Greene County herald., 1908-08-28

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the constitution in eHollaud has re-
ported in ,fa, or Of giving women pro
portional representation and making
them eligible 10 Parliament. In Hol-
land qualified women have long had
municipal suffrage.
Miss Rose Becker has been appoint
ed Claim Agent and United States
Pension Attorney for Missouri. She
has been we'll known business WON
an in St Louis for a number Of years,
being both a Notary Public and an
insurance agent. 7 ,f s s
All women employed in the postal
service in Norway are now to receive
the same pay as men. Norwegian
women struggled for this point for
many years. Almost Immediately af-
ter they were granted full Parliamen-
tary suffrage they gained their point.
Somuch for direct influence. @
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A woman dispensary agent has
been appointed for Teiequah, the cap
ital of the Cherokee nation The re-
commentator was represented by the
district inspector, q Fl p Brewer
The young woman is Mrs. o. \
McNaii, and She is said to possess un-
usual hqsiposs ability. Size siys she
will conduct the a5epcy STRICTLY in the
interest Of the public morals.
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The eadorcoIqaat af equal suffrage
by the AW3riv41 te;l1r4ti ~ IT Tabor
is one of the greatest vict4r'.S it has
eyer won. Ehese is now nIeq.tnl to
Its support an QpglnlzitiQn If ! 900
900 men nearly all of them VOTERS
There are 81 State branches and 27
Oo1 Local UNIONS. and the + der..tion
has central UNIONS N 80 eltes,
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t+ Lady Henry Somerset calls attcn.
tion to the fact that 2 584 different
petitions for woman suffrage have
been sent to Parliament. one o. these
the longest petition that has, ever
been received by Parliament on any
sqhject. English women have recent
ly held Tho largest public meeting
and the greatest prQaosstqn IN the
interest of the demand for suffrage
that has eyer been he'd for any cause
Mr.. J. S Sexton, "a prominant at
torney of Copiah County. j. spending
the summer, with his family, in Colo
RADIO.
Writing to the Hail ;llt>t C1uI'ier,
from Co.or do Spring. on August 9Th
he says; I'VE are now located in this
city, the weaIthiest and most cXclu-
siye in the state, and d Republican
stronghold. A nurioAs connection
with the political history of this nity.
is that the wome,. cast fifty per cent of
the vote polIod at the last election?
and although the city is considered
safely Republican, they elected Ut one
time. Demo ratio Mayor, on law on
forcement Platform.
1t was the womons vote, which re.
elected Mr. Murray a. Major of Den
YER, when he had broken with the
Republican machine, and which elect
ed Judge Lindsey, Judge of the
Juvenile Court, when both parties
had an understanding that he was to
be shelved, and it was the woman 5
vote Of t4e state which elected Mrs.
Helen NJ. Qpenfbll, three times to the
state Superentendency of Public Ed
ucation. | am not d scussing the
subject Of female suffrage, but am
simply statin. some well known his
torlcal facts. existing In IL state,
where there IS absolutely no limita
tion toa womIns rig 1T to vote Or ho'd
Office
on the washable dressts 1t is quiet
the custom now for ginghams and
similar materials to be worn by chill
dren during the winter
Fabric covered buttons, while not
very suitable for washing, do well for
the unwashable materials. They are
the most expensive kind, for the wood
en- moldS which are bought to nuke
them cost very little.
Finally, piping from IL satifactory
and effective trimming. They provide
the contrasting cl'Or which is SO deSi-
rabIe for chiIdren's dresses. They
may be used as the sole trimming, be-
ing placed at the edge of bias bands of
the material of the dress They may
be used for the introduction of an ad-
ditional color or shade. But one must
be wary of carrying to an extreme the
idea of combining several eolors; wEile
it is done freely on the dresses of
grown ups, it is less suitable for chil
dren'S wear. With the latter. the
last word to be said is for the recon
mendation of simplicity.