The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-17
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-74 Over $50, 006awomen voters have reg
istered in Australia, it is said, prepar-
atorW to voting at the coming federal
elections, This is the first time in his
tory that .thee women of a continent
have gone to the polls. Women's
leagues and other agencies, represent
ing a radical vote, are actively en-
gagged, in campaign work and the wire
pullerS are. said to have their nerves
on edge over the women vote. No one
dares predict which way the women
will jump. The granting of the fran
|. chisegto women and the mandate of the
legislature that every adult shall have
only one vote, and that vote only in
respect to his actualcCabode, have so
completely oyerthroWn1 the boundaries
and voting strengthrGof existing con-
stituencieS that ! miniature ELECTORAL
revolution has been produced.
Too much that is bad cannot be said
against the housefiy9ta f William Ly-
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
is to be believed. 1.-The housewife is
quite justified in calling it a nasty
thing, for nasty it is. Mr.. Underwood
goes further and cflafacterizes it as
particularly filthy ~'Our domestic
animals, the dog andTthe cat, though
far from clean in an their habits, we
/ like to have about-us, but we keep
/. them in their proper places" he says.
The hnousefly. on the4other hand, is
generally tolerated, Everywhere. 1t
craWls over hands and faces, it gets
into milk, it walks over sugar and
salt, over bread and cake, often soiling
and communicating everything that 1t
touches with its filthy feet"
Although the housefy has only six
feet and one tongue, it can plant in a
few minutes germs which will develop
into colonies containing millions of
bacteria, If left in a warm place for
twelve hours. So deep dyed is the
evil which the housefiy is capable of
committing that it seems hardly neces-
sary for Mr.. Underwood to add that st
is most important that flies should be
kept away from all food supplies"
Commuters no longer have the laugh
on the apartment house child. Time
was when they pointed with pride to
their Vermilion-ch checked progeny and
spoke commiseratingIy of the poor,
pale little ones doomed to joyless ex-
lStence in palatiaf prisons. New York 8
architects and an honest municipal ad-
ministratien have changed all that
The cliff2dWellings of today are
roomy, bright and well aired as many
separate home. even in the less
~ O"NCo DOiouSI1S, anu the park COfff-
missioner has made the city's play
grounds paradises for children of high
as well as low degree Despite the
servant problem, capable nurses still
are to be had by families not obliged
to count the cost consequently, the
apartment house child has as much
fresh air and exercise as any other
except the juvenile, jewellers on old
fashioned farms. Sentiment aside, the
boy or girl living in one of the con-
centrated towns that stud Manhattan
above Fifty ninth street is the truly
fortunate youngster, With its Won
derland of museums, itheaters, ideal
schools and beautiful parks, the met
t1ropolis is the elysium. of twentieth
century childhood. aCF
President Eliot is QUOTED as saying:
+ Household economies in the public
schools would retJlfYl Great sums to