New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-08-07
GLEANINGS.


English authorities seem disposed 20 make ,,-.
rage easier. instead Of more difficult. and ParH,
ment has been asked 70 consider the publica,io, !.
banns and issuing Of marriage certificates on bo,s
ships AS the surrasettes are not vet n power
this must be a masculine proposition
The question Of whether obey shall be or,,,.,
from the wedding service not has Just oezu. -
agitate England The Lady's Pictorial says d-vg,
that the ''pious horror expressed at the suzrs,
ton Of cutting out this word Is curious in view :.
the fact that many women. married safe ara
sound under British law. but with other forms TIA,
those OF the state church never promised to o5sr
Many who consider the mere suggestion TO cr.
obey the Anglican service fearful s.z,
of the times" says The Pictorial would hes,,s,
very much to say that English women. marrss
according to other forms-Jewish. Quaker and TIA
nke-were not just good wives and mothers "a
those who had vowed to obey
Almost one out OF every two men who offer them.
selves for enlistment in England proves unit sor
military service II is officially stated that out %
"a 900 applicants than 1900 had refused
For this reason This leaves out the question .,
course. all who knew themselves 70 be too Cd
or puny 10 This fact causes The Illustrated
London News to discuss the subject Of women
in the army. II il were possibls thing any
News
the street how many understood. feeble young fel-
lows there are The average man has crown
smaller and weaker within the last few wears az
visfbly and noticeably as the average woman has
increased in height and improved in physique'
The News can offer no explanation. unless Il 70
excessive Juvenile smoking among bows. and SAYS.
doefulIy: The last thing to be desired is 10 sea
the sexes equaIized by the degensracy Of men.
And if falling for the national defencs.
must women look forward to taking their places.
II Is by no means impossible. Wild idea LADIES'
rifle ranges are springng up all over the eoun-
try, and men encourage the notion The ultra fash
ionabIe Bath Club has just established range FOE
women and some women have actually been shoot
ing in mems teams at BiSley-
Miss Ethel Everest, it seems. has proposed TO ths
War Department 70 raise fund 70 privately de-
monstrate the capacity of women to discharge dE-
ties IN defence of their homes and countries K
the Secretary of War will only say that such J.
corps would be accepted If satisfactory Thus fa-
the War Secretary has gone further than to ase
for a large BODY Of volunteer army nurses for his
new territorial force Many women soldiers are
called Swiss women have fought in battaions for
national freedom In the famous -nve days OF
Milan, which lit the flame Of rebellion agalns.
Austria all over Italy women fought shoulder to
shoulder with the men behind the street barrtcades
There are records of women soldiers IN re Amer1-
can Civil War, and English history IS fun o.
heroines wi held castles against enemies ana per-
formed other martial exploits The young women
OF Finland drill regularly now IN the state militia
and American Red Cross nurses went on the firing
line in the Philippines. Still. says the London
Daper men ought not to allow the mothers Of tns
race to be subject to military demands They ougns
never to be called on to take life IF the women
Of one country drawn in, all others would ro-
low suit and the relative military strength o.
no nation would be increased"
The Wornen's Agricultural and Horticultural ln'
ternationaI Union held a show at the Botanical
Gardens In London recently Princess Alexander
Of Teck opened it. and English women competed as
eagerly for prizes for butter. cream. poultry. ess
flowers fruit. vegetables and preserves as Aner-
can farmers. wives used TO at the county fairs
There are all sort, and conditions o. women jour
naIists in England says The London sphere
from the peerless TO the railway porters daughter
Close to the entrance of the Palace OF Wornsns
Work at the Franco-British exposition az London
this summer stands little pedestal and on Il
hook written by hand. in neat Old-fasnonea
penmanship. All around are gorgeous eolorins
rich fabrics exhibits from designers. artists anu
craftsworen of every variety. Yet the yellow 90
manuscript is worth them all II IS the Original
manuscript of Jane Eyre written through lons
winter evenings in that lonely HawortA Kitchen 0a
the edge OF the wild mOors-