Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-02-23
ITEMS ABOUT WOMEN.

ITEMS ABOUT WOMEN.
MISS OcrAv1A THURs1oN is one Of
the most successful crayon artists in
Buffalo, N. Y.
Miss ROSE ELIZABETH CLEVELAND
is writing a life of St. Augustine. She
expects to have volume of poems
ready for publicat ion in the spring.
Mrs. MARY B. WILLARD and her
daughters have returned to America
for a visit. Mrs. Wizards Home
School in Berlin will be cared for dur
ing her absence by Frau Cauer.
Miss MARIE REINDE, editor of the
Bamberger 1dgblaH. German daily
paper. is the daughter of the former
proprietor. and has for some time past
conducted the paper with ability and
success
Mrs. REBEcCA P. N1ELDs has been
made clerk of the courts of Chester
County. Pa. She is forty-five years
of age. and the widow of navy officer.
She had served rs deputy to the
former clerk. who was killed by an ac-
cident a short time ago.
Miss MILDRED HOLLAND is the prize
pupil in the art of fencing as taught
at the Chicago Conservatory. There
are nine other young women in the
class. 1t renders their movements
more graceful. and is said also to teach
the art of self-dcfense from a scientific
standpoint.
Dr.. MARY E. BATES, of Newton
Center, Mass, has just completed
successful course of scientific lectures
in the Read Fund course at Newton.
DR.. Bates is the first lady who has
been invited to lecture in this course,
and she has had larger audiences than
any previous lecturer.
Miss ANNA H. WHITNEY. the pro-
prietor Of the Chequasset kennels. at
Lancaster. Mass, is said to be at the
head of mastiff breeders in this coun-
try. Always a lover of animals. Miss
Whitney gave up her vocation of
school-;e ching, which she had fol-
lowed for thirty years. and went to
Europe, where she secured the best
stock obtainable, and then started the
Lancaster kennels. She, with others,
has taken steps for the organization of
a ST. Bernard club in this country.
This affords another illustration of the
fact that American women are coming
to the front in business enterprises.
Mrs. ADA NJ. BIrTENBENDER. of Ne
braska. the newly-elected superintend-
ent of the legal and petition depart
ment of the National w. G. 7. u,
will spend the winter at WASH
ington. in the interests of the
petitions that the W. G. T. U. has
''sent to Congress" in lieu of the rep
resentatives it hopes to send ere long
from its own number. Mrs Bitten
bender will become widely known if
she lives ten years longer. She has
good sense. untiring industry. and
h gh rep tat on as lawyer in her
own State. She is described in addi-
ton as lone of the most womanly of
women" She and her husband have
for years conducted the firm of Bitten
bender & Bittenbender in Lincoln.
Neb.. where Mrs. Bittenbender has
been tower of strength to the w. c.
I. U.
Mrs CASpAcE WHEELER. through
nffn hn
for Women's Work was founded some
ten years ago. has a plan now for
wOman's hotel in New York. She
wishes to form stock company with
a capital of $20O.CO) to build a fire.
proof house so arranged rs to give
each occupant a room with an open
fire. One hundred boarders ut six dol
lars week would make the hotel self
Hayper's Bazar says:
There is one suggestion of Mrs
which proves that she I'M
derstands the people for whom the
hotel is designed; that is. to have it
like club. with a house
of the inmates and the |
The great trouble with |
the experiments that have been made |
in this direction is that their rules and |
have been made by out
siders who do not appreciate the posse
ton of the class of women for whom
they are intended. Mrs .Wheeler's
ong association with at students and
art workers has shown her that they
sre young women TO whom life 10
more than PLAY. who arc
infused with serious purpose. and do
aot need to be treated with the restric-
ions of schoolgirls"
Women on JurieS.