Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-04-14
DEPARTMENT
MABEL H. poMERoY, EDITOR.

against woman suffrage, should have
been appointed this year on both OF
the legislative committees to which
the suffrage petition was referred.
A university for women is to be es'
tablished at Tokyo. The plan has
the support Of the principal officials
and high dignitaries of the empire.
The red ribbon of the Legion OF
Honor has been awarded to compar-
atively few women, but Of late the
strlngency of the principle governing
the admission of women seems to be
somewhat relaxed. Now any woman
who spends large sums of money in
philanthropic work will be considered
ELIGIBLE for the decoration
Miss Clara j. Fisher IS the first
woman ever chosen to act as arbltrR-
tor in labor dispute in this country
by regular constituted state board
Of arbltrators. Miss Fisher was EN-
ployed as overseer for nine years with
the B. II. Spaulding Company at
MILFORD, Mass Two years ago she
left them, but when the recent strike
broke out ever the question as to
what number Of yards of straw sewed
should constitute the unit OF pay
ment. Miss Fisher was Choeen by
her former fellow employees as their
representative Together with man
chosen by the state board to represent
the Spaulding Company, she visited
similar mills in the neighborhood and
in two weeks the report WAS ready
which furnished the basis for sat
isfatory agreement.
Nearly everyone is familiar with
the little bangles Of four leaf clover
mounted on white silk and trimmed
with gold or silver They have been
Havorite gifts of the devotees of good
luck" at the Christmhs, Valentine
and Easter season of this year They
represent the good luck" of the
bright thought of Chicago girl
She wished to complete her musical
education abroad but lacked the
means. She had been unusually
successful in finding four leafed clo-
vers end had many of the good luck
emblems pressed She enclosed a
clover leaf between two circular
pieces OF cellulold, twisted bit of
tin around 1t and sent it to the patent
office at Washington. After receiv-
ing her patent she engaged firm to
manufacture them for her and pro-
ceeded to obtain orders for the nov
city. The idea caught the popular
fancy, and from making the tokens Of
sterling silver she advanced to gold
The demand for the clovers grew
The lady set all her friends to col
lecting four leaf clovers and fnally
advertised that she would purchase
all offered at cent each A month
ago she sailed for Europe with a
comfortable income guaranteed from
the sale of those lucky" bangles.
CLUBDoM.
II would seem as if there were no
subject which the energetic club wo-
man does not take up, and somebody
asks why someone doesn't write a
pamphlet on what club women
do not talk about" Alice Ives Breed
made short address full of wisdom
and common sense at the New Cen
tury Club in Wilmington, Del, this
week, when, among other pertinent
advice, which she gave, was this
Don't expend 81 worth of words up
on q nickel suhject"-s motto which
msny clubs might endorse.
Dayton, Ohio, boasts of a youne
women's league which shows wha
courage and perseverance may do
II was begun in 1896 by few work
ing girls who desired to form a clul
shat would be Of practical help TO al
self supporting women. Several so
clety women were induced to become
the board Of directors, and aid tn,
girls by their counsel. The seconC
year Of it's existence the league, which
had begun with so members had IN
creased to 500. At the present da!
it numbers 800. The league ha
rented clubhouse, where it has
library and reading room and hold
classes in bookkeeping, stenogrsphy