The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-23

The Twentieth Century club, of Cincinnati.
has petitioned the mayor to appoint fair
proportion of women to act on the board Of
district physicians
New York woman who has a club of
small boys under her charge took them for
an outing recently. They Travelled by elevated
train, and, looking from the windows, enc
Of the boys exclaimed over an object of dark
reddish brown color. what is it," he asked
of the boys who crowded around, much in
terested at his discovery. who is it for?'
1.-The child had actually never seen COW
before" said the protector of the excursion.
This was about the color of a bay
horse, and l really think the boy thought it
was some kind of horse with horns.'
The Boston Sunday Herald voices the
opinion of al club women when it says that
from the original idea of the movement,
winch was self-culture, and are now taking
up the problems of the present day and gen.
Grafton, All cub women are expressing an
unpounded interest in the industrial ques-
tlons OF the day. Educational advancement
mas oeen found to increase along with the
demand es for the travelling library. One Of
the states where these collections of books
are most popular is Georgia. But it is not
generally known that even in the back
woods" of Georgia there were found in the
days before the war many deep thinkers and
Unsuitable readers. The children of such peo-
pie have Inherited tastes that can be more
tunities they have for development are so
much greater than those their parents
joyed. Georgia has also farm and garden
denizens of dis riots far removed from CEN
tiers Of movement. Even here the desire to
look into vital questions of the day is grow
Ing, and good results may be looked for in
the near future.
Paris is soon to have its first woman's club
Not only will the membership charges be
high, but there will be other methods To
limit it, that only the most arstocratic
women of France will be among its members
This club will be modelled somewhat after
the London cub, but will have it's own unique
features.
A writer in the Gentlewoman, in speaking
OF Don't Worry club that she had heard
of in America, gives the rules, and says that
| the moral is Ito start Don't Worry clubs
without delay all over the kingdom
The first cub house for women anywhere
in the German empire was opened a short
time ago in Berlin. The Prince Ernest Won
Hohenlohe and the princess were present
at the dedication, and the lord mayor and
his wife took part in the ceremonies.
The Women's clubs of Great Britain are
considering the question Of politics at pres
ent at their federation meetings. 'Is it wise
proper or expedient," they ask, that the
| federation should work at elections for can
| didates opposed to women's suffrage? Two
arguments are brought forward, one being
| that II the object of the federation Is to help
the liberal party, it would be folly to excom-
| municate a frst-rate liberal candidate for a
cause not yet adopted by the liberal leaders.
| 1t is, on the other hand urged that If women
really want the suffrage, it is absurd for
them to work to put men in parliament who
\ 1ac thN do
| holding the former view had succeeded in OBJ
tanning an overwhelming majority, which
means that the federation will continue to
| politics. Consistency is met with infrequent-
| ly even among women that think they have
mastered parliamentary law and like pro-
found subjects