Cleanings.

White Ribbon, Volume 1, Issue 8, 1 February 1896, Page 5

Cleanings.

Dr. Annif McCall (Director Clapiiam Maternity Hospital, London,) recommends “ The Voice of Science on Temperance as a useful handbook. Price is 6d; published by the National Temperance Publication Depot, 33, Paternoster Row', London. The fifteenth report of the Inspector of Inebriate Retreats (Eng.) contains the following;— “In the case of the w’orst habitual drinkers no harm, but the reverse, is done to the health by the sudden and complete disuse of all alcoholic drinks.” Miik v. Alcohol. The following are the official returns showing the reduced consumption of alcoholic liquors in St. Thomas’s Hospital (London) :—Ale and Porter ; 1876, £422 10s yd ; 1894, £■235 is 3d. Wine: 1876, £563 5s 6d ; 15s tod. Spirits, including methylated: 1876, £"456 os 3d ; 1894, IOS °d* Milk : 1876, The women of the United Kingdom, on the 15th October, showed their appreciation of Sir Jatn s Stansfield’s efforts in the cause of W’omen and Moral Reform, by presenting him with a testimonial. The personal part of the testimonial rousted of a beautiful bowl mounted on an ebotiy pedestal. Ihe remainder of the money subscribed is to be turned int > a trust, the object of which shall be the appointment of an official to watch future legislation in regard to women's social and political position. Sir J. Stansfield made his first great speech twenty-one years ago, in the Colston Hall, Bristol, on behalf of the repeal of the C.D. Acts. Recognised houses of vice have been abolished in Christiania. Compulsory medical examination of women for purposes of vice was abolished in the Hague in June last. A M:ss Hammond carries on the business of an auctioneer in Birmingham. When but sixteen she persuaded her mother to take out an auctioneer’s license for her, and now wields the hammer and enjoys the whole business. Hitherto in France a married woman has had no legal right to claim her own earnings. They are the property of bet husband. A Bill similar to the English Married W'omen’s Property Act is now before the French Chamber, and it is hoped will be carried.

The Armenian women of Constantinople have addressed a letter of appeal to Lady Henry Somerset, calling on the women of England to aid them in their distress. A strike of doctors recently took place in a Parisian suburb, the cause being that a lady doctor was appointed by the Mayor to take cocharge of a dispensary with five male physicians. Women and Phonography. A lady nearly seventy years of age recently won Sir Isaac Pitman's Theory certificate. In Denmark four ladies are in the service of the Parliament as reporters. In Finland there are two lady Parliamentary reporters, and one in Norway. In Russia every newspaper is said to have its female staff of reporters. Tolerance comes with age. I see no fault committed that I myself could not have committed at some time or other. — Goethe. Mr Rarey, the great horse-tamer, has told us tfthat he has knowm an angry word raise the pulse of a horse ten beats in a minute. Think, then, how it must affect a child. — Lubbock. When it becomes a recognised thing to fit every girl as every boy to become a worker in the world . . . then will there dawn the birth of a new day, which will bring a new happiness, a new punty, and a new earnestness to men and women.— Shafts, “Tru currage is the knowledge ov right, and the determination tew dew T it. False currage is a willingness tew dew rong bekause others sa it is right." “ Children,” says Ruskin, “ should have their times of being off duty, like soldiers.”