The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-15
Sociological,
WOMEN M1LL1oNA1REs' CLUB.

WOMEN @MlLL1ONA1RES'5C LU Is. ~
"A number OF women Of the millionaire
smart set headed by Mrs. John Jacob
Astor, have organized a club patterned
after a regular men's club. An elaborate
house is to be built with provision for
tennis, racquet, squash courts, gymna-
stun, Turkish baths, etc. Also It Will
have sleeping, dining and social apart
ments. The employees Will be women.
Entrance fee Is 500 and annual dues
like amount.
| A WoMEN's DAILY PAPER. IA
A newspaper made entirely by women,
With the exception Of the pressmnn, had
| It's flrst issue "Wednesday at Cambridge,
Mass, with Miss Alice Geddes as pub
Fisher and manager. She had conducted
+ tho women's department. OF the Chronicle
for several years and itegan the new
venture by buying out the Cambridge
Press.
| Al NURSE LICENSE LAW.
The Illinois Legislature has passed n
|tlaw which requires the licensing Of train
| ed nurses on their examination by the
State Board Of Health. Movements for
! similar legislation $are on slfoot in New
Jersey, New York, adhusetts and
! other States.l u sf5s1 lf y
tFARMING,s THE NEGRO aHBAvEN.
An appeal tosthe colored race to turn
to agriculture is the net result OF q con-,
vention of presidents Of Agricultural Col
legcs at Chattanooga, Tenn. They urge
that farming and mechanical pursuits are
conducive to .'useful and productive citi-
zenshlp." "a 5. Isl
CRITICS OF LABOR UNIONS. 4
Two sharp criticisms of labor unions
and their methods have attracted atten-
| ton this week I. ofessors ". g. SUM M
! ner, Of Yale, addressing the Contempor-
4 ary Club at philadelphia, said that trade
4 unions threatened grave danger to the
country and that before long they would
come into collision with the State by re-
| fusing militia service. &, ia
Professor Graham Taylor at the Con-
gregational Cooperative Church OF
Evanston, Ill, described seven weaknesses
/ OF unions, which have been widely quoted
| as follows: Wrong attitude toward nom
union men; opposition to employers; at
tempt to limit tho output; restraint Of
better workers; too many sympathetic
strikes; too free use OF boycott; lack Of
! legal and moral responsibility.
AMERICAN sHALLOWNDss
The question Are we a shallow peo-
1 pie ~ is answered In the affirmative BY
/ last weeks Independent In a way to chal-
lenge attention, This conclusion is based
on number of facts, among which are:
| lack Of sale for serious books; that we
are nation OF hasty readers Of news
papers, cheap magazines and "the best
selling novelist" that we are Intellectually
/ bright and intellectually lazy; that we are
becoming vulgar because we tolerate bill
boards, newspaper headlines and ob1ec-
| tionable advertisements,
SOCIALIST PARTY ANALYzED.
Henry w. Wilbur. In Gunton's Maga-
zine argues that the Socialist Party in
this country will never elect a president
because 1t Is ''symptomatio'' like the
! Greenback, Union Labor and Populists
parties and voices the dissatisfaction Of
a class. He finds that the Socialist
movement Is strong almost entirely in
| cit!es-just the reverse Of tho other three
parties mentioned,
ALOOF FROM RACE0 CONFNRDNCE,
Several Governors Of. Southern States
| have declined to appoint delegates to the
proposed race conference at Atlanta, In
augurated by Northern reformers. The
reason of this refusal Ia said to be de-
sire to have the discussion of the race
problem dropped, lest 1t unduy disturb
existing tendencies In tho South.
BARROW FOR NON RESISTANCE,
Clarence S. barrow, recently prominent
as counsel jor the, Miners Union, adyo-s
| Gates tho Tolstoy doctrine OF non-reslst-
ance In a new book entitled Resist Not
Evil" Ills idea Is to give tho criminal
q chance by providing q more equitable
distribution of wealth, pulling down jalls
and Diminishing officers OF Justice,
LESS LEPROsYA IN HAWAII,
GOV. Dole Of Hawaii reports marked
| Eecreaseg In leproSy In tho Islands, owing