Telegram-herald., 1891-04-27

notaoc IS candidate Eof mayor u BToJG>
lyn two years aso. 10 the rcve-ss C what
enc woold look for Under the name #
siros5 minded lis ~ be hoped she Is
rot weak aainas1, that is 70 SAY. and she
certainly Is net, but $40 Is anything ex-
ceps tbs grim. II favored wo=2sa who
used 70 be tioaghs the ossy asp.rza. for
rights and thsngs. Mrr Beckvish Is a
charming, pretty woman. al the .sead 1t
= Household that adore hcr. one aaa al,
from tbs biz, manly husband 10 the pug
Cog AerzyiegS She i thoroughly wice
awake on questions Of political economy,
which sAs has carefully studied. She
telnass 10 several liberal and economic
Clubs, IS = graceful, effective speaker.
sad Is thu New York state manager Of
the Women's National Liberal union.
She wears handsome, beautifully lssins
gowns. and has soft pia1 cheeks and
wayy DARK hair sprinklot with gray.
Aboat fifteen years ago, wnen tbs Becx-
with family were not 80 well 90 rs they
are now, Mrs. B. acquainted herself
with bookkeeping. and went into the
cfiioe 10 help her husband in DIS business.
1t was an unhesrd OF thing for ssosaan
10 work IN an Office in the business part
Of New York. however. and the owner
Of the building said she should not DO il,
that this was 40. ifs place in which Tor
n woman 10 be. even with hs- eva hus-
band. Bot there was need that chs
shorld work, and Mrs. Becawith quietly
visited one Office after another IN the
huge building, and asked the ger tieInen
II they were afraid 70 stay there il she
should como TO occapy desk and chair
alongside of Mr.. Beckwi.h. They as
snred her they were willing % daro the
risk, Ike brave man. Armed with this
permission the lady visited the stubborn
landlord, and then, after soIae persna-
sion, he yielded reluctantly. have al
ways thought tina. maybe Mrs b. 'ssweet
voice and winning ways. as we'll Us her
attractive face, had something to do
with melting the old gentleman's opposi-
ton 70 women in his Office building. At
any rate, Mrs. Beckwith had a triumph
antly successful career pioneering the
way for ladies in New York Offices. All
this happened only fifteen years ago, mind
You. Now there is scarcely an of1ce OF
any size and Importance in New York
that has not from ono TO half dozen
girls and women employed there in vari-
Gus capacities.
observe that old paragraph is still
going the rounds which makes Mrs.
Tenant, mother of Stanley's wife, say
that she saw in america, as in England,
thousands Of sweet. lovely, worthy girls
fading away because there were no hus-
bands for them. That may be, but ! OBJ
servo that they don't fade half as fast IS
the girls that get husbands.
Speaking Of suitable dress for bust
ness women and the Inconvenience of
the present one the New York World
says: ut is for women themselves to
remedy this evil. The matter is entirely
in their own hands," Is it? Who is it,
pray, that boots women, robs them and
crowds them so they must be taken to q
police station when they appear on the
streets wearing dress unlike the con-
ves;tional one? Who is that says he
would not speak to his wife or own her
if she should wear dress that showed
her fcetI Who is it that is always prais-
ing trim built" women and small feet?
Women, of course.
am moro than ever satisfied that
women will get all tho legal rights that
men have as soon as majority of them
want these rights. The apathy of wom-
en- whose sphere of thought is bounded
by q mustard seed shell is the worst
obstacle to progress that is to DO over
come. And these apathetic women win
never be walked up till some torture
wrinys their own souls. Meanwhile the
rest of tho world waits
To several women whom l might
name, but will not: Let Us have peace.
There is nothing in this life worth quar-
reliLg about. You put back the won.
ans cause q hundred years with your
petty personal spites and nonsense.
Stop it. Drop your everlasting self
seeking. and don't try to force your
selves where you arc not wanted. Cease
contention and strife.
Elizabeth Sargent, daughter OF ex-sen-
ator and Minister Sargent, of California,
has prepared herself thoroughly by study
in America and Earope to be an oculist.
and she is already winning iioc rcpu-
tation in her practice in California.
The Little Mothers" society in New
York city Is doing much good in the
line Of aGorjing rest and recreation to
little girls of tho poorer classes. who
arc loaded down with the care Of
younger brothers and sisters. These
poor little victims Of civilization that
is oct of joint. aud out az the elbows be-
sides, never know childhood. As soon
as they ara old enough the ever present
baby is placed in their arms 10 mind
whilc their mothers go ont RAG picking
scrubbing or working in fac.ory.
Many OF these forlorn little girls never
saw the country. One of them, on her
little vacation tip last summer. said
with a giggle b lady manager who
had spoken OF her own little boy, "Oh,
didn't think you were married, because
you laughed 50 much
lhsvs been sr,rsed ra,ny . time a.
the portraits OF women that were painted
City TO hundred years ago. The air Of
meekness and submission expressed in
the heads. bent forward and crooked
sideways, Is laughable beyond deecrip-
ton. ] have lately seen . picture of
Hiss G. M. Scdgw;ck. in which The ex-
preston OF oountenance suggests that in
thoee Gays IL was gross improperly
even for woman n hold her he'd on
straichk Well We arr nfx r,,,;4< s< x,<..lx