The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-21
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN

most advanced women in Europe, ana
 does not attempt to conceal her opin- ions. She is a strong believer in fa- male suffrage, woman's clubs, the higher education of women, and In ner right to enter any and all or tne pro fessions. She is an enthusiastic ao- vocate of the many movements started by women for the betterment or soci- ety. She has frankly stated that 1T she lived in a land where court regula- tions were less strict she would be an avowed female suffragfst.
 Of all the royal women of EuSope the Czarina stands out most strongly as the champion of her sex. She, holds that almost all of~the great reforms of the world have been brought about by women, and that they are just be- coming conscious of their power and possibilities. Under her imperial pat development of females are growing numerous in St. Petersburg and even spreading through the jealously guard ed realm of the Car.
 q have great and abiding faith in my own sex," she said recently. "wo- | men are ever busy sowing the seed from which good springs up all over the world."
 Since the Czarina has become SO
 
 of women's clubs and societies the Czar
 has ordered that full reports of all
 such meetings shall be prepared for her perusal.-Chicago Chronicle. JH .N .4
 ADVANTAGES OF THE AMERICAN GIRL. Katherine Bland writes the follow ling:
 An American gentleman who is a
 close observer, recently made a trip to
 Europe-his first one. He travelled
 through Great Britain. France. Belgium
 and Holland. A few days after his re-
 turn he happened to walk through
 lower New York city at the noon
 luncheon hour, and he said:
 T saw more fine looking and pretty girls in one hour in New York than I did in all the cities of Europe while I
 was away. You can't see such a sight
 in any European city as this daily American noon hour beauty show In our large American towns. Women
 don't go out to business there as they do here, and if they did they would not
 draw attention by their good looks. I never noticed 1t before I went to Eu-
 rope, but l tell you American girls are the most beautiful in civilization. Our working girls are we'll dressed. I just
 watched those stenographers and clerks going to their luncheon. They are not only pretty, but tall. and we'll devel- ored, and they hold their heads and their chests up and walk along with a free stride that shows they feel them selves to be somebody They are in- dependent and self reliant and can take care of themselves. There Is an Amer ican girl type sure enough, a finer type than has been developed elsewhere. The American girl, besides being hand somer than her sisters of other nations, Is more intelligent than they and knows the world better, and this adds to her attractiveness. Oh, the Ameri- can girl Is stunning. no mistake"
 It is quite true that the American girl is superior to maidens of other na- tionalities, and all the world acknowl- edges 1t. She Is more attractive phys- ically than any other. She Is also bet ter educated and has more liberty. She Is brought up to know that she can protect herself, and she does it..
 This undoubted superiority of the American girl comes wholly from su- perior opportunity. It shows what the whole female sex will become with lib- erty and education. Women were scarce in this new land in the begin ming and were made much of Men could not do enough for them. What ever woman wanted she must have. She wanted an education; colleges were thrown open to her. There are today more American women graduates of colleges than are to be found in all the other countries put otgether. Women wanted to be doctors, lawyers, minis. ters and teachers of higher branches. All these they are. Married women wanted the right to own property in their own names. This, too, they have |
 Our country has the most abundant and the best food of any land. Ameri- l can women have been generously fed for generations The American girl | has the noblest opportunity for educa- tion of any of her sex. She has been taught to fix a high value on herself, | to feel there is no social station she | cannot aspire to. An American lady recently presented at the British court | and the recipient of 'courtesies from the royal family itself formerly earned | her own living in the States. No Brit | is lady of noble birth Is more polished | and gracious than this American. and | none knows exactly what is what bet | ter than she. Another American wo. man, now the wife of one of the wes1rl fest men in the world. was for | many years a teacher The AmerI.ln | girl Is easily adaptable ana cn. suit | herself to any position. She can make l her own social standing. The highest | that can be paid to ladys | external attractions is to say she is as | we'll dressed as a Frenchwoman and as handsome as an American. |
 There Is so much for this splendid | American girl to achieve and to be :tat | the very vastness of her field is a temp | tation to fritter herself away on mAay | things. even oftentimes on frivolit.es. | If she only lives up to her opportunity | she will present to mankind a new ard | nobler type of womanhood than has | ever been known; thence will come the | molding of a new and finer race.