The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-19
IN THE PUBLIC EYE.

The marble bust of Frances z. Willard,
| made by dorado Taft for John c. Schaffer
OF Evanston. was presented to the authorities
of Northwestern university last week with
| appropriate exercises. Two hundred invited
guests assembled in the reading room of
Orrington Lunt library to witness the I'M
yelling. Mr.. Shaffer, in short ;6lress, ac-
! knowledged his Indebtedness to Ms Willard
for her kindly assistance to him when he
| first engaged in business in Chicago, and
said 1t had been his intention for years 10
DO something to peIpetuate her memory. The
formal presentation was made for Mr.. Shat
fer by A. j. Beveridge. of Indianapolis, who
extolled the great deeds of the late temper
ance leader and placed the benefits of her
work above those of the great men of the
| country.
| Word comes from Wellesley that the fac
ulty and students alike have signed the pc
| titions addressed to the secretay Of the navy
| expressing adherence of the spirit of ven
geance in the use Of the words Remember
the Maine.' and begging a refusal to nur-
chase goods of any kind bearing this notice
The long-cherished vision of burdeaed
housewives-the cooperative scheme of house
Keeping-1s IN a fair way of realization and
may be first put in operation at the Paris
exposition in 1900 Mrs. Coleman Stuckert,
OF Lindsay. Ontario. is the moving power
behind this project. and she seeks the CO.
operation of the Dominion government Her
plan is as follows:
Around the outside Of a block Of land are
to be erected forty-four houses all connect
ed so as to form square Of buildings. Each
mouse Will have either two or three stores
and none will be more than two rooms dasp
SO as to afford ample light and abundant
fresh air. In the central court will be erect
ed a large. two-story building, where will
be the kitchen. laundry, cold storage plant.
the dynamo. an improved heating apparatus
for supplying electric light and steam heat
for the forty-four homes On the second story
or this building will be kindergarten a
library and large hall. The model
ZONES" will all be connected with thu
central building by speaking tubes, or tele-
phones, and an electric conduit for carrying the
hampers to and from the kitchen. The refuse
and dirty dishes will be sent back to the
central kitchen to be washed.
In this way the housewife will be spared
the trouble Of preparing the meals, and the
servant question is solved. The employees
Will all be skilled. as the community will
De able to pay large wages The space in
closed by the block of houses, and on either
side of tie central building. can be used for
lawn tennis and other grounds. The affairs
OF this model community. as planned, will be
the home owners.
Accordingto to Mrs. Stuckert, all the COM
forts Of the finest homes can be enjoyed for
less than half the usual cost for the same
service. She asserts that the table expenses
with liberal bill of fare. will amount to but
~ per capita each week.
The ladies of the National Sabbath alliance
have presented Mime WI, wife Of the Chinese
minister vvi
the English Bible, illustrated by numerous
engravings. which Is properly Inscribed and
protected by morocco case, lined with silk
OF imperial colors. Nine. WI was highly
pleased with the gift, and her distinguished
nusDand also expressed his appreciation of
the compliment. The missionary ladies of
China recently presented the Empress Regent
with copy of the Scriptures in the Chinese
language.
The wife of Mr.. Ye, the Korean minister. is
regular attendant at the Presbyterian
Church of the Covenant, in Washington, and
her boy Is a member of the Sunday school,
/ The University of Rochester is now CO.
educational institution. In speaking of the
action OF the trustees a local paper says:
me matter provoked an unusually long de-
Date and was not finally settled until 7
o'clock last evening. Henceforth the ITni.
versity Of Rochester will be coeducationaI
institution. Women will be admitted as cam
didates for all degrees and elective courses
on the same conditions are now imposed
on male students. This action is regarded as
most red6al by the older alumni. who have
felt that The doors Of the university should
never be opened to the female sex, but the
move is said to be made only after the most
careful consideration on the part of the trus-
tees.
The first woman to fill the chair of nursing
IN an American college is Miss Hannah Kind
pom, bright young woman Of Swedish BIRTH
MISS h1ndbom has just been installed as
professor of nursing in the University of
Iexas previously she was superintendent of
nurses at the John Sealy hospital Galveston
Miss Kindbom was born in Stockholm TWENTY
SIX years ago. Her father is lawyer in that
CITY, and she was educated at private school
there. She showed unusual interest In medi-
cine and nursing when but child, and at 10
years gave up her spare time to the sick Miss
klndbom received her training as a nurse at
| the Sabbaltsberg hospital and later came to
| New York,
Professor Herman Grimm of the University
| OF Berlin, explaining why he refused to adj
NIT women to mis- lectures, says that during
| the twenty-five years that he has been lectur.
ing to students he has grown into a certain
method of presenting things. But when he
sees women among his listeners he is en-
barrassed; he often has to put things in q
different way, and could not speak freely as
ne formerly did. II he were younger he
would try to adapt himself to the changed
| conditions. but for the two OF three semesters
OF active work that still remain before him he
does not think it worth while; and then he
offers reminder Of how much help he has
given to young women students who have
come to him privately for it.