Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-04-11
womANs WORLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

saw 80 49, s>'s- W $4,000 49, ~'+-"
deus '-Co.nopD.is Club" in The Cen
fury Magazine lie draws . b~aa,i-
fal picture Ut how the best people la
every town snd city of the Union can
reform th~ municipal government II
they will. A doctor. . lawyer. .
preacher. . mechanic and various 9TH
srs Interested In good city government
form the Cosnopolis club, They hold
meetings and appoint committees whose
Work II V Ia visit the city departments,
among ether things. sre how the money
y st~nt Asd what the municipal officials
are dong Ia earn their salaries. An Ell.
eell~ns PART If the scheme 10 that when
they fni d~ns Of unlawful trade and TO
sort nourishing they DO not prosecute
the KEEPERS IT tho unlawful places, bat
the officials whose business IL is 10 sup
press such nssts II iniqaify. ~ course
IL " AL . story IN u magazine. but IN
time the Cosmopolitans suppress the had
place. and ~, the city government
honestly administered. and all ends
beautifully. There Is ono fatal flaw III
this 6ns scheme. There are no women
:itisers in H. lam surprised At that. for
Rev Washington GLADDEN. Is generally
known ~ . good womAn's rights man.
But certain IL 10 that his plan could new
% succeed till women had part in II and
helped business men. doctors. lawyers
and carpenters are too busy earning a
living To attend night after night such
meetings ~ he describes. and quite too
busy 10 go around municipal buildings,
drs departments. waterworks offices,
health bureaus and street cleaning head
quarters Ia ascertain the facts necessary
% inaugurate reforms. The fact that
they have been too busy for such inves,i-
CATION Il exactly the reason that city
governments have fallen 90 low. No. no.
Mr.. GLADDEN.. Ii won't do. You can st
this orc fact down and ponder on it:
City governments will never b. reformed.
the community will never have clean.
well lighted. safe streets. first class pub
lie schools. q public sentiment in favor Of
morality. beauty and purity. till women
take hold OF municipal matters. knowing
that the future Of their children depends
on these things. Wake up the women
in our towns and cities!
The New York city board Of education
-Tammany-ioes not want any women
on the school board. The members gave
. vote 20 this effect in answer to re-
quest from Mayor Gilroy for an express
sion Of opinion on the subject. In 1893
the lady mayor Of New York city will
send . communication to the members
Of the school board asking whether. in
their judgment. IL II wise TO permit men
to serve on IL. In answer the board
not Tammanyites-will reply that the
school board is not fit place for men
because they will not take time from
their business duties 10 attend 10 its re-
quirements properly. Then the board
Of education will continue. as before, to
be made up Of women.
Both the senate and house Of the Penn
sylvaniA legislature have passed an act
making women eligible to serve a. notAr
ries public.
Il Is said that the reason the faculty Of
the Columbian university. Washington.
decided to close the doors q the medical
department TO women was that they did
not like the conduct Of one Of the women
students. How would IL do TO close the
doors Of our medical colleges 10 men ev-
cry time . young man student misbe-
havcd himself How many colleges
would open next fall:
Tho Thirty eighth Street Working
Girls club of New York city lately dis
cussed the question. How to Tell q
Real Lady" Some club ought also to
discuss the question. How 10 Tell q
Real Gentleman" The first sign Of =
real gentleman would be that he does not
spst.
II Mary Lease. president Of the Kansas
state board 81 charities. has her noble
way during her term Of service. there
will not be in tho state rotten charity
supply contract or spo,ls politician In a
public charity Office. neither brutal or
callous official nor fraudulent or able
BODIED Iaup~r. Hers u one ~ the Of
fees that wise women are especially tit
te,i 10 I'LL.
have often wondered that moro
women do not go into dairying and
butter making have known In towns
OF a few hundred inhabitants industrious
German women that supported their
families ~ the milk 81 two or three
cows With 10 cows full set Of ma
chinsry fpr butter making and q cream
separator can 10 kept. The work IL mod
erss~ly hard. bat much easier than sew
inc IL hours DAY. much more heal'hful
than - hooltesc hing. and when the bust
n~-s is well managed IL pays better than
either "a the-~. Ia ncighborhoosis where
cresmeriss are established and the own
srs will Fay fair prices for the cream
a. make into butter tho labor - churn-
Ing - avoided AMI enough received for
the cream To- pay god returns. with tho
skirnInilk left over Co raise chickens
on Mix so rich that ~ quartz q 10
will yield from thrc"-Iuarters q .
pound to pound % batter will FAY
we'll Ia make butter from. even II tho
cream l. ii-p.~~d - A. butter factory.
\ milk tester IL necessary 81 fnd out tho
richness - tho mix.
Harriet Ho.rner - ~ years - sx~. Int
intellectual women never grow old Miss
tfa-rn~r never iii better work than she
Ices no~ she receive. tis go Tor her
..stu~ - Queen l.si~lla. which 10 "a ls
nnvsils-i 80 the opening - the World
fair.
expect ~ hear that the women ~
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