Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-02-16
ITEMS ABOUT WOMEN.

ITEMS ABOUT WOMEN.
Mrs. EMMA Mont MCRAE. of Purdue
University, has been elected president
of the Indiana State Teachers AssOcia-
ton.
Miss LEILA j. ROBINSON. the author
of claw Made Easy will contribute
to the Woman's journal a series OF ar
ticles on the laws relating to women.
Miss Robinson has returned to Boston
after an absence of four years in the
West, and will resume the practice Of
law in that city.
Miss GRACE SoPER, graduate of
Cornell, has just published in Harper's
Bazar highly interesting collection
of statistics relating to the present
occupations of the women graduates
of twelve American colleges. 1t is a
work of much research. and brings
many vague theories to the test Of
facts-a test, in the main. strongly IA
vorable to the collegiate education Of
women.
Mrs LAURA c. HOLLOWAY, of Brook
lyn, has received within the past three
months moro than two hundred letters
from women, strangers to her, who
want to earn living by literary
work. 1t may be partly because Of
the increasing literary activity Of
Southern women. and partly because
Mrs. Holloway is herself a Southerner,
but most of these letters come from
| the South.
NINE. FLOQUEr. wife of the French
statesman. is an active promoter of
technical schools for girls, which she
aids both with money and social influ-
ence. She is also interested in homes
for servants. and offices and homes
where Alsatian girls can obtain shelter
and places. 1t was she who thought
of celebrating the opening of the new
Hotel de Vile by a lunch to the chill
| dren of the communal schools Of Paris.
which delighted the children and their
parents. and added greatly to her hus-
bands popularity.
CLARA BARTON. president of the
American Red Cross Society. recently
had an audience with the Emperor of
Germany. He stood erect and affable
during the interview. and it was hard
for her to realize that he was ninety
years old. His step was firm. and he
looked unusually well, but when they
parted he shook her hand kindly and
said: This is probably the last time
we shall meet The conversation
was carried on in French, but when
she left the room he said Goodbye"
in English.
Miss j. STICKFORD, Louisiana
lady. fills the varied office of ticket
agent telegraph-operator, shipping
clerk. express-agent and train-dis-
patcher. at Prudhomme station on the
Texas Pacific railroad, little above
Alexandria. The New Orleans Times.
Democrat says that in directing the
handling of cotton and other freight.
ordering the loading and unloading of
cars, etc. which sometimes strains the
patience of the most amiable men.
Miss StickfOrd maintains invariab.e
dignity and good temper, and all
goes smoothly under her wise and
careful supervision.
Mrs. FRANK LESLIE thinks literature
a poor profession in America. partly
because it is overcrowded. and partly
from the lack of international copy.
right. She discourages young women
from entering it unless they have ex-
ceptional talent She is reported as say
ing: "A young woman in whom l was
interested had about an equal amount
of talent for writing and for drawing.
She inclined to the pen. but I dissuad-
ed her strongly. and she took to tn
pencil She earns sixty dollars q
week as an illustrator now, and has
two holidays in the week at that. En-
craving and illustrating are fields less
crowded. and offering better chance
to women tnan literature.