The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-23
 % SOME FACTS < CONCERNING WOMEN.

% SOME FACTS < < CONCERNING WOMEN. < ias E isssaias ias eis eis Mk
 Children are children a long time in France. The marriage law as regards consent of elders is queer, and in this land of liberty would seem beyond the endurance of the average citizen.
 A Frenchman under 25 and a French woman under 20 cannot marry with out the formal consent of their. par ents. Between the ages of 25 and 30 man may marry provided he has made three respectful demands" (actes respectueuxl through a notary on his parents at intervals of one month each. Beyond these ages one respect full demand is sufficient. the marriage net to take place until at least month after its delivery. But even then the unwilling parents or relatives can adopt delaying processes which may be dra gged over years to prevent mar riage. In fact, it comes to this, though | the party to the marriage be 60 years of age, if either of his parents be alive he must begin by serving that parent ! with a respectful demand" This parental consent necessity is car ried to ridiculous extent, as will be seen by the following case docid-d n ! the Paris courts in 1894: Michael Levy had no parents, but had two grand l mothers living, widow Levy and widow Brag. He was married in Eng and, his marriage being preceded by publica- | ton and duly followed by transcription | in France. But, alas, he failed to re- member tEat not having attained his 25th year the consent of his grand l mothers was necessary precedent 1 condition to the validity of the mar riage. Nemesis quickly followed h the shape of petition for the nuility of the marriage, introduced by the two | grandmothers, who prevailed before the lower court. But before the trial on appeal was heard the maternal grand mother relented and withdrew the pc tition so the marriage was ratified.
 A A request comes from some one who wishes to know some facts of Mrs. Eddy the founder of Christian Sci ence." The main facts in her life are these:
 She was born in the village of Bow, 1 N. H.
 Her father was a farmer. He was poor. Ills name was Mark Baker.
 Her youth was spent in Hilton, N. II In early life she was an invalid. 1 She was subject to attacks of hys- teria.
 As a young woman she was strik- ingly handsome, and high spirited. 1 Her first husband was Col. George W Glover of Charleston, s. c.
 Her second husband was Dr. Pat | terson. dentist, who, according to her statment, deserted her. She obtained divorce.
 Her third husband, Dr. Asa q. Eddy died in 1882.
 Her only child; George Glover, Is now a resident of Deadwood, s.. D. When 1 George Glover was an infant his moth e. gave him to a farmers family.
 Mother and son have been separated ever since.
 Several years ago she adopted a young Boston physician. Dr. Foster. whose legal name Is now pr. Foster Eddy.
 Another reader wants to know who the officers of the Woman's National Suffrage Association are. They are: Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, President; Miss Gate Gordon, Corresponding Sec retary; The Rev. Anna Howard Shaw Vlce-President at Large; Miss Alice E Stone Blackwell, Recording Secretary; Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton, Treasurer Miss Laura Clay and Dr. Cora Smith l Eaton, as Auditors. Those interested in the question of woman's suffrage for or against. will note the fact that | in Christiana, Norway. at meeting held on May IS, the Lagthing Clprel house of the Storthing), by q vote oi 19 to 1S, rejected the bill adopted tS the OdeIsthing flower house) May Il 1 proviGing communal suffrage for Wo' men paying taxes on an income of al least 300 crowns. The question will bt dealt with at a plenary sitting of the Stcrthing.
 Another fact on the same line is tha' at the National American Woman suf' frage Association held at Minu elpolii on the first day of this ;non-h. s"Far B. Anthony, Chairman of the ConYen tioa Resolutions Committee, iepoi tec that she had addressed the ArnnIIcar Federation of Labor and secured gu thorization for it's President and Sec retary to sign a sixteenth ameniment petition. Petitions and letters had beeI sent to a long list of conventions oi various national organizations. Fall of the States of the Union were nn tho