The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-10

ASSOCIATED PRESS CORES
poNpENcE FROM THE HAGUE
SIDNEY, LONDON AND 'bEk-
LIN.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, April
OF Inc AS
.ociated Press)-"The American
woman has the suffrage IN some
states. From a child she is accus-
toned to appearing in public ana
does 80 more easily than we do, but
she has not half the freedom OF
of the Dutch woman, de-
dared Hollands first woman pro-
lessor DR.. Johanna Westerdyk, to
an interviewer. DR.. Westerdyk re-
recently was appointed extraordl-
nary professor of plant pathology at
the State University in Utrecht. Inc
remark was made as the result OF
tour she undertook through the UNI
ted States.
DIR. Westerdyk was disappointed
with the position Of the American
woman. "In speaking of America
she said, 1--WE are accustomed TO I'M
aeine that conditions everywhere
there resemble those in New York.
But it is much more European. In
the small university towns in the
west and east things wear quite dl1-
ferent aspect. It is true that the
married woman is less bound by 40
mestic life. She does not have to be
home in the afternoon to get dinner
ready. But, on the other hand, 2
professors wife has . very busy life
without a servant in the house. FOR
Ill have their own house. and many
,heir own car, which they drive,
themselves, but they don't keep a
maid because servants are too
troublesome. :.
1.-THE American woman sees to II
that she does not become house
drudge, neither is she the slave OF
aer children. Further, she get some
helm. from her husband. But one has
the feeling in dining with her tna1
one is giving her extra work."
But what had struck DR.. Wester-
Avk most Of all was that the social
intercourse between the sexes was
far from being SO free and unfret-
ter as in Holland. Her men collea
eues for instance, thought that she
MIGHT not lodge in the same hotel
nor enter a restaurant with them
and that she could hardly be witt
them in the university unless othel
women were present. At the Botanl
cal congresses that America, with 1T
reputation Of a paradise for women
had greatly disappointed her.
Everything in America is ruled b!
convention. in the opinion of Dr
Westerdyk.
Sydney, Australia, April 20
william M. Hughes, the Prime Min
lister of Australia, in an address De
livered here the other day says
ut will probably come as sur
prise to, the public to learn that Aus
tralia was the first Of all the nations
to employ enemy vessels and prize
in ordinary mercantile work ant
to utilize the cargo space of trans
ports. In both these matters and il
the policy of controlling shipping
generally Great Britain was glad t.
follow the lead given her by Aus
tralia.
Australia stands as the frs
country to organize the whole ship
ping business Systematically Will
the other nations had to reduce thei
exports to suit the reduction in tor
mage. Australia was able last year t
reduce their exports to suit the re
duction in tonnage. Australia wa
able last year to export every ton Q
produce for which there was no locs
market, with the exception of whea
and even of wheat there was grea
er quantity exported than durin
any previous year. At the end of la
year there was no single product e!
cept wheat to go forward"
London, Apr. 25.-The first tin
in history, one Of the great Englis
religious societies has elected . W
man president. Mrs. Barrow Ca
bury is the new president Of Il
Sunday School Union, which b,
100000 members and conducts {
enormous work in the evangelic'
churches.
Mn. Cadbury has given lare
sums Of money for the work Of 4
Union, which is to conduct = specia
" active crusade this year, inclu,
in1 aome forty conferenceg in Z