Show MRS FRANK SCHEME TO HELP WOMEN WHO NEED IT she time to bo careful in a good work poor anna A costly dress dinner table novelties the bath she evanta an asp As the immortal lydia pinkham of tho perennial smile says woman sympathizes path izes with woman and it is doubtless this tender feeling which has induced sirs frank leslie to make a will bequeathing a largo portion of her fortune for the purpose of founding an institution ution for her poorer sisters 1 I have not yet decided exactly what form my comans womans institute shall take she says 1 I want to supply that lack in comans womans life which is so large a factor in the life of a man the ability to get the beat facilities for improvement relaxation and home life at cost price perhaps I 1 want my comans womans institute to be a comans womans club where my artist women can have their studios and my literary women the very best of instruction and companionship this is a very laudable scheme but it hag its dangers philanthropy on so large a scale needs the shrewdest management to be made successful mrs leslie should remember the terrible failure of A T stewarts post mortem generosity to the working women and profit by it if her scheme takes the shape of an institution to help young women who are artists it will be of great assistance to a class of persons whose opportunities for study are in this country comparatively small women artists need help much more than literary women for the latter have plenty of opportunities for self improvement now and for the exercise eser cise of their craft the newspapers offer them chances which they never before have enjoyed however any plan which tends to make the condition of women in cities easier than it is at present is to be commended for their lot at present though much better than it was fifty years ago is by no means an ideal one new york tel |