The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1879-12-17
FOR TIVE FAIR SEX.


'AsN A~Vtcn tpE w Ohhcms
Vassar has three Japanese ladies
among it's students.
To saw and split wood, carry water.
coal and wood, pillow, harrow and thresh.
anu IN cities sweep the streets. are, says
the Berlin Thg'odcht, among the avoca-
lions of a German woman.
An Ohio man has just gained suit
Tor damages which he brought against
board of education that expelled his
daughter from school for obeying him,
and refusing to take lessons in drawing.
Philadelphia teachers who occupy
ordinary places receive nine dollars a
week, and Philadelphia paper says
1t pays quite as well to be a chamber
maid us to be public school teacher in
all but the highest places"
Miss Helen Magill, Phi. D., daughter
of the president of Swathmore college,
England, has received scholarship
nom Cambridge college in a competitive
examination in Greek, French and Latin.
he scholarship has an annual value OF
Sl75.
A young wife in q colliery village in
England assists her husband in black
smithing, and makes three thousand
rivets day. besides doing her house
work. She is described as being sedate,
we'll spoken, has low, sweet voice and
fair complexion and hair
The dispensary established by Mrs.
Ti5urtuss, in Berlin, has received 1,lI9
persons in one year. These are generally
women and children. The advice is al
ways given gratis and very frequently
the medicine also. The women of Ber-
lin appreciate the kindness and skill
they meet from the lady doctors.
There are thirty. seven women in at
tendance at the London school of medi-
cine for women. Ofthe seventy students
who have entered the school since its
foundation, some are in practice and
others are preparing for an examination
of the University of London, or of the
Kings and Queens College of Physi-
clans, Ireland.
Madam HQlkowsky, of st. Petersburg,
IS engaged in founding an association to
Guild workshops for embroidery by ma
chinery, such as exists in Switzerland.
She is now travelling in foreign countries
TO give n close study to this industry,
and to order materials and engage work
mon to come and teach the art in Rus
STA, which enterprise will be conducted
on grand scale.
A woman in the hospital in Florence
has "a q hi1tnTxy Cha
Italian army in order to save her brother,
II married man, from military service.
She served with distinction during the
war with Austria, and received medal
for bravery in the field. When these
facts were known to King Humbert he
presented her with tie cross of his order,
and gave directions for her discharge on
an annual pension of 3OOf.
A little more than century ago letter
writing wEs supposed to be the limit of
wCman's brain-power. Few even of
the Puritan women could read or write,
and though boys schools were estab-
lished, girls were not allowed to enter
for over $50 years, and then only in the
summer time, when the boys seats were
vacant. The general belief seemed to be
like Voltaire's, that "ideas are like
beards-women and young men have
none"
Under the name of "Sim plicity" 81
society of ladies has been established in
Leipzig, to oppose the extravaganza of
fashion in dress and ornaments. The
members of this association are pledged
not to wear false hair, nor train, nor
tunics or any double skirts. Patterns of
simple dresses are plainly trimmed-al-
though fashionable bonnets are worn
and certain dressmakers have agreed to
conform to these patterns in making for
the members of the society.