Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-06-09
DEP ARTMENT
MABEL H. poMERoY, EDITOR.
Notes of Women.

MEHn H&YMh w. yhH~iN1 "AS WY
women in the freshman GLASS OF the
law school at Michigan University
acted as toast master at the freshman
law banquet on Feb. ~, by the unan-
imous request of her class. The Mich
igan paper says: "she presided in a
pleasing and graceful manner, prov
ing herself entirely equal to the
occasion"
Municipal woman suffrage has been
given by the recent passage OF the
IRISH Local Self. Government bill, to
the women Of the Emerald Isle, This
puts them on an equal footing with
the women OF England who have en-
loyed municipal rights for genera
ton. The same favor was extended
TO Scotch women in 1887.
Mrs. O. p. Barnes of Louisville,
Ky, recording secretary OF the gen
eral federation of woman's clubs, is
the only woman jeweler Of the south
and one Of the four in the United
States. She has been the sole pro-
prietor, manager, and buyer OF one OF
the oldest iewelry firms of the south
Miss Emily Rowlsnd one Of the
youngest members of the New York
chapter Of the Daughters of the Rev
olution is the proud possessor OF
enough souvenirs from the unfortu-
nate Maine to artistically decorate
memorial den. Her collection was
made just before the Maine left New
York harbor. Miss Rowland was
frequent guest on the Maine, and
these complimentary fsvors were all
given her by the officers. The dozens
Of buttons and hat ribbons, caps, belts,
and even an entire uniform, remind.
ers of happy times, are now held in
sacred keeping, carefully and grace
fully draped on the walls Of the little
den among the folds Of the red, white
and blue, across which folds Of black
now fall.
Several thousand girls and women
Of Britain and Ireland have signed q
memorial petitioning Queen Victoria
TO pay some attention to a hitherto
neglected but numerous class of wo.
men IN her dominions. These are the
nuns who inhabit the converts estab.
lished in Great Britain and Ireland,
of which there are over 800. 1t is
estimated that the population of these
is about 10000. The memorial ap-
peals for an extension Of the civil and
religious libertieS OF the women living
in these Convents, and points out that
the lack of state supervision over them
leads to many abuses of the nuns
The document closes with an appeal
TO Her Majesty to cause searching
inquiry TO be made into the system
and practices of all the conventual
establishments ID her realm and to
institute such public control over
them as shall preclude the possibility
Of any Of her subjects immured in
them being deprived Of the benefit
aud protection Of the laws.
A new method of teaching children
to read which has been on trial in the
Philad elphia Normal school has been
promo unced an excellent working
system. The method Photographic.
Children are taught the phonograms
or so unds of the different letters and
combinations of letters. The teacher
stands before the glass holding pack
of large cards which bear vowels, con-
sonsnts and examinations printed on
them In large letters. As soon as
these are turned, their corresponding
SQUADS are given by the children in
rotation. II the answer does not
come at once from the child whose
turn it is, the class Immediately gives
it in concert. Childre0 who have
only been in school eight months have
by this method a reading vocabulary
of many hundred words.
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