The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-09-20

cases OF women, that there shall DO q
proportionate representation Of women
on all boards OF management and appoint
ment Of medical women to the stan oil
all general hospitals and charitable In
stitutions OF which women are inmates,
that women shall be appointed truant
officers, and sanitary. school and board
Ing out inspectors; laws for the economic
Independence Of wives. for the protection
Of young girls. for the maintaining Of the
family by the husband, for schools Of
domestic economy. for moro police ma
irons. for the suppression Of houses OF
i'll repute. for the enforcement Of the
inebriate act.
1t is only through the reports pre-
scented at these international meetings
that the work now being done in different
countries by the national councils Of
women can be appreciated. Hungary
offers a striking example. it's council
being composed Of eighty-three ~orgsniza-
tions divided into distinct sections of
work.
These are. striving to secure insurance
and other protection for motherhood,
a deer ease In the minimum OF income
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crease in size. protection for young
girls when travelling. a lettering of the
conditions Of domestic servants: there
10 q very strong movement for peace;
all OF the societies united In apetition for
closing the saloons on Sunday; $50 women
in Budapest are engaged In caring for
neglected and deserted children.
The council now insists that the Govern !.
ment shall convene a public meeting for
the discussion of matters relating to
schools, domestic economy, insurance
for wage earners and other social and
economic questions.
The council in France has about 5000
members and Is a strong and Representa-
tive organization. It has taken part in
most OF the congresses Of various kinds
held In that country during the last
year and many throughout Europe. At
present It 10 supporting bills in Parlia-
ment for abolishing the legal disquali-
fcations Of married women. for the
financial valuation Of household work,
for the protection OF children Of divorced
parents. for the right OF inquiry into the
paternity Of the Legitimate.
1t has also bills for the right of women
to act as guardians and trustees and to be
elected to boards Of trade and Of exports.
Last year it secured the appointment Of
a number Of women on the Council Of
Prison Inspection and had women made
eligible to posts as prison directors. in
speotors. cashiers and matrons.
The section for woman suffrage Is very
active. Nine. Verone. a lawyer of the
Court Of Appeals. has been instructed to
draw up a bill for the municipal franchise.
On the full suffrage q favorable report
has been made in the Parliament and sev-
support.
1t would be useless to attempt any
portrayal Of the work Of the National
Council Of Great Britain. The 40 societies
which form its membership represent
every phase Of activity In which the
women Of the twentieth century are en-
gagged.
Already possessing the municipal fran
chise. they make special effort to see that
women exercise this right and are elected
to the many important offices to which
they are eligible. At present a number Of
the branches are In the thick of the fight
for the Parliamentary suffrage. The
council is working heartily for the success
Of the licensing bill. which is now playing
so prominent q part in English politics.
Those reports might be continued to
councils II an entire volume could be de-
voted to them. They illustrate in the mott
significant manner that the trite saying,
"Woman's place Ia at home.' has lost all
force.
She can indeed say In paraphrase Of
Garrison's immortal declaration: THE
world Is my home; all humanity are my
children They show that woman has
become q factor In progress which must
h~enceforth be considered In every reck-
oning Of moral. intellectual and material
interests.
The eternal feminine is not destroyed
and the delegates turn with keenest
pleasure from parliamentary debates and
discussion Of vital questions to the inter-
esting social entertainment provided by
their most hospitable Genevee bee hostesses.
None Of these has been so thoroughly
enjoyable as the garden parties at the
beautiful chateaus on the terraces that
reach down to the very waters Of this
most exquisite Of lakes. One Of these
not to be forgotten was given at the Cam
payne de l1mperatrice. the home of the
Empress Josephine after she was ban
ished from the court Of Napoleon.
1t has been for several generations in
the family Of Nine. Aohard- Rigaud.
The chateau is unchanged. the furniture
in the great upper drawing room just as
it was used by it's imperial owner. One
could almost zee the broken hearted
woman standing in the great window and
looking far out owe the blue waters
to the towering. Interchangeable and eternal
Snow capped submits of Mont Blanc.
Far happier was the contemplation
Of the animated. groups taking their tea
and chatting harmoniously together I'm
der the magnificent trees on the grassy
lawn-the new regime representing the
friendship Of nations, the promise Of
universal democracy. the worldwide
community Of human interests.
IDA Hustled HARPER.