Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-09-06
THE WORK OF WOMEN.

Mrs ZEREIDA WALLACE, ''mother
of Ben Hur," is over seventy years of
age, but in two months made fifty
speeches for womans ballot. She says:
"Wear out and not rust out If you
would be happy"
Miss A. l.. WILSON, general mama
ger OF the San Francisco Breeder and
Sportsman, is one of the best informed
persons in America on the pedigrees
and history of trotting horses, She is
also an able writer on turf matters 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 Bruins
wick, N. j., when the Dime Savings
bank of that city collapsed two years
ago, offered $1,000 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 B. 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 specimen of woman's physical
vigor it may be mentioned that Miss
Susan B. Anthony, in the winter OF
1854 SO 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, H., 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
headquarters ofits own, with an offic,
secretary, and entering unitedly upor
such lines of work as all the women cal
K agree upon
Miss LAURA ENsoN has translate,
Alphonse Daudt's Thirty Years il
/ Paris She adds to the notable grou
of women translators, which include
\ Miss Katherine Wormely, the translate
!, of Balzac; Miss Isabel Hapgood, of To-
II stoi fame; Miss Harriet w. Preston
~ whose translations have marked a
: epoch in literature, and Mrs. Wistel
who has made the highest order {
ie translations from the German. Some
Sc thing in the subtle, flexible delicacy {
Id intellect that characterizes these writer
K. has made them especially accomplishe
] in the art Of translation.