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Of Interest Js+
J^ to Women.
MR. TtEER UNDER FIRE
"Club Among Tombstones" a Sop to
111 Paid Workers.
The etorm of criticism which broke upon the
devoted head of the Rev. W. Montague Oeer
wfcen he proposed to form a club for women
stenographers took a new turn yesterday after
noon at the Hoffman House, where the Woman's
Pemocratlo Club held its monthly meeting.
SpeAklns of tha Inequality of the wages paid to
men and women. Mrs. Harry Hastings referred
to the "club among the tombstones" as being'
merely "one of the various sops thrown to
workers to make them content with the position
to which God has not called them, but Into
which man has forced them."
"It appears." ehe said, "that some of the
women employed In the downtown offices had
been In the habit of going Into the graveyard to
eat their luncheons. It occurred to a philan
thropist that a nice luncheon room would be
pleasanter than a graveyard to eat In. and no
doubt he was actuated by the highest motives.
But there should bs no necessity for those girls
to go into that graveyard and eat among the
dead men. They should be paid enough so that
they could bo to a pood restaurant and get a
good hot luncheon."
Mrs. Hastings evidently thinks that the City
Federation Hotel ie open to the same criticism
ts the "club among the tombstones." for when
Fhe had occasion to make a plea for It later she
apologized for Breaking of It, on the ground that
there ought not to be any need for Its exist
ence.
"We are sometimes told."continued Mrs. Has
tings, that the reason women tire rot paid as
much as men Is because they are not so valu
able, and that Is true to pome extent. Many
women are not so well Qualified as the men with
whoTi they have to compete, because they have
not had the same opportunity to become SO.
"The inequality of remuneration between men
ana women teachers is so great as to be posi
tively abr urd," Mrs. Hastings concluded. "Even
the commissioners are beginning to see that.
At a recent meeting one of the commissioners
refuted to vote for an Increase that the men
were asking for because the teachers on the
Ec« Side were fretting only $000 a year. I am
quite sure that if the rate of taxation is raised.
as is proposed, the women teachers will get their
Increase. The whole Board of Education is
ready for it."
Mrs. Mary E. L*ase talked on the same sub
ject, and Mrs. B. Borrmarm Wells, of London,
said a few words about the British "sufragettes,"
whom the described as highly educated and re
fined women and not a band of "screaming,
scratching , biting females."
Mrs. Hastings announced that two women suf
frage bills were to be introduced into the Ftate
Legislature this winter, and that Mrs. Mary
Craigle, of Brooklyn, had registered as a lobby
ist In their Interest that morning. One of these
bills is to pive taxpaylng women the light of
suffrage in cities of the third class in matters re
lating to the expenditure of money, and the other
provides for the elimination of the word "male"
from the Constitution.
Bff KINDS OF MOTHERS.
Tiro Modern Species The Flat and the
Suburban.
"Children should advertise some time ahead, if
they want rood mothers." Mrs. E. J. B. Nelson
told the domeftio science section ft the Westches
ter Woman's Club yesterday at its annual luncheon
at the Hotel Aster, "for the supply la not equal
to the demanO. and there are not enough to go
MssnV
Mrs, Nelson's toast was "Children.** After touch-
Ing on the "turkey' 1 mothers, whose conception
of doty to their offspring Is limited to scratching
ana fussing for them, she turned a mildly par
esstle searchllirht upon th» "old maid mothers"
who do most of the talking before the mothers'
dubs.
"New kinds of mothers."* she sal4> "are all the
thne being developed. Owing to the landlords'
graduated tax on children, we have the two new
species— flat mother and the suburban mother
but I couldn't find a word about either In the 'En
cyclopaedia Britannic*.' **
Almost everything on the footstool came In for
a brief discussion at the hands of the Westohe3ter
club women. At any rate, they did not overlook
£eath or the American borne, domestio science or
the port Heine, or "our children" or the great pod
Pan. One of the hits cf th« afternoon was the
topical song In which the joys and sorrows of
"Domestio BcJencers" were celebrated, the com
posit* poetical effort of the whele luncheon com
oslttee, but chanted in monotone to a piano ao
companlment by Mrs. William 11. Purdy. After
reciting the fact that "domestic science stands
for more than cooking a meal or sweeping a floor,"
It proceeded in the following Joyous psean:
Z>. B-'s learn to to!l ana tout
And •»• that faubbr £*'-• a "roaaf'i
*J*h«r learn to iv.i-ep and mend and darn
And how to glibly t j-!n * ram.
And sanitation comes In. too,
. To 6u*t and dirt they ear "eklflSoo!"
And wVBm th»y wash both pot and pan
KctUin* they sine tr.ii liro*:.lr.g they scan.
Then all the 110 "domestic sciencem" and their
guests cam* In on the chorus, to the tune of
"Maryland. My Maryland."
Mrs. Btoddard Hammond, the newly elected
prerfder.t «f the State Federation, was the special
guest of honor, and Fp<ik« briefly on "Happiness
and the Problem of Work and Occupation." Mrs.
Bartlett P. Luce, chairman of the domestic science
luncheon, presided.
O. A. R. BENEFIT MATINEE.
The matinee performance at Wallack's Theatre
yesterday afternon under the auspices of the N- vv
York City Chapter, Daughters of the American
Revolution, In aid of the Continental Memorial Hall
Fund at Washington, was not only a eoclal but
a financial success, as almost every seat In the
house was sold. As Interesting programme was
given by the following well known actors and
actresses who ere now playing In the New York
theatres: Henry Miller and Margaret Anglln, Hen
ry Woodruff and company. Miss Carlotta Xillson
end company. Wilton I>ackave and company, Mel
bou-TJe Macdowell and Pauline. Willard. R«nxo M.
>Co;it-, Mrs. Wilson Young. Kttoro Campana. Miss
Ailr« Fisher Harcourt and Miss May Robinson.
Among those who occupied boxes were Mrs. Don
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Edward P. Casey, the architect of Continental
Hall: Mrs Andrew J. Robinson, whose guest was
General Miles; Mies Emma G. Lttthrop, Mrs. i.d
ward Hall. Mrs. Vernon M. Davis. Mr*. M. C.
Hyde, Mrs. Frederick L. Bradley, Mrs. Edward a
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cost about half a million dolltra.
FUTY-SIX GRADUATES.
Interesting Exercises Held at Public School
93, Manhattan.
Fifty-six r> u W is w ere graduated from PubMo
School IK!. Mrs. Emma R. I.aiidrlne, principal.
jostcirrtaj morning, and thf> event was made tho
oenssinn of a picturesque celebration. The. large
assembly room had been decorated In pink and
dark giwn by Miss Klcanore C. Clarke, and the
graduates, all wearing pretty white drf sp-s, en
tered under arches of green held by eight little
sisters.
The valedictory address was given by Miss
Ren'-* Schmoll. who takes the first honors, and
the graduating class gave an Indian club drill,
a chorus of ■elected ballads— Scotch.
Irish and American— and a recitation. "The For
eßt Hymn." Pupils trained by Miss Ruth Morse
showed by song and movement "The Customs of
Japan." and Miss Clarke's dramatic drill. "The
Gypsies." received great applause. There was a
dumb bell drill and a "Crocodile Drill." and as
an accompaniment to Miss Bessie Baron's reci
tation "Music in Camp." the graduates hummed
"Dixie," "Yankee Doodle" and "Home, Sweet
Home." The scripture lesson was read by the
Rev Dr. Jacob K. Price, and the chorus, "Un
fold! Ye Portals." was Bung by the school
Commissioner Nicholas J. Barrett presided
end made the address to the graduates, and the
diplomas were presented by Dr. Alfred T.
S-hauffler. district superintendent. The medals
were presented by Edward C. O'Brien, ex-com
mißsioner. the first honor going to Mies Renee
Bchmoll and the second to Miss Eleanor Fowler.
Other prize winners were Miss Florence Pat
terson and Miss Florence Kennedy. _,__..
Addresses were made by Edward Lauterbach,
Louis Werner, John Ford, the Rev. Dr. David
« Wvlie and Abraham Gruber. and on the plat
form were Mrs. Ralph Trautmann. Mrs. Cora
L Magnus and Franklin Leonard, of the local
school board; Charles Hauptner and Isaac
F Of"the" M graduates 27 will enter the Wad
leigh School. 17 the Technical High School.
10 the Normal College and 2 the Horace Mann
High School.
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PRIZE WINNING GAME.
"Balloon Goal" Captures Mrs.
Henry Sic gel's $60 Axcard.
"It's been wonderful.** said Mrs. Henry ?legwl.
after she had seen the new games, all novel and
lively, "demonstrated" by seven hundred girls
from nine to thirteen, and had presented to
Max Llebgold th« prize of $"*> offered by her
through the girls' branch of the Public Schools
Athletic League for the best original classroom
game. The demonstration, at Public School 177,
Monroe and Market streets, took place yesterday
before Miss Jest !•■ 11. Bancroft, assistant director
of physical culture In th« public schools; Miss
Evangeline Whitney and Miss Julia TUchman.
who presided. Others present were Miss Kath
erlne Leverich. president of tho girls' branch;
Mrs. Egertnn L. Wlnthrop, Mrs. Charles Farns
worth, Mrs. L. 11. Oullck, Miss Elizabeth
Bur< banal and others.
There were a vaulting relay game, a desk
relay, and then rnnw "balloon goal.*' the prize
winning game. It was very pretty.
Nearly fifty games were submitted in th« con
test, ten of which were so good that they are to
be printed In a. book for the use of all the
teachers'.
"Balloon ri -'i'" was played by two teams of
about twenty girls each. One team had a blue
balloon — of those airy, supremely buoyant
and graceful things little children play with —
the other a red. Across the. corners of the room
were stretched goals of blue and red ribbons,
and what each team had to do was to try, by
batting with its hands, to get its balloon over
its opponent's goal.
Mr. Llebgold, of course, was there to sen them
do — a tall, dark man, not a teacher at all, but
a cl*»rk In a lace Importing house.
Miss Bancroft gave the terms of tho compe
tition. Th«- games were to be Interesting:, to be
original, to rail for a large amount of physical
activity, and to be adapted to sixth-grade pirls.
The glee club wing, the salute to \\«- fla was
given, and a class of little girls In red and
orange aprons, orange kerchiefs nnd white peas
ant caps danced a Swedish dance that made a
big hit. Miss Mary L. Brady Is the principal
of Public School 177.
•
NEWS OF THE MARKETS.
Fruit and Vegetables Are Scaree — Trout
Comes In.
Every good housekeeper ought to be using a lot
of poultry at this time of the year, for between
the Christmas holidays anil ih.- end of February it
is at its best and cheapest. After February the
dealers will begin to depend more on storage.
Chickens will be getting- too old to be killed for
roasting and broiling, and there will be nothing
but the icehouse. The best turkeys, which went
down to 22 cents a pound for a while after Christ
mas, are now selling at 23 cents. Geese and ducks
are 20 cents and roasting chickens are 20 cents.
Broilers are scarce and high at 30 cents a pound.
Squabs are also very high, at from £50 to $5 a
dozen. There has been no game In the market for
some time, except rabbits anil ducks, as the season
closed on January 1, and rabbits are now getting
scarce, as It Is a little late In the season for them,
though they are unprotected by law. They are 50
cents a pair, and good ones are hard to get.
Wild ducks are coming in In about the same quan
tities as earlier In the season, and are $•.' 50 to $C
a pair.
Eggs are selling at S3 cents at Washington Mar
ket, 2 cents less than last week, and the wholesale
price has gone down from 29 to 25V| cents. The cold i
weather has not affected the supply at all, and
word Is coming from all the producing areas that
there Is likely to be a large increase in the supply.
Fruits and vegetables are very high and scarce.
Much of the produce which comes from a dis
tance generally I* touched with frost en route,
and if it escapes one has to pay well for It. Let
tuce has been very scarce at 10 cents a head,
but tomatoes are getting more plentiful at 20 cents
a pound. Hothouse rhubarb is 10 cents a bunch
and hothouse cucumbers 15 cents apiece. Cauli
flower Is very nice at from 10 to 85 cents a head.
Grapefruit Is at its best Just now. the Florida
russets being much better than the California fruit,
with which the market was tilled earlier in the sea
son. Three of them sell for a quarter at Wash
ington Market. Oranges are also in prime con
dition at 40 cents a dozen.
A nice lot of sea trout was received at Fulton
Market yesterday, and sold at 20 cents a pound,
which is a small figure for "green" fish. Some 1
unusually larso bluefUb for th*» season also ..mi-- {
In end sold at 20 cents a round. It has been a |
-„,, 1 season for oysters, as the open winter has
marie it easy to pr-t them. Blue Points, Rockaways !
and Kotuits have been received regularly, and 1
prices have been about the average—?* a hundred I
for oysters on the half shelL . '
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DEMONSTRATION OP NEW CLASSROOM GAMES.
Under auspices of girls" branch of Public School* Athletic League, given at Public School 177 yesterday.
"BALLOON GOAL."
TfizA same lives! .by Max Ziebgold, which won Mrs. Henry Slessl's "3 prize.
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fe^sps2/ OGT ET jT
If I can only place one little brick In the pavo
ment of the Lord's pathway. I will place It
there, that corning generations may walk there
on to the heavenly city.— Phillips Brooks.
MONEY RECEIVED.
"Emergency" sends $5 to be applied to the
emergency fund, which is a timely gift; Miss
Gertrude A. Smith, treasurer of the Coreopsis
branch of New Haven. $f>. for ten badges; Mrs.
C. Cornell, $1 for dues and $1 "for some urgent
case during this Intense cold wave."
DEATH OF MEMBERS.
Mrs. Richard Norton has telephoned the office
that Mrs. Johnson, wife of Dr. Johnson, of
Hightstown. N. J.. died on January 22 from the
effects of a Berlous accident she met with a few
days previously. Mrs. Johnson was among the
first to Join the T. S. S., and her loyalty to the
work never diminished. In her own personality
she exemplified the s>un."hlne spirit— bright,
cheery and helpful. Her genial hospitality ex
tended to visiting members of the society will
always remain a pleasant memory to her guests.
Miss Mary McLean, of Little River. Fla.,
writes: "Dear little mother, after nearly seven
months of dreadful suffering, passed away on
January 7. She w n<* not able to enjoy the
Christmas ; i>t to her iy the T
i u1 smilingly sr>i(!, ■>■ ax to be remem
bered, even -when »>::e Is the end of
life.' "
Miss Mary is much exhausted by her unremit
ting devotion to bar mother In the WMf
BWEJDI3H FOLK BANCO.
months of Illness, and her many T. 8. 8. corre
spondents will make this affliction the opportu
nity for sending comforting- letters to her.
WORDS OP APPRECIATION.
Mrs. W.. of Long Island, who received the $3
to buy glasses for her daughter, writes: "Pleas©
accept our most sincere gratitude for this help.
May God send blessings without number on the
Sunshine friends who help the poor." An Invalid
in Pennsylvania, who shared in the coal fund,
rays: "Words cannot tell you how grateful I
was for the money, coming as it did in this cold
weather. I have been more ill than usual, so the
T. S. S.s kindness Is doubly welcome." Mrs.
Chapman, of Brevard. X. C. writes that she was
glad to be the medium for distributing the T.
S. 9. holiday cheer to the Sweeney sisters, they
were made so happy by the sunshine sent to
them. A Michigan "•shut-In" has told of th» de
light and surprise of the children over the New
Year's box that reached them. It contained not
only toys, but many useful articles. Mrs.
Thompson, an aged member in lowa, was no
less pleased than others with her substantial
sunshine gift. Mrs. Mead, of Golden Bridge. N.
J.. sends thanks for the gifts sent to two aged
sisters, one a cripple, in, response la her re
quest. Other acknowledgments have come from
Miss Philo, for the clothing for Borne poor chil
dren In whom she is Interested: from Miss Ben
nett, of Poughkeepsie, and from Joseph Baker.
A. B. C. has received the worsteds asked for in
this column.
"PASSING ON."
The Golden Glow branch of Franklinvllle. N.
V.. is making scrapbooks for the children's hos
pital In Buffalo: Mrs. Lefferts, of Brooklyn, win
aid a self-supporting wheel chair Invalid* by
sending embroidery materials, by means of
which she can help herself. Mrs. P.. another
Brooklyn member, will add much comfort to a
destitute family at Sanibcl Island. Fla., by
sending clothing for the children, whoso father
was killed at Christmas time by a drunken man.
Hiss Kate T.uk.in sent holiday gifts to her Sun
shine correspondents in Colorado. Virginia. Mas
sachusetts, Pennsylvania, Chicago. Atlantic
City and Quebec, and has received from each
one a most appreciative letter, and she das.
•What a. comfort to bring a £•» can. of n> —
shine Into the lives of our "shut-m? friends. It
Is really more 'blessed to glv» than to receive. "
Mrs. George Perkins Lawton. president of the
Saratoga branch, reports that she) reserved
lovely letters in reply to the twenry-frva sjsciel
gifts she sent at Christmas to mom ears whe>
were either "shut to" or lived In Isolates! pwrss.
HELFFUI* GIFTS.
Mr. Glllpatrlck. head worker at the Chrystl*
Street House, desires to express his thanks to
•ta. P. W.." who kindly sent him clothing f*r
the lnmarea of the house, and ho la also grate
ful to the T. 9. S. for a parcel sent this week
containing clothing, underwear, shoes and ties.
He adds: "There are thirteen hers to-day.
Eleven have become self-supporting. One boy.
who left home and got Into prison, will return
to h!s father on Saturday, paying his own way
back."
LOOKING IDE ZTS3ASD3.
Teachers Frankly Ask Abo Xatrimoniil
Chances in West.
Cavour. S. P., Jan. 25. — Ever sines the) esssT**
man of a school board here kidnapped tiro Il
linois teachers destined for school* la other
parts of Beadle County. Superintendent Dn Bo!«
has been overwhelmed with letters from Euttn
women who are anxious to teach here and* ted*
dentally, to win husbands.
Dozens of applicants from Illinois tare been
secured, and a few from states further east.
Almost Invariably the teachers have recreated
that they be assigned to districts having tl!
flble young ranchmen, and fa some Instances
marriages have resulted. South Dakota, espe
cially In this section, has & surplus of bachelors. •
sad apparently the East has a lane) arambw si
young women anxious to secure rood &£:=«• La
the West. ;
To show the tenor of mds of the applicants*
letters, a few extracts are given, the name* eC
the writers being concealed, of course, try Bt:?«r- 1
mtendent Dv Bois. This extract la from B«H»~
vine. HI.:
Bister and I would be glad to have » ■•tfiooia !n
your county. We are aged tw«nty-six a^d tw«-. -
ty-nine. respectively. As to salary, w» &r» Hg
as particular as we are as to the kwatkra of the>
school. Wo are particular as to the) MSsjWsar
hood—want to be In a well settled place, wher*
there Is good society and people) who Is**
muslo. as we both sing and play tha plan..
character, financial standing and anaiW off-.
tlemen In the community moat be tales* tats>
ideration. Please write) us ascot the gen
tlemen.
Ell* 8.. of Eransville, tod, wittesi
I have no objection to a CrontSsr Itfa> In fa-t.
I think I would enjoy the excitement and free
dom usually accorded piaeas— . It wosJd %•>,
particularly delightful, I am sure. It war lot
could b« with a community whera these ar» |
number of brave, hardy younjr meu— »omig f«l
lows with snap and energy. Can yon prov.ae a
school for me In such a settlement?
This is a paragraph from I* C, JL's ssTssss)
dated Peorla, 111 :
I have had four years' experience tsssfstnsj
school, three In a district and one la a etty
school, and my recommendations show I have
been successful. I would like a school for a
year or so, but could not contract unless the)
school ts in a community where there are a good
many bachelors of some means, for teaching
school ts not the only object I have In going
West
From Hammond. Ind.. comes a perfumed let
ter which reads:
Besides my ability to teach school. I am com*
pettut t.> keep hou»e and oar* for a family. 1
took a special course in cooking while in col
lege, and CMsat myself second to none in mat
tr-rs culinary. While my ambition is not to be»
cotr.e a wife right away. I would not. while ess
ployed as a teacher, spurn the attentions of *
well-to-do young farmer or ranchman of hon
orable and honest Intentions.
A Warren (Ohio) damsel. "Efae.** declares Tee**
self to be "not handsome, but as good looking
and comely as the average woman of twenty
eight." She says: "I am not obliged to teach
school for a living, for I have some cash and a
little property. School teaching Is. or would be,
a secondary consideration should I decide to
make your locality a visit In the spring. My ob
ject, plainly stated, is matrimony. 1 don't want.
nor would I have, a city dud* tor a husband,
The one whose name I wear must ha a man..
companionable and temperate and not a religious
or political crank.'*
A girl of Trenton (Mo.) bewalte her lot thus:.
"I regret exceedingly that my people required
me to spend so many years at school and* col
lege, at great expense, only to make, me a school^
teacher, now on the verge of spinsternood. ' They
might better have wed me to become th« oon
—it at some worthy man.?, v
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