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women and children marched through the
streets ain ginR -Caddo has gone dry.

women and children marched through the
streets singing "Caddo has gone dry
The New York State Bar Association has
at last admitted TO its membership woman.
AT les last annual meeting Mrs. HArTAette
M. Johnston Wood was unanimously sleOoed
a member.
Mrs. Wood 10 the law partner OF her hus-
band and the firm sign reads wood a
Wood The New York City Bar Associa-
ton has persistently refused to admit
women lawyers to membership, ana not
long ago IL was said that a move was on
foot TO alter the constitution In such 9 man.
ner as TO exclude them forever. One OF
the many reasons assigned for this exciu,
sion 10 that the presence OF women would
impose too great a restraint upon the
conduct Of the men lawyers.
The women Of Oregon have obtained hve
hundred ard odd moro signatures than is
necessary to secure the resubmtssion OF the
women suffrage amendment
There has been introduced In Congress
a Joint resolution forbiddlng the dis
franchisement on account OF sex OF any
person otherwise qualified to vote. There
is yet another bill now before the Senate
aimed at the disfranchisenent Of the women
OF this country. not by States but by the
country as a whole. This letter bill is N
behalf OF those who contend that women
already have the right to use the ballot
under Article l., section 2, OF the Conetitl-
ton Of the United States. This bill IL
merely to provide for the enforcement Of
this right.
Mrs. T. p. O'Connor. wife OF the Irish
advocate OF home rule, is said to be con-
vinoed that EnRhshwomen will have the
full right OF Parliamentary suffrage within
the next seven years. Mrs. OConnor was
a Texas girl has lived for thirty-two years
in England and is now on a. visit TO her
native country.
Miss Helen Gould recently contributed
Is 900 each to the American School for Girls
at Luxor, Egypt. the American College
for Women at Assiut, Egypt, and the
American School at Cairo; and t2.OOO each
to the American schools in Jerusalem,
Tarsus and Damascus.
Miss Martha Van Rensselaer,. who is
the supervisor OF the reading course for
farmers wives conducted by Cornell Uni
versity. is taking a special course in modern
philanthropy under Prof. Fetter. One
Of the features Of the course IL a trip to
New York city in the latter part OF March.
when Prof. and Mrs, Fetter and their
entire class will spend at least one week
in a settlement studying conditions and
the science OF philanthropy as practised
by such inst tutions in New York.
The women OF COpenhagenS Denmark,
have been much stirred up over the ques-
ton Of whether or no the Ladies' Reading
Club the leading woman's club Of that city,
shall have a clubhouse Of its own or con-
tinue in its present all too small quarters.
| The plan for building a clubhouse of their
own was brought up by Miss Alberti, who
has been the president Of the club for the
! last sixteen years, during which time the
membership has grown from something
under eight hundred to nearly four thou
sand. Her plans were first presented last
| April, but because the Danish women knew
nothing about building a house without
having enough money to pay for It before
starting the proposition met with over
whelming defeat.
At recent meeting Of the, club the result
was very different. Half an hour before
| the time appointed for the meeting to open
the hall was crowded to its utmost capacity,
| and there were as many more women in
! the court outside who couldn't get in. After
| a warm discussion that lasted three hours
| the proposal to build a clubhouse was car
ried by a majority OF more than two-thirds.