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| The q. tim |. lsplnFahls u h bentsht~si,
! " - meiisvh " e afos ther sNu sithout
90" raw % Intelligence - oofi-itl-ftttun tllufn-
| mating q
irs. Il voubl To- dirisult To- charac,.riss
| " MY Nuloui u-.ug AI giag" which i
| tahuusd 10y e.d -sri''ty Nnd vet Nh-n
I ths.-- tsach.r~ az ii-s rlminat-d agairst
| Ia -. matter IT Nsf,.-. 80 prevented from
! CumI-ting fur higher TSr-iitnns, th.y viii
ask the urgnnisa'ui- uf women 'o help
| thvm hght th,T BATTLES. n" paper II
| right wh"u II @,v. that this action shows
| thew arr unwilling 20 have 'h"tr own work
| iu-T-c.-l and Iudgri In. ~ Paul teach
| ers do mo- siaid alone ~ This attitude
| Tho appointment 81 women on hospital
lnar'i- is frequently approved by vOnsn
| nurSe-. and the question caused n spirited
discussion NJ the National Congress of
Nurses la~t war The .au. cause a at the
bottom In both cas- ths dislike Of teach
er- aiId nurSe- Of the attention to "details
which II characteristics Of women. Scorr~
of little things will e-sraI-e the notice ut n
man which will ~ ferrc,ed out 10y a woman
inspector Then. too. with woman In
this ofic~, teachers and nur-e- must stand
on their merits and cannot hoI- for pro-
t'c'ion through favoritism, as IL entirely
too often the case when men IRE IN control.
Usually, howevrr, there h a division %
opinion on this subi'ct. At the Nurses
Congress referred 10. the most slcCessf,l
of the women suJTrintsndents declared
that wherever nurses were willing To sub
ordinate personal prejudice To the best
interests of tho hospital. they welcomed
women on the boards ~ mana ment
But among these St Paul teachers there
seens Co have been a suspicious unanimity
They ar" the kind of women who would like
to join an An'i-Sufrragr Society, II they
do not alr"ady belong To ono, and we should
advise the organization TO send up a few
dollars worth ~ postal cards and enroll
their immortal names.
somewha. unusual feature Of the recent
Ohio Republican State convention In Clevn-
land was the social courtesy extended To tho
delegates and their wives by the ladie~ Of
that city, who gave sertcr of luncheons,
r-cepttons, &c. IL this is To become n
custom - political conventions II 10 likely
TO pr>duce some curious rerults. In tho
first place all the women In the family Of
every delegate will insist on accompanying
him. with handsome toilets prepared for
tho occasion, and the old man himself Will
have 10 take along dress suit Then In the
midst OF making up the slate and pre-
pairing the resolutions. tho delegates will
have to adjourn for a tea or reception
When they arrive they may end they arr
Accepting the hospitality 81 the lady whose
husband they ar" preparing to turn down
In the CONVENTION. After q while these
ladies will hsgin To think they are entitled
Ia some courtssie- In rnturn-liks an auto
mobile party and a dinfler ~ tho country
club. or n box party AZ the theatr" and q
little supper afterward. Very likely the-s
conventions will have 10 extend over a
whole week In order 10 carry out tho social
programme. and by that tim" everybody
will be 80 full of good cheer and other things
that thers will ba no desirn 10 quarrel and
politics will have become thing Of beauty
and a JOY forever.
This In IN" .~aaon Of the year when that
dear littl" aneclote goes the rounds about
the time when susan II Anthony and Caro-
line Corhn were schoolmate-, and were
graduated tog-ih"r and then their paths
separated and they did not meet for many
years When their orbits finally crossed,
Miss Anthony inquired what Mrs Corbin
had hsen doing all this time bringing
up four boys. was the proud reply 'Bo.hi'
exclaimed the great suffrage leader. You
should never have had them. They will
grow up to H. nothing but men. mere
mem From that moment Mrs. Corbn
t.acane an active ant -suffragiSt
Miss Anthony herself savs that sh" never
attended school with Mrs. Cnrhin and never
-aw her until possibly some time in the
90. when some on" introduced her in
Washington Naturally, no such oon-
versation az the above could have possibly
taken place. and Miss Anthony says that
tn the best Of her recollection there IL not
even foundation for IL.
II s~ems that Tsoui>dana's scheme IN dis
franchise her negro men has proved
failure. Likewise MiSsiss,ppis and those
Of various other southern States. while
Virginia is holding a continuous wrestling
match with the problem. some time Il
will dawn upon the southern statesmen
that II they would make rigid property
and educa,io ional Qualification and cnfran-
chi-e women they could accomplish their |
purpose of white supremacy. for several |
generations al least. AMI this would he |
much mora Cr-ditable than any uf th. |
other schemes which they have thus far |
attempted
The men Of Tammany Hail arr paving |
sorne fine compliments 20 Tammanv women |
nowadays and telling with pride how |
anxious thev ar. 10 remove th" political |
stain which clouds its esSTi'chcun and how |
their influence will have 20 L. rrckuned |
with in The nI'urn II has not seemed |
10 hav. much effect in IN. past. hut ". |
have ALWAYS held that II This influence could |
10 expressed bv ballots. tho vast majority |
would h" cast for derrnt conditions in |
which 10 bring up children and better |
surroundings for tho men of Tho family
Ina HUsTTp HARPER.