The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-01
Two Political Parties. One In
Asia, the Other In America, Favor
Woman Sufrage-The Onent Is
Waking Up ::

see an announcement OF the aims of the .
reform party Of Japan. 1t IS party
rapidly growing in power. Japs never /
do anything by halves when the light 4
once breaks in on them The pro
gramme of the Japanese reform party I
calls for Increase of pay and reduction 7
Of labor hours for the working classes +
and demands the adjustment of titular
distinctions at the very time when
American women are selling them 4
selves soul and body to get a handle to /
their names. The Jap party of progress /
proclaims opposition to all monopoHes /
and, like the American Socialist party, /
demands universal male and female
suffrage What do you think of thatl
A woman's rights political party In
Japan, a party composed Of men, too,
for the little women Of Japan are only
beginning to awaken from their sleep
Of 5000 years. Even China now has
a daily paper published for women IN
Picking, and it is we'll sustained. Twice
the experiment has been made in this
country Of establishing a daily paper
in which women's interests were large
it a 60 Verify, will not the almond
eyed heather female go into the king
dom ahead Of the American woman,
with all her alleged enlightenment?
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1 have been interested, not to say
amused, at an announcement of the
meeting of the national divorce con
gress at Washington The delegates
hail from every state in the Union and
consist largely Of judges, lawyers and
divines. There is no mention of q soil
tary woman delegate in the batch. One
would conclude from this that women
have no concern with the subject; that
it is only men who can be married and
divorced.
London has q new idea quite ahead
of anything in America. 1t is q music
hall for women. A woman manages it,
and her purpose is to furnish place Of
amusement where girls of any age
may go unchaperoned with perfect
safety. There viii be nothing in the
vaudeville entertainments at this hall
to offend the most refined taste. Men
are not admitted.
Take note. A Philadelphia journal
sent a reporter to interview a man
more than a century old and ask him
how he had managed to keep alive and
sound SO long. by perseverance" re
piled the aged one. 81 jes' KEEP on liv-
inr' Thousands of other people. too,
would round the century mark in good
shape if they refused to knuckle under
to their troubles and ailments and just
calmly willed to keep on Twin"
Bless the Lord for a sense of humOr
II you have it. If you have it not, cult
vate it straightway. 1t helps wonder
/ fully in this life
Mrs. James Young writes, There are
no selfish obligations in friendship and
the moment they enter into the COM
pact the whole fabric will fall to the
ground, no matter how long it took to
build it."
OF all the women I have heard Of ]
think envy most those who have be
come licensed guides in the Maine
woods. Among them is Mrs. Jennie
Freese, a mighty hunter. skilled in all
woodcraft. A woman ought to live and
be well forever who leads the free life
In the woods. So many women now
go on long hunting and camping trips
that it has brought about the evolution
of the woman forest guide.
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In a recent address before the League
of American Municipalities in the Au
ditorium hotel, Chicago Dr. Kohnke
said: eff we give woman a vote ii
municipal affairs we largely would bC
saved from the nomination Of candi
dates Of bad morals. Women will MOI
vote for men of bad character, even Fl
they are handsome"
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The champion mountain climber O.
the world now appears to be Mrs. Fan
ny Bullock Workman Of Massachusetts,
She has reached the peak of a noun
I
range in the Himalayas. Her husband
DR.. Workman, went with her nearl,
to the top. but the last part Of III
ascent she made alone, with q guild
and a porter. The party suffered ter
ribly from cold.
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Talking Of how much harder It is 70
= a girl than for a young man to obtain
paying employment look here: Severa
hundred students Of Columbia uni
. versity, including q considerable nun
Der of the Barnard college girls, sough
and obtained employment during th
r last summer vacation that they Nigh
! aid in paying their college expense:
: The girl students earnings average
$11T10 each, those Of the young me
only S113.13.
ELIZA ARCHARD CONNER.