The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-18
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hosst Sen veterirarians. hut in the
ITa,,S there is act one who IS en-
tit.xa e herself D. ". S. Women
have app.ied. saya the New iark
.sTrlbnne.v to she vnriors veterinary
schools in the United States. most OF them
stating thai they wish to make a special
study Of the diseases OF eats and doSs.
Some of them have taken preparatory
courses at the school connected with
Cornell University. but none have ma-
circulated anywhere with the intention
Of entering The profession with the ex-
ceafi6n of Miss Jennie Rcyeft. VINO at
tsslea the New York wetesin4ry College
G. Two s<s laHS
Ase Revert il iAse owner of Robin
a. Fs~u GcS aa. Doag Island,
" @s6a faisee s75sde5 aorses and me
hi She 81 sFsSs and passioa-
ats;v fond of ani1s4aas. she hopes to finish
her course and talee her degree. She
speaks appreciat1vely OF the kindness.
consideration and e5feAowship with
whisn. she was treat Professors and
felow-students. Ms snt treats the
horses and dogs on her own farm and
the horses are always shod under her
pei onal supervision.
TIE dean of the. American Veterinary
College. DR.. iautard, before his de-
partnre for Europe. said that but one
wortah haa eyer appiiets for admission
10 that institution. Thai was some years
$50 Now he sad, = woman would pc
: e IN any Of sl44 sshools- lie added
great aesafaig for women in
sion. particularly in the treat
pei dogs and cats. The wealthy
- Who owned M would certainly
sn to a wsssssn veterinarian If
one. PSF ears are always hav-
IT. az indigestion. or some ailment,
= esd medical attention. The half
g5iths 81 veterinarian would become
q feature OF. the society woman's
& nee.
Hsnkinson. the superintendent of
II p. c. AZ. declared that a woman
~ - likely to have an extensive
ssnong the smaller pets of So
g ne said there was one woman
VI personally knew who doctored
S and dogs. not for pay, but
Tor the love of them. He also
rhaS. if anyone should come to
and ask him to recommend some
D lace where a cat or dog could be boarded
ana the owner be assured Of its safety
and comfort, he would not be able to do
50. lie thought some woman who was
a foyer of animals and in search of a con-
genial occupation ought to try this. She
could take a dozen dogs or cats to board
wstaoat having to make any special ar
rea cement for them. A woman who Is a
vef2rinary surgeon and could treat these
extensive pets or doctor horses would
make more than the average doctor, for
the fees of veterinarians are double those
of the ordinary Md.
DIR. Levy, of the Lexington Veterinary
Hospital, says that a woman assistant
would be so valuable to him in his
practice that he would willingly pay
her a good salary In return for her SER
vices during her college course
Some of the wives of prominent veter-
i~narians who are not college graduates
have a wide practical experience and are
well read on the subject of veterinary
medicine. among them Mrs. Gill, the wife
of the dean of the New York Veterinary
College.
There are even now any number of
women who can pick up a pony's foot
and dig a stone out OF it; Miss Kitty
Wilkins. of Bruneau Valley, Idaho, who
managed her husbands stock farm
while he was in Europe, and Miss
Power O'Donohue, the famous Irish
horsewoman, who broke her own colts
and trained them and managed her
own stud. There must be others who
are able to enter the veterinary pro-
fession. a field OF work for women as yet
unexplored.
Has anyone remarked that the piazza
is the place Of places to study feminine
ways. and manners7 Al seashcre or
~mountainss or at the pretty suburban rel
erts-in a word, wherever women do
congresate-the piazza is now the social
centre.
Who does not know that early morning
scene? The-long piazza shaded by avn
ings, and the row of rocking chairs, oo-
cupied by gentle swaying 1oungers, who
at best make a fsint of doing needlework,
or are openly q unblushingly idle?
From north, south east and west
they hall There is the busy little house,
keeper from the far West, whose accent
at once betrayss her residence; breezy,
animated, energetic. ready for anything,
she Is a contrast, indeed. to the languid,
graceful Soutf1erner whom nothing
rouses to animation, unless 1t be strains
of a waltz and the appearance. of a pos
sible partner, but whom we forgive much
for the sake of her adorable little South
ern twang!
And then the Yankee, wonnan-hcw
nnn1istakable is shef Her self-poise is
admirable. her seif-satisfaction Visible and
her cutturc uudeniab1e. No need Of the
volume of Macfc-linck or Tolstoi, lying
on hor hap, to proclaim her mental status.
Every Word 50 carefully enunc.ased IN her
charming niibdlc tones subtly conveys
the knowledge that she halls from the
land Of Emerson, and chat from her
youth up she has .:nbibea The teachings
of tho hal13wod Concord school!
Lest. the woman OF the Middle States
by far the most dIHicult 70 place, as she
is more cosmopolitan, moro liberal and
less addicted to marked peculiarities Of
speech or proa.uaessiIon thar any Of her
sisters frsm the faar quarters OF the
ulissesi Stzf~s. She - apt to- be tho
best Dressed woinaf.. OK taeHa all. She
Is rao:ssnsdys tho rsaecd qeantity which
IS required 20 Ic4vca The nsa1za group.
Sure bat noi osersStr%. or herself. she
does Hgt aesseaae g sslsefhso canvsrsa-
don vst any ssraassr ito nAom she is
attraeteG.
Asiss serein Hes ;thc .ssrence be.
tve&z woman pfJdssetf Ind her