The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-10

task OF replenlshing the earth The Dutch
cradle is never empty. II the hand that
rocks the cradle sways the world, Il IL not
less true that the race which fllls the cradle
VIII POSSESS the world" Well II the Dutch
are going to beat the Yankees in possessing
pretty soon. But II Mr.. Stead's view il
correct the ultimate control must pass into
the hands Of China and India.
FOR many years 1t has been mystery
TO me women of Pennsylvania why they
NO salary was attached to the position
and yet out of over 10000 directors In the
State there were less than forty women.
The condition Of the public schools is no.
torious, especially In Philadelphia, but all
efforts OF the women to get the slightest
In that city, out Of forty-seven directors,
the highest number OF women at any time
has been three. Recent disclosures have
shown a regular system on the part of
the directors in extorting fees from teach
ers for securing them places and a division
three directors Of the board In one section
OF the city have been fined and sentenced
to the penitentiary fpr eighteen months.
The North American says: "The lowest depth
OF meanness in official venality has been
disclosed"
Would it not be good plan to try some
women directors for change? The Phia-
delphia Press said recently: There are
1000 women's clubs in this city which vary
as to work and object, but the real aim
and through this the benefit Of all mankind"
Out of these thousands of women could
not honest and capable school directors
be chosen? And is not this equally true
of every large city? In this day OF educated,
trained women demonstrating in countless
W va hai nitv N
BILE justification ia there for keeping the con-
troll Of the public schools wholly in the hands
of men?
1t is much to be regretted that the New
York Legislature adjourned without pass
ing the bill to give tax-paying women
a vote on the questions of special taxation
in the third class cities OF the State This
vote was conferred in 1901 on the women OF
about eighteen hundred towns and villages.
franchise of either men or women was I'M
constitutional. The Court OF Appeals de-
clared in favor Of it's constitutionality,
and it has been exercised by large number
Of women throughout the State. Ithaca
afforded a recent example, when the peo-
pie. wrought up by the typhoid epidemic.
voted in favor OF municipal water works.
Nearly one-tiird OF the vote was cast by
tax-paying women. Tive I've OF the thirty
six third-class cities already have conferred
TINS lTanCIllSe OH "oIlleil ny HpcC"i Ni'o''c''
The bill passed the Assembly March 10
by lis yeas, no nays Senator Amber
introduced it in the Senate and i was re-
ferred to the Committee on Cities, con-
sistng Of thirteen members, OF whom
seven agreed to report it. Later, however,
political matters became badly mixed,
Senator Amber was classed among the
so-called insurgents, one OF the seven
changed his mind and the bill was SUBJ
merged in the general chaos at 'ne r, c,Js1
Of the session. There was no especial
opposition to 1t.
Almost on the very day when the Benchers
Of Gray's Inn, the official authority IN
London, were refusing the aPplica1Tlo oi
bunal Of Holland was voting to admit one
TO this profession. Women have been
trying for twenty years IN England to be
admitted to the law, although since 1873
they have had full entrance to the medical
profession. and there are over four hundred
on the British Medical Register. Holland
now admits them to the law, but limits
their practice of medicine to women and
children. There are nowhere and in moth
ing such ridiculous and unJustlnapie m
consistencies as are shown IN the grudg'he
concessions made to women.
Bishop John F. Hurst, who has just died
in Washington City, was one OF the many
Bishops OF the MetfiGulSt rSplscoFai ShuSh
who have expressed themselves unequivo-
cally for woman suffrage Among these
man, Newman. Warren, Haven, Joyce,
Turner and Walters. A few years ago, in
a letter to Miss Anthony, expressing his
re greet at not being able to address ma
tional convention in Washington, Bishop
Hurst said: Il have the fullest sympathy
with your work and have had for many
years. l believe that every year brings
nearer the great achievement when women
will have the right OF the ballot if they
please to use H..
The dispatches announce that the strike
of the bakers in the towns all along me
shore Of Long Island is producing bread
and pie famine. and the employers are de-
carng that they will defeat so the bS Whns
an outrage il would be If women should
crowd out the men from this field OF work
which all the laws Of nature intended the
male sex to monopolize!
IDA HusTsD HARPER
" 4RSHTPS or THE SAME NAME.