New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-21
HATS STRETCHED AT WANAMAkERS ;.

II than they had heretofore enjoyed. When the
Commission met and offered hearings to those WHO
desired to make suggestions. several peas "eie
nut in on their behalf Mrs. Lille Devereux baNe
representing the New-York city Woman suffrage
League asked for an equalization OF salaries De-
tween men and women employees, FOR an ADVANCE
of salaries for police matrOns. and that somewhere
in the charter there should be an explanatory
clause stating that wherever the masculine noun
or pronoun was used II should be held 10 huica,e
nersons of both sexes As It is now. she urged
women must pay taxes and submit TO punishment
az men and it Is more than falr that thes
should enjoy ar equality Of privileges
DR. Mary Putnam jacob made IA plea for the
nresence of women In official positions IN all puoc
institutions where women are placed ei'her az pa
TENTS paupers criminals. ana also aSheu io'
the attendance OF women physicians IN such ihs'i'
tutlons Beyond courteous nearing ho"e'e'' "".
kindly letters, no notice "h"'c'oi was
these requests. lit,
Tho charter has now gone 10 Albany. Win no
nrovIs,on for any Improvement In the present con-
S,,,on of the women who form half the adult pop
ulation OF the new city. The only nope OF oo'"i"-
ing anv relief lies now with the Legislature
The matter appears to have created genera
,oo,irc of INDIGNATION anon. women or all classes
..-rho noIice matrons" said Mrs Blake, of ooth
New-York and Brooklyn are united IN uelhdhu"e
that their salaries shall be advanced SO Una, .'oy
will have the Same pay as doorfheh' anu '""t W.
abau have right 10 a pension vi
, 20 tbov receive only $40 a year IN Ne"-io
ar1 $500 in Brooklyn while the doorman gets "i'V"
q year with a pension on retirement
Tho ma,rons are entitled to no pension, no matter
how maritorious their services while any nhes
that might be imposed on them FOR delinquency
would 20 to swell the pension fund
..rhe women school teachers OF the city cohsiuei
.Lo,r nresent salaries be most unjust man
,acber gets 81 600 for his first year. while woman
,oohar gets 800 and at the end or thirteen years
-, faithful service receives only ND. the salary
now maid 70 the man the broom. the humble
scavenger OF the streets
"a great many OF the women are maintaining
their own families others are supporting nephews
and nieces aged parents or other dependent rela-
ives and they therefore fail TO appreciate the
argument that men should receive higher salaries
on account OF their greater responsibilities. AZ
rule the women teachers have as many individuals
dependent upon them as the men. They also main
tain mat the man teachers duties are no more
arduous than those OF the woman teacher for they
cav II can be no harder for man TO control boys
,hsn for a woman to control girls
'."rh, feelings of the women regarding the chaI-
tor found expression at the recent meeting IN
carnegie Lyceum and In the set OF resolutions
there adopted and aferward printed In full on the
taxing active measures to secure "A part AT least
~ what they there demanded" .
Miss Harrette A. Keyser Is organizing the A.
sembly District Political Equality CLUBS for work