The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-04-29
NOTES OF WOMEN'S WORK.

The ladies OF Greencastle Ind, have organ
lied Mothers Association.
Miss Dora Wheeler is painting series Of life
size portraits of eminent authors.
The Woman's Relief Corps now has over
1900 local corps and nearly 81, 900 members.
Miss G. Alice Baker, of Cambride, Mass, has
been made honorary member of the Montreal
Numismatic and Antiquarian Society.
Mrs. Louise NJ. Thomson, of Greensburg has
been appointed superintendent of the White
Cross and White Shield department for the In
diana w. G. T. U.
At the 18th anniversary OF the battle of Lex
ingtop, April IL, Mrs. Mary A. Livermore made
the principal address. Her subject was The
Women of the Revolution
An International conference of women from
the Friends or Quaker Church, is contemplated
at an early date and it is said that it will meet
in Philadelphia or Indianapolis.
The Woman's Journal says that there are
twenty-ssx women's foreign missionary socie-
ties in this country. with 1857 auxiliaries Of
adults and 3,454 of young ladies.
Twenty-four women have graduated from the
law department of Michigan University. and
one will graduate this year Miss Alma E.
Hitchcock, of Honolulu. Sand wich Islands
Mrs. Florine Thayer McCray is writing the
life of Harriet Roecner Stowe, whose son and
daughter ars supplying her with material This
viii be the only authorized biography OF Mrs
Stowe.
Mrs. Hannah Nelson is the successful man.
ager OF a dairy school in Denmark. She has
visited Norway, Switzerland, Holland England
and France, and made thorough study of the
process of making the different kinds Of cheese
peculiar TO each country. which she is now
teaching TO her hundreds of pupils from all over
Europe
Mrs. E. Trask Hill. of Boston, daughter of the
anti-tobacco reformer and philauthropist of anti
slavery times, Rev. George Trask. is very
popular lecturer in Massachusetts She speaks
upon matters relating TO W. c. II. T. and tenn
perance work and also upon literary topics she
is described by the Springfield Republican as q
pleasing and effective speaker and by the Boston
Herald as eloquent.
The Womans News says that there are ten
women in Indianapolis who have each built six
or more houses. being their own architects max
s-orkmen. One of these ladies il Mrs. d. How.
land, who has built ten houses. Mrs Mary r
Haggart also lives IN gem of house Contracted
for aud superintendent by herself besides heinz
designed by herself. Mrs. Julia c. Harding az
The Woman's News. has built four.
Mrs. JIlsette r. Wood, matron Of thA
Knightstown Soldiers Orphans Home aecass,-
panied by Cassandra Robbins and Eliza Coeb
ran of Indianapolis, and Adelia Henley recent
ly visited the Soldiers Orpans' Home 81 yenia
o., for the purpose of studying methodg az
management now in use by an instifutior oIder
and completer IN its defaile. These ladies corr
pose the COMMITTEES appointed by the late w n
G. convention for the purpose Of vigitins, rhr
KniG1tstown home, with view 70 Aid in as4ah
fishing improvements which may be neaden
and TO formulate plans for holding Festivities
which are looked forward TO- throug4 ffa an
tire year. By the chiIdren- OF which iris nrona
Die this cor.mittee viii have charge.