Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1893-09-28
FEMININE PARAGRAPHS.


Mrs, MARY RANLETT has built up an
extensive business in sailors ship
ping office. She furnishes seamen in
any desired number.
The new factory inspection law OF
Pennsylvania requires that of the
deputy inspectors five shall be women.
They receive a salary of l,20O year.
THERE is TO he no lack of openings
for female medical practitioners in this
country, for the Indian bureau an
nounces seventeen vacancies for wom-
en-.
A DRUGGIsT's certificate has been
awarded 10 Miss Ella @. Nash, n grad
uate of the Boston college of phar-
macy, who passed the board of exami-
nation.
A PRIZE of one hundred guineas has
been awarded Miss Agnes May Clerlte,
an Irish woman, by the Royal lnsti-
tuition Of London, for her works on
astronomy.
Princess LOUISE, in the studies that
have resulted in the production Of the
queens statue at Kensington, had the
assistance of Miss Henrietta Montalba,
n talented Canadian woman.
MRs. MAY RAULETT, of Rocliland,
Me-, has an extensive business in line
not often adopted by women, that of a
shipping office, from which she fur
nishes seaman in any desired number.
An a recent special meeting Of the
Fellows of the Royal Geographical So
ciety of England u resolution IN favor
of the admission of ladies as honorary
members was rejected by 172 TO 1913
votes.
Mrs. RosALIE MILLER, a New York
woman, has just patented n preserve
jar litter, which is adjust table, and is
meant to remove jars, when filed,
from the bath of boiling water which
surrounds them to the brim.
Miss NJ. INERTIA MITCHELL, of Salem,
Ind, was admitted To the bar the day
after the Indiana supreme court decided
that women might practice law. ThCt
gives her the distinction of being the
first woman lawyer in the state.
IS Roumania there are women who
are modified commercial travellers.
They do not deal with merchants, but
with families, making "A speciality of
supplying trousseaux and similar out
fits. They are from Paris, and carry
quite large stocks with them.
lN the last year four hundred pat
ents have been applied for in England
by women. Some of these have refer
ence to textile manufactures and cleo
trical and railway appliances, and
articles for the use of the sick have also
received considerable attention.
Mrs. PEARY, of Arctic fame, is a tall,
willowy woman, whose personality is
very attractive. She says her height
aroused much curiosity among the Is
quimau women, who are rather below
size and they were anxious To know II
all white women We're $50 high
Two HUNDRED and fifty clubs, with n
membership of $4,000, were represented
at the federation of clubs this year As
this number is probably not tenth Of
the total number of womcn's clubs in
this country, the figures, If they could
be secured, would be astonishing.
TUE English girl seems to be busy
acquiring knowledge. Miss Mary
O'Hrien, for instance. has received \
scientific research scholarship, worth
about $3.50 year, for two years. she
has decided TO devote herself for that
period to the study of the nitrogen sup.
ply of the luguminous and other plants.
Miss DUDLEY, an English hicyc.isi,
holds the record for long distance rid
ing by women. She made the distance
of one hundred miles, between llitchin
and Lincoln, in little more than seven
hours, or at an average speed of nearly
fourteen miles an hour. This, too, in
regulation petticoats, not the new sty 10
of trousers
NINE. TEL SENo, Il japanese lawyer
is said to be the only feminine member
of the bar in the land of the Nlikadu.
She was educated in this country. In
addition 10 actively following the du-
ties of her profession she takes a great
and practical interest in the welfare Of
her sex and has founded training
school for women.
NINE American women exhibited pic
lures this year at the Salon on the
Champ de Mars, Paris. These fortunate
ones are Miss Alice Bcclsington, Miss
Fanny Grothjean, Miss Catharine Kim
sella, Mrs. L. Noursc, Miss Lucy Lee
Robbins, Miss Winmanetta Singer, Miss
Mary Kempton Trottcr Miss Rosalie
Gill, Miss Ruth Sterling
Now, then, since the best thoughts
are to rule let women think the best
ones-best for the race But in order
to do this she must keep herself i'm
formed of what is going ON in the world
about her. She must feel that IL is in
all respects just as much her world as
mans world, and that equally with
him she is concerned in the MANAGE
ment of its affairs. Abby Morton Diaz
The eight young women who are the
first TO graduate from Barnard College,
took the same degree that they would
have done II they had graduated from
Columbia College. This is as il should
be, since the studies are the same, and
the regular degree ismore valuable and
satisfactory than a mere certificate
such as Harvard gives TO the graduates
Of the Annex.-Boston Woman's
Journal
Miss ALICE HEALD, who has been
suggested as the republican nominee
for state superintendent of public in
struction in Iowa, is thirty-fve years
of age, and has for several years been
county superintendent of public
schools, and was last year appointed a
member of the state board of educa-
ton. The movement in favor of her
nomination has been heartily endorsed
by prominent educators throughout
the state.
JUSTIN MCCARTHY has great respect
for the independence of American