Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-07-25
All About Women.

Great Britain has S,766, 600 women.
Belgium has 100000 women
above IL.
Roumania has 100000 women
above is.
Switzerland has 100000 women
above Is.
Norway has 49,, 200 women more
than l6.
Italy has $3.50, 900 women of mar
riageable age.
New York has 81 female BARRIERS.
Spain has 4,130,O00 women over
the age Of 16.
All the good Roman Emperors
had very bad wives.
Sweden has 1,170,00 women over
Is years of age.
Greece has 400, 900 women over 20
years of age.
One New England factory employs
$4,000 women.
There are $780, 900 grown women
in France.
Austria has $3.50, 600 women above
the age of Is.
The little kingdom of Denmark
has 400, 900 women.
The United States has 80, 554, $40
female population.
Portugal has 1.OSO,OO0 women
more than II years old.
In Great Britain there are l,O47
women to 1000 men.
In North America there are go
women to 200 men.
The German Empire has 1O,93O,
600 women over the age Of l6.
Women are naturally more prone
to insanity than men.
Holland, though small in size, has
100000 women, young and old.
No woman has ever written an
epic poem that became known to
the world.
The average weight of l ZOO wo-
men in Paris is 40 pounds; in Rus
STA, 122.
There is said to be over a hundred
female pulpit orators in this country.
The inventor of the typewriter
has given employment to half mil
lion Of women.
1t is estimated that in England
one woman in every six earns her
own living.
In France the sexes are almost ex-
actly balanced, there being ,004 wo-
men to 1000 men.
Nervous diseases and complica-
tions are more common among wo-
men than among men.
The bodies of women generally
contain a smaller proportion Of bone
than those of men.
Women exhibit marked talent.
both in devising and in making up
new styles of dress.
Wyoming has the smallest female
population, 1862; New York the
largest, 3,020,060.
There are seventy-two cases on
record of women who had consid-
cradle growth Of beard.
There are II papers and magazines
In this country managed or edited
by women.
1t is stated by an authority on ed
ucation that nine-tenths of the
worlds teachers are women.
Wide open, staring blue eyes, com.
bined with fair complexion, are said
to indicate bad temper.
More than 100 callings, professions
and occupations are open to the wo-
men Of the present day.
According to the last census, the
number of women above the aye Of
1S in Russia was %, 10000
There Is said to be $50 lady ply
sicians practicing medicide in the
cities Of the United States.
Most Of the distinguished women
Of Greece belonged to what is now
called the outCast class.
There are Is women in New York
who make their living by planning
new styles of hats.
According to the most reliable
estimates the world contains to-day
$50, 1000, 900 grown women.
The epidermis of brunette is said
to be one-tenth of millimeter
thicker than that of a blonde.
The average height of l 200 French
women is feet II inches of ZOO
Russia women is 5 feet 81 inches.
Women are more superstitious
than men, and their superstitions
generally relate to household or
family matters.
In all Christian countries, the
number of females who attend the
cnurcheS Is lar greater than that OF
the men.
An authority on anthropology says
that the ears of women are set
further forward on the head than
those of men.
A competent authority declares
that over a million and half of the
women of this country earn their
own living.
A greater number of men than Of
women become stout late in life.
No satisfactory explanation is Of
fered of this fact.
A manager Of large dry goods
house in New York once said that
not one woman in million can prop
erly tie up bundle.
The papille on the tips of lady's
fingers are 81 900, 00Oths Of an inch