St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-21
PERTAINING TO WOMEN.

1t is said that there are now seventy
two women preachers in the United
States.
Miss Antoinette Knaggs, college ed
ucated young woman of Ohio, owns and
manages farm of 200 acres.
Miss Mabel Cahill, the champion
woman lawn tennis player of America,
is of Irish parentage, her father being a
country gentleman in Kilkenny. She
is rather pretty, the beauty of her eyes
being particularly noticeable. and her
figure is slender and supple.
The empress of Austria's latest fads
are climbing mountains and learning
Greek. She also hunts for palaces in
remote places. For the next few weeks
she will be at Corfu, where she has dis
covered very spacious two-story habi-
tation, built and furnished after Pom
peiian model.
Chicago has woman engineer, who
has successfully passed rigid exami-
nation. The young woman walked in
to the board of examiners room in the
city hall, presented her application in a
manly way, deposited the official fee
(S2), and then made her way into the
line of applicants to await her turn.
Among other questions she was asked
was as to the size of the bioW-oH re-
quired for a seven-horSe power engine,
and what she would do If the valve
stuck fast. When the examination was
finished the examiners wrote at the end
of her paper accepted" and Miss De
Barr is now licensed steam engineer.
Nine. Blavatsky is not to be ''suc-
ceeded" by Lady Caithness without a
contest. W. Kingsland. member of
the executive council of the European
section of the theosophical society,
writes to a London journal: Mime.
BlavatSky has no successor, either in
the outside organization of the society,
which is not affected by her death, be-
cause she held the special Office of cor
responding secretary, which does not
require to be filed up; neither has she
none before the world who are qualified
to take her place in this respect"
The woman doctor is getting herself
covered with glory over the sea. The
millionaire merchant, Herr Won Bonner.
has presented his native city, Hamburg,
with 100000 with which to found a
woHan's hospital in honor of the famous
woman physician, DR.. Nicholson, whose
skill, 1t is believed, saved the life of
Frau Won Bonner. And in England the
gracious Princess Christian, who has
unSuccessfuIly submitted to all sorts of
medical treatment for the cure OF an
aggravated form of nervous disease
with which she was afflicted, has finally
placed herself in the hands of DR.. Julia
Maitland. specialist i'll nervous disor-
ders, and with such satisfactory results
that all the daughters of Esculapius
will find henceforth a warm friend in
her royal patient.
A young lady DESTROYS to pursue
course of study in the high school of
ST. Petersburg must present with her
petition the following documents: A
paper in which the place of her birth.
her age and the class of society she be-
longs to are officially attested; a certifi-
cate from the institution in which she
has finished the middle course of
studies; a certificate of good character,
properly Endorsed; certificate from her
parents or guardians that they have no
objections to her scholarly pursuits;
the declaration of responsible persons
that she has sufficient means to live
upon during the time of her studies;
and finally, two photographs of herself
with her signature. Endorsed by two
men of good standing who know her
personally. The women's high school
of st. Petersburg can accommodate 400
students, and no more than $50 new
pupils can be admitted every year.