The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-15

them as soon as Huch sfep taken.
 Name. street, and number are at once made public by the news gatherers and the newly registered voter Ii placed in a position which is to man, embarrassing. and 10 others extremel, distastefui.
 Why should women's names be givei to the public any more than the names of newly registered men? The papers do not care to i'll their columns witf names of men yotefsi IL Is sufhcien' that they appear in the ward registry lists. The voting Of women. however | even upon matter of special Interest and importance to them, Is a novelty and an innovation. therefore all de- tails connected with lt must be held up for general scrutiny and com ment.
 When women first presented them selves for registration even the attire they wore became matter of intense interest, and the reporter hastened to inform the public that Mrs. A. B. c. was dressed in green hopsacking with moire reyers, and walking hat with ostrich tips. and that Miss z. Y. x. was bewitchingly arrayed in cream white null trimmed with satin ribbon. Nothing. however, was ever published concerning Terry OMilligan's denim overalls. or Reginald Montmorency' London-made trousers. or Jacopo Rim forzando's Cardigan jacket and w. shaped opening at the neck. This was manifestly unfair to Terry and Reggie and Jacopo but this branch of the sub ject soon become too complicated and difficult for the reporter to manage so he wisely dropped lt and this year there has been no such unjust discrimina- ton.
 But this free advertising. this posting of nameks and addresses, Is not an unmixed evil and should not be so regarded. To know that Mrs. A. B. C., an intellectual and influential wo- man, has registered, may embolden Mrs. D. E. F.. who has neither culture nor influence. but an honest ambition for the present educational privileges and the future position of her children. Gas bright as Mrs. A. B C.'s any day"). !. to take the same step toward securing these advantages. As for Miss z. Y. K, she who wore the bewitching white null, is she not an experienced and successful teacher whom pupils love and parents confide in If she considers 1t right and wise and a glorious privi- lege to vote at the school election, shall not the mothers of Jimmy and Katie and Sue, also esteem 1t a privi- lege and a duty? especially as the fathers of these children are so content with the exercise of their rights as voters for presidents, town and city officials and such, that they never trou- ble themselves in the least about school boards and educational matters.
 Then too, the publicity given to names and addresses of women who have registered as voters is no more and no worse than that given them through their connection with social events. Mrs. J. does not object to a newspaper item which states that she is spending the, summer at Bar Harbor or Morris Cove; Mrs. Q. furnishes a reporter with the list of guests at her dinner, and Miss W. sends to nu- merous friends copies of journal that contains a Gathering description of her face, her flowers, her jewels. and her gown, as displayed at the Junior Prom. No shrinking from publicity" on such occasions. Therefore, dis pleasing as this advertising may be, let it be considered as an influence possibly productive of much good.
 As for there being a woman member of our Board of Education, that plan has been tried in other states and cities and proved most beneficial to the public welfare A woman who by nature and training and experience is fitted to fill such position, and has the tact and the grace to hold 1t, is most valuable assistant in a very important official body And when wise and good women are serving on school boards some mat ters will be altered, vastly for the bet- ter. They will have the sense to see that many-storied school-houses sap the strength of growing children, that ill-ventilated, ill-lighted, unsanitary school-houses are disgrace to the state. They will also discover that a teacher who is a nursery maid, nursery governess, tender mother and superior instructor all in one, as the successful flrst-year teacher must be. is possessed of peculiar gifts and abilities that de- serve recognition by rate of payment higher than that of the teacher whose line of work is less taxing and less complicated
 Concerning these matters more here after. % HILARY. RENEDIC1 Es{l R (IuNG k EGG.