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The interrupter was Miss Olivia Smith, said to be 

 an Engh'shwoman. The incident occurred as the 

 session was about to be closed. She escaped from 

 the House unmolested. 



Canada is by no means insensible to the worth of 

 its leading women. Sex is not likely to prove a 

 disqualification where merit is concerned. The 

 Dominion Government has appointed Mrs. Wil- 

 loughby Cummings, Secretary to the Women's 

 National Council, to a Government Office. King's 

 College, Windsor, conferred on her at the same time 

 the degree of D.C.L. 



The influence of women on education and their 

 fitness for managerial service is further attested 

 by the appointment of three women to the Senate 

 of the Toronto University, namely Winifred W. 

 Leisenring, B.A. Margery Curlette, B.A., and Augusta 

 Stowe-Gullen of Toronto, appointments which had 

 hitherto been unprecedented. Paris has gone to 

 Toronto for the selection of a distinguished woman, 

 Miss Helen MacMurchy, M.D., to serve on the 

 Permanent International Committee of the Hygiene 

 Congress, Paris. 



There are also a Women's Canadian Historical 

 Society, a Household Economic Association, an 

 Alexandra Club, and a Press Club with several 

 branches. 



Socialism has gained considerable hold on a sec- 

 tion of the Canadian people. The principles of the 



