean. at
tractive villages in America. They have
even more interest than men III clean.
whole streets and sidewalks. In a por.
ton Of the town Of Norway, Ne, the
men struck, and declared they would not.
any Of them, serve as road supervisor;
they had no time Thereupon, with
their approval, "A woman was appointed
TO the place With the help Of the road
machine and of workmen the public
highway was put in excellent condition.
Hero 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 10 camp on the banks
of Lake Memphreuagog. Mrs. Isabel
Barrews Is another of this jolly party.
The only representatives Of tho fnaScu-
line sex permitted III the camp are two
boys-one 3, the other 10 years old
Helen Campbell asks for women IN
business the same consideration thar
would be gwen to men entering q new
and wholly untried field. Give the
women time to develop, she Gays
Among the reports OF tAs United
States bureau of edocskim Il an esssy
by a man Of the name Of Snith On the
cheapeuing Of the honorary degrees,
DID, Ii. D., eto., conferred by Ameu-
can colleges. lie expresses his mingled
dismay and disgnst became even the
female colleges" have gosss into the
LII. .. business too. Whist <-e We com
ing TO when the legion o. these 50
called colleges" may bestOx titles slSo'
Dear, dear, how SAL Smith doesn't
Z like it,
/ The British house of Lords have sol
I EMMY settled that women IEAy uo< st
IN county councils. TDsy were afraid
I that wonsn would De oOnsAEnizssed ~
7 coming IN contact wiza what Earl Cow
per called tie dirty part It the 60zsneaz
Of pohtics' There might BE- sozas dAn~
gsr Of thss. IL ether asa we've hs8 the