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Show , N- tl " i.)" pi.T (.-.'lit. "1 the public : .-.!,.! ....vhers in the I'niud Stales arc wimiil ii. Tlu- lrlf-raph ompan'cs of tin- , I'nitnl States employ OT.IVU wo- j men operators. j They say that voting women, eapahle uf supporting themselves, make tlu- he.-t w i vs and have the I,app'u.-t hurdiands. Tlu tlilliTomv between a violin in the hands of a professor ami the same instrument in the clutches of an amal.'ur.is tin: diil'erenee between a woman who has married for love ami an equally good woman who lias married for money. M is. Lease's -Sena lo rial aspirations aspira-tions a to not now ignored by her own fex. She is the holder of the most remarkable collection of endorsements en-dorsements that any woman has ever had. They come from women of every degree and from every one of the stales. In 1000 Elizabeth's wardrobe, uccordjns: to the ollicial list, contained con-tained (Ml robes, 102 French owns. (17 round gowns, 100 loose gowns, V27 kirtles, loG foreparts, 125 petti -coats; Oti cloak?, ol safeguards, 43 jupons, So doublets, IS lap mantels, 9 pantolles and 27 fans. Brooklyn has a school for carpentering car-pentering for women. Some very lino work has already been turned out, and why not? If a man knows how to' fix a worn-out floor or broken window sash and doesn't do it why shouldn't a woman learn how to do it, and do it if she wants to? In Melbourne there is a society known as the Daughters of the Court. There are seventeen divisions, di-visions, each consisting of ten members, who devote themselves to tho study of art, literature and the domestic virtues. Candidates for admission arc required to make a solemn promise to spea.lt ill of no one, and to do at least one helpful deed for someone every day. |