New-York tribune., 1897-08-29
A WOMAN GAME WARDEN.
pERmoUs DUTIES DISCHARGED BY MRS. WARREN
NEAL. OF NEAL. MICH

From The Philadelphia Inquirer.
once again a new and startling occupation has
been found the new woman II IS ina, OF gene NE
warden. and the woman who distingusned herSeIl ny
making this brand departure is Mrs Warren
Neal Of Neal Mich This woman was appo'Ihtea Inna
since and from the appearance Of things she VI, VI
attend to the duties of her Office N puslhes'ihe
The duties of game warden Of such nature
ths' the Place iet but Mrs Neal plucky ttle
and she has no fear whatever OF nor DeinG aoic q
o fr,Vn al ovr the county and keep sharp look
out for violators OF the game and hsh avs AS
control is dsnsrly wooded and has many lakes. she
will be kept very busy seeking out ara bringing 20
iusfce yiolators OF the law.
Mrs Neal handles j gan like an expert. rows a
boat and is skifu woodsman ana isr she knows
order TO. make her way through the dense CROWNS
in the forest land as easily as possible Mrs. Neal
has adopted costume modelled after the much
\. ~ the trousers Mrs Neal says that she has
new woman. In fact. she told the writer she
thought every woman ought to dress according 20
her own IDEAS OF comfort. though for the life OF
her she could not see why any woman should want
A skirt wheu hunting or rowing 1t really app' dls
a. II Mrs Neal l. the sOr. Of new woman that mas
a mind to advance her sex along sensible and
She usually makes a trip over the entire county
once week When on, after the vola'ors OF l ne
game law she rides over the country on norseDack
and when she comes lake she secures boat
and with steady. swift she rapidly covers her
territory made up OF water.
She carries a rife on all OF these ,rlps. and wee
,O the cVl-dO"r caught mapping, Tor tnia pu'hS
game warden is relentless pursuer Of all law
breakers. ana she has brought many OF them to
During May the State Game and Fish Warden
Department prosecuted io9 alleged volatof. OF me
i,v and convicted niEety-siN, growing ou' OF li'
complaints. This breaks the record for any prev,
GUS month IN the history OF the department. All
but three OF the convictions were obtained for vioa
tion OF the fish laws. and the majority OF THESE
cases were established by Mrs Neal
Her skin with the rifle is something rhenomcna
ana she drops her quarry with the ease OF a pro
f.ssional Nimrod Mr.. Neal. who T. an enthusiastic
sportsman. long ag1 taught h.s wife 10 be skiltu
with the rcvo yer Last July when hey were IN me
upper lake roslon camping he Induced her to try her
hand with the rife. He declared that woman VINO
could shoot so well with a revolver would. with
practice become a dead shot with the larger
weapon Now rife-shootng requires good eye.
steady hand and wrist and control OF the nervous
system that very few women possess teneraliy
the novice fires AT A target. Mrs. Meals first tar
get however was glass bottle thrown in the air
and at a third shot she struck the bottle surprls-
ngly good attempt Mrs Nea. Kept on pra1'lShs
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 week TO Traverse Niiy Tor
Uncle Sam.