Omaha daily bee., 1892-12-11

Olu, anu l1dTrlGJ, II bright. VlNHClOuS
belle, about 20. Both daughters we're
educated in New York and Paris, and
made their appearance in society two
years ago. Besides the two daughters
Mrs. Pullman is possessed of twin sons
George NJ. ir., and Sarger, Is years
old--of whom both Mr.. Pullman and
herself are justly proud.
Time has dealt kindly with Mrs. Pull
man, who, though middle-aged now,
looks young and strong and her health,
which has been poor, is almost entirely
recovered, so much so that she attends
to her many duties with as much alac-
rty as her daughters. Both Mr.. and
Mrs. Pullman are devotedly attached to
their children and find no joys so sweet
as those of home life.
~
The whole answer to the question, IL
the health of the average young woman
equal to the successful prosecution of
the work of college coursep may be
given in the briefest terms, writes AL
bert Shaw in the Review of Reviews.
The first duty Of the college authorities
is to give Just as careful a physical ex-
animation for original entrance as their
examination into the az plicant's schol-
arly proficiency; and their next duty,
the applicant having been admitted, is
to see that her advancement is SYM
metrcal, and that she is led across the
! threshold of mature womanhood, as well
equipped by reason of bodily develop
ment as by that of intellectual and moral
development, for the full enjoyment of
! life's pleasures, tasks, and various
| wholesome activities
In the future the question whether or
not young woman's health is quite
safe at college will be absurd. 1t will
/ hn n hsi ND hannusn of thn dnfin tinp
of woman's college will be: A place
where the health of young women is
sedulously and scientifically guarded,
and where her physical strength and
wellbeing are Systematically developed.
Tangible progress toward this ideal
has been made within a very few years,
but as yet we have only a beginning.
The colleges for young men have quite
generally provided gymnasium facili-
ties, and the larger ones have appointed
| competent instructors in physical cul.
ture. None of them have as yet had
sufficient enlightenment and plain COM
mon sense to make the acquisition and
maintenance of good health a cardinal
and compulsory part of the college
coul SO. But our educational men will
come to this point in due season. Mean
while, the colleges for women are be-
ginning to emulate the mems colleges
in their provision Of gymnasium facili-
ties, and there come most encouraging
reports from several Of them as to the
remarkably beneficial results shown by
the use of such means of physical cul-
ture as are available.
-.
Travel in the far north has hitherto
been attempted only by men, but the
year 1892 has witnessed the breaking up
of this monopoly. Mrs. Peary accom-
panied her husband to point farther
north than any white woman had ever
before penetrated. and early last sum-
mer Miss Elizabeth Taylor started from
Winnepeg for the Mackenzie river
delta, and from this expedition she mas
just returned. Miss TAYLOR is by nature
II traveller, and by education an artist,
and she is greatly interested in natural
history. She started on her trip alone,
and made it alone, successful to the end.
She is the first woman explorer that
has ever ven.ured into the polar regions
on her own account, and with an amount
of pluck and steadfastness that would
hove done credit to a strong man she
has carried out her program ard COM
pleted her round trip to the far north
ern forts OF the Hudson Bay company.
OF the results of her trip we can MS
! yet know only in u general way. This
much may be said, however. Her
, sketch book is full of drawings, which
are not only of great historical and
| topographical interest, but also of a very
high order of artistic merit. In spite
of great disadvantages and continual
suffering from coarse food, incessant
attacks OF insects, lll-health and sleep
lessness, induced by the perpetual day
: light, she has averaged over {
drawing per day. Her sketche:
are only small part of the re
suits achieved by this irdefatigable girl
Greely. Her diary is as full as he
5 sketch book and her notes on th'
different aspects of nature are full ant
i of great value. They are, moreover
admirably corroborated and ampliiiet
, by some hundreds of photographs takei
| by herself. In addition to all this Mis-
Taylor has made considerable collec
, tion of natural history specimens ant
+ when her results are in shape for pub
| lication an unusually interesting con
. tributiou to our list of works on tn
a great lone land will have been made.
t ~
. The women are certainly forging
. ahead in educational matters. For som
! = reason they have got the impression
! says the New York Herald, that thei
= brains are just as good as those of an
lord OF creation, ana IN order TO prove
they are taking prizes and accumulat
= ing academic degrees in "A way very dis
Q heartening to their male competitors.
y Miss Kathleen Murphy of Dublil
y is the latest illustration c
~ these statements. During tn
,, examinations of the Royal Uni
versity of Ireland recently held thi
y young lady carried off the studentshi
! prize in modern literature, which
u worth ST 800.
' This seems to be the drift of event
:; nowadays The supremacy of man
! in imminent danger. What with wome
. ministers, and women lawyers, an
. women doctors, and women orators, an
=, women computers in most of our a!
+ tronomical observatories, and wome
!, everything else, it really seems a
u , though men would have to strike
u stronger gait or be frozen out.
i ~
h Young men in moderate circumstance
g in New York who expect to buy bouquet
- for their best girls during the comm
. holidays must begin to cut down o
y q their drinks and cigars. Not in man
q years have flowers been so high-price
as at present Big chrysanthemums al
sold NJ 25 cents and 40 cents apiece, ,lonl