Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-27
FACTS CONCERNING WOMEN.

1t is said that there are l23 orSaniza-
tons advocating woman suffrage in the
little kingdom Of Belgium.
A teacher who went to England to in
spect the schools Of that country was in
tercstcd in one of the customs. In the
afternoons at recess time the teachers all
gather in the assembly hall or teachers
room and serve afternoon. tea with a
sandwich or biscuit.
Lady Wilfrd Lauricr, wife of the pre-
mer of Canada. reported in recent
speech to club women that quite a num-
Der of women had recently gained recog-
milton in the higher institutions Of learn
ing in Canada. Among the women lee
turcrS who were giving special SatiSfaC-
ton by their college work she mentioned
one woman lecturer of Mctiill University
1 and several in the Royal Victoria College
for Women. Also, she said that Canada
had special reason to be proud of her
woman farmers. During the last year
more than 1j,60o women made a success
as farmers in the dominion.
The marriage of Miss Constance Smed-
ley. the writer. to Max Arncl1t the
news. Miss Smedley is we'll known as an
ardent champion for the emancipation Of
her sex and an earnest advocate for their
reorganization and advancement in the
economic world. She is the founder Of
the lyccum clubs in London, Paris and
Berlin. She also organized a woman $
club which owns house on the Thames
whore writer's and artists can live quietly
and pursue their avoCationS. 1t was at
this country home that Miss Smedley
wrote much Of her latest book, THE
Daughter" Miss Smedley has also writ
ten The Conflict a strong plea for the
economic independence of women. several
plays. one of which was produced by
Mrs. Patrick Campbell. and some novels
which include, besides those already men
toned, An April Princess and For
Heart o. Gold"
Miss Mary c. Dickinson instructor in
Economies at the Leland Stanford Uni
versty, California has accepted post in
the American Museum of Natural His
tory in New York
Mrs. f. S. Fiske. Mrs H. Colby Smith
and Mrs. II. H. Pickett recently appeared
before the local government officials in
St John. \. B., and asked that the fran
chise in provincial affairs be given to
women on the same terms on which they
now have it in the municipal elections.
The government officials took the matter
under adVisement.
Princess Fatima el Inclined. wife of a
Turkish prince. is busy in forming a
league of Turkish women, the members
of which are to pledge themselves not to
marry men who take more than one wife,
says a writer. She was struggled out Of
the harem several years ago, went to
Berlin and studied the woman question.
She was cast off by her husband and
father and had "A hard time to support
herself. but when she was nearly starved
to death the revolution bloke out anu Sie
was allowed to return to her own country.
Julia Ward Howe was one of the many
hundreds of persons who burst into song
on the Lincoln centenary. but in her case
the song was a little better and the fact
of her authorship a little more remark
able than in most cases, as she is 80 years
of age herself. BY the way. the year
1919 in which she was born, was about as
remarkable as the decade before in it's
production of potential greatness. Queen
Victoria was one of the great women born
in this year. and those interested in the
cycle theory of great minds will find
many combinations in the lives of those
born in the same year.
Mary Ann Evans called herself George
Eliot because the first name was the
Christian name of her husband. and
Eliot was a fine, short, full-sounding
name that matched her style and story
Nine. Poppova is a Russian woman,
who has invented an airship and has
called it the Annulated Dragon. which
gives one an idea of its shape. There Is
a system Of hoops that serves to steer it