Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1891-01-24

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and bite ,,
SUPP, >se every one who bought drink Of
.histn bo u TO have drunkard's license or else be
in dancer O, being nabbed Like collarless canine.
Nat q had ID, " surely. Most anyone will recog-
nize the merits Of IT,
rhor. 10 NOW i,s+ ono woman left on the New
yorL poord ~ Edncs ton. Mrs. Agnew has re-
slowed On .ccount Of leaving the city and the
mavor has appointed man in her place. The Board
of Education seems place peculiarly fitted Tor a
woman to occupy. Training WIG young ana LOOK
ing after their interests should Ds one place I'M
mixed with politics and the gu ssAon naturally
arises, why did not the mayor az. Vsiat another
woman Doubtless he is waiting for the one re-
naming lone woman to vacate in order DO I'LL her
place in the same manner. However, as 0he
women showed good bit of cayenne pc eper IN
the Tammany broth at the last municipal ele "aons
1T is not to be wondered at
Mrs. Ella F. Braman of the firm of ]. B. G. E.
f. Braman, of 1,270 Broadway, was appointed
last week Commissioner of Deeds for the District
of Columbia. This appointment was the first one
ars, gwen to a woman. The New York Sun says:
evM> s. Braman said as she spread the piece Of
~ rsins. vt out on her desk, have forty OF these
pornnFts;yo, S, but this am proudest Of, because
w. wouyd,n n rs ever before received one like IT.
Tor oioht srgrs I have been holding the position
~ commissioner of Deeds in forty different States
0nd T.rritoriesS aid with the words Mrs. Br&Wan
nulled omen d rs~er, in which lay dozens of seols
rrerresentipg as masY din erent States and labelled
ali the wav down the alpha bet, from A for Alaska
To w for Wyoming Five years ago, she con-
tinued, II made application as Commissioner Oh
Deeds for the District Of Columbia, but nave only
lust received the appointment. ms mas been
largely due TO the efforts Of Gov. HILL
mrs. BranSh IL the wife and business partner
81 Joseph B! Bralfsn an attorney-at-la~ WHO mas
IN ofHce ii the Equitable' Building and another
ono ut gro Broadway, 4mbafs the family apart
ments are a.so located, Here, in small room,
which is lined with drawers, sits Mrs. Braman at a
bio sss.ke desk With wonderful lot OF seas
and legal papers, and ether bewilderlng parapaer,
MALTA all about her. She IL d. stout, middle-agea
woman with strong, pieasaas face, from Whlcn
tbp hair is brushed smoothly. For eight years she
has been the partner of her husband although she
has never been admitted to the bar. Fhat she IS
notary public for the State of New o7h . III
itself not remarkable as there are thliVy y .S
women in the city who hold like office, put Sn'r &c
is none who holds the office OF commisSohei w
deeds for the number of States that MIS- Di'm"N
does.
MRS. Braman told how she came 70 take up 'n''
work as followss .:,
"'My husband was in active practice sA> '" n.y.,
and as our children grew older found pie. IT"
of time to take up work outside home. My hus-
band had an office at our house and IL not infre=
quently happened that clients came there to con-
suit him at times when he was not at home. 1t
then occurred to nae that as far as the service OF
commissioner was concerned | could do the work
as well as he After some time spent in the study
of the law of the different States necessary for the
administration of such affairs, made application
to the governor and was appointed notary for the
State of New York. | afterward made appica-