The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-15

day. II IL said 10 be the hope Of Oregon
women that the first blossoms nom these
bushes will be used TO celebrate the passage
Of the sun ragO amendment 10 the State
Constitution, he discussion Of which comes
up early next June In the State Legislature.
-Four women are members Of the new
COMMITTEES on the charter Of Pslo Alto, Cal.
They were chosen 10 represent the WOman'S
| Club, the Suffrage Club, the Library Board
and tho teachers. The representatives Of
all the other local organizations are men,
According 10 the annual report Of the
Manhattan Trade School for Girls millinery
i q very undesirable trade for girls In
New York. The trade school started a
millinery GLASS eoou after II was established.
and took orders for hundreds Of hats, but
during the last year this department has
been reduced 10 the mere training OF mil
linery assistants. The poorer girls. pupils
| in the trade schools in whose family every
cent counts. are advised not 10 20 into II.
The reason for this In the irregulaTity Of the
work. There are such long slack reasons.
during which only expert millinen are
retained, that young girls going into II have
no showing at al.
Three out Of the four Of the Old South
prizes given IN Boston have been won by
girls. The Old South prizes are open
10 boys and girls alike and the contest
ants were about equally divided. For
the best essays on the Removal Of the
Aoadians in 1885, the subject Of Long
fellows "EyanReline,' the first prize Of 80
was awarded 10 Emma X. Kaplan, while
the second prize WIS won by Maud IL.
Mason. Fol- the best essay on The Be
ginning Of German Emigration 70 Amer
ica," illustrated by Whittier's "Pennsyl-
vania Pilgrim the first prize went to
Madeline Naxer and the second to Henry
Murray Joy.
Miss Josephine Sohaiu Of Minnesota, who
ls q graduate Of the law school Of the State
University and a lawyer in good standing
with u substantial practice, Is devotlng all
hsr spare time TO compiling q booklet of all
Laws Affecting Women and Children In
Minnesota IL is said that there ia q move
on foot among club women interested In the
eight against child labor TO have a similar
work done for every State in the Union.
Under the supervision Of Miss Martha
Van Rensselaer,, who is In charge Of the
reading rot rise for farmers wives Of the
State Agricultural College Cornell Uniyer-
sity has erected on its campus a model
rural schoolhouse. The essential feature
Of this schOolhO' Sc ia q workroOm which
occupies one third Of the floor space. The
purpose in building this schoolhouse Is TO
show that such buildings may be made
artistically attractive. hOmeike. sanitary,
comic rtable and durable for the same
amount " money and labor az the unat-
t~ractive and unsatisfactory buildings to
which so many rural districts have been
accustomed. The Cornell model Is de-
signed for twenty-five pupils In the main
room, and the folding doors and windows
in the partition enable oue teacher 20 man
age both rooms.
Miss Mabel Sturtevant has just been adj
mitted TO the bar at Jefferson City, Missouri.
Her record az a student in remarkable,
She was graduated "a the yaledictorian
from the high school She won scholar
ships ia the Baker University, In the Kan
sas City University end the GuratOT's schOl-
arahip Ia tho University Of Missouri Since
enrolling in l006 ale bee kaken both the
law aud the acadehie eoursss az the uni
versity AID As4t June viii Teceiye her
degree T''f, bib ~ ~ Ipd ofro!or yss no7'
Mrs Maud Barker Cobb has recently
been appointed state Librarian by Gov
Hoke Smith Of Georgia. Mrs. Cobb il a
cousin Of Gov. Smiths wife, who before
her marriage was Miss Birdie Cobb, the
youngest. child Of Gen. Tom Cobb. Mrs.
cobb for the past few years has occupied
the position Of assistant librarian, and
although the special act making women
eligible for the once Of state Librarian
WAS Isssed by the Georgia Legislature in
1898, she is the first woman TO hold the
position. She will receive a salary Of 81 800
a year.
Mrs. Owen d., Evans, 4 graduate Of Rad
clihe, recently won the prize OF 500 offered
for the best original essay by the women's
auxiliary Of the New York Civil Service
Reform association. The contest was open
TO members OF the Association Of College
Alumne Of the State Of New York. Mrs.
Rvans's essay deals with the Civil Service
Conditions in Buffalo.
The Board Of Trade Of Washington City
has offered the use Of its hall in the E en- ing
Star Building for the next meeting Of the
Woman's Suffrage Association, because on
that occasion the subject under discussion
will be The Child II is said that a recent
visit to Colorado made by the president
Of the Board Of Trade had much to do
with this unheard Of generosity, On the list
Of speakers for the occasion are the wife
Of one Of the most prominent Of the United
States Senators, the wife OF an influential
member Of the House, a Judge, a woman
lawyer, a man. lawyer, q doctor, the prinoi-
pal a W~ashington's largest high school,
and several others occupying positions Of
local importance.
(OST or BIRTING ANNALS.