Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-29

There should be women judges in the
police courts for women. These women, !
am certain, would render lust decisions in
the cases u women far moro intclligontly
then men some times do Men do not
understand women Just see what women
matrons and probation officers have donc
for these poor offenders. Now, think what
a woman on the bench would d. for them
1t would be the salvation OF many"
Dr Eugene r. Elisene, VINO sat in the
children's court. sums up her impressions
There is something IN every child that
demands and clings to the maternal in
fluenco. ] do most certainly believe that
II woman sat, not alone, but with the
judge, there would be an easier handling
of cases"
Dorothy Donnelly, who visited the night
court, and Inez Milholland. another visitor,
believe that women would better under
stand and therefore deal more Justly with
the individual cases
The recent appointment of Mrs, Clara
shortridge Foltz as deputy district attor-
ney at Los Angeles Cal, has served to call
attention to the fact that New York City
is not the only place in this country in
which women are taking very active
part in the administration of justice Mrs
Foltz owes her appointment to the influence
OF various women's clubs and organizations
In the west, where the belief that women
some day may sit upon the supreme court
bench appears to be quite as strong as v
Is in the east.
Mrs. Ernesto Fabbri, a daughter Of Mrs
Elliot Sheppard, and a granddaughter Of
the late William II. Vanderbilt has aC-
cepted the nomination to the board of direc-
tors of the Equital Franchise society Of
New York. Mrs Fsbbri has been an active
member of the society for some time.
There is a woman teacher in Cleveland,
o.. who declares that base ball ought to
be compulsory feature of every public
school curriculum. The small boys Of the
city are, It is said, of the opinion that she
ought to be allowed to vote and to hold
office, and favor her being nominated for
the presidency of the United States.
Miss Irene Osgood, an American woman
! living at Northampton, England keeps
what is believed to be the only bird hotel
in the world. When she first went to
Northampton she set aside four acres of
her grounds and planted the land with
every kind of hardy tree and shrub that
bears fruits and berries eaten by birds.
Nearer the house she built a pavilion with
a tight roof as a protection against rain
and snow, and here every morning she
spreads a meal of suet. oats, cracked corn,
meal and seeds. She has ESQ water
troughs for the birds. which are filled twice
day and kept fresh by frequent washlngs.
| d..
of the National Society Of New England
Women succeeding Mrs. Thomas Aber-
nethy Fair
| The Countess of Warwick is going to try
to consolidate the English socialist body.
Hitherto she has been associated with the
most aggressive element. Now she is ad-
vislng the social democratic party the
Fabian society, and the Independent labor
party, to concentrate.
| In lecture to women at the Harvard
Medical school Prof c. M. Green declared
that co-education was one of the wickedest
features of modern schools. TT is bad
! from the moral point of view" he said
''I have known some most pitiable results
from it. 1 have also known a great mum
Der of cases of women breaking down from
the strain of competition with men. 1t il
true that women usually beat the men, bu
it is too much for them, just the same
The American home is almost a thing o.
the past Women spend too much tim'
gaddng about. They are degenerating into
a state of unstable nervous equilibrium
The only remedy is to learn to stay quietly
at home, where they belong"
Mrs. ]. Scott Anderson, principal of tn,
Swarthmore School and Kindergarten fol-
the Deaf, has been appointed to represent
four different organizations of the Inter.
national Congress of Home Education, e
be held at Brussels during the third weel
in August. Governor Stuart sends her tC