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en-. She worked with energy and final
ly overcame the hostility and opposition
that arose at her efforts, and though
she died in 1882 she had the pleasure of
seeing good results from her work.
Great service to the cause of women in
Bohemia was rendered by noble-
hearted and philanthropic man, Volta
Naprstek, who was well known in
England thirty years ago. He spent
much time In studying the various
schemes put forth in England and
America for the benefit OF women, and
after spending some years in England
he returned to his own country in 1865
and organized the American club" for
women in Prague, where he delivered
lectures on such subjects as seemed
best calculated to interest average
women and induce them to think. Also
Mr.. Naprstelx freely opened the whole
of his valuable collection of books to
the frequenters of the club.
The meetings of the club were at first
held in private house, but soon out
grew such restricted quarters Not all
their time was given to their own mem
tai Improvement They raised money
to found an orphanage, and during the
war of 1866 between Austria and Prus-
STA the members of the club organized
themselves into sanitary commission
and did valuable work for the wounded
and for the families of those who fell.
As direct result of the club started III
1865 about one hundred and sixty differ
ent clubs and societies have been found
ed, all for women only. Besides these
there has also been clubs where both
men and women are members. In some
OF the clubs the Czech language only
may be spoken, but in others the Ger
man as we'll One of the societies,
numbering six hundred women, is for
the purpose of protecting and educat-
ing girls morally neglected. A home is
provided for them where they are under
the good influence of family life, but
for their school work study they are
sent to the public general schools. At
the proper age they are found places
for service.
the Minerva" Nine. Elisa Krasno-
horska, the bohemian poetess and ed
itor of Czech organ of women's affairs,
is the president of the club. The OBJ
ject of the Minerva is the raising of the
standard of women's education, and to
this end founding schools for girls equal
in range of subjects to the gymnasiums
for boys. A college also has been
started to give women chance for uni
versity courses This first year of it's
existence shows fifty-three students OF
ages from sixteen to twenty-one. Even
higher attempts are on foot petition
bearing five hundred signatures of
women was presented last year to the
Czech parliament, requesting admission
to the university courses of medicine
and philosophy. There was at first
much opposition from the least adj
vanced section, and many excuses made
for delay, but the measure was at last
carried, with this result, that in four
years time the courses of the university
of Prague will be open to women.
The year 1891 has been fruitful in
petitions from the Bohemian women to
their diet. Besides the one already no.
ticed asking for admission to the uni
versity, another has been presented ask.
ing for an increase of pay to the women
post Office clerks who at present receive
much less than half, often less than a
third of the same salary as the men for
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same number of hours. Last year a
petition was sent up by the society OF
women's industries asking for woman's
suffrage, presumably for the first time.
Making Gloves.
Thousands of American women sup
port themselves by making gloves, and
great center of this business is in
New York, near the Adirondacks As
so often happens, this business sprang
from a very small beginning. The deer
skins which the early settlers took in
exchange for their goods were difficult
to dispose of, until one of the women OF
the settlement made them into gloves
and mittens which sold with uncx-
pected readiness. Now a number OF
small shops give employment to girls
and women who are noted for their
lady-like manners. The ordinary ma
chine workers make $3.50 day. Those
who put the silk stitching on the wrists
and backs make 81. 90 day, while those
who sew the parts together with the
overstitch seam make 800 in the same
time The workers must, however
furnish their own machines, keep then
in repair and pay their own needle
bills A few women are kept busy sort
ing into pairs and mending. The worl
connected with glove-making is easy
and light, remunerative, and done undel
pleasant circumstances