New-York tribune., 1901-08-31
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An English writer calls attention to the fact that
the last intermediate examinations of the Uni
Nerstv Of London for the degree of Bachelor of
Medicine twenty-one women students VINO pre-
sented themselves passed with credit. two taking
more and more Of the public appointments in insti-
tutions where chiefly women and children are
number Of Women ply si3lans on the stan
The favortte summer pleasure Of the English
man is the houseboat and those who can afford II
expend large sums on these quaint homes the
water. Some of the especially handsome ones cost
from 5000 to N5."oo They have smoking rooms,
dining rooms. drawing rooms Libraries and sleep
ing rooms that vie with those on shore. .
4 househoat may be hired for the season at
prices varying from $3.50 70 $1,000 but there are many
@ SouIo1ai ,b erpeiSeS oa4t Almost ooGoe 'e cGt, b
Thames a few years ago.
Colorado Springs has a club OF women who
engaged in housework for living at weekly wages.
The club is called the Sheldon Union and meets
every week Not long ago they had debate on
the subject Resolved. that the trials OF the
want are greater than those Of the mistress" One
OF the points made this: Training schools for
servants have often been discussed great length
at women's clubs. at the home and elsewhere. but
a far greater good could be accomplished If we had
training schools for mistresses" II was received
with great applause as the debaters were evidently
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tically training schools for housekeeping" while
a number of women's colleges include that science
in their curriculum
In the town Of Waterford. ireland there IS
public house saloon for every fourteen
houses and in Clonmel TO every eleven, writes
ling in Ireland.
A new departure is planned for the coming
by the Chicago Chapter Of the Daughters Of
the American Revolution. in the form Of a study
class in Federal and civic laws, TO be started in
n~-C ANN he mic 70 ha alrar
THE Constitution What Is the Government Pol
icy in the Philippines and Cuha2" Illinois Laws
The Governments Policy in Our Standing Army"
Can Patriotism BE Made to Take the Place of the
Political Machne?"
There are present between four hundred and
five hundred boys and girls in the Louisville In
dustrial Reform School, ranging in from three
twenty-one years. The institution comprises
eghty-three acres OF land and fourteen buildings.
One Of its most Interesting departments is the
woodworking shop where the boys make all the
furniture used on the grounds. An exhibition OF
this work, preparation for which is now in prog
ress. will include tables, bedsteads sdeboards and
al sorts Of finely carved furniture. Fourteen OF
the larger boys kept busy in this shop all the
time. For the smaller boys who show talent in
this industry there is another shop similarly fitted
The department Of printing and presswork pro-
vides occupation for fourteen other boys All the
general printing Of the institution is done by them
and a paper THE Industrial School Gem" is
published weekly. Some of the boys and girls are
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ment has six teachers A mop broom and mat
tress factory and a chair shop in which the boys
trained to those trades. turn out fine work. A
/ swimming pool and playroom in constant use
/ during recreation hours. Religious services are
nTn Abo5t bndTed homeless waits itW tWepty
! five children cIassed as incorrigibies and a hun
dred consigned to its for disordery con-
! larceny and grand larceny. Four youthful house
breakers were among last Years arrivals Not a
! made honorable careers for themselves Two are
/ at present Mayors Of large cities
The New w-Hampshire Federation Of womens s
Clubs will hold it's field meeting on September 4
! and 5 at the Isles Of Shoals. The programme in
cudes an address by Mrs. Mary l. Wood. of Ports
/ mouth on The Story of the Islands," and art
discussion TO be opened by Miss Susan Mathes.
also of Portsmouth. and chairman Of the art COM
mittee. Since the annual field meetings aim chiefly
! al tbe nromo+ion oF acouaintance and fellowshin
! part of the time will be occupied in taking trips
| ing succeeded Mrs. Bancroft Of Concord. who re-
tired from office in the spring.
Women in London taking up the question OF
provfdng suitable accommodations for self-sup-
porting women Of the higher ranks. The Women s
Industrial Council intends make a special effort
this induce real estate investors TO build
houses WI with , san ME "HgIe Tb eGucated
/ is said TO be even worse in London than in New
York for professional and other educated women
There 40 women at Newman College, Cam
bridge England, last year, and of the number only
two were foreign-one American and one Swede
Ten obtained first classes in the university
/ honors examinations-namely, in mathematics, in
classics in natural sciences, in history and in
! ern languages. The relation Of both Newnham and
I Crton colleges to Cambridge University remains
practically unchanged for another year. The stu
dents attend university lectures. take university
honors examinations. the names of successful
didates published in the official class lists issued
/ by the university authorities, and they receive
! formal certificates signed by the Vice-chancellor
showing that they have passed IN the same ex-
aminations entitle men TO degree, but they do
not take degree. The university merely assures
women students that they are entitled TO It,
There are now il is said 3,5ss school banks with