, 1891-11-28
woMAN,s WORLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
What the Proph Mohammed Did for
the Women of Islam.

the Prophet Mohammed Did for
the Women of Islam.
A learned Mohammedan, Ameer Ali,
has at last removed from the mem
DRY of the founder of his religion
a stigma under which it has rested
for twelve centuries. So far from
degrading woman and RELOCATING her to
a position of obscurity and slavery,
Amer Ali says the prophet Mohammed
was the best sort of a woman's rights
man, and did all in his power to elevate
and free the sex. Mr.. Ameer Ali hurls
a brave lance at our modern civilization
in these words:
The teacher who, in an age when no coun-
try, no system, no community gave any right
to woman. maiden or married, mother or wife,
who, in 4 country where the birth OF a daugh-
ter was considered a calamity. secured to the
sex rights which are only unwfllingly and un-
der pressure being conceded to them by the
civilized nations in the Nineteenth century,
deserves the gratitude of humanity. II Mo-
manned had done nothing more his claim to
be a bcnefactor of mankind would have been
indisputable. Even under the laws as they
stand at present in the pages of the legists, the
legal position of Moslem females may be said
to compare fayorably with that of European
women.
A woman has more brain, pound for
pound of the weight of her body, than a
man.
In 1886, when Abraham Lincoln was a
candidate for reelection to the Illinois
legislature, he made this statement of
his principles: 81 go for all sharing the
privileges of the government who assist
in bearing its burdens. Consequently /
go for admitting.all whites to the rights
of suffrage who pay taxes or bear arms
by no e excluding females" In
those days there wa no emancipation.
Women were called females, so Lincoln
made an exception as to race, not as to
sex.
Mrs. NJ. Lemon is now sole editor of
The American Publisher, a thriving
trade paper in New York city. She
writes book reviews and does all the
editorial work. Besides her duties here
this busy and capable woman also finds
time to write editorial contributions for
Geyer's Stationer and a Christmas an
nual. There is scarcely any limit to
the work a thoroughly trained, talented
woman can do in every field in which
she has been tried.
Ladies, TAXI note of it.: Wherever
Lady Henry Somerset goes in this coun-
try and gives one of her ringing temper
ance addresses, the papers speak enthu-
siastically of her sweet voice. 1t falls
like music on the ear. Why do not we
American women cultivate such voices?
1t is in the power of every woman to
speak in sweet, clear tones.
Governor Barber, of Wyoming, says
of the women in that young state: "You
know our total population is Z 10000, of
which one-fourth is female. So a man
must walk straight in Wyoming, for the
women hold the balance of power, and
they are using it wisely and judiciously.
They are making our schools the models
of the country, and, too, can make a dol
lar go much farther than their hub
bies.'"
A woman invented the street sweep
ing machine at present in use. If now
another woman could only invent some
way to make men and voters use it a
little oftener and much more thoroughly
this second invention would quite equal
the first in Importance.
Note the effect of a speech that is read,
hen of one that is spoken, and o will
determine that never again will you read
a paper before your club, but speak what
you nave to say, looking at your audience
face to face. Magnetism streams from
the eye.
The most fashionable club in the
beautiful town of Warren, o., is the
Women's Political Equality club. The
ladies spend not so much time trying to
get suffrage as in preparing themselves
to use the ballot wisely when they get
it. They regard woman suffrage as a
foregone conclusion. At every meeting
there is a parliamentary drill which is
one of the most admirable features that
could possibly be introduced into a wom-
ans club. These intelligent and enter
prising ladies also resolve themselves
regularly into a class for instruction in
civil government. The men of Warren
must wake up or the women will pres
emily know more than they about the
three departments of government, the
United States constitution and political
history and questions. Besides all the
things named, the members of this ever
to be commended club do something
else. They require that all the speeches
shall be spoken, not read. If there were
not so many other admirable features
about this society, 1 should say this last
one was the best of all. Oh, yesl l am
fully persuaded in my own mind that
this Warren organization is the model
women's club for the time.
ELIZA ARCHARD CONNER.