The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-28
INTERVENING INEORMA 7ION,

INTERESTING INEORMA 7ION.
That was q bright answer which a clever So
ciety girl returned to IN inquisitive admircr.
who had the tsmerityto question her concern
ysfe ppicsy. in the Language OF the Psaimist.
Mine aye is as nothing before thee"
The Chicago woman's Club. which has dem.
onstrated most conclusivo,y the value Of the
club idea for women by its recent enterprise
in securing funds for the Woman's College OF
Chicago University. has a membership Of soc.
These members include representatives OF all
professions and religious denominations.
oiists. Bartists. presbytcrinns. Spiritualists.
and Free Thinkers. lawyers. physicians. teach
ssF nrm ersisSsV and liz o)s,is1sii I aisrrosin N
the. tradition that women cannot associate
without pickering and Ill feeling.
A girl in her first season. says the rhiloso-
pher, is good to look at, in lier second Ia good
to dance with. In her third is good to talk to.
The learned societies across tho ocean seem
to be recognizing tho fact that there is lack OF
| reason and want Of sense in confirming their
fellowship to members OF Il single sex. for the
British Medical Association has formally con-
| scented to admit duly. qualified women prac.
t sta o to to n gslInRs ~ The M MS%en Hs are ALREADY
great meetings e that body and q writing the
The Geological Society. too. has long admitted
women as fellows, II accepts their papers and
ipsmsiy to s chem 81! % .ss a},!vils HSs & S.e sE,s sHi
Association has this. year elected q woman
whose sssisntiie attainmsnts are indi.put!aSle
az S'is aa at Of Women 1ssasr's to the Ms aRifSP0 Ss q. . .ne
ton. Sir Spencer Wells consulted an American
%o amlnS and p rec s 3 ds the iollo %. pI vsrs s9a 4
reply: Well. sir; i5 our country We have a
professions and trades; but what we want Ia
more female women"
The Oldest acting actress. Louise Schmidt Of
Germany. died recently in her SSth year. She
began playing children's roles when very
young. and she celebrated her tiftieth. stxtieth,
seventieth. and seventy-hfth anniversaries.
According to a recently published account in
the Examiner the society leaders Of California
are most original. energetic. and gifted women.
To Mrs. Lizzie Colt belongs the peculiar dis
tinction OF being the only woman member OF
a fire company. She Joined the fire volunteers
when. O young girl. and responded in volun-
rity and Courage as the other members Of the
association. Mrs. Colt counts her fortune in
millions nov. but she is still an honored guest
the toast Of the occasion. Miss Marie Williams
is a cabinet maker Of much skill. and
| SmplOyb ueT- IlcHt pEuSJlcuuy III MAX
tic native .Caiiiiornia woods for her
r]ectory. The Misses Lowry. Isabel and Agnes.
Edinburgh. Paris: and Vienna, with weil-earned
reputation for skill in surgery and more uni
s srs in sam me fsant thsn any MISS tw 2le mn(s 9Ge e adaeR.
ton; daughter Of a baron second in precedence
IN ENGLAND. is an expert goldsmith; and de-
for the WORK Of an amateur. Miss Swyney
t frieafbs e eif part m IN |" e =laHgqaSes; 1 in G San su Or
Latin besides reading in Sanskrit.
Mile. Jeanne Chauvin. the young woman
who passed SO successfully the examinations OF
the Ecole dc Droit in spite OF the disturbance
which necessitated a postronement Of her first
tho once popular idea Of the strone-minded
stature. difidennt in ,'' manner sl and y modest in
ffsntins tn THAT Tit hss q l ps!;islI isji s into ia IA ut sssos es si
s srsu i9a nfs auestio %%SS f Rhsstt' shs m naGhas ha "se
with the the ready nS"Hf VT it and S"dPp c1ear iu der s4f' chars
acteristic of hor treatment Of questions OF law.
A statistical item OF interest to women is
that women to-day are two inches tall ar. on
an average. than they were twenty-five years
ago. The cause is found In tho exchange OF
the embroidery needle for the tennis racquet.
school and college.
1t is estimated that the incomes of women
doctors range from 5000 to $1,000 a year.
Ter thousand dollars for a we'll educated
gifted. and healthy woman doctor is not un-
doctor q Terptes eaTnedi $1,000. the Srst year
spending increase until she died: but she spent
eight hours u day In severe study for many
years after her graduation.
The Medical Record is responsible for the
theory that to keep the complexion and spirits
good. to preserve grace. strength. and ability
OF motion there is no gymnasium SO valuable.
~ G9s exercise sst more b beneficial Gash, than a, sTesDingi
housewives who spend their lives in these
much faster. lose the bloom and freshness Of
youthful beauty much Younger than do their
city sisters. who have maids for every branch
OF work. and seek exercise on horseback and
in tho gymnasiums.
The town OF LeonberR in Nuremberg is
known as the Flown Of Mothers" for there
the mothers OF Schiller and Kepler lived. On
the walk of the old castle where the magma
sSr TfrIeh ot tho W~H #efI,bslosye tdioe taDis,,T have siS Sesd
placed In honor Of the mothers OF the poet and
the astronomer.
According to statistical report. 20. 900 hus-
bands in Chicago are supported by their wives.
and 10000 self-supporting women are in New
York city. Speaking on this subject. a popn-
gauntlet to the believers In the emancipation
and advancement OF women by saying tliatthe
modern idea, that it IL u suitable or even a
praiseworthy thing for a woman to earn her
living. ia bad political economy. bad morals.
and bad sociology.
Raudet approves Of women 6 { y Writers: and ad:
mits that a woman I'm SO often say things
According to the statistical reports Of woman
labor In the various industrial pursuits in the
South. there arc $50 industries in New Or
leans alone in which women are employed.
Tho oplv woman in England who Il pronria-