Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-12-18
Little FemininilieS,

late election, the life OF the FARMERS
Alliance, and of the Peoples party. 1t
was she who secured the suffrage plank
in the Peoples convention. She Will
accept the SenatOrship if II is offered to
her, but she VIII not engage in any un-
dighified scramble for place, believing
as she does that the Office should seek
the woman as we'll as the man.
The proceedings of the United States
court in Mem phiS were enllvened re-
Gently by the swearing in or the hrst
woman lawyer in the state as member
OF the bar. Mrs. Martha d. Strickland,
the candidate for admission, was intro
duced In a speech by the Hon. j. n.
Green and welcomed in like manner by
the Hon. J. N. Green, and welcomed In
like manner by Judge Hammond. She
is Detroit woman, who attended the
Woman convention in Memphis, dellV-
erlng mastery address on parliamen-
tary law during the sitting Of that body,
and finally decided to establish herself
in the southern city.
Among the soldiers graves in Airing
ton cemetery new mound has been
made with a Woman's name on the slab
at the head The woman who sleeps
beneath it was buried like warrior,
with the Stars and stripes for winding
sheet. At the battle Of Fort Donelson,
when the regiment under Capt. Cutler
were fighting without their colors, the
Captains wife suddenly rushed through
the smoke with the flag in one hand and
a sword in the other. As the rain OF
lead thickened and she was ordered to
retire TO transport on the river, she
raised the Stars and Stripes again and
remained in the pilot house in defiance
Of the Captains orders. Since the war
Mrs. Cutler has devoted her life to the
care Of veterans and their families.
There seems to be great fuctuation
in the registration OF the Boston women
voters. In 1883 20, 900 were on the list,
and more than 10000 voted. Last year
the number is is Increased to 10000,
though there is no unusual excitement
on the school question. Men are ques-
tioning whether the pleasant weather
during the registration days this year
had anything to do with it.
The one poem most often translated
into every language of the civilized and
uncivilized world was written by wo-
mantle "Ode TO Aphrodite," by Sap
pho. Sbakespeare's works have borne
the test OF but three, Sappho's have
stood through twenty-five centuries.
Ernest Renan used TO say that he was
loved by the four women whose affection
he valued above all others-his mother,
his sister, his wife, and his daughter.
81 often fancy" be said, "that the
judgments which will be passed upon
rs In the valley Of Jehoshaphat will be
neither more nor less than those OF wo-
men, countersgned by the Almighty"
Mile Renan, the sister to whom he al
luded, early in his career gave up her
situation as governess, for which she
had educated herself, and, with all her
earnings, went TO paris to provide her
with a home, wherein she was mistress
and servant, as well as master Of litera-
ture, for him. She rewrote and recast
his themes, suggested subjects, and
touched up the matter when written. 1t
was she who gave her brother means to
marry the wife who was worthy Of
sharing his greatness, woman intel
lectual, sincere, and strongly gifted
with the genius OF common sense.
Here is a new declaration of equality
quite the most advanced OF anything
yet presented. Frau Helene LANCE, of
Berlin, argues that just as German
youths are made 10 spend at least one
year in barracks, so their sisters should
be compelled to spend year in kinder
garters, creches, hospitals, factories, or
kitchens. AS the youths may choose
their garrison and troop, so the girls
should DE allowed to select their branch
OF service, and should receive certii-
Gates of merit at the end OF the year,
those showing inclination and talent
for any special branch being rewarded
by promotion and allowed to direct the
next years recruits. Frau LANCE de-
plores the way in which German daugh-
ters of prosperous parents spend their
time in energetic or lazy doing moth
ing" and considers that. this year Of
service would form and strengthen the
character Of the coming woman.