New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-26
WHAT WOMEN ARE DOING.
-,rr1p PART N THE WORLDS FAIR-A
WRITERS, CLUB IN LONDON.

a NTH the woman's department OF the Worlds |
cO1 desire was expressed that women's organiEa- |
-. should find recognition in some manner In the |
nsr,s tuildng SOrOsis, being The Oldest womans !
w was suggested that II should be represented by
,,sory NJ the club movement. A little description
:, .so work done BY the Womans National Relief As
S.,on sometimes known rs the Blue Anchor
,,otv was given by Mrs. Mary Newton. who thought
-. Il couh take the form OF exhibit by n model
=, ufe-saving station and map designating statohs
th a specimen OF the garments. ETC.. which the ke-
~, Association sends out. Among the ladies present
- ta meeting were Mrs Russell Harrison. vice
.iaent at large Of the Board Of Lady Managers,
r. Martha B. stevens OF HObCken, Mss Ellen A
rors Mrs John Pope, Miss Mary E. Bssele. Mrs A.
n Palmer Mrs. John sergeant Wise and MIS-. :. D.
vercenaL members Of the Board and Mrs r. c kerens
=, s. Louis wife Of the railroad and mine operator
spd her two daughters, Mrs Irene F. Harand Mrs.
usshingtor RoebIing Ms. Clark Bell Mrs Mary A
Ncuton Mrs J. C. Croly Mrs, Jennie A. Fske. Mrs
v P Bailey treasurer Of the Orange Club, Mrs. J. F.
Srsbel Mr. Edwin Phllbrick Mrs. F. schourick, Mrs
J. B. Bloomingdale and Mrs NJ. J. Herbert.
The women of Illinois have been granted for their
exclusive use oue-tenth OF the space in the Illinois
,pfldln- which altogether is something than an
,cre and half The will make separate
exhibit.
Tie Palace q Music 1T the Fair it Is expected
win stand on the great island formed by the lagoOns.
and viii be surrounded BY magnificent garden Of
aowers ten acres in extent. This location IS
de- red by Theodore Thomas musical director Of the
Expos ZION.
New-Yorh company has offered 10 furnish free OF
cost all the timepieces that viii be needed in the
building during the Fair.
In all En-lish-spealng circles in China there is
great and growing interest in the Exposition.
The authorities intend to place aggregate Of
100000 600 Of insurance upon the Worlds Fair build
ms and exhibits. A trust company has already been
founded BY which a small monthly payment can be
made and a weeks stay at hotel in Chicago ana rail-
way tickets secured for moderate sum.
Miss Cynthia westover. being loyal to the former
street Cleaning Commissioner Mr. Beattie. resigned
Ter Office OF privatesecretary the day her chef went
ont Of Office, and within twentyfour hours hao
accepted new situation with her salary increased 10
5000. She has nothing more 10 DO with street
cleaning. but she has a powerful number Of STATISTICS
brushed and garnished and laid away in her brain.
At the next meeting Of soross which occurs the
first Monday in November. the queston-to be pre-
sented by Mrs Ella Dietz CymeT-wil be; Resolved
that organization by women for women viii prove the
most important agency in the Improvement OF me
economic condition Of the Nce.7 Mrs Ralph Traut-
man and Mrs.. J. C. Croly are among the members
who will take part in the discussion
MIS- Jane Mead yech whose lectures on American
History were 80 eagerly listened 20 last winter. has
begun thi, season, work and present delivering
three course, on tie subject in Buffalo her hauNe
,ovyn 4 prophet who Is not without honor save !"
his own country does not apply In her case lot silt
.,eats ~ crowded houses, and she is placed on
pirnacle and worshpped from afar by all the WodOe
uterat Of the town. Her friends In particular s"S
bst She has we'll earned the size has attained
nd the harvest duclts is reapns, for she mas
worked hard for many year. and has given much stuu3
IN tia subject which now absoros all her tHt-
American bi,torv Mi, Welch VIII deliver lectures
IN Chicago Albany and other cities and viii be IN
New York in January or February. She viii be &C
COMMANDED on her travel, by her mother and pi'ae
secretary.
There is not a w0mans organization In the CITY Of
New York which does more or better work than the
Ladies' Health Protective Association. The very
name strikes terror into the hearts OF negligent stable
men, butchers and stOreAeepers What the members
have already done I'm removing OF the nuisances
Of the city makes not only possible but probable
that they viii some day realze all their hop Mrs
NJ E. Trsutnan and Mrs Finder "a workers on one
~ the strong committees do not hesitate TO say
There must be another slaughter house. Mrs.
Margaret RavenlilL chairman OF ths Committee on
Gas Houses. cOuIa geou,y ayers: The gas houses
rust BE- driven out of Mrs. T. p. walNeman
chairman os the street Cleaning Committee ana MS
: z Osfrom state with emphasis: The ASH barrels
ourht 10 be empted on SATURDAY night or sunday
morning and must not remain with the refuse IN theH
from .atu7dav until Monday Is the present pracuce :
All barrels should not be left outside Of the stoop line
AZ any tine of day night the streets ought 70 De
kept clean by having the refuse taken up at once III
the way thai fl is done in London and Paris. This
< following the precepts Of good hou~ekeePer WHO
.ees that her house is put in order daily MIS-
Ostrou chairman Of the Police Matrons Committee
anpornces: Four matrons have been appointed.
There must now a matrons in evsy stati'n-hou'e
where women are %brsoned7 And this is not mere
talk for wachfll eyes ferret out wrongs and abuses
and strenuous complaint brings the remedies
Queen Elizabeth Of Rumana Carmen SYLVIA IS not
only gifted a. writer and painter. but she i cleVeT
with her needle and before she taken Ill instituted
some art classes at Bucharest for the benefit oil uose
girls and women who are compelled 70 earn hveh-
hood. Od Rumanian embroidery has been FeNlNeu
IL this way.
The Women Writer'S Club is the name under when
& new organization has been started in London 1t
seems h have been rather a radical thing TO under
take-the forming OF a wOmans club, a. There are
said 10 be ouly Other exclusively feminine CLUBS
in that town. \ preliminary meeting was held BY
permission II Walter Bcsant NJ re ohces OF tne
Incorporated society Of Authors, Mrs H. r. v. o'al-
nad ,~ John strange Nintern) presiding. Two or
laste women have been conn-ctel WIN I1' 81 -,
newspaper work has not been considered hen i9r
women. The Writers Club i capital hsine, au 40
authOfs literary workers In general nl~Y De az
nitled. ~ there seemed % le question whether
there would De q sufficient number OF women meiAeers
% make a successful cuD. ii was even suggested al
The first meeting that &c the girls who engaged III
copying al tie National GALLERY ard actresses az
lending reh ar-a-.- shOld be Included Temporary
premises have been taken in the strand
An old woman with large bundle came INTO one
TIE elevated trains the other 0as anc iuahu oAN
standing room. No, q man ludcCc or offered heF
ca Seeing this .ack OF salan;ry, fresh lOohits
!oung rir Jumped uP amt insisted upon INC , Oh
a0Eau's ~. 2 % place. 10 not Second before
20 youG- mca were their f-ct, ana VIII hat on,
oQaed tie girl % have seat. A pretty p.
seA mounted 10 her forehead. and faint smile
s-fSc tie corners Of her mouth As She sad; . 20
~aG you. You must need seat mucl mo'e IMAM