The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-29

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Of woman SnnnrawO Many 81 IN msusoaES
hsws gonS . step further and Gro refusing
10 do campaign woxk for PAxhau0snenFy
candidates Oppoaod 90 EQUAL
Much Of thS c4Enpaign work for an p9E-
tiss In England has hAeheEto oeen dcne %
women Even tho candidates. most opposed
20 giving women ehe ernnchhDa have bsen
glad 90 gst them 10 do tho house 20 house
C~anvAnfsng- Tho women are now nocAar-
ing that II thgy Gro nOt ~ % vote thSy nS~
not DC TO teach Cthsrs how % vote
Tho Anonymous BOuasty for the BOCnom-
iCal Lodging Of Poor Families 10 thS nanne
Of q group Of seudsu4S Of sOcnOmAoS VINO
are putting mp model esnsmsnts IN Paris
70 DO Let only % families having three or
more children. ThO houess arc - . rule
large, ono Of them containing ninoey4gow
fats. and the rooms arc planned with al
specaal view TO b -ccnvensence and safcsy
Of children.
Tho windows arc 90 Mgh thst no chnd
can fall out o.. them. ths stsky hSvtng
easily. climb. Tho paxsnhsF bedrooms are
placed next 20 tho nursery. and the dividing
wall does not reach 20 tho ceiling. 90 that
the slightest cry from o child may easily b
heard.
The demand for these t-snennents far
exceeds tho supply. and i'm spite OF tho fact
that b rents are exceedingly moderate
the Investment 10 proving profitable.
The teachers and club women OF Maiden.
Mass. have recently elected Miss Ella q.
Wilcox TO the school board OF that town
on the independent ticket The Maiden
Graded Teachers Association had asked
for an increase of their very small salaries.
and an the Republican candidate declared
himself in opposition TO tho increase the
teachers went out and got q candidate Of
their own. The club women Joined them.
and many OF the most influential men OF the
town are said 70 a cast their votes for
Miss Wilcox
Twenty-Five thousand women are said
10 be employed on the twenty-five State
railroads. in Russia as gatekeepers. clerks,
photographers, no. The average wages of
these women are from coo 10 $40 a year.
The highest wages are received by clerks,
who get about $3.50 a year.. while the at
tendants at the stations get less than 82O
q year. In addition to free lodgings.
Among those whose private fortunes are
said to exceed s7O. 700. 900 there are three
women. Bertha Krupp Of Germany and
Mrs. Hetty Green and Mrs. Anna Weight.
man Walker OF the United States.
Mrs Harriet Johnston Wood, preeideni
Of the Portia Club. has declared herself II
favor OF women lawyers wearing cap anC
gown in the court room. IL ID believec
that her two hundred sister lawyers In New
York city will fall into line and set the fash
ion In every city where there is a woma
lawyer. Mrs. Wood was graduated from
the New York Law School and is the JUNO,
member Of her husbands law firm.
On the recommendation OF Mrs. SsraI
Plat Decker. president Of the Genera