Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-20
AS HELP TO GIRLS
Many Young Women of Middle
Class Sent to Colonies.
LONDON F0GS ON WANE
Said to Be Due to Greater Use Of
Gas for Fuel.
FEAR SUFFRAGETTE OUTRAGEs
Precautions Being Taken by British
Museum Authorities-Freak
Dinners Popular.
LONDON F0GS ON WANE
FEAR SUFFRAGETTE OUTRAGES
By W. HAMILTON RHODES,

By W. HAMILTON RHODES.
Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.
| LONDON. April 6. 1912
| As result of the widespread interest
aroused by the remarks OF Miss Josephine
knowles at q recent meeting at Stein
way Hall on the unhappy lot Of the un-
married daughters Of the middle and up-
per classes. and her suggestion OF emf
grafton as remedy for all this mass
OF wasted human Mfe," 4 reporter has
been elicttins information on the burning
! question Of the "middle-class girl who has
no outlet for her intelligence and activi-
| ties. and who 10 allowed to grow up into
a gray and depressing old unaidenhood."
| only to end her days. in the words OF
Miss Knowles. ''in those sad boarding.
houses which are filled with human
| wreckage.'
From every side he received connrma-
ton OF Miss Knowles gloomy picture
Her graphic description of wasted, aim
less life and long years OF gray monotony
was perfectly true: but, 1t was said. this
| Is not new disease which Miss Knowles
has discovered. neither is her remedy Of
emigration e new remedy. The disease
mas oeen known and recognized, and the
remedy has been in use for many years.
There are almost a dozen organizations
which have been sending middle and bet
ter class women out to the colonies. The
Girls Friendly Society. the Colonial In
teiligence League, the Young Women
Christian Association and the Central
bureau for the Employment of Women
Many Sent to Canada.
Miss LEROY, secretary Of the British
Women's Emigration Association, said:
I'VE have been sending women out to
Canada for tho last twenty-seven years,
and In recent times the number OF better
class and middle-class girls has gone up
by leaps and bounds. and increases with
other organizations send their people un-
der our escort, so we can form a good
idea as to how many there are Of them.
| In 1911 we sent 900 women to Canada
alone OF these 195 were classed as edu-
| Gated women, which does not include
such girls as trained teachers, nurses
business women, dressmakers and mil
liners. all Of whom have classes Of their
own
| Tho. system Of correspondents and
| hotels which Miss Knowles advocates ex-
lists already. We have correspondents all
over Canada, and particularly in British
Columbia, and we have hotels where our
people stay until they get settled. We
Is given in cases Of necessity. and we
have our own railway cars on the other
side and always assure good company on
the journey out, q fact which Is Of ines
comforting assurance to her relatives
And we know that what we are doing In
Canada Is being done just az efficiently
In South Africa
Fogs on the Wane.
The fogs Of London have been largely
diminished in intensity. Of rscent years as
a consequence, 1t II claimed. Of the rap
idly extending use Of gas for fuel, but
much remains to be accomplished before
the air Of London en- TavA that Of Paris
or New York. It il hoped that the ex-
hibition which was held at the Agricul-
tural Hall under the auspices Of tho Coal
Smoke Abatement Society will do a great
deal to stimulate the movement repre-
scented by this organization.
The exhibition comprised all the latest
appliances for the use Of smokeless fuels,
both in the home and in the factory. and
has proved Of equal interest to the house
wife. and to the business man. There
was q large and attractive display Of gas
appliances for cooking. for hot-water
factories, churches and other public
buildings, and for furnace work. Every
afternoon and evening demonstrations of
cooking by gas were given, with practi-
cal hints in the economixing Of gas and
in the most effective utilization of
cookers. grillers, hot plates, etc.
1t 10 quite evident that the British
Museum authorities are taking no risks
with regard to possible outrages by SUI
fragettes, and the announcement that the
building is closed until further notice is
still posted on the outer gate Of the
Bloomsbury institution. Since the win
ldow-smashing raid only visitors possess
ing special permits have been admitted.
Very strict precautions are being taken
in regard to the Elgtn marbles room, to
which nobody 10 admitted, and q vigilant
watch IL maintained upon It's valuable
contents
Some freak dinners Of very uncon-
ventional character have been given In
London by the Studio Club the MEM
bership Of which Is mainly drawn from
literary and artistic circles At one OF
the celebrations forty members appeared
In animal DISCUSSES. A we'll known wom-
an novelist was attired as an antedilu-
Wan monster. another woman represent
ed q leopard. and q poet appeared as a
Chinese pig. Lions. dogs. donkeys. cats
and many other animals were we'll rep
resented. At another dinner the guests
were dressed in Grecian costumes and
wore sandals. The dining hall was ar
ranged to represent a Roman castle. The
| walters were attired as Roman priests
around their heads being vine and olive
leaves.