New-York tribune., 1908-08-02
GLEANINGS.

rhs extent to which the historical paseanI - -.
- oot ., Great Britain Is astonishing ssS
nm the green. szFeeping lawns OF EnsI@nU 10 -.
csxsious and tableaus. reproducing hsNoI4o -
or the locality, have been pictures Oh Oe@-''
nagaa,t has become q popular means Oh Ie1ASI-s
900 FOR phiIanthropic purposes. and women ol
,he highest rank have co-opsrated with so-lolass @
OF note TO make these great specIacleS
correct artdsticalIy beautiful and nhancla1-S So
cassfrl At ons given for the benent OF tne o0"E
49,. raagua Of PITY recently professors. historians
scJentfsts and artists assisted Difrerenr CITES par
ucpated Glasgow represented the more OF
legendary kings OF Scotland. Ike Macoetn- FeEln
illustrated scott's history Of The Fair MAld OF
p+hn A brilliant Queen Mary group. Cove
nanter and Jacobits groups. beautiful daughters or
artstocratio families representing tlore Al1cO"A4o
and other Scottish heroines, and the WhoIe coE1es
ntctI1rtox three thousand years OF history WlhAns
down the historic streets OF old Edlnoursh Oh
summer morning, made scene TO be reInenoefeo
for q lifetime. Each group WIS under tno ci1Is0
Of some woman socially prominent
There are picturesque scenes enough IN tns n1s
torv Of the American states TO make up sue"
n.sssnts couid the fashion be introduced IN thls
country The festival OF mountain and pla1n "l--o
was held for few successive years AZ De
seems to have the only local pageant that esE
introduced such features The old pioneer $50
ooocb on, real and actual coach which carried tns
noneers TO Denver: the prairie schooners. the AZ
tacks BY Indiens-real Indtans-on the eIHsiG
train: the cowboys, the floats represents =
first discoveries or gOlQ, tne hlSt PANA--A-7
hauled into the city and similar themes A~S
avuo<s unhornded enthusiasm among botn the Colo
rasoans and Eastern VII tors New England MS
tory abourds in picturesque scenes. and NeTpoEIs
stately streets and rocky shores would nlAAS
noble setting for such pageant
The Iowa Supreme Court has handed down ts-
ciston which invaudates a city election ID Oos
Moines because women were not allowed u F0s,
incidentally deciding the right OF the wonSn =
Nf04n In all
expenditure OF large in Improvements Ihe-e
1. a statute in Iowa permitting women 10 Fo'o -
local elections the issue OF bonds or the eVshs
of a special tax for Improvements. The quesu0I
submitted 10 the voters was Shall the CITY %
pes Moiues erect city hail. at cost not exceed
ing s25O0o0?' Des Moines city Officials reIlSsd -
receive the ballots OF women and corailleV70 %
women headed by Mrs Mary CosSeshall' a "Oli11
of prominence appealed TO the courts me Io"0i
court decided against them. but the supreme C0-
In decision written by Justice s. " Lado' 70
yersed the decision. Miss Grace Ballantyne "a
attorney for the women. Another electloh mus
held Among other things. the decision stated 'uSs
''it partook OF the nature Of oppression II -
judgement OF the Court when the whole city HA.s
co-operatsd TO deny to women the right to vots
Jane Adams DR. Cornelia De Bey and Mrs IN
mons Blaine have all been dropped from the Cns-
caxo School Board by Mayor Busse- He has. how
ever appointed women-Nfrz- Isabel O'ksals
and Mrs. Evelyn Frake.
yiscountess Molesworth has started q Jam IA0-
tory on her estate, Minste--on-Sea- EnslAne
is extraordinarily fond OF jam. and ViscoHneeSs
S1olesworth makes extraordinarily good JAM 50
that ths venture seems likely TO be profitable
Mrs Russell Sage and a few other woman nASe
pledged sl2ooo a year the National AHlsrlcA
Woman Suffrage Association for the next hvs
years The annual receipts OF this associa'4~
were 1890 In 1889 and $500 In 1891.
Mr. Hertha Ayrton has discovered the cause %
c.rtan defects in naval searchlghtS and devised
rernedy She conducted the investigation by 70
ouest OF the British government She is said % -
thu only woman member Of ths Institute OF ESQ
tr1cal Engiusers-
DR. Kathryn standley has bean appointed %
Covrrnor Folk as a delegate from Missouri 10 To
International Congress on tuberculosis. al "asnr
ington September H TO October II
Dr. Helen c. Putnam was unanimously elected
nresident OF the American Academy OF Medicine AZ
it's annual meeting in Chicago. the first WoniN
president OF any national medical society.
state Superintendent OF Public Instruction OK
idaho all the county superintendents OF Idaho re-
ceived leave OF absence to attend the recent Ma
t,onal Educational Association meeting. and tna~
axnenses were paid. II the nrst uIns suGn
thing had happened In any country