WOMAN'S -WORLD.-
- JSWEfll NT ENOENT PORTER PftABES
TKE CENSUS BUREAU WOMEN.
ITaAiagton ExtraTHiDcc-KIMu
Waul i tenable Pet What Ona Girl Cuk
XKMl Liability of Womeo TTmj KatlM-
J Council of Woman.
We bav in the census office nearly
3,100 cornea. With the- exception of
10 employed as skilled laborers the;
lave all passed an examination in the
twrions branches required. It ia safe to
ay that over half the number hare
stood high in arithmetic, receavoar all
the 'way from 83 to as high na 100 per
cent. We have in the ceneoa office one
room la which 200 young ladies are en
gaged xtnder a woman chief mxlring
comparisons for the final tables of the
. wenaua. Women are engaged in what is
called working oat the equated Kfe of
."mortgages, -also under a woman chief.
A -woman has had entire charge of the
Insurance dmsion w the cemras office.
1r
-which, though smaller than those refer
red to above, nevertheeses invoices Tory
-.important work. In this work I -find
, women very satisfactory and conecien
tioaa. As a rale women jns out of
school are better for jueehr- work than
those who cornopj later in Kfe. There
are instances,' however, in the censos of
. fioe of women who hare for the first
time met with misfortune and been
obliged to earn their own hring who
.Aave made good records as computers.
The, following is a list of the ten
women clerks who made the best record
in -tabulating the census returns on the
electrical machines, with the average
aade by eacw m ten dayac
Kbam. A. Kiggma, of Tnmemee KM
Haa Ktto Sirtti van. of Missouri 80,000
xussm. JL (Jura, oC lrtc of Oofcnabta. 8&M
UssA.U.OeasweU,or Sorta Carolina.... 81.ol
Mam K. M. Ou-rtco, of Maryland R0.il T
Him Jaui Silvester, of VTrfrtnia. .... 7MM
Aire. E. W. Eargeo, of Htcoigaa 79.408
Mix Kate F. Spunoar. of Michigan 79.0ns
Mint Alica Priest, of HicbiKaa 78, 9 W
jsa C n. Crook, of DMncI of CndnriM. TB.161
These facts, and indeed the records of
be entire six weeks, show that women
re -better adapted for thm particufcu
werk than men. They are more exact
in touch, more expeditious in handling
Jfceschedules, more at home in adjmt
iijg the delicate mechanism of the ma
chine, and apparently more anxious to
jziake a good record. For this reason 1
contend tha all work of this kind should
he done by women. Robert P. Porter
in Home Magazine.
iS'm Waafclagtoa Extrayanao. .
It is almost impossible to estimate the
oet of keeping up a house like that of
"the Mortons. He rives as fine dinners
as did President Arthur, and Arthnr
dinners cost $5,000 apiece. 1 renture to
asy that it costs him $30,000 a year for
"boa Washington entertainments, and the
same may be said of Postmaster Gneral
. Wanaxnaker, though' his ' expenses are
materially cut down by his not using
"wines. He spends a great amount in
flowers, and the flower bills of the. capital
are by no means a small item. Mme.
Romero, the wife of the Mexican minis
' tor. spent $800 in the flowers she need at
' . aof her receptions. She turned the
mktcAa legation building into a bower of
- . Xragranos and beauty, and she, for the
time, transformed winter into summer.
'. The fiowecs of many a dinner cost more
-than the dinner itself, and Washington
- -tsJtaat becoming one of the great flower
; markets of the United States. Nearly
all the flowers used in Baltimore are sup
:plied from our green houses, and flowers
' J shipped from here all over the south
i mn"d north.
1 , One of ihe biggest florists of the capi
; . 41 tells mrf that Postmaster General
; Jganamaaw spends from $8,000 to $10,
j -600 a yetar in flowers, and Vice President
.. Morton bay a the choicest and rarest of
: Jjorfers and ferns for his house decora
' -ftiois. Mrs. Morton personally superin
i, -tmds the arrangement of her floral deco
tstioDS. She ia a practical business wo
and a gC'ji housewife, and she un
' derstands just 'what things ought to cost
and knows how to make a bargain. Mrs.
Whitney spent an immense amount of
money on flowers. She always gave her
florist carte blanche and lot him bring
the beet he had. Mrs. Hearst and Mrs.
.Stanford invest fortunes in flowers every
.year, and Mrs. Hearst arranges with her
own hands the elaborate decorations of
her reception rooms. Many of the sen
ators' wives, and also the wives of the con
gressmen, get flowers from the govern-
moat greenhouses. These they do not
pay for, but the supply is by no means
qual to their social necessity. Wash-
ington Letter.
KJttena Am the Fashionable Pet.
' The girls on Murray hill are craxy
wver tortoise shell Angora kittens. These
little animals are rtfte in America, and
cost anywhere from $25 to $30 a piece. 1 j
calling on a pretty young woman,
when a tiny kitten trotted into the room,
jumped on its mistress' shoulder and sat
-there contemplating me 'and the other
furniture of the place. My charming
hostess had brought this example home
-from Paris, where Angoras cost $1 each.
All the girls, she said, were devoting
themselves to kittens now instead of
-dogs.
it is the fashion to put largs aUk rnf--fiea
on one of the forefeet. Angora kit
v4enn really possess enough wisdom to
vender them admirable pets, and as it is a
.passion with them to sit on a woman's
honlder and press their faces against
iora, their value as an ornamental com
panion can be imagined. A perfect tor
. taise shell kitten in a pale blue ruffle, on
"the shoulder of a girl with golden hair,
"brown eyes and a creamy skin, is really
' one of the prettiest sights you will come
' .across in a day's search. I dont suppose
the fad will last long, however; probably
until the present lot of regnant kittens
shall have grown to cat hood. New Tork
.Letter.
What One Girl Cost.
Here are some figures regarding the
- .cost of a little girl of 14 for the past
year. She is the only daughter of a
teller in a New Tork bank. The family
lives in a private boarding house, and
the ambition of her parents is to make
the child a tiri;At, bwm. srwaaMa wo
man. Her wvwurobe coate W yac
including tannery.
She attendschool uptown whore she
pays $SG0 a year. Last season she
sent to dancing' school at an expense of
$90. For thwaccomplistiinent she seeded
a special supply of slippers, four little
danctng frocks, a long quilted ulster and
fifteen yards of sash ribbon, for which a
bill of $71 was presented.
During the aammer -she learned to
swim, and the cost of her bathing suit
and the services of the bathing master
amounted to $3 3. Her board for the en
tire year cost $350. .Here are some
trifles, as the mother calls them, oopied
Eromtne little girra expense account
One pug dog, $5; eight silver bracelets,
$15; one doXL $3; one doXTs carriage,
$2.C0; to mender, three days services,
$4.50; hospital attendance for dog, $7
burial of aame, $1.75; ooe gold rixM. $350
rent Of tricycla, $&5; medical treat
ment. $53-. gifts for reiatrvea,$7; monkey
mutt oad cape, : gum, ice cream,
soda . .water, tripod, $24: tenia racket.
$3.SD; opera glass, $8; alrver wnfc h$&
treatment for stuttering. $80. -
Making the annual cost of this sweet
Httle tyrant, $1.311. TO. Sew York
World.
bpri LtaMSitr of W
The court of appeal has just decided
that a married woman may be a partner
in trade wifcti her nuaoand, and that be
cause she is married it is no defansein
an action brought to charge her with a
partnership debt. While it time that
the decision was carried by a bare ma
jority of one, three of the seven judges
gallantly voting against the startling
proposition, it ia now the settled law of
the state. The legal status of woman
has progressed amaarngly within the last
twenty years. She now incurs all the
liabilities of a man, though bereft of
many of hia privileges. She is liable on
all civil contracts, and her name to a
promissory note or in a partnership trans
action inflicta udoq her all the naina
and penalties incident to the situation.
But she cannot vote and she escapes
jury semee. The freedom from the
performance of the latter public duty
women may deem a boon, although, to
quote a cynical lawyer, 'there are many
spinsters who would gladly serve on
juries for the opportunities afforded.
Many a fair juror might meet her fate
in a twelve hour discassiou of an im
portant ease in the jury room."
However, tlie great majority of wom
en would be more apt to tell innumer
able white has to escape the ordeal.
The male juror does it habitually, un
less he is rich enough so that he can af
ford to have hia name called in court.
his default entered and a fine of 350 im
posed for non-attendance. New York
Times.
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- The If atlonal Council of Women. . '
The first triennial meetinar of thn Na
tional Council of the Women of th
United States will be held in AJhamrVa
Opera house from Feb. 15 to 18 inclu
sive. This orcranisation ia thn rmtwrv
of the International Council of Women.
neid at waabington in 1883, at which
Daners were read bv 100 wnm a-
seating seven different countries.
'.At that time two permanent orgaai
satiofiftwere formed the International
Council of Women, of which aTnii,t
Garrett Pawcett, of England, was elect
ed president, and the National Council of
women or na umted States. Too latter
body receives into auxiliarysbip aD n
tional orKanixationa of women intwut.
ed in the advancement of wnmMn'a mfe
in philanthropy, reform and social cult
ure, it nas no special theories for re
form, its fundamental principle being
unitv for the creiraraJ rml -f nm
and through them of all hnmanity.
This convention will probably be the
largest representative body of women
ever assembled. Eleven of the most im
portant national organizations have al
ready entered the council. Washineton
Dispatch.
For the Medical Training ml Women.
The ladies who set out to manfcion ntv
to secure the admission of women to the
medical school of Johns Hopkins univer
sity have obtained the whole amount.
The trustees of Johns Hopkins have ac
cepted the gift, and have pledged them
selves that the medical school, when
opened, shall admit women on the damn
terms as men. This is indeed, as the
dean or tfryn Mawr says, "a splendid
triumph." The trustees sav that hefnr
a medical school worthy of the univer
sity can oe established $500,000 must be
raised.
The remaining $400,000. beintr for tlw
general interests of the school, is not to
oo suDscnoed Dy women alone, but by
all persons interested in securinar for both
men and women an opportunity in this
country tor tne advanced medical study
which can now be pursued only in Eu
rope. The ladies mean to do their full
share toward raisinc tlu mmimTii,
$400,000. Boston Woman's Journal.
Pretty Bridesmaids' Costnmee. '
Five bridesmaids at a recent' fall -nmrl.
dimr wore beautiful cwtnmm nf
colored bengaline, with lettuce green
velvet yokes and fichus of Valenciennes
lace. The epaulets were of the same
haflft of velvet, whila tb rraxOii
wristbands were of slightly (Lsrker vel
vet, t he broad brtmmed green fait hats
were trimmed with softlv RarKnc -arhife
ostrich feathers, and each fair maid ear
ned a pretty silver wicker basket con
taining white iiaqs partially veiled with
mamfinair iern ana uea with hght
green ribbons. Bach also wore a pretty
brooch of diamonds encircling a pink
tonax. the erift of the cronm Waio Vni-v
Ledger.
Fall Capea.
The most stvnsh cloth m nt ttu
season are full and deep, extending con-
sideraoiy Deiow tne waist line either in
sinarle or double rows, and Iuiva imA crirla
carelessly draped upon the opposite shoul
der, wnere u is sometimes confined with
a cord and tassel. Fur capes are still
verv much worn. Thev are ro fijurilv re
moved, so comfortably put on over th
high, full sleeves, and so serviceable for
most weather that they are destined to a
long season of popularity. The choicest
al
ssad
-oftbafiratspseoh
of
Fairbanks, you knew, is a gonial.
wnoie iaad geatlesnaa, with plenty of
Tory enarueneo. tmt at the time of which
. I speak had no experience on the atoms.
One day I net him and be seamed con-
saderabiy worried.
Urabam. satd be, 1 liain beam in
vited to address a political meeting at
and you know I never did any
thing of the kind in my lifs. I havenU
a bit of confidence in myself and I am
afraid I cannot bold the crowd. You
are up ia this kind of thing and I want
you to post me a kktie.
1 never wanted to limgh so moah in
my hf e, but Fairbanks' woebegone
lace tota me ptaaaer than words thas h
was rerymweh in earnest. So I gav
nm su ebb pnmss i could bring to mind.
I remember that I saxd ahasao w fis sw m
always hesd has aowd by eotertaasmg
, and toM bam tojaoiagine himeell
an auetieneerw hm went .to hia
xneeung, and ,mwmij thing w vui wrong.
tit was planed so tea a atrong wind
djsw MvowgJi Mm poem, tossing his hair
ovwr hia fe ard grviag him a torribU
cold aod sore throat.
"Tne braes band drew and half he said,
and the small boy gov in his deadly
wore i . me torn a bwbm or so later,
and he toW me his experiences. 'Svery
time 1 would feel myself giving way.'
ne exclaimed. 1 would think of your in
mtojoib to uoagme myseir an auc
tioneer, and I guess I entertained them.
for I made myself more of an auctioneer
than I did a political speaker.' But
Fairbanks is all over that now. There
is not a better or more effective speaker
in Indiana than be is." Indianapolis
Fnetearaafcy Applied to Si pojina.
Surveyors are becoming more and
more indebted to photography for the
way in which it facilitates and improves
their work. For reconnaiaaazice the cam
era oScrs'some pleasant features. The
public is always anxious to know what
an engineer ia doing with a transit.
out ir ne has a map of the country and
an aneroid in his pocket, so that, by
leoces or otnerwwe, he can tell pretty
nearly where be is, he is only an ama
teur artist, making views of scenery,
and the farmer is not suspicious that he
wants to run a railroad throuch his corn
crib. Such pictures as may thus be se
cured, uaderstandingly used, may help
to decide where a line will probably be
best, to far as the general features of
the country are concerned.
Progress is the order of the day. It
is not long since the engineer who used
a camera to take occasional or semi
occasional records of the progress of his
wort was looked upon as putting on airs.
Now,- however, the blue print and the
camera come in very handily so much
so that it is not the engineer who uses
them, but rather the one who does not,
who is the exception. The engineer is
not likely to dispense just now with his
transit, but he who avails himself of
such help as photography can irive "m
especially in such work as making close
topographical surveys, will hav a verv
great advantage over him who does not.
Now York Comxnercial Advertiser.
Cnta a Caxoa
An acute observer of eootenrDorarv
life remarked the other day that the
typical eat devoted each one of his nine
hves solely to the cultivation of his voice.
The statement, although obviously ex
aggerated, serves very well to convey
the impression which the eat has made
upon those who know him best. The
weasel having largely supplanted -him as
a rat and mouse exterminator he has
come to be regarded as an animal cf leis
ure, much given to music',' but bearing
few or none of the practical burdens of
existence. But attention has lately been
directed to the fact that the Chinese use
eats to tell time.
A Celestial who was asked what o'clock
it was took up a cat and examined it,
and replied that it was two hoars past
noon. On being asked how he told time
in that way he explained that the pupils
of a cat's eyes were largest in the morn
ing, and that they gradually grew
smaller as the light increased till they
reached their minimum at noon; that
then they began to widen again till at
night they once more became large.
New York Tribune.
Karl; Minstrel Snows.
It was in the early fifties that minstrel
shows first became so popular in the
States, and in 1857 Jack Raynor, who
used to be middleman and bass singer
for E. P. Christie when his troupe
played in old Mechanics' hall, at No. 472
Broadway, New York, started the first
Christie minstrels ' in London. Raynoi
is one of the few old timers still alive,
and he lives in Paterson, N. J., to-day.
Another of the old leaders to the front is
Dick Hooley, who used to be with
Campbell's for years and afterward run
a minstrel theatre of his own in Brook
lyn. ' What's he doing ' now, d'you say?
Why, it's the same Dick Hooley, pi
Hooley'a theatre, Chicago, today, and
the same Cool White that was middle
man and stage manager of the Hooloy
Opera house of the war times, is mana
ger of Hooley's theatre today. J. W.
Me Andrews in Chicago Herald.
Mooted FrenanoiaUon.
The chorus "O ho ro, i ri ri cadul gn
lo" in Sir Walter Scott's poem "The Lul
' laby of an Infant Chief" means, f reel;
translated. "Bye, bye. lullaby, sleep till
the morn." The pronunciation is, "Ohoro,
erere, cawdlegulaw at least, so say two
Scotch women, members of my house
hold, who are direct from the highland!
of Scotland, and who daily speak the Gae
lic in preference to the English language,
Cor. Boston Transcript.
It is not in color only that domesti
cated cats differ widely. There is the
gloved cat of Nubia, the Chinese cat
with ears turned down instead of up,
the twisted tail cat of . Madagascar, the
short, truncated tail cat of the Malay
Archipelago,- and the entirely taiilest
cat of the Isle of Man.
than Chor
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