Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-20
THE WORK OF WOMEN.

Mrs. ZERELDA WALLACE, "notner
of Ben Hur," is over seventy years of
age. but in two months made fifty
speeches for woman's ballot. She says:
''Wear out and not rust out if you
would be happy"
Miss A. L. WILSON, general mana
ger of the San Francisco Breeder and
Sportsman, is one Of the best informed
persons in America on the pedigrees
and history of trotting forses She is
also an able writer on turf me- +ers gen.
orally.
Mrs. ROBERTSON, of Muscogee, In
dian Territory, is Mt Holyoke grad
uate. and the wife of minister who has
worked for forty-five years among the
Creek Indians She has translated the
whole Of the New Testament into the
Creek language, besides many hymns.
Mrs. EDWIN S. STEVENS. of Castle
Point. Hoboken. n. j., has presented
the working-girls' club of that city (the
Industrial Society of Hoboken) with a
clubhouse Of its own. The house was
built especially for the purpose. and is
believed to be the only clubhouse for
women which is owned outright by the
organization.
Mrs. JOHN WELLS, of New Bruns-
wick. N. j.. when the Dime Savings
bank of that city collapsed two years
ago. offered $4,000 toward alleviating
the losses of the poorer depositors. She
has now added $1,000 more. and will
buy in the accounts of the same class of
depositors at par. Mrs. Wells has be-
gun the erection of free hospital in
New Brunswick, to be named in honor
of her husband.
Miss ALICE 3. FARLEY, of Port Hud-
son, La. is fragile little woman phys
ically, but she has strength of mind
enough to conduct large cotton PLAN
tation successfully. She throws into
planting all the enthusiasm and perse-
verance many women bestOw in acquir-
ing feminine accomplishments; and to-
day no cotton produced in the States
ranks higher than that which comes
from her plantation.
As a specimen of woman's physical
! vigor it may be mentioned that Miss
Susan B. Anthony, in the winter of
1854 -55 conducted fifty-fOur county
conventions in FIVE months. travelling
mostly by stage. Also that Miss An
thony is now in her sixty-ninth year,
has never had an illness worthy of the
name, and, notwithstanding her ardu-
Gus life, is an utter stranger to invalid
ism in greater or less degree.
| Miss FRANCES E. WILLARD, Of Evans.
ton, ILL.,. and Mrs. Mary Wright Sewall.
of Indianapolis, Ind, president and cor
responding secretary of the Women's
National Council of the United States,
purpose to secure in every leading city
and town of the United States Two.
mans Council" made up of the presi-
dents of all societies of women. having
q headquarters of its own, with an Office
secretary. and entering unitedly upon
such lines of work as all the women car
agree upon.
Miss LAURA ENsON has translated
Alphonse Daudt's Thirty Years In
Paris" She adds to the notable group
of women translators. which includes
Miss Katherine Wormely, the translator
of Balzac; Miss Isabel Hapgood. Of Toll.
stoi fame; Miss Harriet w. Preston.
whose translations havo marked au
epoch in literature, and Mira. Wister,
who has made the highest order oi
foundations from the German. Some
thing in the subtle, flexible delicaey o.
| intellect that characterised these writer
has made them especially aocouplishsd
in the art Of translation