Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-03

women scientists.
One Of tho strong arguments uaod he m,
opponents OF womon's rights Is that She 4,
not mechanical, and that women have done
nothing to contribute to the comfort Of IN,
iabor-saving devices that are used even In
their own homes. Whatever truth there ma,
have been In this objection We cannot So,
where II applies against suffrage. It /.
evident, however, that women are entering
that field which men have hitherto claimed
as exclusively their own. We SEQ by tho
latest English patent reports that oven in
Great Britain women are entering the do.
partments OF the mechanical arts with sue.
cess. Mrs, Maria Goltz, Of London. has no.
Gently taken out q patent for very valuable
Improvement IN cooking stoves. Miss Maria
kirchner, OF the same city. has secured a
patent for an improvement IN such woven
articles as hats, shoe uppers, gloves and tho
/ like. Mrs. Susie Simmons, OF Kent. has
secured patents for an apparatus for prevent
ing accidents due TO collisions on railroads.
Or OF ordinary yehicles
In America, women have entered tho field
OF science as well equipped. and with a.
strong and correct spirit Of investigation.
as the men. Already they occupy high
position In the medical profession, and old
practitioners are no longer afraid Of losing
caste by meeting women doctors In consnlta-
tlon. Many American women graduates are
taking postgraduate course In biology and
the study OF lower organic lifo. Higher
special work Is largely confined ut present to
women OF scholarly leisure and liberal IN.
come. The best facilities for pursuing these
specialized studies are 10 be had ut Cam.
bridge. Cornell. Bryn Mawr and Johns Hop.
kins University.
In tho department Of zoology, Miss
Florence Mayo, Miss Annie Parker iIench.
man and Miss Julia D. Platt havo had papers
published in the bulletin Of tho Museum Of
Comparative Zoology Of Harvard College An
important monograph relating to American
history was recently prepared by Mrs. II. O.
McDongal. II treats Of Fugitive Slaves
from 1919 to 1865" Tho author gives an no.
count OF the Legislation respecting Slaves
fleeing from service or labor, and a report OF
tho principal fugitive slave cases from early
colonial times 20 the abolition Of slavery.
Tho work Is based upon the literature OF
slavery contained In tho collection OF Har-
ward College and tho great Boston libraries,
and upon an examination OF tho Colonial.
s,aic and National legislation on this sub.
iec,.
Other historical monographs are by Miss
Toilet on "Thc Speaker Of tho House." aud
by Lucy Maynard salmon. Professor Of His.
tory In vasaar College, On The "yeto Power OF
the President"
Tho publication fund OF Harvard Annex
preserved the prize essay OF Lucy Annie
Clayton ON the personal Character Of Dante
as Revealed In his Writings" In scientific
research two yassar graduates, Mrs. Eliza
beth feckhaIn and Anna Isabel Muliord, have
won distinction.
Results OF considerable value to biology
have been reached IN tho laboratory OF Bryn |
Mawr by tho Investigations OF Harriet Ran
dolph. fellow biologist OF that college. They |
arc rcpublished in zooioqishe- Aisiyer al |
Leipsic. Equally interesting IL the ''Paraly- |
CailIerin Merrill. A. d.. fellow in English at
Glenn Mawr.
Tho highest honor In the gin Of Johns
Hopkins University. tho degree Of Doctor Of |
has recently been awarded 70
Miss Florence Baseom. Pathology com
paratiyely new branch Of geological science.
Is her specially. Ahc Inns accepted Che chair
OF pelrology IN tho geological department Of
the Ohio State University under the direction
Of Prof, Edwin Ortin.
Al women's colleges In the country ara In
close Communication with the bureaus Of
and astronomy In Washington
,ud throughout The whole United States. IT
Is fatterlng to the sex and to the mon who
idmire them, to know ulat collegs.bred
women ere employed as cofnputors IN the OBJ
.ervatories Of Harvard and Yale. and IN tho
Naval Observatory 81 Washington. The
hat led to Professor Pickorlns's late theory
is 10 double stars were the discovery of Miss
Murray, Of Harvard. The sociological prot-
ems u the day are evoklng specialized
Ieafc1 in domestic science and Sanitation.
he denomination 81 which were 10 10 seen
4 tho Worlds Fair in the Now York Model
yofkiugmeh's Home. II should DO laid In
his connection That f,is ndyanees made BY
gomen have not been Accomplished, g. some
night believe, through the assistance given
. men. but rather 10 tho faos u Tho most
iolent opposition. And 90 We aay az hail to
be sdsaacsnent Of intellectual women.