Probably the news that Madame Coue, the distinguished scientist, bad been denied the honour of membership of the French Academy of Sciences cause regret even among those who gonism to the movement for acco political equality to womuo. The claims to recognition of women like Madame Coue rest on a very different foundation from those of the eccentric females who have lately attracted attention spectacular acts of criminal foolishness. In fact a reputation such as that gained by Madame Carle, which coald bardly be eahaoced by her a-mission to membership of the most llastrions scientific body, itself a refutation of the argament that in existing am stances women do not have a {sir chance. Taberent geons will display itself wh ever obstacles may supervene, and Madame Carie's contribution to the use-fol knowledge of the world woold not have been given soy the earlier, bad possessed the doabtfol pri Chamber, oF of serving to the Republican army. To deny, however, what atter all " formal, though a very high, honour to a distinguished women simply because she is a woman, does not seem in acoordsnce with either the natural gallantry or the sense of logic of oar French friends. That the election of M. Branly instead of Madame Onrie to the Academy of Sciences was almost tirely dae to consider of nex is evident from a decision arrived at by the five Academies of the French Institute at ti quarterly plenary sitting on January 4, whea the question of the eligibility of women candidates for the Institate came up for discussion, A motion in favour of the admission of women, which was prompted by Madame Carie's candidature for one of the vacant seats in the Academy of Sciences, was rejected by ninety votes to fifty-two. It was left open to the separate Academies to act independently, bat the Institute placed it upon record that "there was an immutable tradition against the election
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