The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-08
ITEMS ABOUT WOMEN.

ANNIE POMERoY has left five hum
dred dollars to the Association for the
Advancement of Women, better known
rs the Woman's Congress.
Miss ELLIcE HorKISs. who is so
closely identified with the White Cross
movement, is now in Italy for tho
benefit Of her health.
MRs. LAURA NJ. JoHSs president Of
the Kansas Equal Suffrage Associa-
ton, will assist Mrs. Cougar in a Sc
ries of woman suffrage conventions in
Illinois next spring.
Mrs ELIZA r. WHEATON has given
the town of Norton. Mass, new pub
lie library building worth S22. 1000
Nearly half Of the 2.2O0 books in the
library are also her gift.
Miss HELEN BLACKBURN. Of Bristol.
Eng, has compiled an interesting lit
tie brochure entitled because. It
contains the reasons why women
should vote. rs stated by fifty distin-
guishcd English women.
MARY HowITT. who has just died at
the age Of eighty-four. was a very small
woman with very sweet face. She
translated Frederika Bremer's works
and wrote many charming stories for
children. She was born Quaker and
died Roman Catholic.
MISS KITE C. WILKrss. who is
called 1.-The cattle queen OF Idaho"
owns between seven and eight hum
drcd R6fses. ard says they are much
easier to take care Of than cattle. They
show more intelligence in paving
away the snow to get at the grass. and
they bring better prices. Miss wilkins
is young. . fine horsewoman and y
good shot, and thinks life in Idaho de-
lightful.
Miss j. PRINDELL. Of Baltimore. lect-
urcs to the pupils of fashionable
girls school at Washington. d. c.. on
the current news Of the world. taking
up such topics as the tariff. the sur
plus. the Irish. etc. In this way the
pupils. while following the course of
ancient history, keep pace with tho
history Of modern times. and when
they leave school they know as much
about the President Of the United
States as they do about Julius Caesar.
Mrs MARY B. WILLARD with her
youngest daughter. Mary, has arrived
At Evanston. ILL.,, with health much
improved by her two years and
a half abroad. 1t is earnestly hoped
by the white ribbon women that sho
will resume the temperance work in
which she has been SO long and SO
deeply interested. Miss Kate Willard
is now in Washington. BY invitation OF
Mrs. Cleveland. She will soon Join
| the ranks of women workers. having
fitted herself in Germany for Il church
or concert singer and teacher. The re-
port that she was preparing for the
operate stage is incorrect
FRAU EMMA FREIDEgIKE ScHNEI-
DER. who lately died ut Leipsic. was
the most famous doll-doctor' in tho
world. For more than fifty years. ever
since the death Of her husband and
child. this quaint little dwarfish woman
had dcvo ted herself to the repairing Of
dolls, in which she attained incredible
skill A visit to her work-room was
one Of the sights. No one could sit
down. Chairs. tables and floor were
covered with crippled dolls in every
stage Of dilapidation. All these Frau
Schneider turned out rs good rs new, to
the great delight Of their young own
ers.
MRs ADA NJ. BIrrESBENDER, the
lady lawyer of Nebraska, who is now
at Washington looking after the inter-
osts Of the w. c. I. u. was the author
Of the excellent Nebraska law which
makes mothers joint guardians of their
children with the father. In all the
States Of the Union except four-Kan.
sas, Iowa. New Jersey and Nebraska
the father is the sole legal owner Of
the children. the mother having no
legal rights in them. unless the mar
riagc has been broken up by death or
divorce. Mrs. Bittenbcndcr also drew
the bill which passed the last Nebraska
Legislature. providing for an Industrial
Home for Fallen Women.