Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-07-02

Strong, thlrty-seYen were women
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A Miss Rosella Babcock, a girl OF
fifteen, ls an important factor IN the
mail service at Palmasola, Florida
Twice every week day, wind calm
rain or shine, she rows mile to de-
liver the mail to the river boat, Tar
pom. On the twenty dollars month
salary she supports a mother and
younger sister.
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HoNoRs FOR AN AMERICAN WOMAN.
1t will be remembered that Jane
Brownell, the Bryn Mawr fellow for
1884, made an original investigation
into the growth and limitations OF
population in the United States, and
took for her thesis for her masters
degree the subject, "The significance
of a decreasing birth-rate." This
thesis has been published in the an
nails of the American Academy Of
Political and Social Science and has
received much notice. Herbert Spen-
Ger has added a page to the fifth edi-
ton of his "Prncipes of Biology" in
order to use Miss BrownelPs statistics
as confrmatory of some views which
he put forth some years ago regard
ing the laws Of multiplication of pop
ulation.
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The house maids of London have
resusci atated the Domestic Servants
Union, an organization on the lines
of the older trades union. This So
ciety was formed some time ago, but
lanquished, owing to the fact that it
encountered strong opposition from
the feminine employers, this is the
second union of the kind brought into
existence. The first one, organized
in 1890 under the title of the Provi-
dent and Protective Servants League,
and had the patronage of such per-
sonages as the late Cardinal Manning
the Bishop of London and the Prince
of Wales.
Miss Mary Cannon and Miss Alice
Hands, the young architects of New
York, have designed model tene-
ment.house. Sixteen houses according
to their plans are to be put up d.
rectly, some IN New York and some
IN Jersey City, Each six story house
is to accommodate twenty-five famll-
les. Miss Hands and Miss Cannon
are members of the 10;h Ward SAM.
tary investigating committee, and
have gained practical knowledge of
the requirements of tenant houses.
They are also preparing plans for the
most complete gymnasium ever erect
ed. The success Of the undertaking is
now so we'll assumed that the scheme
has been made public, and it is con-
fdently expected that building opera
tions will not be long delayed. 1t is
fourteen stories high, and will inclose
within it's walls everything required |
for the comfort, entertainments, and |
needs Of women. 1t is intended to
devote the ground floor to bank, res
taurant, and store purposes. and in
the basement there will be Turkish
and Russian baths. A theatre seat
ing one thousand two hundred people
will occupy part Of the first, second
and third floors, the rest of the space
being given to club rooms, a banquet
hall, club auditorium, parlors, and
saloon. The fourth, fifth and sixth
floors will be taken up by suites of
rooms for club purposes. There will
be officers on the seventh, eighth and
ninth floors; the following floor will
be devoted to music rooms, and the
eleventh to a gymnasium, Ice rink
and tents courts. The three upper
stories will be occupied by apartments
and studios, and browning comfort
and convenience will be roof garden
and observatory over all. And this
structure, which would tax
he powers of the best trained archi-
5ects in the world, has been designed
BY women. 1t is estimated to cost
81, 100000.