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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
WIFE FOR AN EMPEROR.
Chinese Girls Shun the POsitiOn-It
Has Too Many Unpleasant
Fe0fureS.


To be the wife of an emperor anywhere
but in China is to hold a position calculated
to excite envy among most women not so
exalted. AS described by the New York
sun, the method of selecting a wife for the
emperor of China furnishes a remarkable
example of the difference between Chinese
and Western ideas. Strange. to say. a Chi
nese girl is not DESTROYS of being chosen
for empress and of wearing the crown.
Parents, also. nave no such ambition for
their daughters. chiefly because when Il
young woman has been chosen by the en-
peror for his bride and has been crowned
queen she is kept in such seclusion in his
palace that her relatives seldom or never
see her. SUCH Il marriage also brings ner
into Il position attended with many draw
backs and even dangers; hence there are
difficulties in the why OF Il Manchi en-
pcror obtaining n bride. AS he acknowl-
edges no other king as his equal, no
must select his wife from the people"
which seems strange i'll Il country where
rank, is of so much Importance.
1t Is recorded that in recent times. when
young emperor. the two dowager expresses
issued orders to all the chiefs who had
daughters of the desired age to send them
TO the palace. When the daE came very
lite excuses We're made by the parent.
Some ALLEGED that their daughters Were
crippled. others that they were blind. In
some cases larneness was successfully i'm
itated or deformities were artilicially pro-
duced. 10 such an extent was this car
rled that the expresses gave orders that
all the maidens said TO be lame. and the
deaf or dumb or blind, should he sent TO
the palace. The result was that on the
day fixed about 600 or 100 girls appeared.
OF whom about fifty were selected after a
first inspection. 1t is hardly needful to
add that none of them was lame or blind
or deaf.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
ornmeal will be %sprinkled among them

cornmeal will be sprinkled among them
for sustenance during the tIip.
The terrapin. which will be the best
diamondback. will be placed under the
personal care of the steward of the ship.
Once in Rome these delicacies will be
prepared by the MacTavishes French
chef, and will be served in a number of
different ways. Some of the finest of
the oysters and a portion of the prepared
terrapin will be sent as a present to the
queen The guests at the luncheon will
include the leaders of society in Rome.
as we'll as a number Of distinguished
churchmen.
Miss MacTavish has secured the Ban
DIM palace. in Rome, which was her
home last season, and will live there dur
ing the present winter. In Rome she
is eminently popular. and is a warm
friend of Queen Marguerite.
Miss MacTavish has lived abroad for
a number of years with her mother.
She is brilliantly educated, speaking
French and Italian fluently. and is
spoken of by her friends as one of the
most charming nversationalists In Bal
timore.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
POOR WITNESSES.
Women. Says n Bnrrixter, Come to
Every Point but the
Right One.

A well known lawyer has been giving
his opinion on women in their capacity
of witnesses, and he scarcely speaks in
their favor. This is what he says:
There can be no doubt that a woman
Is no good as a witness; in fact. she is,
AS a rule, an absolute failure, either MAX
ing damaging admissions unsolicited
against the side in whose favor she is
produced. or giving. in the same way,
information positively useful to the OPP
ponents. A woman cannot seem to un-
derstand that. as u witness. she is only
required to simply answer the questions
put to her. without adding supplement
tary and IL few of her own
comments, as she invariably does. Over
and over again has n winning case been
given to the other side by the unfortun-
ate admission made by a woman witness
when there was really no need to make
it at all.
"A witness is invariably pretty safe in
answering plainly Yes or No to the
questions asked of him or her, and I am
pleased to notice that of late years the
majority of male witnesses have shown
"A tendency to follow this wise plan. Not
so the woman, whose Unborn character
istics we must blame. l suppose. for she
is as bad a witness to-day as ever and
l do not think that she will ever learn thai
as much silence as possible is peculiarly
golden and useful to the side for which
she appears while undergoing the not
altogether pleasant ordeal in the witness
box"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
THE LADIES AND THE LIONS.
Can Genius stand Tea, MucnrOons and
Frosted Cnkex:-Dr Nnnsen
TukeS Beer.

The Chicago Post says: DIR. Nansen
had a glorious time last evening. Thanks
to the assistance of his physician and the
splendid ruGgedness of his constitution. he
had succeeded in expelling the germs of
disease which had crept into his system
through overdoses of tea and waters and
lady fingers. and was again in condition
to take up the battle of life. when he re-
ceived an invitation to a reception at the
University Club. Thither he repaired with
fear and anxiety. dreading lest he should
be again compelled to receive the cup of
trembling, with an accompaniment of
macaroous. Tears of thankfulness welled
in his eyes when he was asked whether
he would take u stein of beer or Il glass
of wine. and if he preferred Il pipe to a
cigar. Iike the grand old veteran he is
he said beer with such vehemence that
two or three college seals fell down from
smoking a pipe and swearing that he
hadn't had so much enjoyment since he
swain out after the escaping boat in the
1t may seem like presumption on our
part to offer any suggestion to our good
friends Of the Twentieth Century Club.
but we firmly believe that at its next
business meeting the club should appro-
pirate Il sum of money for the purchase
of clay pipes and stems. to be used in
the many emergency cases which CONT
up in the entertainment of guests. We
are told that Marion left Chi
cago last week in a very nervous and de
spondent condition.. that he had learned
from his physician that the lining of his
stomach was in 4 most precariouS state
from over-indulGence in tea. and that his
liver had been reduced to almost hopeless
apathy through the insidious operations Of
macaroons and frosted cakes. We do not
believe that the ladies who so generously
entertain our city's distinguished guests
are aware of this frightful result of their
well meant efforts. and We think that they
viii be first 10 recognize the necessity Of
n change in their methods of entertain
ment. Let them remember that the mas
culine stomach is not Injured 10 tea and
fancy cakes. and Yet who can refuse a
gift from n lady's hand? For as in Adam
We all eat.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12

Miss Plat is a native of Chicago and
has imhibcd considerable of its go-ah.ad
spirit. She was educated in the pubic
schools. graduating from the high school
in 1873. She has studied music and speaks
both French and German ~fiuentiy.
Miss Piatt entered one Of the largest
insurance offices in the city in ISS3. be-
coming stouugrapher and private secretary
20 the head of the firm and taking charge
Of the claim department. She filled his
position for nearly nine years, and then
began The study Of law, in 1889. at the Chi
caEO College Of Law while in the Office OF
q well known lawyer. \ year later she
op,I.ed a law stenographic office in the
Ashland block and continued her study
al the college from which she won her
diploma June l.. 1884. In signing the Ii
CeHsc admitting Miss Plat TO the har. one
Of the supreme judges remarked: 1T may
low truly be said that persons are add
mstted 10 the Illinois bar without regard
To race, sex or color"
Miss Platt has an excellent practice.
much OF 1t being among foreigners on ac-
count of her linguistic ability. She makes
a specially of probate and real estate law.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12

Without the least fear she repeatedly went
to the front with water for wounded men.
and many times knelt down and bandased
the wounds of the fallen soldiers on the
spot where they fell. She came out of the
struggle without a scratch. Miss Magrath
was one of the two nurses of Major Des
Eoeux. who. together with Mrs. Des NoeuX
and her four children, were shut up in the
fort. Major Des FoeuX was in
of the garrison, and when the trib5snen be-
gan to rise all the women and children We're
taken to Hangu, with the exception Of Mrs.
DeS EoeuX, who was too il! to be moysi.
her four children and the two nurses: The
garrison consisted of leo men of the Thirty
sixth Sikhs. and very gallantly did this lit
tie force behave. When at length relief
came and the AfridiS fled the devoted little
garrison had been at their posts thirty CON
Secutiye hours.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
JAPANESE GIRL AT YALE.
She Likes Amcricnns-Her Brother Is
With Her and Helping Her
in Her Work,

Studying at Yale is a Japanese maiden.
Yoshi iamaGuchi by name. Yoshi has only
been in America one week. but in this short
time she has learned to like America.
Americans and their ways. Her rooms in
Divinity hall are a pattern of neatness and
are full of curios which She has brought
from her native land. She appears at all
the classes and lectures CARRIED in a Xxi
mono" which is Il Japanese gown. She
has discarded Japanese shoes. however.
and her little feet are now encaSed in
American made shoes. Yoshi is not alone
at Yale. She is accompanied by her broth
er Leiichi. who IS also studying there. He
Is My one year her senior. hut nj u is
already the self-contained man. Tall and
supple, with a fine. intelligent face and a
head covered with the blacklist and
StraiShtest of hair. he is evidently Yoshits
hero For her he gave up half the portion
his father. a project judge in Fukui. had al
lowed him for this American education.
For her he is ready to sacrifice still more.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
..Well. that's enough"

well that's enough"
Miss Metcalf shuddered perceptibly at
tho thought Of the experience.
All cows seem to have n particular dis
like to me. ] don't know why, but it's
true, though; never met one on the road
yet that didn't run after me-. whether l
was en- foot, on horseback or mounted on
u wheel"
Miss Metcalf is &c years of age. and is
a native Missourian, but the greater part
of her career has been spent with her
parents in Colorado. She went through
a wild and woody experience while living
in the western part of the state. 1t was
there that she figured as a protector of
the family home on many occasions from
the wrath of the utes. who came over
from Utah every year almost to kill game
and terrify the settlers in Routt and Rio
Blanco counties. She is a refined and re-
tiring young woman. possessed of many
rare accomplishments. For the past year
or so she has been a commercial traveller
for a ST. Louis house and has been pretty
much all over the United States. Canada
She is an attractive looking woman. of
the brunette type.
AS yet Miss Metcalf has not adopted a
costume for her future career as Il game
warden. She believes hat every woman
ought to dress in accordance with her own
ideas of comfort. Skirts and the like she
thinks are an abomination when horse
back riding and cycling.
Miss Metcalf's skill with the rifle is
something. phenomenal and she drops her
quarry with the ease of a professional
nimrod. Rifle shooting requires Il good
eye. Il steady hand and wrist. besides
the control of the hand and nervous sys-
TEN that very few women possess. When
a mere child Miss Metcalf acquired the art
of shooting at glass bottles throyn in the
air. Continued practice made her a crack
shot.
There is one other woman game war
den in the United States. Her name is
Mrs. Warren Neal. and she serves with
credit on the staff of the game commission
err of Michigan.
Miss Metcalf is not in favor of equal
suffrage and takes no part in politics en-
CeDt TO vote,
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
FIRST TO- PRACTICE LAW.
Ida Platt. the Pioneer cOlored WOm-
IN Attorney. Was Born and Ed
ucatcd In Chicago.

Ida Plat enjoys the unique distinction
of being the first of her race and sex to
erter upon the practice of law. and thus
far occupies the place alone in Chicago.
l. WAS the proud boast of Tennessee that
in Miss Edna Lyle. of Topeka, Kas-, VINO
Nashville. last summer. a Southern state
led ia this matter. but the honor really be-
lorcS to Illinois.
Two other Afrs-hmeriCan women nave
also become la~wycrS-Alrs Shedd Carey,
now deceased, WHO practiced in Washirg-
ton, u. g. for a few years. and Miss M RE
NJ. ore. also of that city, who stood nj ;he
head Of 4 class of over thirty students in
thu law department Of Howard university.
Washington, d. 9. Mrs. Carey was also
Il graduate from the SIme school. y
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
MISS GOULD A CRYSTAL GAzER.
New York Heiress Buys n Magnificent
Mystic Globe and Has 1t Set
in GOlI.

Miss Helen Gould is said to nave Joined
the latest society cult. crystal grazers.'
ard to have just paid $1,000 for what is
regarded as the most perfect mystic globe
in existence. 1t comes from Japan, where
three illuminate spent their lives in polish
ing the giant rough crystal into the per-
fect sphere it is now.
II is as clear as the air itself, yet the
initiated claim to he able to see within its
depths the events of the past. present and
future. and even the immaterial entities
who inhabit space or the unknown spirit
land.
The crystal globe itself. which is eight
inches in diameter. is said to have cost
upward of SS.GD. and Miss Gould has had
it mounted in Il gold and crystal setting
worth 81. 900 more.
In addition to this. she has had a spe-
ciai room constructed in her residence at
Irvington-on-Hudson to contain this mystic
treasure. The room is circular. with arched
ceiiing. and is draped throughout in black
velvet.
There. when the crystal is unveiled and
the electric light turned on, it flashes with
an intense iridescent splendor only com
parable to that of n huge diamond, but
the difference that its radiance is soft
and pleasing, instead of dazzling. to the
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
FEMALE GAME WARDEN.
The Game Commissioned of Colorado
Has Appointed to Tia Position
Miss Annie Metcalf.

Colorado's first woman game warden Is
Miss Anne Metcalf. who received her COM
mission from Game Commissioner Swan
prior to his departure for the scene of
the Indian troubles.
While there is no immediate prospect
that Miss Metcalf will be called upon to
face the redskins in Routt county along
with the male wardens. yet the law pro-
vides that all the deputies in the depart
ment can be utilized in an emergency like
the one mentioned. of course said Miss
Metcalf. Il do not anticipate that l shall
be sent to the front or will have TO brave
any very great dangers. though ! expect
to perform every duty. If called. no mat
ter what ii consists Of"
Miss Metcalf Is exceedingly well qualified
for the place of u practical game warden
except in one particular. She is an eX-
pert rife and revolver shot and can handle
most weapons as dextrousiy as any man.
She is also Il clever horsewoman, and as
IA daring. dashing rider is without an equal
among her sex in the state. Being a
thorough Western woman. she has had
many experiences that do not fail to the
lot of the average person in these days,
even here.
Miss Metcalf is fond of horsetlesh of
the wild. untamed kind. She has broken
vicious bronchos. and nothing deiishts
her more than to tackle a .bucker, That
has been pronounced u~nbreakabie. While
loaded uns and reyolverS. bloodthlrSty
Indians, man-killinS bronchos and wild
beasts of the forests have no terror for
the fair game warden, there is unfortun-
ately one thing that would shatter her
nerves beyond recovery if she should meet
one. That is Il cow. On this subject the
young woman said:
Yes. / cannot deny it; / am deathly
afraid of a cow and would ride farther
to get out of the road of one than i would
from a band of redskins. | do not fear
mice in the least, like some women. but
a COW is my worst enemy. If l should
lie sent out TO Routt county TO fight In
dams or run down game violators Mr..
Swan would have to give me a guarantee
that there were no COWS in the vicinity or
! would hesitate about going. / was chased
by a COW about two weeks ago and had
a hideous experience. I ran an awfu
ways and had to climb a telegr-
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
TERRAPIN FOR THE ROMANS.
Miss MacTnvish to Bring American
DelicncieS to the Eternal

Miss Virginia MacTavish. one of the
wealthiest women Of Baltimore, is now
on the broad Atlantic, bound for Rome.
where on New Years day she proposes
to given a dinner III honor of Queen Mar
guerite. at which Maryland oysters and
terrapin will play Il prominent part.
Miss M~acTavish, before leaving Balti-
more, placed an order for the oysters
dealers. who will pack and ship them
to New York, whence they will be sent
to Genoa by the North German Lloyd
line. From Genoa they will be ex-
pressed tc Rome. a days journey. the
oysters, which will be the largest and
finest that; can be procured. will be
packed in sea grass in three barrels. and
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12

storm as they went home, she dismissed
school. and, taking them one at a time,
started Tor their homes with them. 1t has
Sii'ce bee! stlmatel that il taking the cn!.-
ufeli nome she travelled not less than four
teen miles through the binding snow storm.
feet and hands and face We're badly frozen.
The board of directors of the school have
gwen her Il vacation with full pay. and the
u tine horse and buggy. so that in future
she VIII not have to walk from her home to
her school house,
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12

means of livelihood. Five weeks ago he
was taken i'll with typhoid fever. No one
could be got to take his place. His iaush-
ter Clara, however. resolved to take
charge of the business. and she did. drit-
ine to New Castle each morning in all
kinds of weather, assisting in loading
heavy cargoes of merchandise and caring
for her team. A few days ago Mr.. Priddy
was able to resume his work and has ever
since been hearing praise from his Gus
toners over the way his daughter conduct
eG his business. Miss Priddy is a ~strapp:nS
girl for her age. She is pretty and intelli-
gent.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
STORIES OF PLUCKY WOMEN
AN IOWA SCHOOL MARIN WHO CARED
FOR HER PUPILS IN A BLIZZARD.
A Philadelphia Woman Stops \ Rum
away Horse and Saves Two Lit
tie G~irls-Brnve English
Woman.

Mamie Robinson. a school teacher. frail,
hut filled with grit. came nearly perishing
the recent STERN. She has a school
south of Webster. Ia, mostly composed of
small children. Over a mile and a half from
where she teaches is her boarding place,
and some of the pupils live as far as two
miles from the little country school house.
The school was in session when the last
terrible snow storm came up. Frightened
for fear the little ones would perish in the
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12

diets upon men:
Men are a medley. don't you think?
All men are poor creatures. more or
less.
No man is altogether evil. there is lat
ent good in him..
Men-the very best of them-can only
suffer. while women can endure.
One cannot know what a man really is
by the end of Il fortnight.
All careers are desirable for men who
know how to make them so.
a man must be able to support his
family. or else remain a bachelor.
No man ever distinguished himself who
could not bear to be laughed at.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
MODERN DIANA In BOOTS.
boston WOMAN SHOOTS TWO DEER
THIS SEASON.
She Evolvcd-Not Like FASH
ion Plnte Suits, but Is Suitable
for Hunting-He Life
in Camp.

That Il woman can handle a gun in
sportsmanlike fashion. that she can shoot
straight and shoot to kill has been dem
onstrated by Mrs. Eugene Beldcn's rec
ord of the past two seasons in the Maine
woods. a record which is the pride and
envy of the crack shots of the Buckiie!i
Fur Club. of which she is a member. Mr..
Belden also seems to have solved the prob
lem Of how to dress fer the woods. as he
accompanying picture shows. 1t is true her
costume differs radically from that of the
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
Special Law for Canadian Women.


Canada can now boast of a very sue
cessful lady barrister. Miss Clara Brett
Martin won over the Ontario parliament
to her side, and a special law was passed
in her favor authorizing the Canadian
bar to admit women to all its privileges.
So far this young lady seems to be alone
in the exercise of her profession. but the
moment We pass over into the United
States the lady lawyer meets us here,
there, and everywhere. There is q flourish
ing league. the National League of Ameri-
can Women Barristers. of which the pres
ident. Miss Florence Cronise. of Ohio, has
had Il fine practice during the last TWEEN
ty-three years, while her sister. Mrs.
Lutes. in partnership with her husband. a
distinguished American barrister, is also
well known in legal circles.
Mrs. Belya A. Lockwood. of Washington.
was actually the first woman admitted to
the supreme court of the United States.
She is well known as an advocate of wom-
ans rights and in 1854 became, IL will be
remembered, a candidate for the presi-
dency.
Mrs. Clara Shortridge Foltz. another pill
lar OF the woman's right movement. be-
came a member of the California bar just
twenty years ago. She has started prac-
ticing in New York during the last two
years, and seems to be very successful.
The late Mrs. Robinson-SawtelI was for
many years I successful lady awyer in
Boston, and as 4. writer on American law
she has left some very valuable text books.
Another woman writer on legal questions
iiS ~ANA" "Niis obS tbcOtl SViilc
very important legislative reforms: and
Miss Mary Greene. although she does nat
seem to actually practice. is regarded in
legal circles as a very remarkable law
teacher.
Mrs. Waugh McCulloch. the treasurer
of the League of Women Barristers. holds.
in conjunction with her husband, a very
important legal office in Chicago. She
was for some years the youngest woman
lawyer in the States.
Mrs. Knowles Haskell has had quite n
romantic career. She began life as Il
"schoolmarm.'' but she was always deter
mined that she would become in time Il
lady lawyer. In the intervals of teaching
the young American idea how to shoot
she studied late and early. and in time
became a very successful woman advocate
in Montana. In 1898 she WAS a candidate
for the post of attorney general. but was
bcaten by Mr.. H.. J. Haskell. who. after
some time, became her husband-an cpl
Sode which recalls curiously the career of
a distinguished British lady doctor, now
married TO the very man who had most
opposed her election on the medical board
of one OF the great London hospitals.
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WORK WOMEN ARE DOING.
.THE LITTLE BISCUIT WOMAN" OF
ATLANTA AMI HER BUSINESS.
Clara Priddy. "A New Castle. Ind. Girl
Took Charge of Her Fathers Ex-
press Bnsiness-First Col
ored Woman Lawyer.

Americas. Ga. where so many delightful
homes dispense "autc-bellum' hospitality
for which the old South was noted. mas
produced nothing more 10 be admired than
the little biscuit woman" now residing
fl Atlanta. Her father. Professor Butter,
a graduate of Princeton. was at different
times president and professor Of mathe-
matlcs In the Louisville high school, His
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attended WOUNDED SOLDIERS
Miss MaErath, n Brave English Wom-
an Who Distinguished Her
self in India.

During the defense at Fort Gulistan. or
Cavagrari. in the SANTANA range, India,
by the British troops against an assault of
the Afridis. an English woman named Miss
Magrath showed conspicuous bravery. She
attended the wounded throughout the strug-
gle under an unceasing and heavy fire.