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Show Progressive Frenchwomen. The pioneer and great organizer of tho campaign for woman's rights in France Mme. Maria Deraismes has a devoted band of disciples. They have lately issued is-sued a spirited address, which appears on the walls of Paris, and in which they claim for the Frenchwoman the right to dispose of the fruit of her labor without male interference. The person who drafted the bill sent to the senate recently, recent-ly, and who generally advises the members mem-bers of the Woman's Rights association on legal points, is Mme. Jeanne Chauvin, who passed a brilliant examination in jurisprudence some time ago and is a doctor of laws. This bill empowering women engaged in trade to vote for the elections of judges of the tribunals of commerce is the first to be read by the senate on this question of woman's rignis, anu me supporters vi ine cause I feel that they have gained a great victory. vic-tory. Paris Letter. |