Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-11-25
Women's Advantages in New Zealand.

If there is a country where women
have little or nothing to complain OF
except bad weather and those person
al idiosyncrasies which cannot be
avoided and are sometimes irritating
under ideal conditions, it is surely
New Zealand. In that favored and
comparatively new country universe
ties are co-educational, and have been
for years, awarding degrees to men
and women with perfect impartiality
Women are not grudged practicing
such professions as they may be
proficient in, and they possess what
lis supposed would fill the cup of all
women's happineas-suffrage. How
ever, they worked for and attained it.
though it must in justice be added
that men were not 10th to lend their
help. Mrs. Daledy of Auckland was
president and Mrs. Kitson was secre-
tary of franchise league by means OF
which the preliminary work was car
ried on, and after years of hard work
a bill legalizing universal suffrage was
passed in 1898, the late Sir George
Grey and the former premier, Sir Rob-
ert Start, lending their influence in
favor of the bill Another leader was
Lady Annie Start, the wife OF Sir
Robert, Start, now chief Justice The
remarkable fact is recorded that on
the first occasion when women cast
their votes 81 per cent. Of those reg
istered voted, sharp rebuke to the
indifference manifested in this coun-
try by women who profess to wish to
vote, but stay away from the polls on
insufficient reasons. On the passage
of the suffrage bill the franchise
| league was dissolved, but came to-
gether afterward under the name Of
the woman's political education
league. 1t studies political questions
/ with care, discusses situations as they
arise, and in consequence the women
vote intelligently. In Australia wo-
men have been slower in taking the
same position, but suffrage is guaran-
teed them also, being supported by the
! leading men and women of the cOun-
try. In Sydney and Melbourne co-edu-
cation is the rule in the universities,
and degrees are given without regard
to sex. The woman's college in Sgd
ney is largely the result of the con-
slant and unsparing labors of Lady
Duff. Miss Macdonald, the principal
Of the college, is a woman of high edu-
cational standing, having distinguished
, herself both in the university of Edin-
borough and that Of London, where
she received her degree. Another
woman deeply interested in the col
lege is Miss Wooley, whose father is
dean of the university. Miss Wooley
is leader in the suffrage movement.
Science of Housekeeping.
| All sorts of interesting things in the
way of cooking schools are going on,
for instance. '"The school of domestic
arts and science of Chicago, incor-
porated last June under that name, es-
tablished by the women's clubs, and,
through the kindness of Mrs. Philip
y. Armour, endowed with the entire
equipment of the department of do
nestle science of Armour institute OF
technology, is just opening and &C
cording to it's prospectus
The object of this organization shall
be to cultivate domestic arts, to teach
scientific housekeeping and to uplift
domestic service.
It shall aim to teach cooking, sew
ing, dressmaking, millinery, home
nursing, hygiene and household eco
Monies.
| 1t shall promote discussion of house
hold problems among women by ar
ranging meetings for such discussion.
The membership is divided into
three classes
Governing year; comforting
a vote on all matters pertaining to the
school, three demonstration lectures;
three general lectures, and all con
| ferences.
Associate-$1 year; one demon
stration lecture, one general lecture,
and all conferences.
Delegate-From all clubs contribut-
ing from $40 to $50, one delegate; $50
or more, two delegates,
In addition to the regular courses,
evening classes will be offered to
those working through the day, and ii
! is expected that club women will form
such classes Further, a teacher will
be sent on request to private houses
where classes of not more than five
have been formed
Since the Bible normal college has
moved from Springfield to Hartford
Miss Coggeshau has resigned, and
her place is filled by Miss Bertha Ter
,reu, a graduate from Mount Holyoke
| Miss Terrell studied at the school OF
housekeeping in Boston last year, and
Twill give courses in home economics
y! The home department of lie WON
I ans club of Portland, Or, has made
an effort to improve domestic service
by opening a free cooking school, anC
for five months members of the de
partment have given lessons on two
evenings of every week, followed by
educational talks, to a class of work