The sun., 1908-03-22

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Of Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton added 10
all the invitations to her wedding 'Please
omit gifta.' Miss Batch, nov Mrs. De
Forest, il ono Of the honor graduates Of
| Cornell University, and up X this tlme Of her
marriage was In ule emphy Of The qty Pl
New York as q civil engln bsr. She Said
70 have been the hrst woman civil engineer
In thls country.
The CEarlna has not only forbidden the
ladies' OF her court 10 smoke but has ordered
the Princess Gahtsin 10 inform them that
she dislikos the odor Of tobacco. II h said
that this disllke Is limited and only recently
acquired. No one has ever heard that she
| objected 10 the uss Of tobacco by her hus-
band or any other man. II is case Of
women only
Mise Ida NJ. Tarbell is 10 take the field in
behalf Of the New York and Massachusetts
Association Opposed tn The Extension Of
Suffrage to Women. Shs will make her
! first appearance on the last day Of the
present month In Rhe Colony Club and will
speak against hrs. Margaret Chahler
| Aldrioh, who ls As much IN favor OF suffrage
for women as MIss Tarbell is opposed TO Il.
Duchess Philip Of WOttembers has CON-
trived bandage that is 80 scientifically
constructed that manufacturers have taken
out patents covering the right 10 make Il In
| foreign countries. Tho Duchess is said to
be the most popular Of all the royal ladies'
! Of Germany. and much Of her popularity II
due 10 the interest she has always shown
in the sick poor
Mrs, Russell Sage has just given $4,000
for an athlstic park and playground for the
Pierson High School at Sag Harbor, l.. /.
The school is a memorial 10 Ezra PieBon,
one Of Mrs. Sage's ancestors. Only short
while ago aho gave 100000 toward It's
erection,
Airs. Hannah +, Patohin Of Weyauwega,
Wis, offers three prizes 10 public school
pupils for the best recitation in favor Of
equal suffrage. Each school may choose
one speaker. and not less than six speakers
are TO take part in each contest. The
teachers are 10 appoint the judges. Last
year the first prize was won by ten-year-
old boy.
In addition to these prizes Mrs. Patohin
Offers this year for the first time $40 prize
for the best essay on the same subject,
provided not lees than twenty-five schools
compete.
Mrs. Grace Isattie has recently con-
tributed 100000 to the st. Louis society
that is waging war on tuberculosis. She
is said 10 he the richest woman in Missouri
and her contribution is said TO be the largest
ever given by one person for the preven-
tion and relief Of consumption.
Mrs. George @. Morris Of New Castle,
Ind, ia being congratulated on her success
In conducting her husbands campaign
at the recent Republican primary. Mr.
Morris was 4 candidate for Recorder, and
q short while before the campaign started
his leg was broken.
campaign hls wife took charge OF II and
he was nominated by majority OF over
1000. Mrs. Morris's methods were very
simple. She visited all parts Of the country
and handed out her husbands cards 20 the
voters explaining why he was unable 10
call on them himself Then she would
ask them 10 vote, for her husband After
her rounds were all made she went home
and is now nursing her husband.
Mrs. Humphry Ward IL expected to ar
rive in America this month 10 visit niece
In New York city. She is the president Of
the Society Of Women Journ q in Eng
land, and her views on the equ. ''lffrage
question are somewhat unusual.
She was q warm advoote Of the bill intro
duoed in Parliament last year making women
eligible as mayors, aldermen and town
and county councillors. and she IL reported
to have asserted that she thinks IL as natural
for women to exercise municipal suffrage
az to breathe, but she is opposed TO the
parliamentary vote for women. She and
Marie Corell are said 10 be the only literary
women OF prominence in England who
are 'ants.'
Miss Ida Benoit has invented a skirt
a woman TO leave her home in a silk or
chiffon gown with a long train and walk
along the streets or ride on the street cars
without getting her skirt soiled or attract
ing any unpleasant attention. The pro-
lection has the appearance Of pair OF
skeleton bloomers with ample funess
to carry the skirts, and with straps and
belt 10 hold ii in place. Miss Benoit recon-
mends 1t for business women who must
go out In all sorts Of weather and for all
women who must walk or climb in long
skirts.
Archduchess Friedrich Of Austria has
recently raised tempest by charaoterilng
as 'proposterous extravaganza the time
honofeG custom observed IN Austrian
palaces that a candle once extinguished
may never be relighted. The Archduchess
seems to have long been harboring the
idea in her mind, for II was ten years ago.
il the report Of court ladies' is 10 be believed.
that she made her first remonstrance against
the custom.
That remonstranoe was TO all Appearances