The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-11-10
INTERESTING PARAGRAPHS.

Miss BLANCHE A. WRIGHT. of Lewis.
ton, Me, has been ordained pastor of
the Newport (N. W Universal church.
Mrs. NJ. Il. VASRENssELAER, of New
York, distinguished as writer upon
agricultural subjects, is tall, slender
blonde, with a bright face and cngagii q
manners
Miss LYNDE CRAIG, for ten years a
teacher in the Girls High school of
San Francisco, has been admitted to
practice before the supreme court of
California.
An English woman living near OA-
ford has II large lake in the grounds of
her residence, and, as she is an expert
swimmer, she practices every day. IT
the end of the season she gives "a series
OF competitions lasting week
MEs. HARRIET RUTH TRACY's inver.
tions in the liberal arts building at the
Worlds fair include fire escape. mod
els of 4 safety passenger elevator with
automatic platforms, and a rotary shut
tie for the lock and chain stitch.
Miss KITTY {. WILKINS, Idaho's horse
queen, has Il range containing 5000
borses of high grade, bronchos being
carefully excluded. Miss Wilkins, who
is about 30 years old, does the buying
and selling, while her father and broth
ers do the harder, practical work about
the place.
TIE only women lawyers invited 10
read papers at the Law Reform cor
grcss held in Chicago in August wele
DR. Emily Kempin, of Zurich, Switzer-
land, and Miss Mary A. Greene, of
Providence, X. |. The women lawyers
OF all English speaking countries are
represented by Miss Greene.
Mrs. FRANCES r. LYBRAND, of Ohio,
has been on the examiners corps in the
civil engineering department of the
patent office ut Washington for about
ten years. Railways are her speciality,
and she has the annual task of passing
upon about 5000 inventions, of which
dozen may perhaps be practicable.
Mrs. HENRY q. NEWTON, of New
Haven. is the first woman in Connecti-
cut to register for voting at the coming
school election. The last legislature
passed law giving to women the right
of ballot in school elections. Mrs. New
ton is the wife of lawyer in New
Haven, and is herself a practical physi-
elan.
Miss NINA Il. HoBBs bears the honor
of being the first woman delegate to 4
political state convention in Maryland,
having served in that capacity at the
prohibition convention last Wednesdiy
She is past grand vice templar OF the
Good Templars of Maryland, and, hav-
ing a good soprano voice has been very
popular as singer at temperance meet
ings in that state.
Miss IRENE w. Corr, the brilliant
young woman of Norwich, Ct, who
successfully passed the classical exam
nations Mt Yale last summer, but wGs
forbidden the privilege of entering the
university because of her sex, has ac-
cepted place as teacher in the girls
seminary at Geneva, n Y. Miss Colt
is daughter of Gen. James b. Colt,
who was wounded at Gettysburg. Dur
ing the last year she has studied in the
normal department of the Norwich
academy, and graduates with her class
this month.
IT being statutory that the garb of
DR.. Mary Walker shall be described
whenever that bizarre but worthy
woman collides with reporter, DR..
Mary took occasion to remark to one
of the guild in Boston who asked if she
ever wore a sack coat: Il did at one
time, but I've worn Prince Albert for
good many years, except that / wear
a sack for an oyercoat. But don't you
think it's about time that the news
papers let up on talking about my
clothes? They always have to say the
same things right over and over again.
Just think how many thousand times
they have said, She had Prince AL
bert, etc." The interviewer changed
the subject ... .....Sy