New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-14
CHINA AND SCANDINAVIA.
BOTH COUNTRIES RECEIVE ATTENTION
FROM RUTGERS ALUMNA1.
woMAN's WAGES IN THE FLOwERY KINGDOM
NOT AS POOR AS AMERICANS
THINK THEY ARE


Rutgers Alumni Association held its stated
monthly meeting yesterday afternoon at NO. %
West Twenty-seventh-st IN tho absence OF It's
president Mrs. John Stanton, DR.. Jennie dc Ia NJ
I,ozier occupied the chair The session began win
Scripture reading and prayer. followed by reports
from the various officers. Reference being maze
TO the fact that on May sixty years Will have
elapsed since Rutgers opened its doors and began
its work for women. It moved and unanimous
~ carried that the day be specially celebrated
committee composed Of Mrs. Stanton, Mrs. storrs
and Mrs Disbrow was appointed by the Chair to
mako all needed arrangements for the event
Before taking up the subject Of the day-'Scan-
dinavia It's Modern History, Universities, Ltera-
ture. Science Music and Art'-Miss NenderpoeL
who has just returned from China, was invited to
give an account Of her impressions of the tlowerY
Kingdom"
THE first thing have to say 10 YOU SAID MISS
Vanderpoel lis that China is not quite so far be-
hind the world as we usually think bought
little dog there Picking pug. and, having the
dog I found / had to get a boy 10 take care OF It,
one day one suggested that instead Oh
boy | hire a woman for that office as II nllBhI Do
cheaper Upon investigation however, found that
q woman would cost twice as much as BOY so
tboueht would tell you that IN this benind-the-
times country wonens wages are not what you
would think. -, 49,.
Continuing her story Miss vanderpoel said shs
was especially interested IN the things whch were
different
instance she mad supposed that the custom OF
foot-hndine was confined 10 the upper classes. VINO
could hire people 10 wait upon them. on the con
trsry the better class had the large feet ana II
was the poor women who had to work that non
hled along on their poor. defOrm"d extrenltles'
Hong Kong Miss Vanderpoei declared to be de-
uebtful but In Peking she only stayed TWO oays'
being afraid to stay longer account or lis dltces
and horrible odors Asking how HIS Imperial
Naiesty could 1--we in such city. she was tod mat
he had no idea Of It's true condition. he rarely
goes out and when he is 10 go everything II
srnoOt ned over for the occasion. 49,,
At the close OF Miss \anderpo%IS .hlhese III =.
erarv the topic Ancient Scandinavia' was TAKEN
up by Mrs Kennedy. The early NQIS' mn 2 Sile
aid were glorious race, in spite OF Deuls ne e
aud warlike There nothing more 70 ne dFthG-
ed bV "a NOrsemau than natural ucatl; "iIcIi
,yss fhought TO bar his entrance to WaIhalla. Inc
VIKINGS were men deeds not words one OF
th-r sayings being 1T i more honol dD!e 10 Islt
win SWORDS than quarrel with tongues women
were held in the highest respect ana were shl!luI
as physicians. ,,... - coora,-
ma via The \Orscmcn, she sall, were ule lHsst 70
nrojuce sagas. Of the most famous OF "llch,
,,ritten by the King Of Norway, might wei De-
rn,'norod 10 The works OF Livy or Herodotus:
Mention OF Frederick Bremer elected an animated
.in wherein the different members OF the
81 1s4q one member recalled the heavy gold brace
lets which she wore on that occasion. ana when a
student rerOrtcd to her mother as "A pair OF gold
handcuns." Mrs. Iozier remembered her chlehy
by her massive face , - ,..-oa,,r -,
ne~s taking M the religion. literature and art Of
Inc country after which social converse ana re-
Treatments closed the afternoon