The sun., 1899-05-28


should receive careful attention. There are
many women OF wealth who supervise the lay
| Ing out OF their own parks and gardens. and
many more OF moderate means who display
great taste and skill In their own modest door
yards and flower beds Landscape architecture
| does not mean that woman herself should use
the spade. although she has done so. more or
| less. ever since mankind began to till the soil.
| and II is not as hard work as to toll over the
washtub. Woman's labor is toe much in
doors and she should welcome an occupation
which would take her into the open air Con,
tact with the beauties Of nature is healthful
This Is remunerative and not an overcrowd-
ed profession. i Is not one into which women
| would have to nuht their way. as they have
had to do and still are doing in law. medicine
and the ministry. u proficient they would
competltion is not keen. Opportunities are
| offered In our cities for them to ut themselves
number anb nc Of Wo%en IN" eass ed as land
ecape architects.
In the opening address to the great Peace
Conference assembled In Hollands capital.
NJ de staal Russian Ambassador to England
and head o: the Russian delegation paid high
| tribute 10 the Queen Of the Netherlands. say
| ing: 1T Is a happy auRury OF success that we
have met under the auspices OF the young
| sovereign whose heart Is open to everything
| great and generous and who has displayed
such sympathy with the cause which brings
| US here And this great body OF che most
distinguished men In the word. as its hrst act
sent n teleCram THE members Of this con-
| ference bast.n tn Inv Mt the feet OF your Ma
+ jesty their best wi hes praying you to accept
their homage and gratitude"
| that this frat renresentntiye gathering OF all
! the nations OF the globe. convened by the
the turpose OF inaugurating that ''peace on
earth" Of which the angels sang at the birth
iroii or a,r rt nu nnd .onlntre Peane al
ways il re ore sented by a woman. The long.
ing Of woman is ever for the avoidance ot
dr WI wmeie Son,an h,s bnen nermittad to
sit in this council Of the nations. but all wo-
men from all countries Will unite In seiecting
al ; th vpun ,nen Wiibelmina "'' '"'
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.hat. .s',,, inu,. ,,,ra ri,hts than thoir ~ >,
ilized sisters. From the Chicago Elite we clip
the following:
In the Philippine Islands the law which relates to
OF or he wife. Any property a bride may possess is
never by any chsncy settled upon the husband. and
nns ms a "r Of ~ her pos salons After
death, unless she has executed a deed in her nus.
goes to her children and blood relations. but none
her husband married woman also retains her
maiden name an! adds to it that Of her husband md
| with the prohN de. and the children bear the
names OF hoth parents.
Every one of these legal right, will be for
Government establishes the statutes that pre-.
yaii in the vast majority OF the States Of our
we appeal TO those in authority that in max;
ing the laws for our new possessions they ,y shall
mate against women. Impose whatever re-
strictions are necessary. but teach these peo-
pie the lesson OF equality between the sexes.
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The newspapers are deyotine valuable edi.
rho rnited states NOT TO smother Admiral
turns 10 his native heath. Possibly il he had
his nhoice hs would ne soon die this wav as 70
perish from guttony at the banauets which
his masculine admirers propose to give in his
honor. A mans idea of a great time olwavs
is inseparable from plenty to eat and still
more plenty to drink. but that is not what we
OF level-headed. self-controed women is not
nearly so niue, mnan given TO Kisses an. embraces
as those "nlch nave preceueo IT, YET 'here are
still enough silly and hvsterlcal females to
bring the whoe sex into occasional disrepute
49,, Iot -, "a. +, sor,otbiro, o,npot h. s,id in
eNEenuutthhn En thn t;ue vb.n ,bs 20 reoords war.
scratched in hierogly phics on stone down to
the present. when everybody either makes
nmpltG paI notTs ~ vnman has been enIocizeG
as her greatest charm Every step OF her prog
ress, or retrogression from that period when
she did nothing but sit in a bO ver and watch
for her lords return to these busy days when
| She has TO 'hustle" TO get home by the time he
does has been opposed on the ground that it
would brush the bloom from nor emotional
nature For instance the Rev Thomas
Dixon OF New York is now delivering a lee lure
in various cities in which he tries to show
that woman 3 centre Of life is love and man IS
thus The Rev. Father stafford OF Washing
ron ia pi ring n popuar lecture on Lady Mac
| beth in which he asserts that the perfect
az Will Sueh ILLUSTRATIONS couiu oe "ui'i-
| Now is IL singular that many women who
never have been taught 70 thlnE Tor them
seNes SEW S nav miiitary baro tH et thsir