The Cairo bulletin., 1912-07-29


that day.
Miss l.. F. Nettlefold. n member of
the Womans Social and Political
Union of England. has been placed
eunal to- second In the First Glass
Honours List Of the Cambridge Law
Tripos,
Votes for Women" says: Bril-
liant academic success of this kind
accentuate the Injustice perpetuated
at the two older Universities, where
women are not allowed the recog-
uition of a degree, however ably they
may have qualified themselves for
It..
Ohio sutfraglsts are canvassing
the state in a private tr9liey-car,
making campaign speeches from the
back platform at. every settlement
where an audience can be found.
Vicar General Joseph F. Mooney,
in charge of the archdiocese of New
York during the absence of Cardinal
Farley, is reported as saying; The
Catholic Church Is not opposed to
woman suffrage. The church has
never taken any stand on the sub
Ject of extending the franchise to
women. There is no reason what
ever why any person III the church
should not advocate Votes for wo-
men. 1t does the church grave JUS
tice 10 circulate the report that
Catholic members of the legislature
are being influenced to vote against
suffrage on the ground that the
Church is opposed to it.
Miss Julia Lathrop head of the
new Children's Bureau. will be one
of the speakers at the convention of
the National American Woman
Suffrage Association to be held at
Philadelphia, November 21-26.
Mrs Carrie Chapman Gait, whc
is making a round-the-world tour
for equal suffrage, is quoted as say
ing: when | pause to think that
II have seen Mohammedan, Hindu,
Parsee and Buddhist women who
have voted and are voting, and that
in our enlightened Christian coun-
try | and my American sisters are
not, feel pretty rebellious, This
world Is surely curious mixture
and no one country, | find, has all
the virtues or all the liberality. :"
Michigan newspapers are with
few exceptions favorable to equal
suffrage The Press Chairman OF
the Michigan Equal Suffrage Asso-
citation reports that 1876 newspapers
are printing suffrage items regu-
larly. in addition to many splendid
editorials.
The suffrage parade in New York
City on November 9th Will, it is
hoped, celebrate victory in some
at least of the states where cam
paigns are now on, "The demon
stration will not be merely a jubilee
in any event., Mrs James Lees
Laidlaw says, for lit is intended to
warn the lawmakers of New York
that their efforts to block suffrage
by wire-pulling and political chican-
cry will at most only postpone the
inevitable emancipation eof women
in New York 1t will be an old
| fashioned night parade. Some of
the oil-cloth caps and capes worn
in the Cleveland and Stevenson cam
paign have been resurrected and
will be worn by members Of the
Voters League. 5000 fete lanterns
have been secured from Paris. Tor
ches, electric batons and searchlights
viii add to the brillianey of the
parade.
| III Nutbt1I Ntiili W tilt CuSeoll+
| in other Canadian provinces, there
Is no Married Womans Property
Act. II woman marries without
a contract and this often happens,
her husband owns all she has, all
she earns and all she may inherit.
The Legislative Assembly of Mani
toba has recently adopted an amend
ment permitting women to study
and practice law in that province.