Show 1 f I 1 I n I Lf I t WARD NEW N BRITISH H M MAGISTRATE MRS Humphry Ward ru portrait O n i 1 rl has bas been appointed a n magis ere Great Britain by the lord 1 in m j i or She is one of seven The Theare There the thc Marchioness of London- London are re te daughter of Viscount Chaplin Chaplin of oP the richest In rife Ire of o one peers tJ and land an d. d the tic Coun Countess tess of Crewe te ea IS- IS LlOyd j Lloyd George wife e 0 of f tl the Ie p prime me e I lip at Webb Miss 1 Pt Piter Mrs Sidney ter 1 dC Tucker and Miss l Elizabeth t all if ru ruSo So magistrates the firsti first These se se seven seren i rf heir kind have been appointed In Ini Ince of t the he of th the e sex e Y i 1 I nce D en ce passage removal act net recently r 2 I lr Qualification 1 i fie at I on e S Besides the ordinary duties these women constitute I li i In ha n ad nd sory committee to advise the Lj jod chancellor regarding the fitness fitness fitness' s set fy et If women omen for magisterial offices when vacancies occur Ward is a n famous novelist Mrs frs SlIt e is a It granddaughter of Dr Arnold and was born in 1851 In Hobart Tasmania Her lier first novel nove to attract attention was Robert Elsmere 1888 It was a suggestive present at t of the widely discussed religious problems of the day Her experience as a social worker however Is doubtless what wha t brought I shoat her lIeI appointment as a magistrate In 1890 1590 she founded the social settled settle- settle 1 d neat which developed Into the tho th Passmore Edw Edwards Edwrds settlement In 1900 1000 she founded the Evening Play PIny Centers for children |