New-York tribune., 1905-07-20


publishes an imposing array of letters from well
known men as to the good work OF women's clubs
over the country. William Dudley Foulke. United
States Civil Service Commissioner; Clinton Rogers
Woodruff secretary OF the National Municipal
League; Thomas NJ. Ballet dean OF the School of
Pedagogy. New-York University; Calvin Milton
woodward. president of the st. Louis Board of
education; Samuel McCune Lindsay, secretary of
the National Child Labor Commission Benjamin
B. Lindsey, Judge of the Juvenile Court, Denver
n. A Wiley, chief Of the Bureau OF Chemistry
United States Department of Agriculture; James B.
ANGEL. president of the University of Michigan
sons are among those who disagree with ex-Presi-
oeht cleveland in his opinion of womens clubs
Women have been accused OF preferrng the cat
to that nobler animal the dog. Yet II seems to
be women who have looked out for the suffering
dogs in the summer time. 1t the PennsyIva-
MIA Womens Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
10 animals that scattered small iron drinking
troughs for dogs through Philadelphia 1t
for dogs n and Do% s5 qHks Hsn Rns
lard, or Boston, is collecting money for the same
purpose In that city
The president of Western university is quoted
as follows In recent number Of "Harper's Ba-
Ear':
Another phenomenon occasioning
oern," said he, "is the decreasing proportion of
men. as compared with women. taking academic
and general courses. In liberal studies women
rapidly winning the ascendant Some very i'm
portant culture courses have scarcely male
Der apiece If present tendencies continue
TWO schools will result, for women. monopo-
LIKING the specially educational and cultural sub
jects hitherto regarded OF the greatest possible
value in the development of choice humanity. and
ter studies They used to ak about bread snd
butter schoolgirls The men at our colleges, are
Of the future. when man, unhappy man, win pay
the bills and be exposed to the danger Of being
insulted by his wife In strange tongues at his own
breakfast tableT'
A list of questions has recently been sent out to
boys and girls in Chicago calling for their opin-
ions in regard to books. About three thousand re-
plies have been received and tabuated. Little
Robinson Crusoe' and The Count OF Monte
Cristo are high in favor. Alice IN wonderland fnl
Hawthornes Wonder Book" testify TO the peren-
MA TegH Of the 9aginAttop . BLACK Ia M Beauty snd
berry Finn and ,,Ivanhoe" show that human In
It is curious to see 1.-The Iamplighter,'" that rc
mantio tale Of forty years ago, holding It's own in
face Of the arc light.
There Is a difference between the size OF a mus
Gle and its tone. and what woman should aim at
in athletic exercise. authority, Ia tone.
good tone means that muscle can DO the great
amount of work possible for a muscle of its
size. 1t power Of endurance rather than
the ability to lift heavy weights or perform aston
of strength. Tone is obtained by gentle and sus-
taiI,sd ,s exercise Violent exercise may produce @
and tends to produce knotty effect that no woman
wants, however much 1t may be admired in the
opposite When increase OF size Is not desired
women are advised to avoid the use OF horizontal
bars, dumbbells. clubs and all exercises that Sc
verely tax the strength. They may go through a
dumbben course without the dumbbeIs. play ten
mis-, run, walk and practise breathing exercises.
One mans explanation OF the lower wages paid
to women is that they cannot be treated like men.
They may say they prepared for Il, but It is
SIMPLY impossible for man with any feeling to
do It, Girls, this employer has found, are far moro
sensitive than men. and not more conscientious.
An employer has just many occasions to repr-
mand them as to blame man. and yet he cannot
do it. This is a drawback and there must be some
compensation. The compensation to the employer
is lower rate of pay. When something costs less
than some thing else then one is morn inclined to
bear with its shortcomings
Mother-Why aren't you and George az good
boys your little brother7
Young Hopeful s'pose it's cause you'd had
more experience brngin' UP boys when you COM
menced on him.-(Home Notes.