The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-15
THE NEW WOMAN.
What . Methodist Lady Of the Modsrn
School Did.

w. Archard, on the woman question
Mother was n Methodist when / was
little girl. She was always more givei
TO Christian works than to church doc
trines and church observances however
For one thing she has been all her lif,
a consistent advocate of the emancipa
tion of woman, politically, socially ant
industrially. That doctrine is very
large part of true Christianity. In tn,
course of my chat l learned something
/ never knew before concerning wha
mother did to testify her faith in WON
ans rights by her works. She was not
woman ever to talk much, but she
watched with intense interest the begin.
ming of the movement to give women
representation as lay delegates to the
general church conference that meets
every four years. Those with memories
dozen or 10 years long will remember
when the eloquent and devout Frances
+. Willard and a woman friend of hers
first sought TO sit in the general confer
ence as delegates. There was not then,
there is not today, man in the whole
Methodist church, preacher or layman,
with the eloquence, the fame, and the
influence welded by Miss Willard, and
l don't care who he is The bigwigs of
that general conference a dozen years
ago, however, ruled that Miss Willard,
being a woman, should not sit with
them. There could be, there can be, only
one motive for such conduct on the part
Of the men of the conference 1t was
motive of jealousy. They knew Miss
Willard outshone them all; therefore
they would not display their inferiority
in her presence. So she was ruled out
My mother thereupon, without making
any fuss at all, withdrew both her name
and, what was perhaps more important,
her annual subscription from the Metho-
dist church. Outside she remains to this
day, though as devout Christian as
ever. wish with all my heart that
100, coo Methodist women would 60 and
do likewise before next week is over If
they would it is absolutely certain that
women delegates would be admitted to
the next general conference. If women
crawled out from holding up the Metho-
dist or any other church organization,
it would tumble.
Mrs. Cornelia Robinson of New York |
city is educating class of Italian boys |
and young men in the duties of Ameri- |
can citizenship. She taught them first |
how to organize club for themselves,
which they did, and they conduct its
operations in accord with parliamentary
usage On Sunday evenings Mrs. Robin
son lectures to them ON the government
and political economy of this country.
Miss Kate Duncalf of Blairstown, Ia,
is the sole manager and superintendent
OF large creamery. Her father owns the
establishment but she runs it entirely
and makes 40 tubs q week of the finest
factory butter.
Juliet Corson, the pioneer teacher of
improved and economical cooking in
this country, is now helpless invalid
without means. She has given away
thousands Of dollars to aid the women |
of this country in learning how to pre-
pare wholesome and cheap food. Now
the women of this country must step in
and help take care Of Miss Corson. 1t is
desired to raise by subscription sum
that will place her beyond want in the
last few years of her suffering life.
Send contributions such as you can spare
to Miss G.. @. Bedford, 16 East One
Hundred and Thirty-frst street, New
York city.
Here is story Of two farmer girls
u m tn a. 49, e..
typewriters. They went into the bust
ness of raising pigs for market They
got some Berkshires and began their
herd with these. The girls made from
their pigs the first year 1855. Their plan
was to keep the pigpens and all the runs
perfectly clean, to feed the animals ON
the choicest of food and make the pork
so wholesome and delicate that it would
command high price from private GUS
toners. This they succeeded admirably
In doing, selling their product at spe-
cial prices. The hogs feeding and drink
ing troughs were disinfected twice q
week with copperas water. The animals
themselves were thoroughly cleaned at
intervals with carbolic acid soapsuds.
The girls recommend hog wallow
made Of half hogshead sunk in the |
ground, if there is no running water for
the pigs. For feed they suggest corn
meal and wheat middlings mixed to- |
gether and cooked to mush. Besides
this all the milk, fruit, beech and other |
nuts and vegetables that can be had, |
with clover and pasturage. The young
women also found out what veteran pork |
raisers before them have found-that !
pigs must have good supply Of charcoal
and wood ashes.
Dairying, bee keeping, poultry rear
ing, swine husbandry and sheep breed
ing are all occupations in which women
can profitably engage. Several of these
may be combined and conducted at the |
same time.
Women college graduates are among
the best and most thorough scholars in
this Union, putting in many cases men
graduates to shame. In Washington re-
Gently there was an examination for a