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Show LADIES' CORNER. I i N';'I J k. Tii'- U'oiji.-.l,'- S i ; I ; -i r uf-nU, v.i;j )-. h-id in tin: Court 1 lou-': at .'I p. m., Fr M;i y. J 'in' 10th. Kvry onir ropKnlly invif.-d. Ot.MA S. I'V.liV F, I'r'-i'h-nt. Ther: are .'iO'tn'rf) w,hien t-n-j'-'i'-d in indu.-;tri;il pur-uiu in Maf-.achiisett-;. Mi.-'H Constance (ibid -tone baa ' been ooinpelb-d, owinjf to ill health, ' to resign the po-ition f honorable Heeretary i,i the W'omen'H League 1 for Mothers. A woman 'h htiil'rage meeling in Iondon ended in a free light. bawH may prevent wtuncn from voting, but cannot prevent them from enjoying some of the other luxurieH of practical politics. A (laughter of the Dean of Westminster West-minster has organized a regular dramatic company, of which she is the star, and which devolen itself to producing and acting playn for the fcntertainment of the poor. A new paper has been started in HohIou, called the"Uemnnstrance." It in owned and run by women who do not want the ballot and who think it would be a great injustice in-justice to have it thrust, upon them. On si ale occasion h Queen Victoria Vic-toria rideH in a carriage drawn by four ningnilieenb baya, with outriders, out-riders, but when she 1h at Ifyeres nlie i fjuitn content with a rickety old basket plm-tun drawn by a measly little donkey, whoso earn are almost uh long as his legs. Lady 1'ftgot, wife of the Hritinh Ambassador to the Austrian court, has become a convert to vegetarianism. vege-tarianism. She is said to have renounced re-nounced the use of Hush meat on huinano grounds, but a dilVorent complexion, so to speak, is given to tho announcement by her explanation ex-planation that vegctariauH have usually a very clear and frequently beautiful skin. Mr. (lladstono wrote a pamphlet opposing tho extension of the franchise to women, while Mr. 3alfr'ur, his keenest opponent in the 1 louse of ('""iinoim on the Conservative side, supported the motion. Then was nothing like a party issue on the question, Liberals Lib-erals and Conservatives voting as (hey saw it, and even tho Cabinet being divided. The majority against woman's suffrage was only twenty-three in a total of -fi27. A womanly woman is one who can adapt herself with dignity and grace to tho conditions in which necessity has placed her; one who can rise above tho narrow limitations limita-tions which custom has accorded to hor sex, and at tin! sumo time retain re-tain the charms of modesty, freshness fresh-ness of spirit, love of home and children, and generosity toward her weaker sisters: .Her every day example must be such that those whose lives are in a current with her own, will receive an impulse to higher and nobler living. Kx. Mrs. Kllen Uatello Dietrick writes to the Wovutn'n ('hmnirlc that m Iceland men and women aro in every respect political equals. The nation, which has about 711,000 people, is governed by representatives elected by men and women, together. Tho work of education is in tho hands of the women and in tho whole island not a single illiterate is to bo found. These voting mothers, who educate their children, have produced pro-duced a nation hi which there are no prisons, no police, no thieves, and no army. |