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Vol. XVII. BOSTON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1886. .To. 1.
The Woman's Journal.
A weekly Newspaper, published every Saturday in
BosToN, devoted to the interests of woman-to ter
educationl, industrial, legal, and politicleN Elllty,
and especally to her right of snffrage.
LUCY STONE,
II. . lBLACKWELL, Editors.
ALIOE STONE BLACKWELL,
JULIA WAnn Iown,
MARY A. LavItMlORE,
Mrs. It. M. T. CurbTaan, Occasional
LouIsA M. ALoTT, Contributors.
EaaAuRT STuAnTParrm1ras,
LILII I. C. WYMAN,
SUSAN C. VOOL, 1usinces Manager.
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ALWAYS SUNRISE SOMEWHERE.
BY NATHAN D. URNERa.
There Is always sunrise somewhere I
Though the night be round thee drawn,
Somewhere still the nt, is brightening
With the rosy flush of dawn.
What though near the bat i fIlitting
And the raven croaks his lay,
Somewhere still the suil-bird's groting
nails the rsing of the day I
Let us lay to heart tile comfort
In this sweet reflection found,
That, however dense our darkoess,
Somewhere still, the world around,
Dews are glistening, flowers uplifting,
Wild birds warbling, as re-born,
Lakes and streams and woods and mountains
Melting iI the kiss of morn!
Ne'er was night, however disnmal,
But withdrew its wings of gloom;
Neo'er was orrow but a dny.star
HInted of the morrow's bloom;
No'er was woe but In its bosom
Was the seed of hople impearled;
There Is still a sunrise somewhere,
Speeding, speeding round the world'
-Congregaonalaist.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
The WOMAN'S JOURNAL enters upon its
seventeenth year with ever-increasing hope
and courage. Cheering signs abound on
every side. If the next sixteen years bring
to women as nlty gains as the past six-
teen, the battle will be almost won. In
this faith and expectation, we wish till oura
readrs at Happy New Year.
The woman suffrage petitions should be
sent in to the WOMAN'S JOUlNA oflice not
later than Jan. 15.
Eleven meetings have been held this
month under the auspices of the Massatchu-
sett Woman Sufrage Association; two
others were attempted. but postponed on
account of the rain; one, aIlso, ait Wenhaim,
on account of delayed letters, was uni-
voidtbly postponed.
Let all earnest woman suftragists try to
attend the regular monthly meeting of the
Boston Woman Suftrage League, on Mon-
day evening, JAn. 4, at5 Park Street. This
League bids fair to become one of the
most efective agencies in the Stitte. Its
field is the metropolis of New Eigland,
and nowhere else will earnest work prove
so influential. Its first object should be to
increase the women's vote for school com-
mittee. In this sign we conquer.
Of the 668 members of the new House of
Commons. 314 are known to be in fitvor of
woman suffrage. There are also among
the miemtbers many who are now elected to
Parliament for the first time, and whose
views on the suffrage question are not yet
known.
A Ladies' Liberal Association has been
formed this week at East Bourne, Eng-
land, in opposition to the Primrose
League. Mrs. Merivale, wife of Merivale
the dramatist, Miss Cobden. Mrs. Dilke,
and other well-known ladies were present
at the first meeting.
Ill
The Springfield Repubcan lately ob.
served that all the reforms had issued cal-
endars, except woman suffrage. Miss
Helen Blackburn, of Bristol, England, is
the compiler of A Women's Suffrage Cal.
endar for 1886. It Is issued in pamphlet
form, much more convenient than the large
broadside in which It appeared Inst year.
It is a treasurehouse of Information as to
the political, educational, and industrial
opportunities nlow Open to woieni.
This Calendar gives dates of the birth
and death of eninent women; hdates of the
passage of married women's property acts
in various countries; of the aidmisson of
women to sundry colleges and universities;
of tie formation of societies for the ad-
vancement of women ; of the founding of
periodictals devoted to the woman question,
&., &. e'lre is a list of Technical
Classes and of scholarships open to wom-
ean; homes for girls in London, and occu-
inttions of women. The Calendar also
gives a list of women physicians ; there tire
but forty-six, it appears. in till Great Brit-
atlna. Finally, thereI is a record of the
progress made during the last twenty
years, very encouraging, and very cotn-
plete as regards Enginnd, but lacking somae
himportant poits gained on this side the
ocettn. There is no mention, for instance,
of the granting of woman suffrage in
Wathingto 'erritory, or of school suffrage
in twelve States. This very interesting
and useful little calendatr may be ordered
from J. W. Arrowsmaith, lBristol. or Ship-
kin, Marshall & Co.. London. The price
is six cents.
Mrs. Chapin, of South Carolina, an ac-
tive and indefatigable temperance worker,
was reproached for overworking by a
friend, who said to her. You are burning
your candle at both ends. Mrs. Chapin
replied. If you will light one end of your
candle, I will put out one end of mine.
In all reforms, there are a few persons
working too hard because tile many do not
work hard enough. Who will lend a hand
to help during the New Year?
What you say on New Year's Day
Is good for naight in the month of May.
Not what you say, but what you do,
Will live and thrive the whole year through.
The Bulgarian and Servian Societies of
the Red Cross, for the care of the wound-
ed, find their slender means heavily taxed
to relieve the sufferings of the present war.
Both have appealed to the International
Committee of the Red Cross, who have
sent notice of the pressing need to the Red
Cross Societies of the different nations.
Clara Rarton,President of the Red Cross
for the United States, says:
We may venture to remind you how
small their nieils appear, how long a win-
ter is before them, how slow the healing
of gunshot wounds. and tile recovery of
men worn down by the exposure and lard-
ships of it military campaign. These woes
have not itogether faded from our own
sad memories, and whatever methods may
be adopted will be best suggested by your
own judgment and experience. Communt-
entons addressed to President American
Red Cross, Washington, D. C.
III
The Philadelphia Times calls the follow-
ing resolution of the Pennsylvania Woman
Suffrage Association, it its annual meeting
on Dec. 1t, unique and startling
Resolred, That the present Government of the
United States is not a government of the people,
by the people ; is not at true democracy; uilt
that it is it governmentutinder which oneo-half of
tle people arc depa;ived of their political rights by
the despotic action of tile other half.
We should say it was the simple state-
In ent of a fact.
101
BUFFALO WOMEN'S EDUATIONAL AND
INDUSTRIAL UNION.
Womena's Educational and Industrial
Unions have sprung tip h many cities dur-
ing the past few years. They atre most
useful Institutions, not only aiding poor
women, but educating in many ways the
richer women who give their services to
the work. One of the most flourishing of
these Unions is in Buffialo. Its little hand-
book says:
T'he Women's Educational and Indus-
trialM Union of Bufflo is an entirely non-
sectarlan organization. Its object is to
promote lutual co-operation and sym-
pathy among women. By Its Protective
Committee it extends sympathy and coun-
sel to women, who often lose, through ig-
noralnce and weakness, the rights conceded
them by law. Its Educational Department
provides equal opportunities for intellec-
tual improvement to all classes. The Em-
ployment Bureau assists them to find oc-
cupatioans best suited to develop Individual
talent, and seeks in every way to elevate
household Iabor. The Hygiene Talks and
Classesin Physiology awaken us to a reali-
zation of the fact that it proper care of the
physical is essential to the best growth of
the moral and spiritual life. The Commit-
tee on Practical Philanthropy ministers to
the sick and the poor The Committee on
Social Affairs endeavor to cultivate a taste
for the best kind of recreation. The Li-
brary and Reading Room are open day and
evening. Music, gamesbooks. and pa-
pers are free to all who desire to make use
of them. Aln agency of direction is found
in the office, and the Superintendent is al-
ways ready to give information in regard
to the charities, schools, and business en-
terprises of the city. To the young wom-
tan) striving to earn her own living in thae
city, where temptation abounds and evil
lurks In unsuspected ways, the Union
Rioomls offer I safe and pleasant resort.
It will be seenl how many points of ex-
cellent practical usefulness this programme
eibraces. The features just enumerated
are common to most Unions, but the law
lectures for women, to which reference has
already been made in these columns, are a
nw demparture, and one which other Unions
would do well to copy.
The Buialo Courer says:
There are few local organizations that
are so creditable to Bffalo as the Won-
ean's Union. Though a young institution,
it his already accomplished much good in
various directions, and its matnaging spirits
ate constantly on the lookout for fresh
lields of usefulness. In tile single depart-
mnent of the collectlon of money due wom-
en, the Union has emphaticlly proved
Itself a power. while many pleasant enter-
tainments have been provided for tired
workers, and practical facilities have been
furnished girls for acquiring useful infor-
mation. and even trades that would offer
theim self-maintenance.- Moreover, the
Union has earned the god wishes of all
by its eiorts to bring together on a cow-
wnon footing women of all classes. and to
show its recognition of the sisterhood of
her who earns a scant maintenance by
daily toll and her whose chief occupation
is to shine in social gaieties. This is a mat-
ter of the utmost moment. whether or not
the fact is yet generally appreciated. The
time is certainly couing, as is beginning
to be recognized by the press and pull'-
when better relations than now exist must
be established between the rich and poor,
or it will be the worse for both classes. Th'
good, therefore, that can be accomplished
in the mean time by such an institution as
this in breaking down caste and in making
the well-to-do acquainted with the needs,
the aspirations, and the strength of their
less fortunate sisters, while in return the
latter are convinced that their welfare is
not altogether disegarded by the former,
is incalculable.
,The enterprises inaugurated by the
Women's Union therefore should receive
public support on general principles,
though ia most cases they certainly de-
mand it by their own excellence. Without
question, such is the fact regarding the
course of law lectures at the Fitch Insti-
tute under the auspices of the Women's
Union. The importance to the sex of
some slight knowledge of their legal rights
has already been treated in these columns.
and it is indeed so patent as hardly to call
for ieference to it. Instances have oc-
curred within the knowledge of almost
every one. in which women have suffered
great hardships through their own igno-
rance of legal methods and their misplaced
confidence in the integrity or judgment of
some man. Moreover, all schemes which
have in view the broadening of women's
minds and the enlarging of their informs-
tion, ought to meet with heart encour-
agement. In Buffalo, at any rate, there is
no 'ear that thie advancenent of women is
going to weaken the admiration which is
felt for them by men.
A private letter from Mrs. Townsend.
President of the Buffalo Union, informs us
that their law lectures are well attended,
and interest is growing. A. S. B.
SUFFRAGE MEETINGS IN MASSACHUSETTS.
Editors Woman's Journal:
In spite of the cold weather, rain, snow,
sleet, aid holiday season of the past
month, the average attendance at our meet-
ings (170) was nearly double that of the
past year at this time. About two thousand
people lave attended our lectures this
month. The receipts were over $100.
This, also, is an Increase over many other
months.
Eight of our meetings in Essex Co. have
been held in townsor cities where lectures
of this kind have not been held for years.
In a few towns we knew of no friends with
whom to co-operate, but in every case we
came away with a long list of friends, rep.
resenting, ias we learn from callseupon
them, every class of that town.
We wish, through your columns, to
thank the strangers who have so gracious-
ly received us, answered our questions,
and advised us when arranging meetings,
and the Representatives who came, at our
invitation, to hear our arguments. Those
who opened their hospitable doors to en-
tertain us were our old friends, Mr. and
Mrs. D. W. Forbes, of Westboro'; Mrs.
Sarah Read, of Bolton; J. A. and Mrs. Ra-
bardy, of Manchester; Captain and Mrs. F.
F. Smith, and Mrs. W. A. Brown, of Bever-
ly; Mrs. Dr. Woods, of Gloucester; Mr. and
Mrs. Jas. Rogers, of Rockport; Mrs. S. J.
Spaulding and daughter, of Newburyport;
Mrs. Preston and daughters, of Hamilton
We are also indebted to various parish
committees of Essex Co.. for opening their
churches to this movement. Four of our
meetings have been held in halls; the oth-
ers were in Baptist, Methodist, Unitarian,
and Congregational churches.
The ministers and friends who have as-
sisted or presided at our meetings, tire Rev.
E. C. Abbott, of Westboro'; Rev. A. Read,
of Bolton; lIon. John J. Baker, Rev. E. C.
Butler, Peter E. Clark, and Miss Estelle
L. Barker, of Beverly; Rev. W. 11 Ryder,
Mayor J. S. Parsons, John T. Knight, and
Mr. and Mrs. Y. D. Tingley, of Gloucester;
Rev. Lorenza Haynes and Rev. A. W.
Tirrell. of Rockport; Rev. John Petersor,
Rev. Alfred Noon, Rev. D W. Morehouse,
and James Parton, of Newburyport; and
Rev. E. F. Davis, of liamilt' n. Many
more mmirnisters than we have namied have
read the no ices of our mteetinags, some even
who do not call themselves friends of our
cause Three ministers only' who have
been visited have refused positively to
assist us III anyIv way. They Say that ou'
advocates may be called wise and
good mmen and women, but that till wise
men are apt to be unbalanced ont some
points. They believe our friends tire un-
wise in t heir advocacy of wotman suffrage.
Most of the papers published ila New-
buryrpelrt. Glouc.ester, Rockpor.t. Beverly,
anid Salem have noticed out- meetings, and
have given us locals, reports, and short
editorials, for which we are sincerely
grateful. This mouth's ncetigs Ihave beet
very satisfactory.
In January we shall hold six or eight
meetings, as Rev. Annie 1U. Shaw will
spend most. of her timle in finishing her
medical course at the Boston University
School of Medicine. The r'emaider of our
time will be spent in visiting friends (and
foes, too). and in raislug at fund to carry on
this work during the cominrg year.
C. S. P'.
RECEPTION TO MARIA MITCKELL.
The reception given to Professor Maria
Mitchell by the N. E. Wmaan's Club, on
Dec. 26, was a very pleasant occasion.
Brief addresses were made by Professor
Mitchell and others. In the absence of
Mrs. Howe. Mrs. Cheney presided Mrs.
Howe's daughter. Mrs. Julia R. Anagnos.
read the following poem, which expresses
her regret at her mother's inahility to be
present:
THE MEETING OF THE STARS.
[To the atrononer, Mara Mitchell, on my mother's
inability to hr precit at her festtral.]
The bright conjunctmin of the stars
Has not beon written for this year;
The tyrant, Time, has not decreed
Thou'It meet thy sister-planet cloar.
He spins and braids us at his will,
And e'en the Fates dare not rebel;
Full oft we plain, he worketh ill,
Tet, in the end, le eanotl iwell.
Within ny glass I see you meet,
E'en while this feast Is in its flower;
And, though 'tis far, I gaily greet
The brilliant birth of that b'right boar.
Time! thou art but a younger child,
Eternity thy elder fore;
lie doth fulfil what thou deniest,
And what thou cloudest, makes he clear.
Then is it Now! thaough*'qt'pfy * 1
The hour that in my gs-*i ge***
The kiss of tar to sister star * *
Shall shine through all eternity! *
A WOMAN ORD D' '*
A striking religisdA jhin atip yas paste'
at Company Shops, '*N. '*pt * b'
Bishop H. Turner, of the Aftlicart*.Mtfo-
dist Episcopal church. The conference
had been in session there for several days.
Monday several pieachers were ordained
to the ministry, and among the number
presented for deacon's orders was Miss
Sarah A. Hughes, of Raleigh. She is a
bright mulatto girl, well educated, and a
good preacher. Site has already filled sev-
eral appointments as pastor. When she
came around the altar with the others, all
eyes were fixed upon her. The bishop pro-
ceeded with the ordination until lie came to
her, when lie halted for some minutes and
looked up. apparently Ila deep thought, the
entire congregation, both white and col-
ored, looking on with intense interest. Fl-
nally, placitug his hatnds upon her head, he
said: Take thou authority to execute the
office of a deacon in the church of God, inI
the name of the Father, the Son, and the
Holy Ghost. He than presented her the
Bible and she arose, the Rev. Miss Hughes.
So great was the interest that the congrega-
tlion left their places and moved up to the
front to shake hands with the woman
preacher.
The free list of the WomAN's JOUR-
NAL will be much diminished at the begin-
ning of the new year.
Digitized from Best Copy Available
CONCERNING WOMEN.
Miss EIZAnETH P. PEABODY contrib-
utes to the Index an interesting article on
the status of women in ancient times.
Maus. S. D. POWER (Shirley Dare),
whose gifts as a writer are winning, day
by day, wider recognition, expects to'win-
ter in the South.
SAlAH IIALLOWELL, the Secretary of
the Art Committee of the Chicago Exposi-
tion. has gone to Europe for the winterIn
the interests of the art exhibit in Chicago
next season.
MRs. L. M. WILSON, superintendent of
public schools at Des Moines, Iowa, has
under her charge eight buildings, eighty
teachers, and about 4.000 pupils. Her sal-
ary is $1,800 a year.
QUEEN NATALIE, of Servia, bought for-
ty American sewing machines recently,
and set seiastresses at work on them in the
palace at Belgrade, nanking garments for
the troops, which she cut out with her own
hands.
Miss FLORINCE HALE, of the Ladles'
A t Association, New York, stains and
paints glass, and fires her decorated glass
and lina i her own kiln. She has orders
from large firms to copy ancient stained
glass, and is said to be the only woman in
this country who does this work in all Its
stages.
Ms. FAlti, of Minneapolis, this year
gave a Christmas dinner to the newsboys
of that city. M rs. Farr is a business wonst-
an. doing at business of $00,000 annually.
She takes a great interest in poor children,
and is a special friend to the newsboys and
bootblacks of Minneapolis.
The BARONESS BVIETT-COUTTS, it ia
said, offered some tme ago, at haer own ex-
pense, to have water from the pools reli-
troduced into Jerusalem, where it would
have afforded a permanent and abundant
supply of excellent spring water; but the
plan was frustrated by the stupidity and
obstinacy of the Turkish pasha.
MRS. MOCLELLAND and other artists, all
women have carried out the eutire decora
tion of some of the dining-Crs on the Great
Northern railway, running between Leeds,
London, Manchester, etc. The walls and
celling of one, specially designed for gen-
tlene. display sporting scenes, of hunt-
ing, shooting. fishin etc.
Mus HELEN M. GOUGAR is in ERAS
speaking on woman suffrage and temper-
ance. She is nider e'ngagmnent for nearly
the whole month of January, with head-
quarters at Wichita. The Legislature Is
in extra session, and the friends feel quite
confident of the passage of the pending
municipal suffrage bill, whih is on the
calendar for the last session.
MRS. CHUTE, of Washington Territory,
formerly an accomplished teacher in La-
fayette, Ind., goes thirty-five miles to vote.
She is postmistress and notary jiublie,
owns two claims and works them, plead
lawsuits, has large herds of sheep and
cattle, is an expert florist. and in addition
finds time to read the magazines and the
WotA's JOURNAL.
MRS. MARY F. FACERELL, of Ogden-
burg, N. Y., was left a widow at thirty,
with two little girls and thirty dollars t
.ioney. By her own exertions she has
, dpeated her children to admirable and
lovely womanhood. One is n excellent
wife and mother, the other a successl
business woman. With her girls' assist-
ance Mrs. Fackrell has boright and paid
for two handsome houses and lots In Og-
densburg, and has adorned them with
flowers, books, pictures, and other im-
provements. She has published a volume
of poems, entitled Songs of the St Law-
rence, and is an able and honored advo-
cate of woman suffrage and temperance,
Ms. J. G. SARTER, of Meagher Co.,
Montana, is a successful stock-grower.
She was one of the pioneers of Smith River.
In early days she used to ride wild bron-
cos, and round up and brand her herds of
stock. giving every appointment of the
ranch her personal supervision. But in
later years, she hats sold off a large portion
of her herd, and devotes herself moretothe
tamer modes of husbandry and the produe-
tion of fine stock. She has a princely
home located on Smith River, about six-
teen miles fropa the Springs. Her fences
enclose 1,000 acres of meadow lands. . The
ranch is stocked with 800 head of horses
and 150 head of cattle, among which are
thoroughbred Shorthorns and Galloways.
.The Montana papers boast of heir as
woman of singular energy and busines
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