The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-07-24
WOMEN AND THEIR WORK.

fIvE thousand four hundred and thir-
ty-one missionaries are supported by the
women's societies Of tho United States
and Europe.
THERE are now eighteen women ply
sicians in Detroit, all engaged in active
practice. Eleven Of them studied mcdi-
cine at the University OF Michigan. the
rest coming from other States.
OSE Of the best il not the very best
high art enamelcrs in this country is .
New York woman whose wages is 500
week. She has constant employment and
is proof that women Of special capaci-
ties are always in demand.
MosT Of the depositors in the largest
savings institution in Philadelphia
are women, and an authority In such
matters asserts that by far the greatest
share Of all the invested capital in
Philadelphia held in trust belongs to
women.
THERE are 1876 women operators in
the great operating room Of the West
ern Union in New York. In this room
husband and wife are working side by
side. They arc perfectly matched in
skill, but the man gets SIS moro month
than the woman.
DR. KING, an American woman. occu-
pies the somewhat enviable position OF
Notwithstanding to one Of the most
distinguished statesmen in China. Her
practice in Shanghai is large and vAlua-
BILE. and some Of her successful surgical
operations have ELECTED the warmest
praise from her brother physicians.
MRs. N. GRAY BARTLETT. of Chicago,
the wife of prominent analytic chem
ist, has discovered process by which
Photographic pictures can he developed
without the old-time operation Of wash
ing in dark room and staining the An
ers. The pictures produced by Mrs.
Bartlett's process have the appearance
OF fine etchings This discovery re-
moves the greatest drawback to photoe-
raphy as recreation.
IT is noteworthy that lady. Mise
Kate Marsden, is making scientific in.
vestigations into leprosy, Russia being
the field for her inquiries. Sho hoped
that incubation might be resorted to as
q preventative or palliative, and has
| just had two interviews with NJ. Pas
teur. He, however. holds out no hops
OF dealing with the disease in that way,
and Miss Marsdcn is returning to Rus
sia to continue her researches.-Lam-
beth Gazette.
| THROUGH the columns Of British re-
view, Miss Clemtinin Black. the Eng
lish writer. has been championing tho
cause OF the oppressed working-women
Of England. Miss Black thinks that
the trouble can only be relieved by the
organization Of trades unions and pro.
tective societies among women work.rs.
She shows on what small sums facto.y
| girls are forced to exist and urges coop
Grafton rs the remedy rather than char
ity. which helps some at the expense OF
oil.
THE Topeka (Kan.) Capital says while
it may be true that the women Of Law
renee first organized for political study
in that State, it is by no mesns the only
society SO engaged. .'rhe auxiliaries of
the Equal Suffrage Association. all over
the State, are now studying State and
National constitutions, municipal gov
ernment and political economy. They
also are making study Of parliamentary
rules, and to the leading questions Of
the day they give study and discussion
~ part Of their regular programme"