Gloucester County Democrat., 1907-10-24
Modern Woman
Mrs. Blatch and Her Test Case
10 Settle Womens Right to Res
taurant Service al All Hours.
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to serve herself and a woman compan-
ion with dinner because after o'clock
women without escorts are not wanted
i'll It's dining room has no doubt dis
turbed many New York hotel man
ayers. although all of them profess to
be profoundly Indifferent. Mrs. Blatch
is the daughter of Elizabeth Cady Stan
ton, the famous woman's suffrage lead
er, and is herself noted as q writer,
lecturer and reformer. Her fight
against the Hoffman House is backed
by number of women's organizations
of the incident Many respectable
women, unaware Of this rule of many
New York restaurants, have been af-
fronted from time to time in the same
way. The hotels claim that the ar
rangement is intended to exclude dis
reputable women, but as any woman
with male escort may be served 1t
will be seen that 1t is ineffective.
Equally unjust is the rule Of many
New York hotels that a woman unac-
companied by man will not be sup
piled with lodgings after o'clock in
the evening Many a belated woman
traveller has on this account found her.
self unable to obtain other safe quar-
ters overnight than a bench at the rail-
road or police station.
Taking care of other peoples chill
dren has been the vocation of Miss
Susan CraDgIe, who at eighty-four
years of age is rounding out life of
singular fleipfulness by daily moth
ering the 259 little children who at
tend the kindergarten in connection
with the rich St Bartholomew S church
of New York. Miss Crangle, who was
born of an agistocratic Baltimore fam
ily, was left an orphan without money
when five years of age. A relative
then took her into her family and
made her useful as caretaker for first
one baby and then another. When
she was eighteen years old Miss Gran
gle accepted the invitation of mar
ried woman friend to go west, and she
helped her to bring up large family
of children. Then she assisted several
of these children to bring up families
of their own Many attached friends
would now be glad to welcome this
lovely and active old lady into their
homes, but she IS happiest when sur
rounded by little ones and prefers her
independence to any life of sheltered
ease. She has made homes for little
orphans, helped invalid mothers to keep
their little ones about them and other
wise served as mother by proxy to
scores. One wonders how the world
would get along il such women as
Miss CrangIe married and had children
OF their own to occupy their time.
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In Australia women may be elected
to any public office Woman's suf-
frage has been an unqualified success
In that country. Now New Zealand
has just voted to admit women as
members to its parliament. women
having otherwise been granted full po-
litical equality fourteen years ago.
Finland, in the empire of the autocrat
Of the Russias, has women serving in
its parliament, yet in this alleged land
Of the free the only equality which
men accord women is that of hanging
on to street car strap while they ap-
propriate the only vacant seats.
II Miss Dolores Poquette, who lives
on farm in West Boylston. Mass.
makes a success of her experiment., We
shall have next the overall fad Re
Gently Robert Chambers wrote novel
in which he described six orphans
brought up by an eccentric expert
mentalist in boys attire in order that
they might have perfectly developed
bodies and lovely faces. Whether Do
lores heard OF the novel or not she
is conducting the same experiment on
herself, although she says her object
is the attainment of comfort, not beau
ty. She dresses in oyeralls and jump
ers, hunts. fishes, helps her uncle with
the farm work and is never indoors IL
she can help it. she has feminine at
tire, but dons it only when she goes
to town Although but sixteen yeas
old, she is said already to be remark
ably strong. agile and well developed.
1t is not more than year since she
donned male attire, and she says she
means to stick to it.
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Egypt Is beginning to provide educa-
ton for its women The first Egyptian
woman A. B. is Mohammedan girl
recently graduated. There ase now
seven girls schools In the land of the
Nile, and the students are said to show
wonderful interest In their studies.
In the days Of It's ancient greatness
women were accorded the same edu-
cational advantages as well as the
same political rights as men. Perhaps
the reform heralds new era for the
women Of Egypt
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