The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-15
,~, la THE WOMEN
w OF THE WORLD
l@@ ARE DOING . D D

Women are now voting in Turkey
IN Bosnia and Herzegovina. 10y the
new constitution of Feb. 20. 1910. au-
thnrizcd By tho AuStro-Hungarian cn-
pire. four classes of persons may
qualify Ia vote. The first is composed
of land owners who pay Il tax of $40
crowns on their estate. and widows
spinstcrs arc included in this class.
They vote by proxy only. but that is
4 mere detail. The first election took
plac" in May. 1910. Seventy-ciGht
voted. seventv-siX being Mo-
hamnncdans. ono ScrNian. Roman
Catholic. When it il remembered that
this Mohammcdan land has SO far Tor
gotten the iniunctions of the Korean
iirc to women. this achievement.
though seemingly nnimportant. he
comes a Very significant straw which
unmistakahlv shows the way the wind
is blowing in this twentieth century,
say s~utfragiSts.
For the first time in the history of
Michigan. unless Governor Osborn
changes his mind. IL woman will act as
Miss Mary L. Hadrich of Marquette.
for seventeen years private secretary
to Mr.. Osborn and now in his office
IS his Necutivc clerk. is q to he
appointed his secretary. Though she
has been prominent in politics for a
number of years. Miss Hadrich is not
II Suffragist.
From Los Angeles. Cal, friends of
Mrs. Sanford Dodge, formerly of Min
neapolis. NOT of thai city. arc in
formed that Mrs. Dodge is very sue
cessful in her work as an Interpreter
of child verse and music as we'll as
other still more ambitious works. Mrs.
Dodge and her little daughter. accom-
panied Mrs. Dodge's parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. T.. r. Swcitzcr, when they left
over a year ago to make their home
in California. They are settled at
home at 1905 Vermont avenue 9, and
Mrs. Dodge is becoming known in
musical and club circles as a delight
full entertainer just as she was when
living in Minneapolis. In speaking of
her work as a reception OF one of the
leading Los Angeles clubs. the Cosmos
club. Il publication says:
with Il rare insight into the subtle
sweetness of S~tcvenson's Children's
Verses. Mrs. leila Dodge gave The
l-amplighter" as one of the numbers of
her program. given before the Cosmos
club at their annual reception at the
l.hell club house one "Wednesday aft
ernoon.
Mrs. Dodge. who was assisted at
the piano by Mrs. A. Il. Small. is new
TO Los Angeles audiences. but her in
torpretatiNc ability, especially i'm those
more" delicate verses and stories of
English literature. will make her read
ings a delight to those who are en-
prcsS!y interested in selections which
are seldom undertaken except by read
ers whose appreciation of the finer
sentiments is unusually alert"
While another daily paper COM
mcnted on her work in the following
complimentary paragraphs:
1T requires a temperamentaI quail
ity that is rare to interpret with sue
cess that subtlcty of Robert Louis
S~tevenson's child verses. but Mrs. leila
Dodge the dramatic reader who gave
a program for the Cosmos club yes
terdaN afternoon. is possessed with
the quality. Her spoken songs, ac-
companicd by Mrs. A. 3. Small at the
piano. struck Il responsive chord in the
hearts of all the women who attended
the reception. which is one of the an
nual events of TIE club.
Mrs. Dodge's program included
which required a keen inteIli-
n for successful Interpretation.
and without exception each selection
was appreciatively received. The flow
er scene from 1ngomar.' which closed
the program Of the afternoon, was
given with a delicate appreciation Of
the finer and softer portions of the
scene"