The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-01
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ans Journal.
ITEMS ABOUT WOMEN.

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ITEMS ABOUT WOMEN.
MRS. MAcKAY distributed more than
$50, 900 at Christmas among the poor
Of London and Paris.
MIss LoUDIE HEUsTIs, an Alabama
girl now studying art in Paris. ranks
first in q class Of threo hundred stu
dents.
Mrs. HESRY WARD BEECHER has
given the Soldiers Home at Leayen-
worth 1000 books from her husbands
library.
MRs. HARRIET BEEcHER STOWE, in
spite of her advanced age, is fond OF
outdoor exercise. and walks from Two
to seven miles daily.
QUEEN VICTORIA will use the
"Jubilce Fund" to found and main-
tain training-school for nurses Of the
sick poor in their own homes.
Miss EMILY S. BoUToN. in the To-
ledo Blade. advocates. under the title
Of Health and Beauty" the establish
ment of gymnasiums for girls.
MRS VIRGINIA HANSON has been ro-
elected State Librarian by the Ken
lucky Legislature. This is her third
term. and il is said the State never
had better librarian.
MISS VARINA A. DAVIS. jefferson
Davis daughter. writes Of "Serpcnt
Myths" in the February North Ans-
crican Rerisu. showing incidentally
how the remains of the ancestral ser
pent worship still persist among the
negroes Of the South.
Mrs. FRANCES HoDGsoN BURNETT ID
installed with her two boys at the Villa
Trollope. in Florence. This villa was
built by Mrs. Trollope, Anthony Troll
lope's mother. with money earned by
her pen. 1t is now boarding house
kept by an American lady.
Mrs ELIZA CHApPELL PORTER. who
died the otherday at the age Of eighty.
is sincerely mourned in Chicago. She
taught the first school in that city.
and her husband. Dr. Jeremiah Porter.
preached tho first sermon. Both
rendered heroic service during the
war, he as chaplain and she rs nurse.
1t was said of her that she closed the
eyes Of more than 1900 soldiers OF
both armies.
Miss MARY GRANT, the English
sculptor. is now visiting this country.
| and at the exhibition of drawings by
the Architectural lie. que in Nyw York
portfolio Of her work was exhibited.
1t consists Of statues for Litchtield Ca-
thedral, the reredos for Edinburgh Ca
thredal. and other ecclesiastical work.
Miss Grants portrait busts include
those of the Queen. Dean Stanley and
other distinguished people.
ERMINIE SMITH, who is to be COM
mcmorated by . scholarship at Vas
sar, was. perhaps. the foremost author
| ity in this country in regard to the
aborigines. She lived for years among
the Inaians. 49,, adopted into Ir-
dian tribe. and became thorough
Indianologist. She received a Gov
| ernment pension for service rendered
in her Investigations and researches.
The money for the memorial scholar
ship has bcen raised partly by wom-
ans club founded by Erminie Smith
in Jersey City. and p partly by Sorosis.
PRoF. MARIA MITCHELL ranks with
Caroline HersShell. these two being
the most distinguished of women as
tronomcn. Miss Herschell announced
the last Of the eight comets discovered
by her in 1875, and the next comet
discovered by woman was seen by
Maria Mitchell in 1917. Prof. Mitch.
ellis original observations and in
vestigations have included valuable
examinations of the nebule. and much
work connected with the coast survey
and the compilation of the Nautical
Almanac.
Mrs. ELIZA GARFIELD. the late Presi.
dents mother. who has recently died
at Mentor, O.. aged eighty-six, was
born in New Hampshire, and moved to
Ohio with her husband in 1880. A log
cabin was built and farm partly
L ClCdICus Uul lICl uusUIHo ouOA ulCus
and Mrs. Garfield was left to struggle
with many difficulties. She faced them
heroically, refused to send her elder
children out to work among the neigh
boring settlers. toiled with her owr
hands to keep them together under hel
own eye. and from her they received
the first rudiments of an education.
Associated Homes for English Ladies'
"The Ladies' Associated Dwelling.
Company" propose to erect a building
Of about two hundred rooms. which arr
to be let out singly. or in sets. to ladie!
Of small incomes or who are earning
their own living. The idea Is that thu
ladies, while preserving privacy an,
independence. would be able to live al
less rental. in a better neighborhood,
and under generally better condition:
tnan in the often expensive and com
fortress London lodging. The rent:
would begin at 2s. 6d. per week.
/ 1t is suggested that the building
might be near q restaurant. or nigh
contain one, from which the chief mea
Of the day could be obtained.
The prospectus of the new company
states that two such buildings. but OF
a small scale and defective in arrange
ments, are already in existence; tina
for every vacant room there are many
applicants. and that they pay small
dividend. 1t is thought that bigger ant
betterdwellings would prove good in
vestment The honorable secretary il
Mr.. f. Atkin. Plowdcn Buildings
Temple. London. - Westminster an,
Lambeth Gazette.