New-York tribune., 1901-08-30
GLEANTNGS.

The plan OF running n luncheon wagon
means OF livelihood has recently been adopted by
some Syracuse women, and has thus far proved
successful The expense OF the wagon is not
heavy. these young proprietors say, and they do
not have to wait long for returns from the money
invested. Three women now in the business In
three hundred customers served with coffee, pie
and In the morning
a profitable field OF work is now open 10 college
trained women who have aptitude for mathe-
matics This consists IN taking measurements and
calculations for astronomical observations from
negatives obtained BY photographing the heavens
Maps OF the heavens now being made IN the
astronomical departments OF the great universities
be means of photography but in order to do mis-
the negatives must be carefully classified and
many exact mathematical calculations are necesI7
ssry o ahf ge are required
and women proving themselves WeH adapted
under the direction OF Miss Flora e. Harpham. an
astronomer who is engaged IN IneaSurthS tlib9 f9e
University Miss Harpham thinks II q tallagy lto 20
suppose that women lack the subuety Tor accurate
that trigonometry has no terrors Tor those whose
those however. can hope to excel in this work who
can pass q thorough examination. and who VIII
not fear 10 meet difficult problems
The sum OF 500 still remains to be paid on the
Margaret Fuller Osson memorial pavilion. and
efforts are being made 10 raise the necessary
Funds The memorial has cost over $780, including
the TABLET 500 Of which raised BY sg6ssEip-
Mrs. Mrs LII Lille Il Meredith is the treasurer.
Til. National Council Of Women, OF which Mrs
Fannie Humphreys Gafney is president VIII con-
sder the subject Of Marriage and Divorce a. It's
convention IN Buffalo. beginning on September II
and lasting for three days. Although the morning
sessions will opened only 10 the ohleers OF ths
council and to delegates the public VIII be ad-
mitted to the afternoon and evening meetings
Anthony who will present the Council Idea; the
Rev Anna Shaw and Mrs Alice Parker Lesser
Mrs Lesser's subject Is The Need OF women
| Having Equal Representation IN Discussion or
| Settlement OF Marriage and Divorce problems,
| Se6or Antonio Galance viii report on condiuohs III
South America. and Sehorita Carolina huluoDfo
viii speak on the topic How Can women o4
North and South America Cooperate IN syihpa'hy
and Action?" Mrs. May Wright sewaIl' presueiit
| OF the international Council, and Mrs. Peek OF
Iowa vice-president OF the National Council ei VIII
speak on the evening Of the 18TH "hlcn - t are
eT4,iad @ ' Ie two delegates the president or her
proxy and delegate, while STATE OF i0'1i O0u"-
| els may only send one.
| r,rse,aent q Stanley Hail. OF Clark University
| Worcester thinks that women should De eoucateH
| With a view 10 the home, and that the higher
| education is of little use to them as wives aho
| n,otbers 'eyyomen's colleges" he says nave done
| little or nothing for the proper eou.a'iOn "
women. While I sympathze with the claims
tb ~ Work in the colleges IT looks as II the col
leges were training for indepeIl1ehce os itseIf"
He He would have womens colleges made up OF cot cot
tage homes M WIN rTcum Pe1s Would Include religion
rudimentary mathema{ucs, "a ahS botpny pn ''0''
chemistry and good deal OF D0la"S
! At the convention OF the Nauonai american
| Woman Suffrage Association. to be heio On Pep
tember 8 and 10 at Buffalo. the discussion wan 10
! confined chiefly to the question: "ouio lhe LII
t orV Advance
| Ciytlization? II So How7" The programme OF the
| discussion is as follows: / 1t Wouid iehH ~
/ yelop the Higher Womanhood preseli'eu ~ = ~ -.
/ Avery Coonley Ward, Illinois z II "ouiu en- -
Ta,,aIor the Higher Manhood Of Man, by henry %
I1'ao,It.,I N1.ssacbusetts 3. 1t Would Surround
| Children with Healthier Influences by EhZaut 1.
| I3oynton Harbert. Illinois II "ou'u
| HAMMER Homes by Priscilla d. Hachs'@iA' -Se%
York 3. It Would AID sanitaiy m 1e'a,ttans II
would Create Better Industrial ConoitlohS. lions :,
| xvo,,a Tend 10 Purify Politics s. IL ~oGld 5 AZ
vance tho Cause Of Peacea pS tS Elevate the Moral
STANDARD of Society, by t11e1Hsion t11eIesia bV Anna ii
| shaw Pennsylvania.
| ona of Andrew Carnegie's legion OF s@ir-apponi-
| 81 advisers has written TO him urging MIN 10 Duiiu
| A.o,s For the training OF domestic servants Ihls
| ,Ur,ter-needless say, woihah-"ouiu nave
| ,bern taught how dress for SERVICE no" 10 "@ie
on table. how 10 set taoie. no" - 80 80 -.
net how TO clean windows now 70 %aSm @ qISae9'
how TO make Up beds how 10 ausi an 6rses br con
now 70 I PJ1AssI md bronze ornaments. how TO dry
glasses. etc
n,sa NAV Esther Carter. q graduate OF the Ohio
! WESLEYAN University and for several years woman
,incInsI of the West Virginia Conference SEMI
ppary has been elected Pssncipal OF lfle woman )
I College at Jacksonville, H.
The Rev. DR.. Frank ID. Gamewell' VINO was
| ,rorninent In defending the legations in Peking
| Srr,ne the Boxer siege. viii make the address at
the North Ohio Conference anniversary Of the
| Itomanis Foreign Missionary Society, AT Mount
| Glead Ohio, September u
/ Mrs Richard King. said to be the largest woman
land owner in the United States. who Is known as
.ba Cattla Queen" Of Texas, has just added 10 her
nossessions the purchase OF 10000 acres or land
4 adioinin0 the San Gertrude Ranch at IS an acre
TRYING TO SAVE THE GIRLS.
1--.ha r.nort inst made by the Brooklyn Mom-