, 1904-03-30
he new WOMAkI
She Is Working and
Hoping

n ECENTLY Miss Edith Crosskill,
* the writer, received through
y the mail a notice which read
as follows: M. Il. Crosskill-
You are hereby summoned to appear
before me on or before March - in
order that l may decide upon your
qualifications to do jury duty In the
county of New York and that you may
have opportunity to claim exemption
from service, If you are entitled to
exemption under any provision of the
law. This notice must not be answered
by letter. Please bring this notice with
you. The penalty for not answering
this notice is $50" Then followed the
signature of the summoning official.
Miss Crosskill smiled to herself, put
on her street gown and her picture hat
and went to answer the In
person, as directed. 81 have received
this notice." she said, land l think I
have the qualifications for a juror. 1t
Is true l read newspapers, but they
never influence my opinions any. 1
don't know any reason why l shouldn't
serve on a jury" The official stared
in establishment. He eyed the bright,
intelligent looking girl from head to
foot. Then he said, 81 don't know any
reason, either, why you are not quail
fed to sit on a jury" Its true,' said
Miss Crosskill, 81 am not a citizen"
"Why are you not a citizen?' asked
the official. Because l have no VOTE"
promptly replied the young lady. But
l think If women served on a jury in a
dressmaker's lawsuit they could decide
whether a gown fitted without trying
1T on the prosecuting attorney. They
would know, too, at sight the differ
ence between an empiecement and a
motif!' you are right" said the jury
summoner, they would. Perhaps you
would like to keep the summons as a
souvenir. Ladies do sometimes. And,
Miss Crosskill, let me give you this.
1t may interest you" 1t was a
pamphlet issued by the League For
Political Education.
The Women's Philharmonic society
of New York is a noble organization.
1t is composed largely Of professional
musical women - piano instructors,
singing teachers and voice trainers,
dramatic and otherwise. The society
has 40 members. l attended one Of
their meetings lately and felt proud of
womankind. The members are as fine,
intellectual looking a body Of women
as you would ever see, including even
the ones no longer young. Music is a
ers and trainers presented a strikingly
strong and attractive physique.
b
1t is n of the glorious privileges Of
being a woman in this remarkable age
that women may meet and enjoy them
selves and entertain themselves In SO
many delightful and profitable ways
without in the least depending on men
for their pleasure. No longer do WON
en- and girls sit disconsolate at home
and complain that the men go off by
themselves and have all the good
times. Women now go off by them
selves and have good times too.
Man is at once woman's worst en-
envy and her best friend.
Don't become familiar with your ac-
quaintances, and you will keep out Of
a lot of trouble. Many individual and
neighborhood quarrels have resulted
from people calling one another by
their first names.
The Japs are proving that great souls
may lodge in very small bodies.
Do you ever encounter those scatter
Drained women who have dabbled In
a dozen kinds of work and can do
nothing at all really first class?
What is bric-a-brac? Generally use
less articles to be busted. They need
to be very rare and beautiful to give
an excuse for their being.
In a lively speech before the Wom-
EMS philharmonic society or New YORK
Nine. Cappiani, the vocal teacher, told
her audience that singing lessons and
singing practice frequently cure sore
throat. She also uttered some invalu-
able philosophy in her statement that
work never tires" The right way,
she said, is to change the kind of work
several times a day, going from n
thing to another, resting n set of
brain cells and muscles While another
works. In this way we shall be
tired.
On the whole, | think | admire more
than anybody else the woman who can
keep her mouth shut. The Japs in the
present war have given us an object
lesson unsurpassed on this point.
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Don't veal a hat whose top in front
is fifteen inches above the end of your