CANADIAN WOMEN.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 574, 31 July 1909, Page 11

CANADIAN WOMEN.

'• Th 6 fact>.that • the'■ International Congress of Women-has just been held.,in/Canada "as ■' of • English', journals :fa> ■ f the; J'Queen" • publishes, a,'Very,'interesting article,on the subject of 'their, ;actiyities arid .opportunities., ; w ;V» •: It >is 'seldom realised ( in/England what - a largo' share'; Canadian.•.wdmen , 't r ako/in'' the ncricultural/'and'- 'industrial-,!; life -,of './tho Dominion,"not 'only as' helpers-to their men-

i folk, but on their own account .as well. Over' .fifteen thousand' are; 'engaged in tho .various, t branches. of< farming;.. in ■,■ market l.gardening, ...bee.' and, , poultry keeping, .dairy work, ' raising cereals, stock :(breeding; ivaiid' in '.various-.other.; ■ways:' .That 'th'ey. make excellent : settlers, ■; andj when -free"ha«d ; and •exomption - from"' houseold- du'tied,.- are'inost -'succ'essful, ■ is generally ■conceded by. those...-who'.hiive- met' themK'Jn .hook- entitled ''Canada ' ih- the ;Twentieth ; .Century;'! ;m 'read.; that, ..v.Onpj'oi •thevmpst'' all-round ' accomplishe<l ' ranchmen, between' Winnipeg arid, ; : the, -.Pacific;•"r-an •Englishman of the,public- school typo, and; a ■linan of: _tbo.,.wqr!d;Y..-gcnerally, ■ hold,s orj strong ;vie'ws Jori th'o' , -'parfc..that"Women play, •arid, : y'et:.mo.re,'. could. play, /ifJ given -a -freer 'hand invaVse^tVer's.-'liftr:.lf.:. they ccriild- sometimes .persuade. their- husbands •arid''br'others to w:ork under their.'.directipri 'a." greatv measure- of'. success •• plight; fall , 'to 'younger:sdiis.tW, i; :'-." i'Mostiof jtbe .Canadian .colleges and universities arp'.ifully open to'.women, ,and. tw.ehty•five. years'.ago .the..first,woman obtained :licl ,B.A! i degree; 'from ~.the New • Brunswick: ,Col.lege'.'of■ Mouilt Allison. . About-,.,.ha1f- -the .women'-;who., graduate,.bscoma.teachers; -the profession, is, overcrowded, .and,.the salaries •very low; .' ■;.._: J : ,:n ■ ;.;;'Educatiohal'/statistics 'tell..,.!us'..that • .in Ontario ;the:-!average salary- of -the • .lvomaiv teacher.Vis',.'£.4B, of the /man., ,£80.;-. but ;., .m ■ passing' from, east-, to- west' ;the. scale,. ascpndsj ;as. the I competi tioii., is not' sb keen, in younger •.parts. :of; the, :conntry,-' ',aiidv.in -some places •the .salaries:of-the', sexes' are equal. , , -, • Women practise- ; medicin.e.- throughoutJ tbo - Dominion; and • • ..the y first \ v woman f, v'doctpr gradua.toa..over .forty, years/ago. As nurses ..Canadian:.women-are ■ most . successful, /..and many of the best;' American ho.spit.als;prefer < them: to:; American ./women;;. .training, have been established ...in/cbniic'ction witli/all 'the leading.. -The' legal Profession'.; includes".'women among .its • members'. pbtained her B-C-L: degree ..from 'Toronto University/in--1897-, j and her.Jblr.'B..': in . 189.9; , but/ before-. sKe.''<i6uH/-Ji^ien]rojlW;-aB.; a • barrister' and '^licitorit'.\ ; Lcgiskturb. and:.t-he. law. Society .of Ontario wcr'el.nWssary.;- . A-, : , / ,

In v industrial, life /women/ are/ gradually leaking! tlieir : way' ~ into' / /trades I that// hav.o, hitherto . liocn 'considered the/sole, propertj? of men. " They possess -aud.- manago flour and gnst • mills, jce /'- houses;.' aid . livery stables; some 'find employment/ as/'house 'decorators',' '''pawnbrokers,',, wood ' dealers/1 and undertakers:. ' / .. : '■,// • .The movement" .infavour ,of ''women's suffrage'-is gaining ground steadily,'"and tho association ;whicli lias been formed; to- advocate! , this /object ; has/increased.. -'during / tha last' year' by.,maii,v liew societies, while .publ'c mMtingSj/wnioh, 1 hav.o b'eeii. li.eld : aH over- the country,- have been well attended. Bills for tbfi. enfranchisement,;'of .women ;ha.vb" been presented'.in, the/Dominion Parliament, 'and in; 'nearly/ nil -provincial'..Legislature's,/but •they 1 have'..invariably bcen/'votcd down;' 'On March '24; a. petition'.signed, by, a/hundred ■thousand 'persons in "Ontario,'/of ...eyery sh.ado of political /and,'religious opinion': ; was prcthe.Prfeniier. ' There"is'.little, doubt that'::'in7 a -few ,'yckrs, if not: '.sooner,; tho women of. Canada r ..will possess.' the ,'samo rights'and .privileges'ill federal ;and" provih--cia! affairs that tlioy Already "do in.'municipal.

':',tadies .'do 'not /always stop to: think -what they are getting ''when purchasing hair pails; "To- be clean.'and' healthy, it: is/essential. they .should 'bo mado ; of. hair only; many pads isold. in -the.' Dominion are shifted with various rubbish,' , such as, dyed.: wool, waste, •horsehair, -etc., .whiish irritate ,and injure the hair. -To ensure -getting honest i value, ask your draper for the "Belgra'via" ' registered pad; made by.'A. M -HENDYj.'the/well-known Hair • Specialist, of Duuedin.' I'ride Is., in all ■ colours. Obtaiuable from all leading drapers everywhere. Tako lurothani.'