The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-18

selves about their elective franchise However, in Piainville. town about fifteen miles from Hartford, 150 wo- men registered for the purpose of put ting a woman on the board of school visitors.
 Under the new charter of the City of Denver, Col, two of the ten mem- bers of the library commission must be women and the mayor has astonished the club women of that city by au- pointing two society" women. It is said that the members of the woman's club, who have done so much for intel lectua1 betterment of the city are some- what chagrined.
 There is law in Germany which al- lows parents and teachers the right to infiict punishment not endanserins life" and when through the license that this law gives the lives of children are jeopardized by brutal teachers or pa- rents the courts usually find that there was no criminal intention and that the damage. done was due to accident" It is said that Germany is getting fright ened at the horrible result that follows this right to punish" and that the Government is collecting evidence of criminal maltreatment of children with a view of changing the existing laws.
 
 There is a wave of brutality over hanging all classes of society in this country which doubtless originates with this very right of punishment" allowed to teachers and parents. Hun dreds of children are annually killed outright and thousands maimed under this law" tt'
 The Chicago public school teachers 70 AkA atk krtA af Venus as well as the mental qualifica- tions of more intellectual goddesses The school board, recognizing the rela- tion of beauty to mentality and realiz- ing that beauty and brains are con genial handmaids, demand of the teach CTS a certain amount of physical perfec- tion. This did cause quite a good deal of newspaper fun-poking. but even If, as is. predicted, ''Chicago's teachers one of these days constitute great beauty show" 1t is wise for no person of well rounded mental qualities to allow themselves to be physically ugly to look upon. It Is said that Chicago sent a big delegation of women teach- CTS to the Fair in St. Louis and that they "caused a sensation because of their comeiimess and smart way of wearing their gowns This was made possibley, says anNexchange. flor. the reason InaI beauty ndS pSCu CALtlnE u figure with the School Board for sew eral years. This year the plans and specifications are more rigid than ever before. Applicants must satisfy the medical examiners of the board that they are of proper size. height and weight"
 It is said that this demand for well favored looks made the teachers of Chi cago deceptive for a little lead Is easy to, hide in the pocket if necessary to bring the weight up to the proper point, and French heels will help in getting the required height.
 This deception. though pitiful. Is not as pathetic as the story of Mrs. H. Ross Smith of Philadelphia, who was mar ried for eleven years, and kept 1t a secret that she might keep her position as teacher in the public school. She continued to be known as Miss Clara Gressim until her recent death when riage became known. Both lived at the same address and only the people with whom they lived knew that they were husband and wife,
 Mrs Julia Ward Howe, the venerable author of the Battle Hymn of the Re- public" listened philosophically to the complaints of a woman whose sons education at Harvard was costing a great deal of money.
 Many sons education cost a great deal of money" said Mrs. Howe. And yet 1t is the most expensive education, usually, that is the least valuable.
 "I had this fact brought home to me a short time ago. I was visiting a cer- tain family, and one morning at breakfast the father said, as he handed his son, a sophomore, ten dollar bill
 "'Your studies are costing me a great deal
 "T know 1t, father.' the. son an- swered. And I don't study very hard, either"
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