The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-03-26
rur CAUSE OF WOMAN.
MADE BY NE sCfr'hA GrSTs
s"' sour WESTERN STATES,

.,,.,, school suffrage to the women
4 WnA, n,.seI both houses Of the 1.eRis'
orn a california Iast week ny large MAORI
bui7 lfasentlng votes in The Senntel.
ns V., N, once signed by Gov. Gage. SO thar It
%" ,hn law \ similar, bill was adopted seH-
h"'.,- AZ, and vetoed ~ Coy. Markham on
III" ,.,h,i.nl ground. in 1879 the 1'egisla-
as.ot u hll which was signe1 of Gor.
W', suhuittpg an amendment to the voters
hu " should confer full suffrage on women.
wv. exciting campaign in lSf' II was de-
49,, Nv oi7Il votes ont ot tue Z+'.t"I cast
,ho amendment. The 'wo cities OF san
y..r,,sco and oakland gave $40 more negative
NV .L,n IN, whole ot the majority east
,nirs, tho amendment. '"H "S'' S"e
snoo majority IN favor OF H.
M state suffrage Association did not np-
=, ,skinz for school suffrage. but the W.
p'u.0 ,o,idod to dc so. and carried the nues-
-. yict,ry. Ii was determined not 20 have
commitment submitted durinG a Presi-
"H..rcar,naign and. as the Legislature meets
"n"I.nv th,r. probably will he no further
vV..,,on ~ suffrage matters until l!O1. By
-. 100. women will'have the full franchise in
Wv ,r1 cossibly in two or three. more of the
w....rr states. and when the amendment is
.nhu,t.sd again III California II will be carried.
INA lower house 81 the bKlhnona loRlsla-
,,,. ba. passed almost unanimously a bill to
aron. NIL s~utlrage 70 the women OF that Ter
:" r. th. women Of New York and Mas
.,.huset;s who constitute the Association Up
- "a N, Extension. &c. are g',ing to rem
der their usual assistance t"-'he"i'lhor deal
W.. gamblers and ccrru0t politicians who are
.,h,inc his hill in the urper house. they VIII
Nave 10 MAKE haste.
N"' - Z ,L. Wa,tnrp StataG lrn mnrh sill
nsrinr to those Of tn" tasTern, or else the
NO. ~ the West are lar more willing TO honor
iIsir " ,s5.a wi" II the s'f fa4t. '' At tF It's ra a%% 'e elsS-
, "a kansa, e,-"tet wonsr as County Superin-
sndest- Of schools II nineteen cn,itltiei. Wy
% a. maj SUPERINTENDENT Of Indian Schools.
sb6 replaced Que u III" most DISTINGUISHED
male educators in the rountry Colorado. al
STATE Siperiltrndrnt %. Public. instruction,
has again elected a woman; Mrs, Helen J..
abe feature is that .l,e received the unani-
mons vIe Of al. PARTIES She was a teacher
eight years before her marr.hge and after
ward served two terms a. county, Surertn-
,oudent She Possesses bea 1ty and culture.
snidurlng tie !ast ramratgh she accompanied
ne noninr-, for Governor and Secretary Of
state on their canvass and nv her sensible
and diGnifled hddres 'es w,n many votes.
The Colorado state outrage .Assrcihtion.
ver. reports the Target membership of any
veav since 1895. wheh EonIeq were %enfran-
chseJ. The I.les!deht. Mrs; Katherine, Pat
ter:on, whose hnshSi is editor Of the Ro"f0
reason for this: that the new voter. are rec.
o~sni2i4g the Obligations 1t Colorado % assist
at,y." Ann'h"J, officer Of the association. Mrs,
l.. J. Peavey. closed her address with these
beautiful words:
II there. is al ono y'i'o speaking l"'d'y to, t!e
r"msn ot A,l,roa t,.is' it Is the voice that lids
her ron> der Ter location as = wife and II mother.
Man WI! NV! get nl;hinE better IN th;s world
than a rur. W. ''I'r or ! good N4fr. Ana IuNth Tor
nlfstord and mothe7ho"d education is essential,
ttrs have The best "ducation possible: that they be,
r.nf r. int"i.rrtnfa Irrrs OF Their br.thers, ana
nee, s,y t ,S i a t = ]h. Tltn ei the I" thu anS tha,
N rsce Of men perish no; from III" face Of the
re whirh w. n.r,t not neglect. We must stand f.
ne fan,lv n tt.ln,"Er1ty and for tbs ola cashiTnei
ns.ng in is pun y. and for TIE tiy.n- con.umma
,'"n Of lo,S N tn f!in'L"n Of litss that AR
creation ~ the lnnnltt,
The Rev. Ada {. Bowles in Il valuable rur.t
O. Women AZ Inventors makes some signif
rant statements. The first natsut issued to Il
woman ii the United States was in 1908. 70,
weaving straw. A. this time girls r~cceive,
almost NJ eiu"atiou. scarcely were taught the
rldlneuts {. l.ng'ish. During the next quar-.
'"r Of a century OILY fifteen patents were taken
cut By worner. hut amou- these were n deeI,
w NVaNF cbc dli ! 'Nh'hl III SlcNt. bulluR III
next twenty-five years the educational priv.
leCes were Increased. a few high schools were
orened t. girls and thIrty-fve patents were
granted 70 women. Then came the rivi
war. and they were thrown into almost every
depa',ment ~ business. gaining u plactira
exrerlen"e greater than that Of all the pre-
ceiling centuries. From 1853 to 1894 the mum
Ier Of !nven'iOns patented nv yromeu rose tC
laH. In the newt eleven Years the numhel
re-, e "!.@ The Patent 9 ftc, Reports have
Iooot that now the lnventionthv women are
near r@ %pM Practically all 4 these are tn,
.hah on. generation: and they include some o
me most valuable Of those in daily Use.
HhT ar. thare no. more inventions nv wo
70 consider III 4; before a boy IS out II knickcr
bckers, he SPEND, every spare moment whel
eyer a biz Of machinery is to be found. a6ou
Ie ralrNa" yards. in the engine room. at tn,
npalr shors He builds lite models. with III
a@'slstnn"e 81 Older, BOYS. The trend oil hi
J ,'a Of Mechanics ne i: Insisted through som.
o. me raanv colleges Devoted to this branch o
si traSa or !, {.!' j., ;mp2ssthle he is plaGst a
y q these chances :a;'g giris' h;thert" have fbra"
VIGOROUSLY barred. Not a technical schoo! ha
tT taini nreH 20 Them: they have had no manua
NV drluaIntan'e WITH any machinery eNcert
sssSinc 'na"hinr. aud then they are asked VIII,
c mS nave no' Is MANY inventions to thei
Put here, too. thc progress has been MAJ
iTs as rM ant "" have now the Pratt and tn
.nelr 'pi"n! 4 advantages t. girls the same a
~ ooys. hnd The great universities II the "oun
sMfk. '"fVWTi .E+G; .H;lt4 all '~iepartm"nts To bot
\ susn9!y Tor II" industrial raining Of Girl
\. Wpneni, WITH an "~nd0wnlent nj S2.NO0.OW
sSsr %Sei 'he Ma sachusetts Legislature for
Herein les tine solution of The woman prob
surror, rT?cGiy WThnmen, render hem sell
WI aSthhish the word. Ttern is no one rlas