The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-25

the life of her husband What is termed
inchoate right Of dover IN his land. i IN
her much interest therein. She has
then merely the right to have her dover
assigned to her, and when she recover
it by legal proceedings her estate in dow
err commences.
cat common law a married woman has
few privileges as to her separate prop
erty. Our statutes have now altered
their custom and make 1t possible for a
married woman to retain to her own use
property which she may have had at
the time of marriage. There Is little
doubt that most men today intend to be
again the community is shocked by some
decision as a matter of antique lore, but
repulsive to the modern mind.
governing the estate of child. the father
has the. preference, n only when the
father is lead hesad does the mothers right
married women is in itself a study, and
I trust with these laws so intimately re-
lated to YOU MAY become more familiar
ENERGETIC COLLEGIANS.
Miss Marie Hepburn Marshall, one of
the trustees of Evelyn College. the only
college for women in New Jersey. said:
women in New Jersey, and is under the
shadow of Princeton. the world-renown-
the restrictions and restraining influences
Of a home; Evelyn in a measure solves
this difficulty, for it is the only one of
Radcliffe and Evelyn, which are con-
nected with mems colleges, which has a
rf Re- dnasa for its STUDENTS; II is situated
dents is the same as in Princeton; they
have the same examinations and they
manen home for Evelyn, and 1 ask you
here today to interest yourselves as.
thirty-five- women of Rhode Island have
the girls college $4,000. having already
paid in of that sum $50 Co.,"
j Miss cqFnelia F; Bradford, of the
Her n''s Subject m00 vas W acoli Ias H s%ettle speatef"
House. She told how the great work
from a $40 bill, which was all she brought
with her to Jersey City, if an earnest
and energetic spirit count as nothing.
thought because she had worked in Lon
don and Hull House she would be able
to start Whittier House without any
sey City needed to be studied. She found
that the most necessary thing was to
give the hundreds of thousands of fac
work was started by means of Mothers
Teas. A kindergarten followed and a
sewing school began with them n now
humanity itself. There are no lists or
isms. No sectarianism. There are Jews
as well as Christians, Roman Catholics
Bradford received a letter from some
Boston people in which they said they
were "aTfully mad" because it had been
wrote in reply: you may be 'awfully
mad but in Jersey City we are awful
ly glad Miss Bradford considers the
dancing class to be doing the best work
of all.
STATE CHARITIES.
Mrs; Emily Williamson said of Estate
Charities: have in the State three
Hudson County one in Essex and one
IN Mercer They differ materially. The
one IN Mercer, is a farm, where those
This has been a great relief to the City
OF Trenton and has materially affected
the commitments for disorderly con-
been used almost exclusively for men,
and while I believe it does good work,
stu 1t does not in every respect answer
the needs of the county. The one in
Hudson County, situate on Snake Hill,
is one of the most admirable institutions
in the State Of New Jersey and is con-
Quoted upon the very best PLAN
Our almShouses differ exactly as the
citlzens take an interest in them. Where
the women of the county, township, city
fare OF the paupers in the almshouses a
very marked improvement Immediately
is observed.
IAN evil in connection with the aims
houses is the keeping in many of them
the chronic insane. / grant that as
go from ore to the other, 1 find them
comfortably cared for, but absolutely
should be given them.
THE counties of Essex, Hudson and
Camden each have their own asylums.
your influence as women and mothers. /
want you when this next winter a bill
is placed before the Legislature similar
in construction to the New York law,
which is so admirable in its workings,
to remember what I have said to you
today, and give your influence (and You
know that in this State woman in
huenee is great to accomplish this end"
Miss Alkaline Sterling said of t'Patri-
otto Societies that they should lay
claim to the first place, There are in
Daughters of the Revolution, the Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution (both
revolutions being identical, as Miss
Sterling remarked) and the Daughters of
1872. She suggested that women found a
chain for American History in Evelyn
College.
Miss Maude Fletcher, who was to read
a paper on Town Improvement Socie-
ties" was unable to be present.
Miss Clara Woodward Green Vice
spoke on "Woman's Relation to Public
Schools" Her argument was based on
the principles that as teachers are large
~ women, because women are more
fitted for teaching, having an inherens
love of childhood and patience with it,
they should have a voice in all that
pertains 10 CnllQTen. Cnc GluclQdI6Q the
alarming fact that Jersey City spends
less per capita for the education of her
future citizens than any other. place in
the State, The sum being SLIT The
largest sum is given at Rutherford, 500.
Mrs. Harriet Lincoln Corlidge, in speak
ing of motherhood and the children adj
vocated the teaching of nursery hygiene
in public and private schools.
DR.. Emma w. Edwards had as her
subject women in Medicine and Nurs-
ing" She said
"Trained, skilful nursing Is the daugh-
ter of progressive skilful medicine,
young, as yet, to be sure. I can learn
of no association of medical women in
the State of New Jersey. There are
less than one hundred medical women
in practice, and they are so scattered
ganizations. Most of them belong to the
local medical societies, and have all the
privileges and duties pertaining thereto.
Mrs. Marshal of Montclair and Mrs.S.D.
Gallison of Orange, gave short sketches
of their town Improvement societies..
ing her story with a little incident which
occurred within her experience. She said
She was once asked by a man for the his
tory of the society and after recount-
ing all the things in the way of street
CLEANING, park identifying, prevention
libraries started, etc, he asked: What
AGITaTING FOR MRS. MAVERICK.
The Rev. Phebe A. Hanaford endeav-
orded to interest the Federation in the
ing more attention, after which the
delegates were taken for dinner to the
homes of the members Of the Newark