Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-03-05

Out. Int bldll objection 10 ler was that
they could not behave like pigs and dogs
If girl were present in the school. You
will observe that this was also q reason
why young men used to object To girl
students in medical colleges. The horo-
logical professors, however, wisely found
ia this very objection the exact reason
why the young fellows should have a
girl student among them. The girl stu
dent remained. What is more, she work
ed and studied so assiduously that she
won gold medal over the heads Of the
men students, although after she got it
she was told that if the judges had known
she was woman they would probably
not have awarded it 10 her They told
her she could not get work after she had
learned her trade On account Of her sex.
She showed these prophets Of evil bet
ter. She obtained employment in several
shops and gained valuable experience.
Then she attended a course Of instruc.
tion III an eastern city and learned the
business Of an optician. This she did as
she did everything else, from the ground
up Thus armed at every point, she
opened an establishment in partnership
with her father and is having a most
successful beginning The girl who Is
thoroughly equipped for her chosen work
and who Will not be dOwned always sue
ceeds.
The girls Of the Lucy Cobb institute il
Georgia have had a spirited debate On the
question Of whether a certain play of
Shakespeare should not have been
called the "Jew Of Venice instead Of
the Merchant of Venice. congratu-
late the young lady students. l hope
all spoke their speeches instead Of read
ing papers. The effect Is q hundred
times better when you have your subject
we'll III hand and look your audience
straight in the eyes and talk To them.
Meantime I recommend these bright
southern girls to tackle in future de-
bates some Of the great social, political
and economic questions that are now
stirring public thought through and
through. The girls Of a literary society
of the Normal college here in New York
lately debated the question whether ma
tions should settle their disputes by war
or arbitration and they did ii in
mastery manner. Finally I hope with
all my heart the ladies Of the south will
be able to raise the 500, 600 endow-
ment fund they are now trying to col
lect in order to place Lucy Cobb insti-
tute on an educational footing with
leading colleges of the country.
Pittsburg lawyers are trying to pre-
vent women attorneys from practiciDg
there. If the newspaper girls of the
Pittsburg Woman's Press club do not
make some Of these men lawyers wish
they had never been born, am mistak-
en- in the quality Of those newspaper
girls, that il all.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Jorgensen operate
a bicycle manufacturing and repair shop
in Chicago, aud Mrs. Jorgensen is one
Of the most active Of partners. She has
made bicycle out and out with her
own hands. She says of herself, "As a
child l did not play with dolls, and a
hammer and nails were far dearer to me
than any sawdust beauty ever saw.
Why il it that when married women
read papers atpublic meetings they must
usually lug i'll some reference to their
homes and childTeng Are they afraid Of
being thought unwomanly if they do not
do this?
Miss Janey Mulhern Coard, who pre-
sided so gracefully at the meeting of the
International League of Press clubs dur
ing the Atlanta exposition, is a member
Of the editorial staff Of the Pittsburg
Bulletin. Much Of the success of the
League day at the exposition was due to
her enthusiastic efforts. She edits id The
Bulletin tile matter devoted To society,
churches, clubs, personals and fashion.
The cllibwomen Of Boston are going
to erect a building for their mutual use.
1t Will be handsome and commodious
structure, with assembly rooms, dining
rooms, library, etc. This is what the
women S clubs Of every city need.
ELIZA ARCHARD CONNER