The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-09-02
WOMAN'S CLUB
DEPARTMENT
Edited D, the Press
Committee of the
Woman's Club
SOME NOTABLE WOMEN
OF TODAY
tBv Mrs. ". +. Pillans.)

Owing TO her. Kentucky saloons n.
losed on Sunday and regular hour
re- keep other days.
Another notable American won!2 :!
i Mr.. rdtharine Waugh tulloeh.
Il Is largely because OF tatharilia
Waugh McGulloch that mothers IN
Illinois 'oday have equal rights,
,.owcr~ and duties With their hi
Lands III the Guardianship OF 'hct
l.ilG.cn. Mr.. Mctulloch wrote
little book III which she cited ease
from the records of the courts, and
proved the injustice of allowing III"
ratlcr to be able 10 claim the eNtln
sivc direction OF the child's life. Sh'
also wrote a little bill, She took
this bill to the Womcns clubs and
argued for it. She took II 10 a trades
union meeting and argued for Il
Size took il To the Legislature and
araucd Tor il. The bill passed. 70
an Illinois child, the father and
mo, her are Joint guardians
mother American parsonage i
Miss Esther Allslrlnl, owner all
,ana2rr Of 4 printing company =
Tacoma. Wash. who was appointed
city food Inspector over Il year ago.
Ter work WAS 80 effective otl@
Wa.hiugtoli municipalities have .oe
?uuuintin@ women food Inspector
I Trough Miss Allatrun lorts h'
Negligent eight hundred q ton hna
drcd dealers in TODD gnnlips ia
lhcil license OF On" dollar rer yea
had an ordinance adon'cl and g
cuicd Of As}iae dualrr - rprn 10
initiate petiYhaaIr TODD s'la
, @&"d war. with successful result.
4, rEraUle q i'H ordinance VIII +.
trohbii,d tho SALE Of tainted or dis
"l. i mea fish etc, or unwhola
pnle food Under 'his head she mad
4 tiahi AGAINST dealers using sodium
aulphije en- meat as "tr"clum. TIL
Mom"n were admir'cd to the cleo
turatr in November. lol0. Miss Nj
strum had the fifty womcn's oeaanl-
lations clubs. secret societies. all
church leagues as her allies. Sha
took COMMITTEES from these, a am
era aud reporter ON inspecting tours.
bad conditions and 100 per On,
Improvement on these same caadi
lions We're given publicity in tn
press,
Miss Allstrum was rrnomina,ed
The fifty women $ clubs, the Gro crs
Protective Association and Butya rs
~ sociaiion held meetings inviting
the new mayor To attend "a lear
them demand Miss \llstrum return
L. Office
The new mayor. seymour. pu' her
.rk into Office and supporitl Ter
tie consulted chief chemist Wiley
ard pure food experts all oyer The
c,unisy with The result thar Taeom,
has Il model pure food and " hts
ana measures Jaw TO show 'ae ared
q. the latter Miss Allstrum h-td ak
yrs Mound bread leaves W.ie.sed
The lar-est WAS - %: tag nall
est a.9> ~ aud Average weight fl.a,
o.. Som" idea rf ,hr impor' .a.e ..
honest weight, ANA measures ,an b.
ctined 10y u ,arlncut made ia tie
W"shin@'aN Sla,e senate ~ ihe last
session lha. ii The weights a,.i t.Yas
u'"a Law wrrr passed ana u}e-,a,
" Wnd mean 'i.r saN M a. sl.oer.
go" - thr pcorlc of ria, stat o.
Washington waosc to'll po,m,a.ian
i. less than HAT 81 'ha ity Of hi
taSo
The oulN member of ,t.t.onai
l;rliamrnr i Anna Ro4staa. ed
-. "f 'hristiaua. Norway or all.
Sc is Il member OF -hr Norw .ian
sjorthing as deputy from Chris. ana
She VAS Il successful school tcas he
il ihr public schools of No~wae TO.
thiriH wears. This quiet hoo!
rIarm forced the authorities re opcp
inc Summaries 10 women AZ we,i as
u men teachers. and il was sh. who
!. aeiically forced The women leach
crS 10 attend
She pointed ont 10 Them that be-
fcrc They could justly lay claim IL
equal pay for equal work women
l. achcrs must have had ra, same
education as men teachers For H..
high quality of Norway, cdu, .oual
system much erodi- : given u;ss
Eogsiad.
curioHsly enough Ni~s Roa-tsi
credits he Success %. s1T~a-s il
Norway - the INSPIRATION of III.
Movement in Y. several
'"des as. - a,.r.al,as is r7ai,l
aGvanvem nj :be-. Il. -, SIMMER O.