Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-03-26

fhe brother does not enjoy ~ b1x <pcSe
girls were brought up - believe that
woman should be sweet.y depensrrt On
tL.ssa and lo-sk - him for support They
have done 50 with . vengeance. They
sre wei On IN wears now and hye ali four
together ia a house by themselves. with
nothing % do but sssks note az their
nerves ana dyspepsia ard consulns iut-
eat fnsklieiles. II ; Ike = graveyard II
gloosa aad lespasr, thai h1Eae q theirs
They believed that ~onaAs mission was
o. marry they mi><ssl II. and this radi-
ant. glorious and beautiful world became
only place fer ti.rm 70 nurse their
grievances Ons Of them came near BE-
ing married once, but a month before
Der bridal day abe broke CT thu engage
uent because she feared her husband
that was 10 be could rot snppors her in
the style ia which her generous brother
had done. She belonged to that class Of
women utterly selfish. who lcok on i2ea
only "a instruments 10 provide them
with money 80 the four lived and
abused the world and all mankind until
AZ leasth o;,e OF shera became insane.
She Is now IL iGnztic asylum. melan-
ehoiy victim OF false education and
hayirs nothing 70 do bat dwell On her
own WRONGS and ailments. Anybody
would 20 crazy VIII, lived Ike that.
II i better 10 be dependable than ce-
psniel.t
The New Century club building If
Philadelphia was planned and It's con-
sfrucfion superintendent by women, and
il is enc of the hest specimens Of modern
fireproof HOSES extant. IL has iron
s;airways. lis floors are laid in mineral
wool. aud the lathins On the walls Is u
steel wire. The clubs new drawing
rooms are a marvel OF convenience. ele-
ganoe and artistic beauty.
They do not call him the dude any
more. he is the sissy man now.
Every day comes the news that one or
the other house of some state legislature
has reported favorably joint resolu-
ton submitting a constitutional amend
ment for woman suffrage to the people.
The senate OF the conservative old state
Of Pennsylvania has reported such u
resolution.
One Of the greatest of living women is
Mary Ellen Lease. orator. political agi-
tator and member Of tho Kansas bar.
Eloquent and logical beyond rost. she
is absolutely fearless, and this is tho
greatest quality Of all in a moral war
fare. Probably in the whole course Of
her sineilarly eyentful life il has never
once occurred 10 her TO conceal one Of
her convictions of right and justice be-
cause it might be unpopular and incur the
frown of Mrs Grundy. For this glory
In Mary Lease.
Mrs. Taylor of Little Washington.
Pa. has done something in oils. She
began by making few modest and care
full investments in the PennsylvApia oil
fields. She held them till they became
profitable: then sold them at an advance
and made other Investments, or kept
them and sold the petroleum. Mrs Tay.
lor is now worth 81 .010. 0c0. won by her
own business shrewdness and industry.
She is able to support husband.
A stained glass window has been
erected in lexington church, England
20 the memory of the late Duke Of Devon
shire 1t was painted by the women ar,
students of Wimbledon and the sub
Ject was the ascension Of our Lord
Just what connection the death of the
old Duke of Devonshire had with the as
cension Of our Lord is perhaps clearer &c
the English mind than to that Of al
American.
Nearly 500 women are employed a
station agents ON the French railways
but they get only half as much pay a.
men. This is partly owing to the faci
that comparatively few occupations ar,
open TO Frenchwomen, largely also Il
the fact that women cannot vote. Deny
ing women the right 10 vote and payine
women les than men for the Same worl
will both be looked upon as relics Of bar
barlsm in 1898. Just watch and see il
this is not so.
II is offensive in the extreme. this tall
that every once in awhile appears II
some newspaper about putting tax OF
bachelors and using other means 10 lur.
young men into mstrimony. IL men do
not want TO marry. let them alone. Won
en- ought 10 hold their own womanhooc
and delicacy Sc high that they will b,
considered 10 confer u favor on men b,
consenting to marry them
The success Of the admirable stat,
fairs of Wisconsin Is IN no small meas
ure due To the energy and organizins
power Of Miss Frances l.. Fuller Of Mad
:so,:. assistant secretary Of the state az
ricultural society. She has held her Of
fec number II years and makes on
tho annual report Of the society, ais.
preparing the premium lists.
The frs. railway train over tho World
fair grounds will be in chargeof prett,
girl engineer. Miss Ida Hewitt. n rcgulal
locomotive engineer If Cairo. W. Va
ELIZA ARCIARD CoSHxA