The sun., 1901-10-20

condition Of aiFairs thst ths Oovernment
shouid prefer the opinions Of thsss dsnssly
ignorant and often vicious aliens 10 those
OF American womenf
Il might be worse for women. however.
In Germany, for instance. they are not
allowed 20 hold political meetings; and
any gatherings at all for the purpose OF
disc,sssin& the questions Of the day. even
those Of social or industrial nature. such
a. our womans Consresscs and federation
of Clubs. are considered poiitical anu
the past week In Berlin. a meeting OF this
Association OF Progressive Women's so-
cietiee an orga anization similar TO those
mentioned above, was twice broken up
by the police and its delegates driven from
two different balls. A. the Womsn's Com
sreas held In London two yesrs ago, tho
German dslssates gave many INSTANCES
OF this kind, showing clearly why the women
Of that country are % far behind those oi
England and the United States.
merely the practical applicehon o' I'm I'm
man should have but three spheres church,
kitcben and nursery Following the lead
OF Chanoellor Bismarck he took good care
that nj. ulustrious mother should not be
allowed to neutrali.e his precepts
Now In Bulgaria II IL diher~nt. twenty
seven different womens associations have
lust held a congress at Sofia. adopted
constitution and federated the rnselvs~ with
the Internal ional Council OF Women.
correspondent Of la Frond. In Paris. com
plim.nts their easy and brilliant speaking.
their logic and their thorough knowledge
OF the subjecta discussed They demanded
that the instruction In the pubic schools
for girls be made the same a- In tho-s i1r
boys: that gtrls be admitted 20 the hlgh
Schools. that they H. allowed tn take et-
aminations In pharmacy; that PROBES,
sional school for women be founded ana
supported by the Government. They also
peti,ionsd th. council 81 sofia that the
large and expensive brothel now bihg
constructed In that city be changed To
reformatory.
There doe. not seem 20 be anything
revolutionary In these demands, except
the last one. The method Of man gov
ernmen, II frs, 10 make the criminals
aud afterward to reform them
Down In Texas while the male part of
the population has been raising had"-'
the women have gone quic'lN To WORK
aud Ia the past four ycarr have oIsahlleu
lti clulE- with a membership u nearly
900 Among several rchemes for iho
Improvement ~ the people they hive dls-
tnbuted great quantities Of good reading
matter in i.nlattd families. and have had
boxes put IN various localities where ihhsa-
zines. &c. may be PLACED Tor c,rrula,lnn.
In the last two YEAR, these cluh women
have established forty public libraries
and four travelling hbrarie-
All 'h.--a things are very commemorative,
hut it would br a terrible thing tu let the-s'
Texas women have any pari IN Nlate "r
municipal government
IN. women ~ Skagway and ~ Dawson
City have organized clubs. alli"d them
s,.lVts- with the g. ."raiiun and are taxing
steps to improve the conditions "i These
rough Mining towns
But light now. In the plans Congress
has under consideration Tor organizing
a T"-ritoria form 81 goyrrum"h' IN Al1-ka,
N il t-ing arranged 10 ruifnnci'i- tW
only all the TniScd element which ra~ ~
Gently Colectcd there from thy iuaI COR
ners of the earth. hut also IN" Alaskan
Indians. dres-ed In skins and unahls to
speak word of English Yet NO one
woman will get voice Ia nhairN
nu' even thos" IN Siika ANA other cn'i~'
towns, who have accompanied their lus.
band- there from IN" ~ ai"~ ard arc wen
educated amt capable
II certainly ducr seem a. n our Govern
ment l. really anxious to bring into -
electorate the very scum Of creation ana
20 exclude absolutely the most respectable
elcmen, in every community.
DR.. Fernand Dcscharnp~ % Belgium,
90 whom reference wa made in THE column
q Gently. declares himself exceedingly
amused az the Inconsistency Of that class
Of women in the United States known as
Go 20 about making spe-cbes 10 show that
a womans place IL at ho'ne and who de-
clare themselves In favor of admitting
women 70 he doctors and lawyers, but not
Of letting them vote. II seems 10 him
that these professions would interfere with
maternal duties more than voting.
II In amusing TO us that anybody should
look for consistency among these ants.
In a private letter Mrs Mary Seymour
Howell relates that at the recent elertion IN
Mount Morris. y Y. where the tax paving
women took advantage Of ~ new law
permitting them To vote, thes very FIRST
persons she saw. when she went to the
polling place were the leading anti-sunrh-
gists of that locality at the head OF a pro-
cesssion Of women whom they were e-corting
up 20 cast their ballots
DR. De-champr SAYS be- only found one
man in Wyoming opposed 10 momen's
voting and that waA "A Germ salOOhkeeI'cr
and only ono In Colorado. the fiery young
priest who has been many times mentioned
The doctor has sailed for home. announc-
ing A. the con~en-us Of his invest Y ations
NV feelings are still opposed TO woman
suffrage. but my underst andinR Is con
vinced. Ina HrFrEp HAMPER