Telegram-herald., 1891-10-11


own aietua, laid down loEg as'o,
before he became dried UP, gcuty on
fogy. VIII settle the woman question Ia
one instant It Is THIS. Every Iaan Is
free g DO gkat which he wills. provided
he infrinses net the equal freedom 81
any ether man TO say that wonen
are not incluloa ia this dletum Is silly
quibbhng When. therefore. men de-
priye women Of the legal and civil rights
they themselves enjoy. are they not
infringing the equal freedom Of Others:
To say thar they who do not light should
not vote is 4 ssiil more contemplate sub
terfuge As western woman said.
when an army Of women invade the
oonntry. and when women make a war.
then women win 20 out and fight them.
Likewise when the men rear the chill
drsn, then also viii women do the fight
ing. The duties which women perform
10 the state aud which cannot DO per
formed by ,nen are even mos important
than those resting on the shoulders Of
men which women cannot perform.
One is sorry indeed. too. TO see Herbert
Spencer more than half accepting the
vicious oia doctrine that q woman ceases
to be a human being as soon as she is
married.
Miss Aida r. Lansing win make .
collection Of the native flowers OF Colo
RADIO for the Worlds fair.
Who inaugurated it know not, but .
most admirable fashion has been intro
duced at some Of the state and county
fairs this fall. 1t is that Of having one
day of the fair week set apart for WON
ems day" On that day the products Of
the skill and industry Of the Ladies' have
been made especially prominent. and
best Of all one or more famous women
speakers have been invited to address
the throng of visitors. The gate receipts
would be something immense on 'wom-
ems day"
The court OF Jasper county, No.. or
dered tax levy, and Mrs. Anna Baxter,
county clerk, had the levy all entered
upon her books ready for the collector
in less than fourteen hours after it was
ordered.
A British astronomical association has
elected Mary f. Byrd. IA teacher in Smith
college, Us one of its members.
One Of the saddest things that can be
said of woman is that she was beauty
in her youth. In the true civilization,
when the finer, grander spiritual powers
are fully developed. a woman will be as
beautiful at eighty as at eighteen. The day
will surely come when that detestable
saying that a lady is the finest looking
woman for her age" that one knows viii
no longer be heard.
At the school election in Maple Rap
ids, Mich. nearly half the votes were
cast by women.
Mrs. Sophia Braeunlich, the quiet, pref
ty little business manager of The Engi-
neering and Mining Journal, has per-
fonally visited nearly every mine Of any
Importance in the country. She knows
their value better than any silver tongued
agents can tell her.
This the women of the land owe to
their own sex this fall-to work straight
through against all candidates opposed
to giving to women equal legal and civil
rights with men. II the happy, home
sheltered women who say they have all
the rights they want knew Of the horrors
endured by other women they would
never say that again.
Every genuine woman loves her own
sex.
The schedule of teachers salaries pro-
posed for the primary department Of the
Brooklyn public schools proves what
have been inclined to suspect for some
time-that boys are stupider than girls.
have not their intellectual grasp and
are therefore harder to teach. The
schedule makes the pay Of those who
teach boys fifty dollars a year more than
that of the teacherspf girls schools. A
more absurd idea than that of separating
the sexes in the infant schools never en-
tered the head of an ascetic in the dark
est ages Boy and girl babies are sup
posed to exercise a communicating infu-
ence on one another.
The editor OF Round Table in the
Nebraska State Journal tells the story
OF young girl who supports family Of
nine by peddling vegetables. She carries
baskets of pretty, crisp. tender growths
from house to house and has good
trade Among those thus maintained by
her labor is her father, who fears any
exertion would make him i'll, therefore
does not attempt 20 work.
Ono outcome OF opening trades and
professions to women will be that they
will become strong. independent and
more worldly wise. They will cease to
die so often OF broken hearts.
Mime. Ragezin is one of the foremost
archnologists in Europe. being an au-
thority on Babylonian and Assyrian an
tiouities. She will succeed Professor
Handelmann rs director Of the Museum
Of Antiquities at Kiel. Germany.
Instead Of building new coeduca-
tional colleges the best plan will be 10
add to the endowments of those already
established.
ELIZA ARcHARp CONNER