Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-24


intelligent people on an equal iooting. She
almost forgot that she was nurse, and thai
she spent tWo-thirds Of her life as a servitoI
in the houses of the Four Hundred. Soon
after her return to town her library was en-
riched BY dozen or more valuable books,
sent with expressions Of esteem and
friendship bY her new friends, Mr..
and Mrs. Morris, who were Just setting out
for tour round the world as a supplement
to their interrupted bridal trip. So one
rich and beautiful young woman is down in
the nurses books as a type-of what we
could wish were more often seen-the
avowed lady.
Woman is booming. Why, it is only 30
years since DR.. Elizabeth Blackwell, who
calls herself the grandmother Of the medl-
cal women, took her degree. What changes
has she not seen in that half century? Now
the people who object to lady doctors are
few and far between; but 80 years ago they
were mighty host, and the pioneers Of the
movement might we'll have trembIed before
them. To-day the medical schools for
women in this city are crowded with eager
and enthusiastic students; and the fear is
that the profession will soon become over
stocked.
THE ADVANCE OF WOMAN.
Mrs. Blackwell has written a letter to
President Ella Dietz, of Sorosis, and I am
permitted to tell that she pointed out how
the intellectual training which women have
to undergo to enable them to follow medi-
cine as a profession, tends, if legitimately
pursued, 70 give enlarged efficiency to moral
tendencies; the compound structure Of the
human being, soul as well as the body, re-
quiring the recognition Of this fact in every
department of the art of healing. The
mention of Sorosis reminds me Of informa-
tion that the women Of India seem to be
advancing with leaps and bounds A club
for their use and benefit, has Just been
opened in Bombay, called ''The Sorosis, I"
and its president is Miss Manockjee
Cursetiee. This Sorosis, however, is not
intended for mere relaxation and amuse-
ment. It has several distinct and excellent
objects. They are to train women to work
in organized bodies; to encourage and
strengthen its members in the love Of study,
both for Its own sake and as a means of
advancement; to promote the study OF the
lives and deeds of those in the past and
present who have aided in the elevation Of
the sex to its present position in the world,
and to establish means of direct commu.
nication between the literary women Of
chanced to mention these things to Judge
DAILY, the eminent President Of the New
York Geographical Society.
''To the eVer-inereasing list of new em-
ployments lor women" he said. 'I suppose
we shall soon have to add that Of Acrtic ex-
ploration. It is announced that the intrepid
DIR. Nansen will make another attempt. two
years hence, TO- reach the North Pole, and
that his wife has resolved to accompany
him. Your sex nowadays seems so fully
determined to recognize no sort of pursuit
as the exclusive province OF man, that I
suppose 1 shall run the risk Of being de-
nounced as old-iashioned, if I venture to
urge the obvious consideration that the
delicate organization OF women must neces-
sarilV disqualifY her for the endurance of
such hardships and privations as are in
seDarable from enterprises Of this nature.
Everyone, of course, will honor Mrs. Nan
sen for her remarkable courage, and am
perfectly willing to confess that I should be
as proud as the most enthusiastic champion
of equality OF sex If q woman were included
in the first party that actually reached the
North Pole. At the same time, cannot
help earnestly hoping that the action of the
famous explorers wife will not induce
others Of her sex to follow her courageous
but harsh example,"
But if q woman starts for the North Pole,
Judge, depend on it she will melt her way
there.
NEW USES FOR THE KODAK.
ItshalI no longer be said that woman's
brain is not inventive. I hereby provide
the disproof, and my original devices are in
the line of amateur photography There is
hardly fashionable house in New York
where we fail to meet the young man who.
without q word of warning, helps himself to
an instantaneous portrait Of us; and We can
not spend an evening with friend but that
the mistress announces to rs, in the tone Of
Of Lucretia Borgia, Ladies and gentlemen,
you have all been photographed. Re-
.istance would be useless, and whatever
may be our disinclination to see ourselves
reproduced with a sincerity too often un-
aattering, the best thing to be done is to let
It pass with smile. for q grimace might
,nly aggravate the condition Of the victims.
The progress Of amateur photography mas
Deen rapid, and my inventions seek to
utilize it. have planned a photographs
,evolver. an instantaneous apparatus whose
name indicates its form. It sufices TO press
he trigger, on sighting person, in order
% obtain an instantaneous portrait con-
Iider II useless to enumerate the advantages
which this weapon has for . revival Of
iueling. Very soon We may read such
TENS as this: TN consequences Of differ
'nce OF opinion between Mr.. K. and Mr..
2, meeting was agreed upon. The weapon
,hosen was the photographic revolver.
Two portraits were exchanged without fatal
esults'
I also propose . Photographic shotgun,
which will bring the sport Of hunting with
n reach Of the Society for the Prevention Of
Cruelty to Animals. Naturally the mere
existence Of the beasts portrait on the plate
will show that the shot has reached the |
mark, and the sportmall's Vanity-which is
he real source .of the love Of hunting-wili |
,e satisfied without the shedding Of blood. |
n case Of the fish line. one can simply re- |
,lace the flies. or angle worms, by . tiny |
amera, which the jerking of the fish will |
,ring into action. The portraits thus OBJ
aimed viii have the advantage Of preserv-'
ng their freshness much longer than the |
riginal. even in the hottest weather.
IN BUSINESS AND SOCIETY.
Undoubtedly the instantaneous camera
VilI show equally important adapta-
ions to the needs Of city life. For example,
'ou are busy in your Office. The boy an i
lounces that q strange lady wishes to speak
o YOU. ~
''Is she young andcharming7" you would 4
Ike to ask, if. the question did not put yOu
iter fashion at the mercy Of the lad. |
those ideas Of feminine beauty may not
oIncide with yours
To obviate the difficulty you supply to
i'm small camera, with directions to aim
discreetiy at all persons who ask to see
ou. This is much more satisfactory than
be old-fashioned peep-hole. with which,
owever, it may be combined if desired,
The photographs piano, which takes q
icture every five minutes Of the guests sur
ounding 1t, will cause . ftror in society
ais winter. In the supper room pho