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I I IDA HUSTED HA ri INTERNATIONAL Worn- y's Suffrage Congress a fJ. Great Burgo- master and the sterdam a City of American 9 Dutch Laws for 9 Gets Next Congress English Women 9 and the Suffrage Movement. 9 AMSTERDAM, Jun? 29, 1908. THE committees of Dutch women who arranged for the International woman suffrage congress that cl this week deserve warm congratulations upon Its success from every point of view, social. Intellectual and political.

The president of the National Suffrage Association of the Netherlands, Dr. AJetta II. Jacobs, Is a woman of unusual power, and although only now in middle life she has been a pioneer in women's progress here. She was herself the first woman physician, and in order to enter the medical university and receive a degree she had to get permission from the government. This was granted by the broad-minded Prime Minister Thorbecke.

and a short time ago, when she had completed twenty-five years of active practice, the women of Amsterdam and vicinity, Irrespective of creed, party or social position, came together in mass meeting, formed processions, marched to the little park on the Heerengracht, where the statue of Thorbecke overlooks the wide canal, and decorated It with wreaths, after which they presented to the doctor a bronze Victory bearing a palm. Dr. Jacobs was the wife of C. B. tierritson, ho was for number of years distinguished member of parliament.

In he came with his wife to America to nee to the placing of a portion of their magnificent collection of books. which they had sold to the Crtrar Library of t'hicago. These Included about 60,000 volumes of history and economics and the largest collection In existence on subjects relating especially to women. Their handsome home still several rooms entirely filled with valuable booka. During the congress Dr.

Jacobs gave seven dinner parties and a large reception, in addition to her official duties. The Burgomaster and the Queen. There is no Dutch word which precisely corresponds to "suffragist" or advocate of "woman's rights," so they have adopted the French "feminist." The majority of the aldermen are "feminists," but the burgomaster, who was born in Java, is "anti-feminist." He has much authority, so It has been impossible for the I municipality to give t.ie oflicial recognition I which was so generously extended in Denmark, llis honor declared he did not intend to notice the congress in any manner, as he had no sympathy with its anns, but as the time drew near and lie aw the favorable attitude of the press and learned that a majority of the liberal members of parliament approved of woman suffrage he decided that It might be well to "hedge." His cultured wife belongs to a "patrician" family, their residence is palatial and by sending out "at home" cards for an afternoon Bourgmestre d'Amsterdam et Madame van Leeuwen seront chez eux le Mardi? a compromise w.is effected; the affair was sooial. not official, and the suffrage bogy did not get in. It was really a handsome entertainment In this fine old house, built and decorated In liiSO.

with tea served In the pretty garden. The women had a good time and the burgomaster was not hurt politically. He occupied a front seat at the opening of the congress and was surrounded by members of the council of state, of the parliament and the municipality. Amsterdam Is American. There is no city in Europe that seems so "American" as Amsterdam, spite of its quaint houses, numerous canals and extreme cleanliness.

If the crowds of people on the streets were tot down in any city In the United States they would not attract the slightest attention. There is not the least nationality as to their clot lienor manners, and in personal 4CE3.AT HOME!" RPER SAYS Is RDAM IS IDEAL appearance they look exactly like thou- sands of persons one sees In New York? ti or perhaps one should say the New York- ers look like the Dutch, and maybe they are Dutch. We have often sat in the street cars and wondered whether certain men and women were Dutch or American, until we heard them sneak. No other city seems so little "foreign" to us. The food Is about the same as ours and is prepared and served in much the a same way, while the hours for meals are the same.

could, Indeed, feel much at home here if it were not for that greatest of all difference of language. One Danish lady said: "This a spring, when I decided to come to the congress in Holland, I intended to learn a to speak Dutch, but I couldn't find time." A Finnish lady was reading all the signs a and speaking enough to make her way DR. ALETTA 3 Piesident of the National Woman's Ri about the city next day after she dame, It Is in this respect that American women are most deficient, and as they have no opportunity of displaying the many branches of learning in which they are proficient, they do not get credit for their wide general education. Dutch Laws for Women. a The Dutch have a stubborn tenacity of a character which is rather trying when you come up against it.

but it commands a great deal of respect, and because of it they have preserved their integrity as a nation. There is no other country In Europe where custom permits as much freedom and independence among women. They go and come and do as they like. with no more comment or criticism than j' they would have in the United States. Complete co-education prevails from the kindergarten through the post-graduate courses in the universities, and people ii come from all countries to study the general system of education.

All of (he li os3a" 1 BRYAN AU'Wt Jo venal rofessions, except the clerical, have been years open to women, and they re engaged in all kinds of business. The iws, however, as in most other countries, re very unjust to wives, but here, as lsewhere, the men for the most part are etter than the laws. The husband is nder no legal obligation to make any revision whatever for his wife at his eath, but may leave her absolutely pen- j. lless. Unless there Is a marriage com ract forbidding it, all the property the fife may earn or inherit becomes the ossesslon of the husband, and Ire may a eprlve her of all of it by his will.

He may also dispose of the children rlthout her consent. A tax Is levied on amines lor every Bervant iney Keep, uui hen a man becomes a widower he is llowed one servant free of tax, on the rinclple that while he Is away from his orae attending to his business some one iust be there to look after It and his hildren. A vast number of women who re left widows must engage In some utside occupation to support themselves i nd their families, but the government uts the full tax on the servant they re obliged to keep. When they protest hey are told that they should stay at nc 30NLST.S IZARD EMPHASIZE 5H0QFLY," DC etltion to include some form of suf- a rape for women in this amendment. Pi We were talking last evening with the si ouncilor to the queen, one of the most m'nent lawyers and statesmen of Hoi- and, and he said it was only a question tl if a few years until the full franchise rould be given to the women here.

The romen of Norway and Australia who are (1 icre officially representing their govern- It nents, which pay all their expenses, tl irought the greetings of the prime minis- firs and their hope that the aim of the ri ill lance might be speedily fulfilled. The next congress will be held in Don- Ion early in May of 1909. The constltu- Ion of the alliance, adopted In Berlin a 1904, requires a meeting every Ave 'ears for the election of officers and he transaction of business, but as many ongresses may be held between these lates as the executive board may think A ustiilcd by the demands of the interna- ional work for woman suffrage. The ongress in Copenhagen in 1900 was fol- 9 owed by the granting of the municipal c' ranchise to the women of Denmark. It A the universal opinion here that the iresent meeting has immeasurably ad- anced the cause in the Netherlands.

Britain's Strong Delegation. One of the strongest delegations at the ongress was that from Great Britain, wenty-flve In number. Among them ras Miss Chrystal Macmlllan, holding wo honor degrees from the University Edinburgh. The four Scottish univer- 1 11 i no ro trt tTiTCv mftmKnro nf rto lues cm biuwu tv vnv 0 vi iament, "who shall be elected," accord- 1 rig to the law, "by graduates of the unl- orsity." As women receive their derees from these universities exactly as tl len do, they have been for several ears endeavoring to remove the barriers prevent their casting a vote for hose members. Miss Macmillan has hail harge of their case through all the ourts, with an adverse decision in each, the ground that although the law said a every graduate" it meant only every nale the same lnterpreation as has been made several times by a he Supreme Court of the United States a its decisions against the legal right to vote.

The case is now in the iouse of lords, but possibly before it omes up on the calendar there parlia- lent will have enfranchised all the worn- with the consent of the lords, and t1 hen there will be an end of quibbling, i Vi nr? rl 4 a kiivvjivi fldS largaret Ashton, a prominent member ir the Women's Liberal Federation, sister t( the wife of Ambassador James Bryce, i'ho Is herself an antl-suffraglst. Lady e. itcele. a delegate from Scotland, recently Mowed her valuable furniture to be sold iy the sheriff as a protest against tax- tlon without representatlcn. One Eng- si ish delegate was obliged to remain at ome and take care of her young daugh- ti er, who has Just now been released from ail a physical wreck.

She attempted to resent a petition at Premier Asquith's tl oor, and for this she was put Into a cl tone cell and kept in solitary confine- ii lent nearly a month, refused books, pen paper and not allowed to see her tl lother. She fainted in tho prison chapel. she was required to go for spiritual ci onsolation. Six of the "suffragettes" are oi ere as fraternal delegates from their or- ti anization, among them two of the most lilitant and dangerous, the venerable See the! 'G THE ENGLISH RIGHT TO )N'T BOTHER ME I largo steamer for an excursion up th Liver Maas to Dordrecht. Luncheon wa erved on the boat, with Mrs.

vai pn Rftrtrh-Willinc nf Pnttorflom oa hnct CJ lltltlQ MO 58 of the entire party. At the end le picturesque trip all returned to th oted seaport, where a handsome dinne as served in the park of the Zoologies -arden. The festivities ended with th entertainment le Society of The Hague at Its famou paslde resort, Scheveningen. An elabo ate afternoon tea was given in the spa ious new Palace Hotel, and, after a our's rest, the invited guests assemble 1 the Kurhaus for a dinner and specie oneert by well known performers. Th venlng closed with a display of fire orks, and at the end.

to the delighte urprise of all. the motto of the alliance Jus Suffragii," the right of sulTragf ashed across the sky. With these word hlning In the heavens and their brll ance reflected in the deep blue water the North sea, we bid good-bye to th ongress of the Women's Internationa IDA HUSTED HARPER. the TURNING-CRADLE IN rHE turning-cradle, attached to th exterior walls of foundling homes Is a traditional and time-honore istitution in Cuba. The cradle Is so ar anged that if any one deposits an In ant therein it revolves and Is drawi iside the foundling establishment, am hereafter those in charge of the Instltu Ion take care of the babe until it is ob nough to become self-supporting.

Th ractice is recognized as so roper that the action of a policeman li lavana in arresting, a short time ago, i oor woman as she was one night placim baby in the turning-cradle of the Cas Beneflciencia. or house of refuge, ha roused the severe censure of several lie Havana newspapers. The director of the house of refuge de ounced the arrest in unmeasured terms le pointed out that his institution hai een in existence since lTOi? that is. ove wo hundred during tha eriod only two arrests of persons depos infants in the cradle had ever beei tade. He entered very fully into the his jry.of the custom, and carefully cited th iws and precedents prevailing from th arliest times.

As late as a Spanisl syal decree, dated January 1T7, expressl; eclares that "no not even th? constituted public authorities hall arrest any person conveying ex osed children, nor make any lnvestlga on whatever into the matter." Thi arents of any foundling who may late esire to recover it may appear le proper Judge, and upon proof that thi liild is their offspring it is surrenders lto their keeping. This Spanish legislation continues to tx le law of Cuba to tills very day. It wa: Dnflrmed in 1900, during the first Ameri in military occupation, by an i a 1 1 'oje wont the -tenderfoot. hav 4 I I ma" Canyon i miiiu I liissy I'KS? (fHCAqoNtvtfl -GEE, to HA TJS Ski (SAIS T( kn J1 -7 JOlififfAL WOMAN 93 YEAF I WORKING .1 i I it 3 I I I I jnk JHHBKgfl I I.wwf." I ESSVaM 1 I 1 II i I I I was. anote' i TVTORKINO In the world for ninety- 1 three years and wanting to die in harness.

Such is the life story of 3 Mrs. Annie E. Philpott, who is employed i I at the government bureau of engraving 1 and printing in this city. She is hale and hearty, blessed with perfect eyesight i despite her age and does her work in a vpfv mannpr. HAfippndpH fprtm a revolutionary family of stout Pennsyl- 1 I imired to labor and to Its Joys.

ft the old lady's one wish Is to die in harL ness. She has made her wishes known in this regard and while her present ac- 1 tivity lasts, her position is assured. Nor does Mrs. Philpott's work cease when her day's work for the government ends. She spends her time away from the bureau In her regular duties as a 1 housekeeper, putting In her spare mo- 1 ments reading the newspapers and mak- ing tine lace, for which Washington of- fers a very lucrative market.

Another field of endeavor that appeals to her with considerable force is the manufacture of thf? linon and nfid-A en Hnor to the feminine heart. It Is a source of great pleasure to her to present one of a these to her women friends and many of t. them are gladdened by such gifts. a Mrs. Phllpott is a tirm believer in the gospel of work.

At her advanced ago she says that the most of the pleasure 1 she has found in life has come from the consciousness of doing her share In the world. And the work she does for the 1 government Is not the. kind that can bo classified among the "easy Jobs." It is i hard, physical labor, cleaning and dusting the offices of the officials, and they bear testimony that it is well done. The memory of events, both historical and political, that this gracious and 0 t. bright old lady can recall is bordering on the marvelous.

During the early days of raer reguiaung me aauuiusuauve ico ires of the old Spanish code. According to the director of the Ilavant ouse of refuge the turning-cradle Is Ighly beneficent Institution for Cuba is. in his opinion, a most teck upon the crimes of infanticide, ant lables the extremely destitute poor tt nd places for the rearing and care oi lildren whom they might otherwise mpted to kill. The director would ever ave the existing code so modified tha: aor mothers who, from whatever motive eposit their new-born offspring in turn ig-cradles shall themselves be admittec ito the foundling asylums, so that thej lay take care of their own children. As already stated, only one other arres1 a mother depositing her Infant In uhan turning-cradle has ever been ithin the last two hundred years.

Thh during the Spanish regime, wher policeman arrested a woman just as as placing her baby in a cradle. idge before whom the case was hearc nmediately ordered the woman set free nd imposed upon the policeman a sen of six months' imprisonment, be des dishonorable dismissal from rdice force, on account of his the law and of its proper observance. The ''Cockney Dialect." mm Lloyd's News, What has come to be known as Cockney dialect" is not, perhaps, altoether beautiful as a form of speech om the point of view of the scholar, bul has Its merits. It is racy, and it is equently expressive even if it is somemes independent of the rules of correct ronunciation as laid down in books. It apparently rooted among; the people, ijd forty years of school boards have not rrved to make any evident change.

0 irs. uespara. sister or uen. John French, nd a noted philanthropist, and Mrs. It tilllngton Grieg, looking like a little cl iresden china figure.

ei Farewell to the Congress. The representatives of the press in all te arts of the world who have been re- 111 orting the congress have seemed an un- jjj sually superior body of men, physically jr nd Intellectually, and there have been lr lso many able women at the reporters' 111 able. The great concert hall has been an aspiring sight, with large flags of all the lationallties affiliated with the congress rouped around the big organ, and filled 0( every session with over 2,000 eager, a nthusiastic listeners, and the garden af- erward has been a beautiful sight with he women of all nations gathered about jr he little tables chatting over their tea. a rlusic has been furnished by one of the t( est military bands directed by a woman. Sj 'he arrangements of the Dutch local ommittee have been perfect, not a detail Illiltt'U iicucaaai iu cwimui i ui he conduct of the meetings.

The city in he freshness and beauty of early summer las called forth universal admiration, Fi rhile the hospitality of the Dutch people las made a lasting impression upon the leart of every visitor. It is not alone in Amsterdam that soial courtesies, teas, dinners, receptions fr ind a farewell banquet have been ex- it ended, but neighboring cities have wel- fr omed the foreign guests. On the day ti allowing the convention proper a special pi rain carried officers, delegates and is peakers to Rotterdam, where the local ai uffrage society received them on board sc IEB EL. JACOBS, a ulfrage Association of the Netherlands. ii ome themselves and do their house- rork and take care of their children.

London Gets Next Congress. Women In Holland have no suffrage, any man may vote if he earns eleven lorins (less than $5) a week. If his wife nd children earn this amount anil he is jj drunken loafer he still does the voting or the family. Any man may vote who ias 50 florins In bank, or, if his wife 0 las earned this amount and put It In the tank, he may not only vote on the trength of it, hut he may order the bank tot to let her draw out the money. Far it from the women of the United Itates, however, to throw any stones, for ast winter the legislature of Maryland a ubmltted an amendment to the male lectorate which probably has been adopt- by this time, that any man may vote that state whose wife owns $fiOO worth property; and at the same time this egislature refused even to consider the I 1 PE RFECTLYi LOVELY TIHIE iLj VK MLyfip AJtEkOLYGlSI i Trt' $MT4 Vm uyrinriM If ot o' I ISOLD IS OR UNCLE SAM 3.

FHIUPOTT. lie evil war and before that stormy ime she and her husband conducted a ihoe store In Baltimore. Every Incident connection with those days of strife 9 impressed on her mind and when In i reminiscent mood she Is very Mrs. Phllpott was born In Adams couny. of old colonial stock.

Her maernal grandfather, John Weaver, served 3eorge Washington In the capacity of lodyguard, while her paternal grand faher. John Leonard, was also a soldier In he revolution. Mrs. Philpott was seen by the writer at ter work a few days ago. She was obiteratirjg dirt at a rapid rate, but she ound a few minutes to talk: "i was Drought up on a Pennsylvania arm and my life was the same as that if any farmer's daughter In those days? nilking, spinning, weaving, caring for he poultry and the thousands of little hlngs that came Into a woman's work on i farm.

When I was young farmers did lot have things as pleasant as they do iow. It was all hard work from sunrise sunset and every member of the had his or her share to do. "Put they were pleasant days, especially the long winter evenings, when the amily would sit around the fire and talk iver the days of the country's beginning is a nation, which the older ones rememtered very well. Some time after irvled Mr. We moved to Baltimore nd remained there until after the war iroke out.

Those were terrible times. We i-ere engaged In business In Baltimore, but he times were such that we sold out and ame to Georgetown, where I have lived inee. My hushand died in 1S73 and a hort time alter I obtained a position In he bureau, where I have worked ever ince." Quite record for an old woman, and he smiled while telling her simple story, ihe lives comfortably with her widowed aughter in Georgetown and ontented in being allowed the privilege working on to the end. Such Is her nly ambition and its fulfillment Is proof.