The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-01-19

other words would a stranger dare 10 ASK
a man th.t question unless Il were q matter
tween Miss and Mrs. u 90 deeply rooted
that possibly II viii last forever. and per.
hsPs there is a very. good resson why "
should, but what Is IL?
The third Grievance OF the French women
is not imaginary and IL is not confined 70
F~rance-the necessity for a woman's giving
up her family name at marriage. There
Is no reason why a woman should not feei
a pride and love for the name which Is
hers by birth and Inheritance, just as q
man does. II requires some very strong
influence TO compel a man to change ms
name, even II IL possesses no speciai merit
| and vet IL seems the most simple and natural
thing Ia the world for a woman TO relinquiSh
| hers forever and take one, which perhaps
until a few months previous, she never
had heard. Sometimes n woman by her
own ability has nae her name dlstin-
guished, but by the marriage. ceremony
II is practically blotted out. This has been
In n measure overcome of late years by ue
name and adding the husbands. but nus
cannot be carried on to the children, AND
at the end OF one generation the mothers
family name Is obliterated. There does hot
seem TO be any remedy for this, but IL n
none the less a hardship.
The decision Of the Supreme Court OF
Maryland that no woman In that state cah
practise law Is far-reaching ana threatens
the most serious consequences; ~ STATES
explicitly that women are excluded from
all occupations which were denied to them
by the common law, except where the
disability has been removed by statutory
enactmert.' BY the common law no womin
could act as public official, but women have
been serving as notaries public In Mary
| and for a number of years, three in Balti-
more. They have done a large amount
of business and. according TO this ruling,
tho titles TO real estate, 6c.' whose ueeus
have been Acknowledged before them
are plainly illegal. IL any woman minister
has performed the marriage ceremony
that also is illegal.
Az women enter more and more extern
siyely into the professions ana various
kinds of business there will be an endless
amount OF complications until al the states
enact a law, which thus far has been done
by Illinois alone, viz \ person shali De
debarred from any occupation, profession
or employment except the military on
account Of sex, and this shall not be con
strued TO effect the eligibility OF any per-
son 20 an elective Office.
There has been a universal chorus OF
beautiful eulogies Of Mrs. Jennie June
Croly, all Of them naming, as her greatest
achievement, the founding OF Sorosls'
and declaring that from this fountain has
sprung the great club movement among
women which has done more than all other
agencies for their development.
IT these very papers VIII turn oack 70
their old files they will see that none in all
history. not even the one for the suffrage,
ever met with such q storm OF rldlcule ana
denunciation as did this very founding OF
Sorosis. SO fierce and universal was the
the condemnation that after a few meetings
a number Of the members withdrew and only
the braVest and most determined were able
10 hold their ground. Some OF these same
papers which are now lauding Mrs. Croly
and Sorosis are most vehement IN thelr
condemnation of the movement for woman
suffrage, and a generation hence they Will
be singing aloud the praises OF II and It's
founders.
In his speech before the Reform Club. a
few evenings ago, the Rev. Lyman Abbott
declared:
What I stand for tonight e the right
Of the people Of New York TO decide for them
selves whether the saloons SHAH he, open
Siyidnai to decide for him eli what is right
The proposition 20 open the saloon M array
against Il practically the Who'll, OF the Clergy
in the first place. and, secondly, "a" whole
Of the better women Of the state, but let Us
not for get that we have "A theory OF govern
Inenl to advance.
Also let VS. not forge, that the keynote Of
DR.. Abbott's opposition 10 woman suffrage
on which he harps continually. is that SUI
frage is not a right" but here lac demands
the right Of the people, the right OF the m
dividual TO 20 decide this question for them
selves. But what sort OF n right IL II that
they are to exercise-f fire. sword. gun and
fstsi Certainly not but only the right OF
the suffrage. And the whole Of the good
women of the State, " are they to exercise
this right alsoi Oh, no, for suffrage Is not
. rlghtl-
A woman ia Rochester, Y y. has received
the contract for cleaning the sidewalks
Of the Eighteenth ward during the three
winter months There are about SIX miles
Of walks and her bid was nearly t2O less
than any other presented The Council
were afraid she could not DO II properly at
the price hut she showed hHt her securities
were adequate in case Of failure, III"
cities are ~ accustomed 90 being over
charged that thcy can scarcely bclieVe an
honest bid 20 h. a reliable one
There viii likely Zoe an Outcfy from vafi-
ous sOurce- l~-'ause a woman
a job ~ tho Kind. hut shr might have shoN-
ell"d the SNOW N the Wake around her own
PROPERTY Tor twenty wears without any re-
munstranco Doubtless in THE usS held
shs will hir. all the ~ork done, hut N sho
heoom.s a contractor the sn bcconi"s all
the mufo hvinOus
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