Show WOMANS WORLD IN paragraphs an giri villiers fuller in n desir tort tork theater one oneff of the theaters in new york city has made a noteworthy departure in inq it bethol methol of beatin se atin audiences cs it iii ha placed 15 25 neat modest and comely mil girl ii ushers ersin va charge of that bus busin ineva cg tin the girls weri were quiet and graceful in their manner arid and won approval at once they are uniformed wearing black dresses snow white cuffs and collars and white aprons tied at the back of the waist by vide strings irs with large birge bows but why aprons Is it a relic of the old wo ild caste foolishness that insists on girl ushers wearing both caps calls and aprons tho the young men ushers in the most fashionable new york theaters wear a gent lemans regi ilar evening dressi dress and aro are usually rather more swell in appearance 11 pe arance araTICO than the majority of the men they conduct to beats why should tile the girls be forced to appear in aprons like waiters iu a beer garden all tho the rest is very well the neat black uniforms with white cuffs cliffs and collars but we draw the line on those aprons theater managers I 1 am ain glad that this new employment lias has thus been bravely an and 1 successfully opened to women I 1 rejoice every time that alint homo new breadwinning occupation is accessible to our sex it is not because becane men are crowded out and their places taken by women as some gome narrow minded economists a argue rg 11 0 buto but it is ia because a step is gained toward liberty ind and equality it aito is to be hoped widening the tho til cil auit will go on and on till it completely engulfs the tha old brej udice that certain amplo employments indents belong distinctively to men and that women aro are aur unsexing axin themselves nelves when they set foot in the sacred masculine fields this is big bi enough for everybody and there is paying payin work N ork enough in all the moro more workers there are the more work there will be e we want all occupations open to both men and women so eo that each individual may choose what h ha or sho she likes best without fear of either mrs or mr grundy then lie survival of the fitt fittest estl the fittest will survive never fear there lins has sprung up among 0 men ushers a dishonest habit of taking a quarter or GO 50 cents on tho the sly and allowing inga a man iello lias has paid a general admission price to occupy one of thebert the best seats without any corresponding c in increase creaso it the box office perhaps thatis eliat is one of the bad practices aimed at by this new stroke women employees are li onester than men then too women do not get drunk before asking a young lady to marry him let a young man ask himself what inducements have I 1 to offer to a good and lovely girl there is one club that does docs not discuss discuss woman as abife a wife and mother that is the pro re io nata of washington num boring bering among its members some of tl roost most brilliant brainy ladies in this con try at oue one of their meetings sometime some time ago the women treated the subject of c the united states merchant marine and criticised criticized the govern government men aly ay 10 for fl za not mot allowing the american n flago ia float 1 over foreign built ships perhaps the righteous indignation of the pro re nata ladies had its effect for ahe he discussion was shortly before the th inman line received the permission which enabled it to sail some of its finest chips beneath the stars and stripes another admirable question brought before the pro re for debate was that of womans comans influence in municipal reform mrs emma beckwith of brooklyn has read the bill introduced in the new york legislature prohibiting tile tho wearing of if hoop skirts by women and she thinly thinks that on oil the whole the members would bo be in better business if they cereto were to take some measures to stop the spread of typhus fever in now york city arent wo we glad wo we dont live in japan the press regulations promulgated recently by the liberal government there colbi f 01 bid a women to publish newspapers the reason must bo be that tho the jap government fears women will make so BO much better and livelier papers than the men do that the men m will ill be made ashamed music offers to women with exceptional voice or car a fine prospect for independence pen dence the alie lady who assaid ia said to bothe bo the best choir singer in this country was miss clementine do vere now mrs in the west presbyterian church of new york city she receives a 3 car for ei eight ht months sen service ice sho she has been allowed besides five weeks for an annual arnual concert tour in every city of rny size eizo at all women with sweet well trained voices can get good paying employment in choir singing in four ton townships of tho the state of was washington li women have homesteader homesteaded ed and established their claims to acres of land the brave women farmers haie ia e already in several instances got enough land under cultivation to make them a comfortable living mrs so E hibbert of washington wishes women to be invited to become members of tile the national league for good roads she says the women of brains and property all over this fair laud land will vill unite in a causo so beneficent and beautiful mrs suggestion is an excellent one from the inaugural address of governor routt of colorado about eight years ago a kawwas law was passed parsed giving the women of colorado the light to vote at school district elections and inasmuch as since that time the hemens liea ens have not fallen and tile the efficiency of the public schools lias has greatly improved I 1 recommend a law extending to the women of Cl colorado lorado the right of suffrage at all municipal elections miss martha jordan of dallas is the first colored woman to prepare herself for practicing dentistry dental de department part ment of denver deliver university the most burning grievance that tile the enemies of dr mcalynn zag lynn had against him was a charge declared to be unfounded thit that lie had called pope leo an old woman this seems to be the bitterest reproach that can bo be flung filing into the teeth of a man well that may be but this is 13 certain an old woman is ia ever so much incer nicer than an all old nun man ELIZA CONN M J |