Passaic City record., 1893-03-18
MRS. ANNIE BEsANT.

AL home much of Mrs Besant's time is de-
voted to efforts toward the amehoration 91.ea q
the working women of London Wltn
Nine. Blavatsky she opened club house
for the working girls and she has nelped
organize women in the different crafts IN
London into trade unions.
II know very little aboutAmerican work
ing women, | think as rule they are bet
ter paid than their English sisters. The
union movement is rapidly spreading, and
think will solve many of the dlf1cuineS
that now confront women wage earners::
One reason that women are not paid SO Wen
as men is, believe, because they do their
work less thoroughly than men. Most
women work with the expectation or some
time escaping from it by marrying, conse-
quently they do their work in careless,
half-hearted manner, or when they have
about mastered their task some man comes
along and they give up their occupation to
marry him"
,sDo think women as able intellectually
as men? Now consider that meaning
less question, some women have greater In
tellect than thousands of men and some
men have more intellect than thousands of
women, sex has nothing to do with the
question of intellect.
"TheTe is one thing have noticed since
have been in America, the women here have
more freedom than the English women,
and have been given the impression that
they do not make so good use of their time
but waste it. In fact, fear they are lit
tie frivolous
There is one thing about the social sys-
tenn of the old world in contrast with that
of the new, the wealth and aristocracy of
the former seems to understand better the
meaning of nObtesse Oblige. 1t is | have
concluded one of the result of the old feudaI
system when the great lord was respons-
ible for the welfare of his dependents"
"The working women's club house, in
f,af0r fod rcr ,<,f
Gated in Hyde Park as the American papers
insist 1t is located i'll Bow in the East End, :
near the working wOmen'S homes 1t is
not,a charitable organizations. Each girl
pays penny week membership fee. Each
week there are dances and every evening
something is done to make it especially ats
tractive. 1t keeps them off the street and
out of harms way, and that is what it wa
intended to do.''
courts set aside the wills made by
lawyers of repute disposing OF their
own property suggests to laymen the
expediency of having their testa-
ments drawn by those who are not
members of the legal profession
Samuel J. Tilden was regarded in
life as the most astute lawyer in
New York, but he was unable to
draw a will IDr himself that would
stand the scrutiny of the courts. The
late Senator Mcdonald was also one
of the foremost men in his profession,
but it seems from the pending con-
sention that he too was incapable Of
framing valid will. AS a shoe
makers children are always the
worst shod nf their companions, so q
lawyers heirs are always most per-
plexed and in contention over his
work. Wealthy lawyers will here
after, if they are wise, hesitate to
undertake the task OF apportioning
their property amony their legal
heirs There will be less trouble In
disposing OF their possessions If they
die intestate than If they leave will
lacking in the perspicuity which
should characterize all testaments.
In 1892 the raisin crop OF Califor-
mia amounted to AZ, 600, 900 pounds,
which was about equal to the con-
sumption Of the United States four
or flve years ago. The first !, 900 car
loads sent East realized the raisers
At cents per pound. But says the
San Francisco Examiner, owing to an
overstock of the market and insane
competition" in November several
hundred carloads Of the remainder
were consigned to Eastern brokers,
who in many cases loaned money
thereon, and were sold at prices that
would bring the grower about cent
Per pound.