The Saint Paul globe., 1899-02-10
In and Out of clubs.

A meeting Of the Society of American AL
thors held few days ago In New York. was
enalveneo by the presence Of noted people who
went to meet Mrs Julia Ward Howe. Mrs.
Howe talked to the guests of the famed Brook
Farm colony The interest In the farm Ia
always great, and whatever else Mrs. Howe
may talk about some one is ever ready to
ash questions about that rural settlement in
which so many great Americans took part.
10 lnquirers Mrs. Howe replied that the
land put under cultivation as a farm was not
productive, although a practical farmer was
IN charge of that work. and the ideas of the
members as to education she explains ar
length.
George Ripley took the chair of philosophy
and mathematics. Charles Dana that of
Greek and German, and George q. Bradford
offered to instruct in belles-lettres in the uni
versity they were endeavoring to start One
OF Mrs. Howe's most interesting reminis-
cenees fs of Boston as it was half a century
OF more ago.
Speaking of that time, she said that IT was
then fashionable to make conformity a vir
tue, and new doctrines of all sorts were
greatly condemned She has, she declares
seen Theodore Parker designated as an
atheist and perverter Of the public mind-an
enemy to all religion and has also .seeu
Charles Sumner and Wendell Phillips COM
pletely ostracised-marked as having mt
themselves outside the pale of good society. I"
Mrs. Howe declares that valuable lesson
was learned, however, by all who shared that
life. and that she thinks each did ADLER work
from having had the experience with simpler
living as 1t was carried on at Brook farm
The Council Of Hebrew Women will he rem
resented at the third triennial meeting of the
National Council Of Women, which is to con-
vene In Washington on Feb. 49, 1t is ex-
pected that Mrs. Maud Nathan and Mrs. Ju-
ilus Boer, of New York city; Mrs Eli Strouse
and Miss Rose Summerf1eld, of Baltimore.
and the president, Mrs. Hannah G. Solomon.
OF Chicago. will be among the speakers. Miss
Sadie American, of Chicago will read a pa
per entitled THE Tree of knowledge of Good
and EVIL" and Mrs. Nathan will read one
on The Social Conscience in It's Relations to
Social Problems
A PREDATORY business meeting of the Ma
tional council will be held In the Arlington
hotel on Saturday evening tomorrow. but
the formal opening will occur Monday In the
Universalist church at Tenth and G streets.
Inc council headquarters will be at the Ar
lington hotel. Among the subjects to be dis
cussed are expansion, Imperialism peace and
international arbitration the condition of Ha-
waiian women and similar questions of pub
lie interest.
Both houses of the Colorado legislature re.
Gently adopted Joint resolution, recon-
mending other states to give q trial to tbs
woman suffrage system of Colorado.
Two bills just presented in the Arkansas
legislature are of interest to women. one of
them excuses husbands from Hquidatirfg the
debts their wives contracted before marriage
unless contract has been made stfpulating
for the payment of such debts, which was
passed
The other bill was one passed by the house
but rejected by the senate, forbidding the
employment of women as legislative clerks.
The New York Women's Republican club
has under consideration a motion to Join the
New York State Federation of Women's
Clubs. 1t understood that at one time
the club wished to join the Federation but
much opposition offered, owing to the
fact that this association is q political one
1t is now reported, however, that these
women have done such excellent work that
the federation Is not only willing to take them
in but has urged them several times to join
The opening Of the Democratic clubs doors
to women was subject of rejoicing to politi-
cally inclined women.
The young Woman" calling attention to
the fact that at the time of Queen Victoria 8
coronation there were no occupations for
women save domestic service, says: cat the
date of the last census there were 61 600
women dressmakers. 10000 employed in pub
lie houses, 1850 in printing establishments
and 4,721 in mines! Even the postoffice
hedged about with redtapeism as it Is has
nearly 10000 women as clerks, telegraphists
figures no fewer than 100 head postmistresses
and $3.50 postmistresses. Where there was
one woman clerk in 1871, there are now four;
and-to take two industries only-there are
now III women per 100 men in the tobacco
industry, against AZ per 100 In 1871 while
in hemp and jute the women workers have in
creased from 67 per TOO men to 125 per 100.
There are throughout the kingdom nearly
10000 women engaged in teaching. almost
three times the number of men: and 200
women have worked their way into govern