The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-28
of Canada she has been an en- ,husiastic work
er among women's organizations.

of Canada she has been an enthusiastic work
er among women's organizations.
Eva Marshall Shoutz, who has hirtherto
rallied the Young Women's Christian Tenn
peranee union to the rescue of the Chicago
Woman's temple is going blind. The news
has caused much sadness among her friends.
who believe that she lost her sight through
too much temple work.
In the general federation are two national
societies, the National Household Eccn1mic
association and the National Society of New
England Women. The headquarters Of enc is
in Chicago, of the other in New York. Both
OF these societies strongly object to the per
capita tax aud have proposed to withdraw.
TIffculty has been bridged over for the
+ireing and hey will continue Their
r,~ship 49, the next biennial at least,
.,g taxes Oh ?he same basis as state fed
erauons, but ber -47==ponsble to the gene: al
officers and ha = representation on the
nominating committee
At the Denver biennial there was some ms
understanding concerning the per capita tax.
and this brought out many absurd argu-
ments concerning car fares and the pound
OF chocolate H. the request of the NV
England women g g., nave the tax rate dou-
bied been granted, 1t would have resu ted
in bringing much money into the trsas-
ury with more even method Of taxation
that is to say, the smaller clubs would not
pay less than now and The large clubs would
not bear the burden. Many clubs all over
the country are deciding that it will be bet
ter to take the monoy from the club than ID
add it to the indiN ~; members dues TIE
small club which now pays s. will pay s.. 50
and upward; the large club Of 400, or &C.,
or goo members, must pay $40, so or $780,
as the case may be.
The class Of women known as the pur-
chasing agents, or commissioners, wiz gain
livelihood from t. Dig stores through the
orders they place w. their customeTs, have
been classed as commercial brokers by the
internal revenue authorities at Washington
They have also been assessed 800 eacs and
have decided to form an organization to pro-
tect themselves. Their first effTrt will be
for the revocation Of the RISING Which
causes them so mucn hardship. 1t is known
that quite a nun71e< of them have been
forced to give up their calling simply for
the reason that they could not afford to pay
the tax.
The Woman's Historical club, of Detroit is
unique among women's Organizations. owing
to the fact that papers are never read at
the meetings, each of which extends over two
hours. The first Ct Jbtse is devoted TO his
tory that is being made from day to day.
current events. EaGE. member is supposed
TO come thoroughly Informed upon some hap
pening OF the momeat, and she tells her fell
lows about it in conversational way, the
others joining in and adding any light they
may have for its elucdation. The news dis
cussed is not Tat which Is entirely ephe1n-
eral but science, books, politics and art are
chief topics III discussion. The other hour
OF each meeting is devoted to a topic care
fully arranged beforehand, and this is ALWAYS
Of a historical nature. Each member con-
ducts investigations and tells the results to
the others, particular branches of the tonic
being assigned to different persons in order
TO prs vent any duplicate
branch society for the prevention OF
cruelty to children has been incorporated by
gle Woman's Civic Federation of Elizabeth,
u. j., which does a -Grge work in assisting
II poor TO become self-supporting, and has
issued a report condemning the pawnbroksrs
81 that city for their charge Of 10 per cent
ca loans.