The sun., 1897-07-25
NEW DoTNGS OF WOMEN.
THEIR ACHIEVEMENT IND ADTENs
TURES IN TWO HORLDa
Mother BicLerdyke'a birthday A Woman
Army Surgeon In Boania-St. Louis's Isiooms
or Party - school Sisters or Kotre Dame.

Mother BicLerdyke'a birthday Woman
Army Surgeon In Boanin--St. Louis's E'ioouss
or Pnrty School Sisters or Notre Dame.
Last Monday was the eishtioth birthday Of
Mother Mary Ann Bickoriyke, the most famous
nurse of Grants and Sherman's armies. In
honor Of that event many OF the q. A. r. posts
throughout the country held special celebrations.
Mrs. Bickcrdyko lives now In Snlina Kan..
ani receives pension from the Government,
During the civil war she served ns q surgeon
and army nurse, and is known to veterans all
over the country. She was practising physician
at Galosburg, Ill, when the war broke out ana
she T'ns msdiStely Ely into tGe IL reEImental hS
officer on tho field. She had passes from Gen.
Since Sine; tho tho war war Mrs. BckordySo has conthSsd
her activity for tho soldlers and their families.
in Kansas and through her practice as apen:
sion at torney she has secured to hundreds %
supports herself now by lecturing.
The candidate before the next General ASSEM-
bly, Of Kentucky for tho place OF State librarian
will be Miss Nance Ice Ncal Of Lawrenceburg,
XIV. Miss Neal is the 26.year-old daughter OF
the Hon. William Neal. Sho was EDUCATED AZ
Hamiiton College. Lexington, and ct Belmont
Nashville.
Miss Loll Segeur superintendent OF tho city
schools OF Decatur Ind, refused 10 swcar to the
assessors list, or to give him list OF her TAI:
fined Sls. She believes that IL she cannot vote
she should not pay taxes. tfs.N
Invitations to q "boomcr lawn party" from Q
church society Of women In st. Louis recently
stirred up great excitement and criticism, but
the demand for tickets was tremendous. One
OF tho conditions of tho invitations was that all
the women should wear boomers, and those who
were not properly equipped in that respect were
m hn pd N N N fh,ir n
When the crowd arrived on the night of the
bloomer party 1t discovered all the women
the boomers that had invited 30 much criticism.
In Bosnia, which is under Austrian rule, It has
become necessary to provide women physclans
for the Mohammedan women. who are not al.
lowed to see male doctor. The first one to bo
appointed is DIR. Theodore Krayewska, a Pole
by birth. Her appointment comes under the
peed It no Her rank sne Is eau to
that OF a Captain in the army, and she draws
the same salary as an oiGer 81 that ,irH Tank she
to look after sanitary conditions and to insist
upon compliance with the sanitary laws on the
part OF the population.
The National Museum at Washington d. G..
has just received valuable collection from Mrs.
Isabella Field Judson Of Dobhs Ferry. N. Y. 10
comprises the private papers OF her father.
Cyrus W. Field, relative to tho laying Of the
Atlantic cable, the first cablegrams sent,
articles with which he worked out his idea Of
laying the cable, much Of his correspondence
and copies of kilograms in his handwriting to
the President and other conspicuous persona.
The collection includes the globe on which the
great electrician traced the course for the cable
from Newfoundland to Ireland.
The jubilee OF the establishment in America OF
the great Roman Catholic order Of women teach
ers known as the School Sisters Of Notre Dame
will be celebrated on July 81. 1t will then b0
fifty years since the arrival in America Of the
five Sisters OF the order who journeyed to thfq
country from Germany to lay the foundations Of
the society here and teach the girls Of the New
World Since then the order has increaseq
enormously. and 1t now has 9, 557 Sisters and
conducts go missions with 1877 pupils.
Mrs Daniel Whalen is st. Louis woman In
troduced to fame through her original method
OF preserving the harmony Of her home. Her
husband, coming home intoxicated, tried to
strike her. When he had gone to sleep MrR.
Whalen sewed him up in the sheet and gave
him sound thrashing.
Two Iowa girls, Miss Gertrude FerreIl and
Miss Theodore Plambeck Of Webster City. shot
a burglar who had entered their house last week.
Tho girls were alone in the house. and the burg
lar made era attempts to get in before he suo.
The young women are members OF the Clarion
Gun Club and are good shots.
Miss Ethel Murray. young woman OF Detroit,
| Mich. SWAN mile and half the other day in
| torty-four minutes Miss Murray is a pretty
| girl lS years old. She weighs 1877 pounds and
| Is 5 feet inches tall.