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stll novelty. and the, u,re Inevitably subjected

sun novelty, and they wero inevitably subjected
large number Of women guardians and women
uhtict competitors from different pnrts Of Ireland.
i Is par, In the discussion that followed, Tho
OF The meeting. spoke Of tho great difficulties pre-
scented scented by tho problem Of poverty In Ireland and
Happily. in dealing with this question. man IA
no, icit wholly 70 his own resources Within the
women have found places on our poor law boards'
and have done much TO better the condition Of
such iolk as sock the shelter of workhousc. That
something has been done Is matter 10 b. thankful
ior. And there are evidences that the future
has In store, both for tho poor and for the TAX.
most promising IL the gentle ministry Of women
VINO devote their time and energy TO practical
=, The annual report Of the Dublin women's
SuiIragc and Local Government Association says
Al. IN, past year has been a memorable ono in
scsscd by their English sisters together witt tho
They also now enjoy all the franchises possrsscd
msn,nry and 4 they have no, yet obtained seats
upon tho county and borough councils there Is
every probability that these will b. thrown open
10 them at no distant date In the meantime the
ssli.Eoycrnment will be the best preparation for
the sun heavier responsibilities which the Parlia-
Rs gne n, yol, will snts and as In q, preS9pSs
berc%n, Strokcstown and Midtown Malay. have
IN yaous ways boon doing their part toward t
oi asst year the report says:
1T would b" diacult 10 cxaeg-rate the practical
has already for purposes OF local gov
eminent not fewer than 100000 women. mar
1icd Gnd single. The universal testimony Is that
considering the novelty OF tho experience, tho
women electors have conc out remarkably wei,
IN The voting. In some cases more than one half
Dublin the election Of three well -quSl,ntd ladies
q, as Poor Lay Guardians has been the event Of
hS destitute e Much gTSd S c he's Sgr1dy accrued 70
tanned the results have been similar In all the
remaining unions throuehou, Ireland In which
elected i%'u'"'S nave curing INC past year been
The society publishes the full list Of the eighty
aus at tho last election in the following counties
Of Ireland: Antrim, Armagh, Carlow. Down,
Dublin Dublin Fcrmanagh, Kilkenny, Kerry, Iimcrck,
Sligo, 'riprcrarv, wexford and wiciiow The
report can b. obtained from tho secretary. Mrs,
MARGARET Dcland. n" novelist, in addressing
snwomnn's club At Portland. Nc. the other day, on
adyccst:s Of woman auTrsE" for wishing t to give
had Sc much ,Ionbl. WIN Patrick, 81; said, "srd
native heath or native shamrock can both vote
ord hold Office. and, according to Lord Mayor
dignity o- domcstiri,y" Is thrrr any good reason
why English Irish and Scotch women, who have
thr franchise at homo, should lose their vo,r. II
they are entrpr!sng enough TO come tc America?
The Suffrage Bczsr lust held In Boston by the
Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association
cleared 5000 Fairs are laborious way Of
getting funds but no other method has vet been
devised whereby women can raise ~ much money
Every Strtr and local suffrage association might
odd substantially TO It's treasury by a well-man-
aged fair.
Th- Canadian womcns Council Il planning
r. help the women Of the Doul;hobors or Rus.
sian Qunkc-s VIII, migrated 20 Canada 10 escauo
the persecution they hnh n endure In Russia
Mrs Fltzrihbon lately visited the Doukhobor
VILLAGES aud at the councils recent me"-iuS in
LA Elton she reported that these Russian Quaker
women were clean, industrious and skilled in
crNr>iter-, drawn work and other home hani
craft hut were too poor ~ buy materials with
which u make goods for sale The Womnn's
Cou'cil il raising loan fund tn purchase. tn"
n~N'cl ma 'eriols one woman In each village
will b. chosen 10 distribute thrm. The members
Of the council viii disDosc of the articles when
finished and will send back 10 the workers I'll
p-ohts abov" the cost Of to raw material. In
Canada sinrl" women and widows have bad
muniriol suffrage for many years but II has
not vi ihlv unse 1cd them o. b,untrl thci- womh:y
sympathics ALICE STONE BLACKWELL