The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-19

AAE hopeful sign of that strange,
" ID complicated. conglomerated
life on New York city's IA
nous east side is the activity Of the
| girls clubs there. For woman, young
or old, to go outside Of her home, eX-
cept to church or the grocery, is some
thing comparatively new in east side
| annals. The strong, ambitious factory
| girls there are changing these condi-
tons. More than a dozen years ago
| Miss Grace Dodge began establishing
social and educational clubs among
them. 1t gave them what they needed
"a hint Of better things and how to do.
From that initiative they swept on
ward and started for themselves So
cial clubs, likewise associations for in
structlon not only in school branches.
but in the industries. In that erst-
while benighted New York east side
these Independent, enthusiastic work
ing girls have now some 600 clubs.
There are stenographers' associations.
and some of the girls belonging to
them can take dictation and typewrite
in five languages. There is society
of artificial flower workers that sub
scribed money and sent one of their
number to Paris to learn how the
French make those exquisite silk, cot
ton and velvet blossoms and leaves
which cannot be distinguished from
the natural except at very close sight.
These young women are New York's
best hope in the midst of political dis
honesty and political ignorance. The
girls have classes in bookbindery,
classes for learning telegraphy and
stenography and those for nature
study, besides many others. The IA
ture study class goes into the parks dur
ing the scant leisure hours these brave
workers can call their own and makes
observations under the eye Of a teach
er. The girls have organized likewise
department connected with the Soci-
ETY. For the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals, which, it is safe to say, is
more than any young mems organiza-
ton has done there. Others of the
young women learn eivics and the sci
ence Of government.
A newspaper recently devoted long
article to the story of rich young wo-
man who fell in love with a magnetic
but ignorant young man and thereupon
employed some of her dollars in educat-
ing him so that he might make COM
mendable appearance in her social cir
Gle preparatory to being married to her:
oil x1-hr
atoms rich men have been sending poor
but pretty girls to school and marrying
them when the education was supposed
to be finished. and nothing has been
thought of it. Why should not the rule
work both ways? t--.
The late Julian Ralph was press
agent in the east for the st. Louis ex-
position. His assistant in the New
York headquarters was Miss Elsie Rea-
soner, a young lady of Kansas and
newspaper girl. She had been Paris
correspondent of the London Globe,
had been newspaper worker in the
Cuban war and also was connected
with the American correspondence bu-
lCdu Vi Tic K dis CApoolt1Cl. oA IuC
death of Mr.. Ralph, Miss Reasoner was
appointed to his place as eastern press
of the ST. Louis exposi-
ton.
Honor him. sing praises to him, place
a bust of him in the show places Of wo-
mems clubs. send his memory down
the corridors of time-Joseph NJ. Ben
nett, who left half million to the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania ito aid the
trustees in carrying out more practi-
cally and thoroughly the coeducation
of women
Oh, for colony of good people where
men and women can do and dress as
they please, where old Grundy is bar
red out forevermore from debating to
women, where no old Tables of either
sex are allowed to constitute them
selves guardians of the manners and
morals of other folk.
Miss Mary E. Springer, recording sec
rotary of New York city chapter D. A.
r., is deveting herself to historical ro-
nance writing. She has dedicated to
the Sons and Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution her second novel. .'Eliz-
abeth Schuyler: A Story of Old New
York"
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United States senate document 100,
page 100, contains the following testi-
mony before the Philippine commits
sion, by Archbishop Nozeleda of Ma
Mia, concerning the Filipino native wo-
men and men: 1.-The woman is better
than the man in every way-in intelli-
gence, in virtue and in labor - and a
great deal more economical She is
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