Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-09
WOMAN IA CLUB AND CHARITY

The Boston Globe relates an amusing
sequel TO the recent decision Of the SUI
preme court of New Brunswick that a
woman could not be admitted TO the bar
even though she passed the examination.
The statute provides that any person
with certain qualifications shall be ad-
mitted but the supreme court held that a
woman is not q person within the meaning
OF the law. Shortly after this remarkable
decision" says the Globe. "a sharp-eyed
representative of the sex saw in that de-
cision n loophole to escape when arTaigned
before the Judge of the 81. Johns police
court on a minor offense. She contended
that only persons were subject to the
penalty and pointed out that under the
ruling of the supreme court women do not
come in that category. She declared that
she was determined to stand on her rights.
The claim was 30 novel that the judge
leased her. but announced that his decision
was not to be taken as precedent"
Editor Frank Kennedy of the Western
Lsborer announced before the social science
department OF the woman's club this week
that in his opinion men made their chief
mistake in not admitting women more gen.
orally as their helpers in the struggle OF
the trades unions. He saw, through the
women, the fullest possibilities of the union
! label, as the women do most OF the buying.
| lie concluded by saying: The woman who
| keeps the home going. the children dressed
| presumably and in school and meets all the
! other demands incidental to her position on
| the average mans salary. is, in my opln-
| ion, the greatest financier of the age" Mr.
| Kennedy expressed his intention of adding
the cut OF the Consumers league label to
n
in the Western Laborer that union men and
women may become familiar with it and
] help its cause as we'll as their own.
There is every reason why women should
be interested in the agitation for pure
| food legislation 30 general Just at present
| Iowa women are especially interested in
| view of the pure food bill to come before
| their state legislature this winter, and
Mrs j. c. Cory, chairman Of the house.
| hold economics committee Of the Iowa
Federation of women's clubs has sent out
the following reasons for the consideration
Of club women:
| /. Because statistics tell us that 70 per
cent. of all the money spent. is spent by
1t is her duty to do all in her power to
regulate production that adultorated,
, misbranded. deleterious foods may not
with safety be put on the market in Iowa:
and that the money she spends may
bring its true equivalent in purity, strength
?. Because % per cent Of all food eaten
is prepared by women. In a woman S
hands lies the safe keeping of the health
| of the family. 1t Is her duty to use only
those foods which she knows TO be pure
and to possess the requisite nutritive
values; the range of variety in food would
keeper be assured that under state super
vision, the package, canned and prepared
were reasonably pure and contained only
such substances as their labels stated
and not some inferior and deleterious conf
pound.
3. Because a pure food law well en-
forced would result in saving of time
to women Th Soob hours spent in noTs
saved saved . IL Women could with safety substi,
house 1926 or bakery Our sroeers would III ss
realize an increase in their trade.
4. Because these easy, sure methods OF
are gradually creeping into, the home
preservation of fruits. vegetables pickles
etc. which has hitherto depended on good
quality of material and upon absolute
cleanliness. sterilization and care ply
sician who is also a hopsekeeper. used !
foMa IN putting Sp some eorn
opening her cans recently she found hei
corn beautifully cmbalmed," but unit
!. Because women have studied tn,
chemistry of foods and principles Of uu.
triton: They know that digestion Is largely
a Preventative process and most OF thC
chemical personalities are used to arrcs
fermentation. Whatever stops fermenta-
ton in the can arrests IL In the human
machine and indigestion follows.
s. Because it is the poo who suffer
The highest grades of food are less labl
to be adulterated. People Of iSeans have
sufficient help in the household to make
the use of ready prepared foods unneces.
sary as labor-saver IT s the poor
dweller in the tenement who Is attacked
By the Haunting advertisements Of cheaI
food and whose families are often com
PEELED to live on prepared foods becaus,
both parents are at work all day away
from the home. A recent report of the
National Association OF State Dairy ant
Food Department states that 455. 600 infant,
died in the year 1904 from adulterate(
food. Women are the babies natura
protectors Let them then push this pur,
food movement not only for their owr
benefit. but for the help of those wea kel