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THE AMER1CUS DAILY TIMES-RECORDER: SUNDAY, MAY 17, 1891.
A NEW CRUSADE DY WOMEN.
A I'rojrct That Coi»l«l He Ailvuntugrouf*
Iy Followed In Hirer? City.
The women of New York, weary of
sweeping the filthy streets of the city
with tlieir traiflS&slclr&ibAvteriten Id
their majesty, organised themeelves in a
great street cleAnjtygjTbrfgaile and de
clared war on the dost scattering ash
barrel and the foot tripping banana.
Mrs. Kinnicutt, wife of Dr. Kinnicutt,
of Thirty-seventh street, and Mrs. Rich-'
ard Irvin are the leaders of the move
ment, and have been engaged for some
time in ]»rfecting their plan of attack,
which was first formally announced at
the working girls’reunion Monday night.
It is the opinion of these women that the
much abused commissioner of streot
cleaning and his aids are no more to
blame for the disgraceful condition of
the streets than aro the careless house
holders and pedestrians who thought
lessly add their mite of disorder to the
great aggregation of dirt for which onr
fair island city has gained a world,wide
reputation.
These ladies, together with Mrs. Uns-
tav Kissel. Mies Frelinghnysen and others
ns directors, have rented an office at 222
West Thirty-eighth street, hired a secre
tary. and announced to the mayor their
intention of constituting themselves a
bureau of information, where ail com-,
plaints relating to street nuisances may
be received, nnu rales and regnlations
issued tn accordance with the city or
dinances
As a beginning the matter was pre
sented by Mrs. Irvin to the great assem
bly of working girls, to each of which
an envelope containing twenty-five mem
bership slips to this new society was
given at the door. There will be no fees
or dnes of membership, bnt each person
signing the slip promises to keep her own
outdoor premises neat and orderly, to
pnt her ashbarrel out in time for the
ash man and not Booner, to avoid throw
ing bits of paper or any refuse upon the
pavement, and above all to report any
neglect of the rules which she sees any
where in the city.
In return for thi signed pledge of mem
bership a card Will be sent prepared for
hanging upon the wall, and giving the
rales referred to ubovo in German or
Itulian ns well as English, according to
tho nationality of the member.
Just at present the new society is oc
cupied in obtaining and classifying their
members according to the districts in
which they reside. Very influential
people are already included in,the mem
bership,- and very soon the organized
plans of work will be published to the
public and members. Associated with
the women in this work arc many of the
most influential men in tile city, and all
are determined to have New York high
ways ond by way b as neat, orderly and
beautiful as those of Paris or Berlin. >
In Purls, if a person throws a tom let
ter or anything disorderly upon the
pavemeut, he is obliged to pick up the
litter or be escorted by-a gendarme to
the nearest police station to pay his Sne.
It is claimed by the Women’s Street
Cleaning Aid society that t|ie ordinances
are equally binding in New York il
some one would enforce them. Now
that the eyes of this great army of wom
en are looking ont for the offender, let
him or her beware, for women ure good
detectives aud extremely conscientious
in performing their duty, particularly
when, as in this case, the name of the
informer is carefully guarded from the
ones they inform against.—New York
San.
by the use of artificial feet, became such
an expert walker that no one, to see her
on the street, would think that she was
without nature's apparatus for walking.
—Chicago Herald.
MM1 <I«.n versus Matron.
Some time aud in some fashion tho
youug unwedded woman will be called
npon to make a decided stand against
the invasion of the matron upon her
special province. There is scarcely place
left now for the sole of her slipper be
tween the schoolroom and'strip of carpet
before the matrimonial altar. She is
simply driven into a comer and told to
marry at once or lay down her passport
Into realms of social gayety. This urro-
gance of the married woman concerning
her monopoly of society amusements is
intolerable. Site won’t hear- to 'baring
unpaired belles' brought into competi
tion with her attractions. If they choose
to chime it must he with a conjngnl
clapper, and not as merry, independent
tinklers, ringing a distracting little tnne
of unmated friskiness.
Girls are still permitted to liave de
buts, but even on those great occasions
the young matron steps in, and. by right
of double blessedness, takes all the cakes
and ale. The shy. sweet miss is left to
cut a poor figure indeed. And so on,
frgm first to last, the married woman
opens the ball, lends tho german, occu
pies the opera boxes, demands all the din
ner invitations, fills the victoria, receives
at tlio tea, thereby squeezing tile girl
into such a small comer no one is ever
able to find her behind madam’s over
crowded engagement book.
Mrs. Burton Harrison lias instituted a
demand for the restoration of the Amer
ican maiden as she existed before Euro
pean customs came to smother her light
tinder the bushel of an artificial society.
Not many years ago Uncle Sam’s virgin
daughter was the pride of the nation.
Her girlish wit and independence, Iter
innocent fearlessness. Iter jollity, sbrewd-
uess and lteanty were the boast of the
civilized world, and with impunity did
tthe set her proud feet on the hearts of
mankind. Men admired and reverenced
Iter, for here, they said, is a new order
of womep. (Jntniinmeled by the obliga
tions of wife and motherhood, she is free
to accept our entire devotion; with the
discretion and knowledge of tho matron
she combines the freshness of a maiden.
Heretofore this nniou was held to be
impossible, ond she 1ms realized man’s
ideal. Bnt, alas! whence has this clear
eyed goddess of girlish liberty fled atvayl
—Ulnstrnted American.
A Woman Matte an Initial,.
For the first thne in tint' history of the
North’American Indians a white wont- 1
an, Mrs. Harriet Maxwell Converse, has
received the honor of a national adap
tion by aif Indian nation. Instances of
"name giving” have not been infeeqfient
among the Indians, the’"naming’’ ia-lng
accompanied with considerable cere
mony, and nsually terminating witii a
A Drava Little Woman.
Miss Loie M. Royce, one of the heroic
school teachers of tho western states
who enmo near losing their lives during
the great blizzard of Jan. 12, 1888, was
married Friday night in West Bay City
to Charles 8. Thomas, a well known
newspaper man.
At the time of the great blizzard, Miss
Royce, who was then eighteen years old,
was teaching in a country school neur
Pluinview, Neb, On the d«y in question
oho found three pnpils nt her school in.
the morning.
Daring the day the stonn increased in
fury, and ut tho close of school the
teacher and tho pupils were tumble to
leave the building. They remulncd un
til all of their fuel was used up, and they
Were becoming afraid they would freeze
to death in their prison wbeu, during a
b.’H tflh storm, ffie teacHer tUt?riiiined
to make an effort to roach n house a few
roils from the school building. Taking
the two youngest-children by- the baud
.and bidding tlm other tofulloW close be
hind her, tho teacher started out on what
proved to be n terrible journey. Hardly
had they left the school building when
the storm again increased, and iu a short
time they had Ipitlbfir w»K1 La iS Ci
After wandering about until all of tlio
party laid Uccoiqo exhausted and could
g>»tiof,i-fl*r they laid down together.
di#Jl
commotion caused a large group bf
proincnaders to gather at the spot, and
there was the usual amount of "guying"
of the driver by the bystanders. The
was a stupid fellow, and per-
• n K Mias Royce, winnow nearly frozen
to death, ruccecded in .reaching « boose,
r-tal a party went ont after the one child,
V;-"| waa.ftill .aUyp, bijA.ho, diotlip a
tune after being found. For a
time Miss Boyce's life W#s despaired
Her limbs were badly frozen, and
after n few days it waa found necessary
to amputate both ’feet, just above the
ankle. • - . • u:n
After months of suffering, however,
spent months at Riverside. During aud
after her long illness Miss Boyce wm
receipt - -
receipt of,many letters of sympathy ,
eadsE tstrUttcs gfU
feast. These ceremonies, however! are
purely complimentary, evidencing ft feel
ing of friendship for the person "named”
and appreciation for some act of kind
ness. But this is the first instance iu In
dian annals of u formal adoption of a
white woman into an Indian commonly,
to become an actual member of their
nation, to be fully recognized as such
and entitled to all the privileges of one
of the blood.
So the legal admission into their na
tion of Mrs. Converse, the poet and In-
dinnologiat, by the president and conn- {
cillore of the New York state Seneeit In
dians, and their recognition of her as
one of their own poop's, is nniqne. Mrs.
Converse lias always defended the rights
of the Indians of this state, and she ef
fectively aided the Indian delegation at
Albany to oppose n bill before the as
sembly which, if carried as a law. would
have deprived them of their lands. The
bill was killed in committee. Before
the hearing of the Indians by the com
mittee Mrs. Convene had lteen invited
to tit in their Six Nations conncil, held
at Albany, nn honor never before be
stowed niton a white woman save Mary
Jewison. This Six Nations, the most
important of all the Indian councils,
convenes only in esses of urgency nnd is
representative of the rights of all the
Indians of the league of the Iroqnois.
When the Seneca national council, in
seeaion at Qtrrollton, Cattaraugus coun
ty, N. Y., in the Allegany reservation,
waa called an application was laid be
fore that body to the effect that, “by
love and affection” it was the desire of
the Indians that Mrs. Converse should
be received into their nation as a legal
member of it. Upon this appeal a vote
was taken, and it was unanimously re
solved that she he at once invited to np-
[tear before the council nnd receive her
Indian name.—New York Cor. Boston
Advertiser*. ? • ,' , t g- i
she Kitew Something About Dorset-
One of the few bright afternoons re
cently enjoyed by New Yorkers served
to bring oat a brilliant array of prome-
uuders and. equipages in Fifth avenue.
The drive was crowded with carriages,
when one bf a team of horses attached
to a rattling, banging, lumbering Fiftli
avenue stage ‘slipped and fell. As is
nkhaljn Stfcji common occurrences, the
falling animal served to entangle him
self iu bis harness in such a way that
every time Jut struggled to arise ho was
trippetl pnil made to fall again. The
laying: “It makes me angry to see men
in charge of horses so fearfully stupid.
It isalwars easier to release the standing
horse than to untangle tho harness of
the fallen one. and when the other is led
away the one down can rise easily. Men
are stupid, anyway."—New York Trib
une,
Women D.'li'xstr. Nut Wanted.
The Methodist conference at Yonkers
has decided by a very emphatic vote of
ISO to 60 that'women sbonld not be ad-
mitted as delegates to the general con
ference. The report of the debate does
not show that tho question was discussed
or decided niton its merits. When it
said that it does net follow because
woman can sing bass that she ought to
sing bass, it would seem to be a sufficient
reply to suggest thut if a bass were
needed to complete a quartet if would be
rather absurd to reject a,bail voice be
cause it was the voice of a woman.
The decisivo consideration in the de
bate seems to have been that there was
a divine reason for tho difference of
sexes, and that participation In a confer
ence was not included in the sphere of
women. Bnt how the male sex, its such,
qualified those who In-long to it as wise
counselors was not stated in any speech
nor illustrated in the argument. There
always a liettev way of determining
whether wood will float and stone sink
titan any argument hosed npon a theory
The better way is experiment. The
counsel of women in schools is proved to
Ihi of very great value. The opinion of
a man who thinks that the counsel was
not meant to lie taken is not an argu
ment against tlio fact.—Harper's Weekly
Ailvlce to lady Gardener*.
Now plant schemes for summer travel,
Rake in ymtr husband’s loose change and
cut back liis superfluous expenses. Cul
tivate hectic flushes and sick spells,
showing the need of fresh air and of
transplanting to the seaside. Prepare
for summer dresses and get ready yonr
guide books. Saratoga should be brought
ont aud overhauled. Water the family
doctor with generous fees and cultivate
his idea* that the European travel treat
ment would lx-st suit yonr case. Begin
to mulch yonr linsband with kindness
mil flattery. It may euconrage the
growth of his liberality. When he is
ripe for picking he stuinkl have more
fondling and ho pnt into the sunlight of
warm affection. This should be kept up
until be begins to drop big leaves from
his check book. When you have got all
you can. torn him ont of the ]iot and
throw him into a corner to dry off.—
Philadelphia Times. t\
A ( Ini, That lines Good Work.
1 he Working Girls’ clnb organization
is quietly but rapidly growing to be a
potter among the working people. There
is no talk of combines and strikes, no ag
gressive measures, but they do'combine
n social societies which draw them
nearer together, teach them the vulno of
co-operation, anil the spirit and teach
ings of klub life instill firmly iu their
minds the fact that inerfeasdd capability
mentis increased wages. Tbcro is iu the
New York association a bureau for ob
taining situations, and there is to be
soon trade classes for those who are un
able to obtain work through incom-
peteucy, when, as Miss Doilgo says,
‘•Those who want to do everything and
do not know how to do anything may
leant to do something, and do it well.”—
New York Sun.
Amin Dickinson the Last.
Amin Dickinson is almost the last of
the great ]K,pillar lecturers. There were
in the list Gough, Beecher, Phillips,
Chapin, Cnriis and Miss Dickinsou.
Gough was a great natural actor, and
fascinated by his dramatic art in de
scription and iu story telling rather than
by any power of rhetoric. Beecher,
Chapin. Cnrtis nnd Phillips had all the
eloquence of cultnre as well as of natural
endowment. Miss Dickinson was nniqne
among them, largely front her womanly
quality.—Boston Herald..
■bted
mal riie to his feet.
’ Among the interested group of wutcb-
ere were two handsomely dressed women.
Orieof them'McBfnfe'ifctpfefienlf dad trri-
tated at the KfipitUty oftbe driver.
I "dare, hold my muff,” she said, as she
lhanded tho dainty bit of for to her com
panion. Stepping from the curb, she
Hmhta loosened the catch on the chain
^lof. the traces of tho standing!
horse, and then unfastened the hams |
horse ftee.,,
the entangle-
fallen hoiks to get'
It is proposed to bntld a great temple
for women on the banks of the Polotnac,
in which each organisation of women
will have a special de]iartment dedicated
to it forever. The land hasalready been
given, and is under the control of the
Glen Echo Chnntanqaa society, darn
Barton is to prepare one department for
the Red Cross society, and other well
known societies will join her. This tern-
|Je is called just now the Womnn’a Para
dise.
It makes the working girl tired to luive
Iteople always pitying her for living in
a tenement, particularly when it is real
ly a very clean, neat place. And she is
much a-weary of -being told to look ont
for bargnins and be economical, when if
things were not so very cheap the girls
who make them would not be so very
IMA.
By way of (diversion, a distinguished
hostess of Lottdnrr gave a dinner to a
number of buchelorl, with ladies dressed
as maid servants to wait on them:. An
other dinner Is expected soon, the women
to dine nnd bo waited on by gentlemen
attired as footmen. * »
t in
Mrs. Rose Gardner,’ of Montgomery,
Ala., a very energetic woman, has been
promoted by the directors of the South
ern Exposition company from secretary
of the women's department of the expo
sition to gvneral manager of that depart
ment.
Mrs. Helen Campbell has been awarded
the prist of $200 offered by the American
Economic pssociation for the best paper
on “Women Wage Earners.” Tho paper
is replete with information derived from
moetcareful reeeorcb.
At Defiance. O.. the other day, Mrs.
Hannah Wiusbip Bontelle celebrated the
100th anniversary of her birth. She was
horn in Boston^ did not use glasses until
two years ago, and has ninety-one de
scendants living.
A woman’s agricultural school is one
of tfaeMw&igUthtjmgscts. Practical
in, „ _ . _
he
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