Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28
CONCERNING WOMEN.

MISS Margaret Chung, young Chinese
woman. is NJ the head Of the movement
| which proposes TO form an organization
or American women for the purpose Of
assisting and encouraging the women of
| China In making the host use of their
newly acquired right to the ballot She
| is the secretary ~ the womans auxiliary
OF the Chinese American League of Jus
tice at Los Angeles. cal and a. member
Of the Chinese Protective association and
of the Chinese Women's Reform club
without the assistance Of their Cauca-
sian sisters the Chinese women NAV
never reap the full benefit Of the fran
chise,' Miss Chung declared when talk
ing about the proposed organization.
When tn" new republic OF China grant
cd the franchise to women Il was thu
most significant step that could have
beer taken In the interest Of progress
Only Chinese woman can fully under
stand what IS meant by giving Chimes
girls an equal chance with the boys It
heralds the dawn Of a golden epoch more
than even the men OF China realize
More and better missionary work cal
he done for China by instruct.ng ane
encourag ing the women in the use OF
the ballot than In any other way"
In the "yes of japanese women it Is
Just absurd 70 wear a kitnono as a
dressing gown as II is TO put or an
evening dress Just after getting out o.
the morning bath. "One thing that has
astonished me- said a Japanese women
In America recently. is the fact that
women here have a fancy for the kimono
as a dressing gown. I wonder what they
| would say If they went to Japan and
| found some of my countrywomen leaving
their morning bath or taking the first
meal OF the day in ball dresses or after
| noon gowns think they would say
| trat Japant women were quite mad.
| This observing visitor also made crit
| cisms OF the wa American women wear
the kimono III they must wear the
| kimono" she said, why don't they fast
| en- it as we fasten it? 1t should lap
over from left to right not from right
| to left. When a Japanese woman walks
her drsperies must fall from left TO
| right. Furthermore, in Japan the older
| a woman grows the shorter are the
sleeves of her kimono made. Japanese
are proud of their age. and they do not
care to shorten 1t by single month.
| and they always Rave their kimonos
| made accordingly.
'Coronelia' Alanis. Wife of the rebel
| colonel OF that name. IS leading band
| Of rebels rs miles east OF Juarez. Next
co, according to report received by
General Steever at Fort Bliss The
| same Mexican woman raided Juarez just
before the occupation by federal troops.
Her force since Is said to have been
materially strengthened by recruits at
| tracted by valiant a feminine leader.
BY vote of Is to the town council
OF Macy Perkata. Hungary. has decided
| to tax bachelors for the benefit OF the
| children's hospital The solitary dissen.
| tent was the only bachelor on the coun.
| Gil. Finding his protests unheeded- he IL
| appealing to the provincial authorities ia
veto the proposal.
Mrs Clara J. Burgess. stcnoRrapher In
the general offices OF the Sante Fe rail
| road. is the first woman TO he retired on
| a pension ny the company. She has COM
| pletsd p years service with the road and
under the rules will draw n pension for
| the remainder of her life.
| The annual report OF Miss Mary Mac
| arthur secretary of the Federation OF
| Women Workers OF England. shows that
| last year the membership of the unior
| hx,