The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-16

dro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake railroad,
in special coaches, and an interesting ex-
ranse of country, skirted by rolling green
hills, with rugged mountains disappear
ing at the northward on the approach to
the sea is made-engages the attention
of the traveller. Fertile lands, acres of
fruit and vegetables ranches, carefully
cultivated by the Chinese, whose quaint
cabins show picturesquely here and there,
country homes, villages, groves and
game preserves are seen en- route.
The first stop will be made a a charm
ing hamlet, where, shaded by rows of
stately trees and graceful peppers,
stands a model institution which provides
home for INDECENT old men. Acres of
well Kept orange groves surround the
institution. and here the Eastern Wis
itors will be Hospitality entertained. For
their special enjoyment the oranges in
these groves are to be left hanging on
the trees through the harvest season
comes in March,. that every club wom-
an may have the pleasure-frequently
coveted by visitors-of plucking for her
self the golden fruit.
At Long Beach, which is a Furnishing
seacoast town and summer resort, the
blue Pacific is seen in all its grandeur,
and from there to San Pedro, a distance
of eight miles, the journey is made
along shore. where the billowy white
breakers roll in only a few hundred feet
from the rails.
At Long Beach there will be a barbe-
cue. and a Spanish dinner will be served
in the great dancing pavilion. The steam
yacht Elliot has been placed at the dis
posal of the guests, and private and pub,
lie conveyances will also be at hand for
driving about the city and over the hard
beach, which stretches for twenty miles
along a curving shore line and In its
beauty and as hard roadbed is often
compared to the famous Fernandino
beach Of Florida.
After luncheon, the visitors will con-
tinue their journey, stopping at Terminal
Island, another charming seacoast resort
and from there visit San Pedro and the
great breakwater.
The Norwegian parliament has recently
decided that women can act as members
of petit juries and grand juries. Many
concessions, according to a Norwegian
woman who lectured recently in New
York, have been Won by the women of
Norway in the last few months. In
Christiania six women are serving as
members of the common council; in an
other town two women are members Of
the board of aldermen, and In a certain
JDeTe IS a woman assessor.
A year ago a bill was passed allowing
municipal suffrage to women i'm cities
who pay taxes on a yearly income of
$110, or in the country on $75 and to
married women owning property in COM
mon with husbands who are taxpayers.
Women were practically admitted to the
Norwegian universities in 1882 when, for
the first time, they were allowed to take
some degrees. In 1884 the passage Nof a
bill gave them the same right as men
to all degrees and scholarships The first
woman physician in Norway opened her
| office in 1884. At present there are wom-
en- physicians in all parts of the country.
Two women act as medical experts in law
cases; one as doctor for the public
schools, and one in the Office of the
board of health. Women dentists are
numerous in Norway The first was
authorized to practice in 1872.
Club houses for women are among the
most recent Of social experiments. Lon
don set the example a number Of years
ago. and it's women's clubs are already
taken for granted. The United States
has followed the precedent so slowly that
even now there are scarcely a dozen
women's club houses between the Attain
tic and the Pacific ocean. During the
| last two months New York has added
| another to the list-the Woman's Uni
versity club, at No. 13 East Twenty
: fourth street, the first of its kind in his
tory, open to graduates of all colleges
in the Association of Collegiate Alum