Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-04-21

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sp.eches on various tofaea never have
had Anything do n- more good than 10
read IL the subjects tackled In these
sp-sxhes At . RECENT meeting. The far
s1ad wlss young stadeHts made eAtsni-
pore ,.ddr~ss~s On lrlsh home rule. Hs-
waiiail aals xSsion and Kansas politicA
Where is the Ran who sAid that women
take ro interest IA tho large questions ~
the dsyr smith college, too. has al or
x2nSnstion callrA tbs Junior Political
society. Rad this qussason which t,s
Smith. Juniors debated at recent mes-
ing, shall the United States Have Free
Coinagsr Now. know for certain thai
tbs csnuing woman u hrra
Mx Mary O. Miner Of HiawathA u
secretary Of the Kansas State Pharnla-
ceutu.al association. That association
has oaly two women members, and the
fact that one VI them has been chosen
secretary u . compliment to The two
pioneer women pharmAceutista-
Whenever . woman narries man tor
the sake u being supported she ought to
~ oA>ottseshsoA IA A~s SAk4>sess>.
Mrs.. Antoinests Van Hosssn Waks-
man belongs to the editorial stat Of tho
Chicago Evening Post.
Lucy Holmes Taylor. d. d. s.. IL tho
first woman graduate In dentistry IN
Kansas She Is vice president Of the
medical department 81 the Kansas Queen
lsobe,la association.
The famous Old South church of I'os-
ton V the scene Of q contest annually
for number Of prizes for tbs best es-
says on historical subjects. These arc
known a. the Old South prize essays.
This year tho girls took all the prizes.
One prize. SO in money and . member
ship IL tho Massachusetts, Historical So
ciety. was won BY Lucy Warren Of the
sophomore class Of Boston university.
How much good an association Of wom-
en- can do is shown by Mrs. Underwood's
story in Worthingtons Magazine Of tho
Chicago Woinan's club. That maenif-
icent organization has now been in ex-
istence II years. 1t has established and
maintains free kindergarten and pro-
tective agency for women and children.
Through its persistent efforts women
physicians were appointed on the medical
staff Of insane asylums and other public
institutions in Illinois. The same kind
Of effort, ut once enthusiastic and gentle,
Is well a. steady, resulted In the ap-
pointInent Of women - assistant school
superintendents and members Of the
board Of education in Chicago. Ono Of
the club members Is Mrs. Bertha Honore
Palmer. president Of the board Of lady
managers Of the Columbian exposition.
Another is Ada c. Sweet, the pension
claim agent. who 40 long held the Office
Of government disbursing pension agent
ut Chicago. Yet another member, Mrs.
J. II. Flower. is president Of the Illinois
training school for nurses. One feature
that has contributed not little TO tho
great success Of the Chicago club is tho
fact that ladies Of leisure and the high
est social standing became active and
enthusiastic members. and it helped
them quite as much as they helped it.
You will never have any peace or
smooth sailing as long AS You fly into .
rage and permit your temper to run
away with you.
What do You think Of this kind Of
law? A negro in Louisiana stole some
clothing from a woman 1t was certain
that he committed the theft. but the de-
Tense showed that the lady had hus-
band living. No married woman may
sue or be sued in Louisiana, and nothing
belongs 10 her, not even her own bonnets
and dresses. She belongs to her hus-
band, just as q negro slave formerly be-
longed to- a master. Therefore the thief
was acquitted. This is putting a pre-
MUM on single blessedness for women.
DR.. Frances c. Van Gasken passed two
stiff civil service examinations and got
the appointment as assistant medical in
slsctor for the board Of health in Phila-
dclphia. The Philadelphia board Of health
is quite AZ much to 10 congratulated -
DR.. Van Gasken.
The New York Mail and Express Of
fered prize Of 500 for the best essay in
favor Of n protective tariff, and it was
won by newspaper woman. Miss Mabel
McElheny.
Kansas. along with more politics than
any other state in the Union. has some
thing else that not many other states
possess--that Is. an expert woman &C
countant. When business FIRMS book
keeping gets into a hopeless tangle. or
when settlement and balancing II ac-
counts is required. Mrs. Thurston is sent
for from city To city and is as skillful III
her line "a :he women Of the treasury
department are in deciphering the words
and numbers upon mutila'ed currency.
But women can't understand business
and cannot learn mathematics! Oh. mol
And they have not sense enough 70 vote
No. indeed!
ELIZA ARCBARp CONNER.