Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-04
Pcriious Duties Discharged by Mrs.
Warren Neal of Neal, Mich.

From the philadelphia Inquirer.
Once again new and startling occupa-
ton has been found for the new woman
1t is that of game warden. and the woman
who distinguished herself by making this
brand-new departure is Mrs. Warren Neal
OF Neal, Mich. This woman WAS appointed
game warden for Grand Traverse county
not long since. and from the appearance
of things she will attend to the duties
of her office in a businesslike manner
The duties of game warden are of such
nature that many men would not care
10 undertake to fill the place. but Mrs.
Neal is a plucky little woman, and she has
no fear whatever of not being able to over
come all obstacles. A game warden is sup
posed to travel all over the county and
keep a sharp lookout for violators of the
game and fish laws. As Grand Traverse
county. Of which Mrs. Neal has control
is densely wooded and has many lakes
She will be kept very busy seeking out and
bringing to Justice Violatcrs of the law.
Mrs. Neal handles a gun like expert,
rows boat ard is a skillful woodsman,
and she knows every inch of the territory
she has to patrol In order to make her
way through the dense growths in the for
est land as easily as possible. Mrs. Neal
has adopted a costume modelled after the
much-reviled boomers.
As TO the trousers. Mrs. Neal says that
she has no desire TO be considered as set
ting the pace for the new woman. In fact,
she told the writer she thought every wo-
man ought to dress according to her own
ideas of comfort. though for the life of
her she could not why any woman
should want skirt when hunting row.
ing. 1t really appears as IL Mrs. Neal is
the sort of new woman that has a mind
to advance her sex along sensible and
health giving lines.
She usually makes a trip over the entire
county once week. When out after the
violators of the game law she rides over
the country on horseback. and when she
comes to a lake she secures a boat. and,
with steady. swift oar, she rapidly COW
ers her territory made up of water.
She carries a rifle all of these trips,
and 10 the evil doer caught mapping,
for this plucky game warden is relentless
pursuer of all lawbreakers. and she has
brought many of them to justice.
During May the state game and fish war
denis department prosecuted 100 alleged
violators of the law and convicted ninety
six growing out of 40 complaints. This
breaks The record for any previous month
in the history of the department. All hut
three of the convictions We're obtained for
violation of the fish laws. and the majority
of these cases were established 10y Mrs.
Neal
Her skill with the rifle is something phe-
nomenal, and she drops her quarry with
the ease of a professional Nimrod. Mr..
Neal, who is an enthusiastic sportsman,
long ago taught his wife to be skillful with
the revolver Last July when they were
in the upper lake region camping he in
duced her to try her hand with the rife.
He declared that a woman who could
shoot well with revolver would with
practice become a dead shot with the
larger weapon Now, rifle shooting re-
quires good eye, a steady hand and wrist
and a control of the nervous system that
very few women possess. Generally the
novice fires at target. Mrs. Meals first
taget. however was a glass bottle thrown
in the air. and at q third shot she struck
the bottle. a surprisingly good attempt.
Mrs. Neal kept on practicing, and now is
so expert that she can hit the glass bottle
nine times out of ten.
In addition to her other duties. Mrs. Neal
carries the mail three times a week to
Traverse City for Uncle Sam.