Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-10

she said after moments thought,
that man is suffering from small pox.'
Instantly there was CONSERVATION.
The eyes of the staff were opened.
The patient was hurried to the NUM-
cipal Hospital and the most desperate
efforts made to separate his bed linen
from that of other patients in the
hospital laundry. The mischief had
been done, however. In few days
three of the nurses followed him to
the Municipal Hospital, and in few
days more others were stricken. The
shadow of fear was not lifted from
that hospital for month after. -
Philadelphia Enquirer.
Gossip.
Mrs. A. Fl. Fl. Stuart founded the
hrst woman's club in the Northwest
more than fifteen years ago.
Miss Hamilton Griffin, half-sister
of Mary Anderson, is cultivating her
voice in Germany, and will make her
debut as singer next year.
Mrs. A. t. Fisk, an English WON.
an and member of the Woman's
Vegetarian Union, is lecturing on
vegetarianism as a cure for poverty.
Nine. Albani, who has been making
a tour through South Africa, is de.
lighted with that country. When she
visited the De Beers Compound at
Kimberley three thousand Zulus
danced and sang for her.
Women in Victoria will in future
have the privilege of helping to eleet
the members of the Legislative Assem-.
bly,. A bill has been passed giving
them the suffrage. There was almost
no opposition to the measure.
Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey, who is
working to have the word "women"
stricken from the name of the General
Federation of Women's Clubs, is a
daughter of Platt r. Spencer, author
of the famous Spencerian system of
penmanship.
Miss Alice Everett, a graduate of
Girton College, England, at present
engaged in special work at the Royal
Astrophysical Observatory in Pots
dam, Germany, will be assistant in
the astronomical observatory at Vas
sar College next year.
Mrs. Alice Rollins Crane, who is in
the service of the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition, is unique inhabitant of Daw-
son City. She wears q buckskin
skirt, boomers of the same material
and leather leggings. She likes from
tier life, and expects to die with her
boots on.
Miss Ellen Terry has made the So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children in London her debtor to the
amount of S2150-for that was the sum
realized by the performance at the Ly.
ceum recent afternoon. Miss Terry
had the assistance of her old comrade,
Mrs. Kendall.
Miss Flora Van Cuylenburg, ma
tive of Ceylon, and at present stu
dent at the London Medical School,
has received q studentship OF 1915 O
year for three years, and one term
that she may be trained as a medical
missionary and obtain full qualifica.
ton to go abroad as medical mission.
ary.
Queen Elizabeth of Roumania,
/ Carmen SYLVIA" has received doc.
tors degree from the University Of
Pesth. A diploma artistically decor.
ated was bestowed upon her by the
Minister of Austria Hungary, with an
address in praise of her books, and
the doctress responded in graceful
speech.
The first woman to receive the de.
gree Of Bachelor of Divinity from the
University of Chicago is Mrs. S. r.
Gray. She had previously taken an
A. B. from the same university, and
her b. d. means three additional
years of hard work, in which she has
completed the full divinity course.
Only few women have ever received
this degree from an- university.