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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1900)
THE COURIER. y five per cent of the qualified women voted; in Pans thirty per cent of the qualified w,oruen voted for judges of the tribunals of commerce, as compared with fourteen per cent of the qualified men; and in Louisiana, the women of New Orleans and I3aton Rouge carried the day for sewage and drainage. Mr. Eltwepd Pomery, in the current issue of the Green Bag. has an.amusing article on "The Follies of Legislation." It is an entertaining collection of queer lawB pa6ed by different state legisla tures. In Tesae, for instance, the lower house passed a bill providing that every unmarried ruin over thirty who had not "exerted due diligence" in the effort to Jind a mate should p3y a tax of fifty dol lars annually. Ot the other hand the MUsouri legislature of 1807 undertook to pass a law lining widows and maidens not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars for rejecting a suit or. New Jersey has passed a law tax ing bachelors, though it is probably not enforced. A newly elected Tammany legislator at Albany was told that he ought to have a law named after him, eo he secured the passage of a bill through his branch making it a penal offense to put less thau thirteen oysters in an oyster stew. These are merely a few samples. If any of these bills (espec ially the one for taxicg bachelors) ad originated in the states where iqual suffrage prevails, would it not have been quoted far and wide as an example of Vreak legislation" that might naturally be expected fiom women? Miss Mattie Piunkett has been nomi nated for state librarian by the joint caucus of the Mississippi legislature. Under the o'd constitution, the work of librarian ws doni by a woman, but the office was nominally held by a man, who ran for it in her interest, and was elect ed as her representative, with a full un derstanding of this fact on the part of the legislature. The new constitution allows a woman to hold jt in her own name. Miss Tucker who had been act ing librarian for two years when the present constitution was ad:pted, was then elected for a four-years term in her own name. She was succeeded by Mrs. Bell, who served four years, and has been succeeded by Miss Piunkett. The New OrleanB P.cayune says: "It seems that thb legislature has come to regard this one office that a woman is allowed to hold as a medal to be dis tributed at short intervals among the deserving daughters of the common wealth." All the women are said to have made good librarians. It will be remembered that Mrs. Bell stayed at her post during the recent jellow fever epidemic in Jackson, when all the other officials but two incontinently lied, leav ing the 6tate house almost deserted. Alice Stone Blackwell iu The Sun. 3. 4. fi. 6. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. The self-educated woman. The woman who belongs to other club?. The non-club woman. The woman who does not believe in clubs. The woman who dots not wish to join a department. The woman who wants to attend the club meetings but twice a j ear. The woman who wants to be a member for the name of it. The tired woman, full of domestic responsibilities, who wants to be a s por ge, fold her hands, take in what the bright, free woman who ne ds an audience, has learned, and then go home refreshed to her treadmill. The woman without companion ship. Ihe joung woman and the joung- old woman. The oflicets constitute the board of directors, arid are as follows: President Mrs. A W. Field. First Vice-Presiaant Mrs. Bushnell. Second vice-president Mrs Gun'l. Recording secretary Mrs. OConnell. Corresponding secretary Mrs. I Baker. Treasurer Mrs Lee Arnett. Auditor Mrs. W. M. Morning. There.are ten departments under the leadership of the following ladies: Child study Mrs. Catherine Abel. Art-Mrs. F. M. Hall. Parliamentary practice Nellie Rich ardson, L.L. B. History Mrs. E. A. Brackett. Literature Mrs. Harriet Towne. Current evenis Mrs. Eli Piuramer. Domestic economy Mrs. John II. Ames. Phjsical culture Mis3 Anna Barr. Music Mrs. Henry P. Eimes. French Mrs. S. H. Atwood. Beginning October Otb, this will meet alternate Mondays until the last of April. Its mof.o is: "The truth shall make jou free.'- I'IMM MMIIHMHlllllllllW' LADIES- The year book of the woman's club of Lincoln appears in a neat, compact form, with a marble white cover, on which is the announcement, 'Lincoln Woman's Club. 1899-1900," in violet, the club color. From it we learn that thb Lin coln woman's club was organized No vember 17, 1891, with two hundred and tifty charter members; closed its first year with three hundred and ten mem bers; the second with three hundred and twenty-eight; the third.two hundred and ninety-three; the fourth, five hundred and sixty-seven; the fifth with two hun dred and eleven. The sixth year starts with three hundred and seventy mem bers and two additional departments. It is an inclusive department club. Since its ol ject is to help and be helped, the followiog women are invited to be come members: 1. The university graduates. 2. The woman of common school education. H. M. Henry T. J. N. ART HISTORY. Outline ol Work Prepared by Mrs. F. M. Hall, Chairman of he Art Committee of the N. F. W. C x i Out M9 WE&Sm "Who are interested in the choicest novelties in wash dress goods that this season's market has afforded, are invited to see the exceptional assort- ment now on our counters. Many styles now on : sale cannot be duplicated later. MlbbgR&PAlNg: QOuM IIIIIMHIII1 HIIDIMHOtl DID II EVER STRIKE 1 when looking" at our fine stock of shoes, that there is more stvle .. and beauty in their make-up than you can lind anywhere in the city. Our stock of ladies', misses', and children's shoes are unexcelled for style and durabil ity nnfl w nrc v:illinr tlitti at. ' prices that will surprise you. coYR.cm.g98 gome p iots going, at $1.00. getting, gfyelflon & (TfyambeFlain (To 1 m wa. -w mm. miiiiiiiiiiibiiih wm. -w m I US s (a) Arrhitecture. (b) Sculpture. (c) Painting. A. ANCIENT ART. I. Egyptian art. II. Babylonian and Assyrian art. III. Persian, Phoenican, Palestine and art of Asia Minor. IV. Gre9k art. V. Etruscan and Komau art. B. Christian art to the Renaissance. C. Modern art from the Renaissance to the present. I. In Italy. II. In Germany. III. In France. IV. In Holland. V. In Bel gium. VI. In Spain. VII. In Eng land. GENERAL KEMAKKS. In ancient art architecture and sculp ture predominated. In early Christian art architecture and painting predominated. In modern art painting predominates. Architecture and sculpture take second place. LESSON IX. C5KRMAN ART. See Pool's Index; Lanzi's History of Painting; Eastlake's Hand! oik of Paint- (Continued on Pago 9.) t t AND Exposition in IparijjV If so arrangements should be made at once. All the best berths on the ships are engaged early. , The number of ships are limited, and early reservations, if not used. can be easily disposed of. Descriptive literature regarding tLis trip can be had at my office. City Ticket Agent Burlington Route, Corner 10th and O Sts. Lincoln, Neb. 9 m t.9 a m 1v II T ; s s 5 $ 4 4to Mi 4h s 4te s 3M Rotable Victory . . & a Easily and Hon estly Won by the WEBER MAN ?. The Maurice Grau Opera Co., of New York, luve recently made arrai gements whereby the Weiiek Grand Pianos wdl be used exclusively by them at the Metropolitan opera honse in New York City, and in all their concerts throughout the United S'ates. This marked recognition of the merits of the Webe's Piano easily p!aces it above all other pianos in the most cultured musical circles. The general agency for this renowned instrument is held by Matthe'ws Piano Co. 1I20 O street, Lincoln, Xebr. 7 ' t5w J' 41 4 H WW 9 4 W