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Show WOMAN'S WOULD MRS. RUSSELL SAGE JAKES HER STAND AS A WOMAN SUFFRAGIST. Myra BradweU'a Ca.'eer Annuities F31 Single Women The Ciameleon Fad. Hon. Nellie ltahs' T "We Killed a Bear, Didn't We..Vfe(. 1 J "Will you vote to have the word 'male' stricken out of the United States constitution?" The question was asked by Mrs. Russell Sage, and the writer, being a woman, promptly replied in the affirmative and immediately added her name to the petition, which already contained con-tained the signatures of Mrs. Sage, Mrs. F. F. Thompson, Miss Helen M. Gould and others. Thus reassured, Mrs. Sage continued: "I am not : a pronounced woman's rights woman, but since such women as Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Julia Ward Howe are leading a moveinert with this purpose pur-pose in view I shall not withhold my name and my purse for its support. I am in favor of such a movement, as ia also Mr. Sage. "I thoroughly believe in women having hav-ing a voice in the government, especially when they are taxed. Taxation without representation will no more be imposed on women today than it was years ago upon our ancestors when under the English Eng-lish yoke. "There is a small town In the northern part of the state owned entirely by rich widows. They pay the taxes, but have no say in the town's government. "Women, too, arrested for crime are never tried by their peers. Lizzie Borden Bor-den would never haze had to undergo the trial she did had thero been women jurors." "Do you ink women would vote if they had. the opportunity?" I queried. "The best women would vote the best way," resumed Mrs. Sage. "Of course there might be the bad element, but I feel assured that le3s fraud would be practiced and the polls made more respectable re-spectable by women voting. On the rho!r T feoli-o -onld Elevate, politics as they have everything else they have gone into. "Women are voting in Colorado, and if suffrage gets a footing in New York other stales will follow." This is a new venture for Mrs. Sage, who has been a prominent though unobtrusive unob-trusive worker in the cause of religion and charity for so many years back, but her sincerity may be judged by the interest in-terest she is taking in the movement. New York Mail and Express. Myr Bradwell's Career. Mrs. Myra Bradwell, the first woman to be admitted to the bar in the United States, passed away at her home in Chicago Chi-cago on Feb. 14. Mrs. Bradwell was well known throughout the states. She began the study of law in 1852, when she beoame the wife of Lawyer James B. Bradwell. After carrying the case of women in law to the supreme court of the United States and meeting with defeat ehe sncoeeded in having a law passed by the legislature providing that any person of either sex might practice law in any state court. Mtb. Bradwell studied law under her husband for several years. She was the first woman who was made a member of the Illinois Bar association and also of the Illinois Press association. The first weekly legal paper published in the western west-ern states was the Chicago Leeal News. which was established 33 years ago, with Mrs. Bradwell as manager and editor. Lawyer Bradwell retired from the bench in 1809 in order to assist his wife in her large business to which the Legal News company had grown. Mrs. Bradwell managed to find tim$ in her busy life for much charitable and philanthropic work. During the civil war she was an active helper among the sick and wounded soldiers and did good work in the sanitary commission. She was a member of the Soldiers' home board. She was untiring in her efforts to secure the World's fair for Chicago. Mrs. Bradwell was also a member of the Chicago Women's club and the Illinois Illi-nois Women's Press association. Chicago Chi-cago Post. Annuities For Single Women. The question of providing annuities for daughters, after the English and French manner, is being discussed in Philadelphia, Philadel-phia, which city has a large contingent of attractive unmarried young women. It is asserted that these annuities can now be had in this country, as abroad, and it is pointed out that one bought an4 kepjj. up for a terms of years, and per- naps lncreasea, secures comiort ana independence in-dependence to the daughter who does not marry. Considering the same topic from another anoth-er standpoint, the Boston Home Journal speaks of a society for this purpose that has long been in operation throughout Denmark and works well and profitably. "The general outline of the plan, it seems, is that a lady who does not feel sure that she means to be married or wants to be married should pay an annual an-nual premium to the central office. She receives a form of policy duly executed, and upon condition that she pays her annual premiums with regularity she will receive at the age of 40 a round sum, proportionate to the extent of her investments, and with probably certain bonuses." New Y&rK T. TF. C. A. The Young Women's Christian association associ-ation of New York city has had remarkable remark-able success the past year in its industrial indus-trial education branch, instructing 1,050 young women in trades and professions. Twenty-five followed photo engraving something never attempted by women before. New York Examiner. i Honors For a Woman. Mrs. Sophia Braeunlich, business manager man-ager of The Engineering and Mining Journal of New York, was by a recent action of the British Imperial institute made one of the 20 life fellows of that honorable organization. She is the only woman member in the United States. Chicago Tribune. Oratorical Contests. An oratorical contest bureau for woman wom-an suffrage has been recently inaugurated inaugu-rated by Rev. M. M. Cooper, JerseyviUe, Bis. The plan is similar to that of the Demorest medal contest, aiming to instruct in-struct and interest the public in political polit-ical equality by means of popular oratorical ora-torical contests. The Detroit News-Tribune is worrying worry-ing over the proper title for young women wom-en who are graduated from colleges. Bachelor of arts it objects to as being a purely masculine designation and sug-esta sug-esta e suitable and correct bachelette ' of arts. It is said that a new thing in theater parries is for all the ladies to get seats together in the orchestra or circle, and the men sit back of them instead of beside be-side them, thus avoiding the crushing of gowns and other awkward things. The Central Labor union of Boston and vicinity, which is composed of delegates dele-gates representing over 40,000 working-men, working-men, has again voted to petition the legislature leg-islature to grant municipal suffrage to |