The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-31
VARIOUS MANIFESTATIoNs.

Mrs. Alice Lee Moque of Washington. D. O.,
wants to fight and she wants 900 other women
to help her. Her ida is to get up q woman
regiment and go to the front.
because We are women she says. " is no
reason why we should be denied the Joy OF ac-
ton. the glory Of victorious valor. the fame OF
heroism. the honored scar of conflict and the
sacred bed of the nations sleeping martyrs
If the Spnniards substituted mice for Mauser
bullets they would have nothing much to
&ffa aqd 1Fom su t9s T2m ia ra rfffii@eintt it, F Mpyi Mdaa Mrs IS
m author; scientist and an a!l-round athlete.
Health is her hobby. and she believes that cx-
ddiittiona. She Vas ' one Q the pioneer wHee ii%o-
men men OF Washi1gt9H Is a fine WINNER a first
twenty miles.
Grace Espy Patton, q Pennsylvania woman
who moved with her parents to Colorado when
10 years Of age. is now Superintendent OF Pub
lie instruction. and, ex oficio. State Librarian
of Colorado. Miss Patton has been in Office a
year and a half. She is now 80 years Of age,
and has distinguished herself in the fulflment
OF her varied duties. Thu Department of Pub
lie instruction In most Western States carries
with it many diverse duties. Colorado is no
exception. and Miss Patton is a member of the
State Land Board. the State Board Of Examin-
ers. and the, State, Board Of Education After
graduating from the state Agriculture raj College,
she was called to the chair OF English and soci-
oloCy in that institution, where she taught for
twelve years. This experience has helped her
ten make SG6od her I6 admigiSt Hf lion q great benefit 70
lishment Of school libraries. the extension OF
kindergarten work and the general introduc-
ton Of manual training have received special
attention. School decorations are also one of
is attractive. She has n sic ndcr, glrlish figure.
T S%a s' a G Woman 81 u GlGnsus9i t ana fer l sSiIi re-:
Her brown eyes aro her chief beauty and her
power to charm wins everybody.
Two little Japanese women. Nine. Wata-
mabe and Miss Isuda, who came to this country
as delegates to the biennial convention OF the
General Federation OF Women's Clubs recently
convened in Denver. are now doing Washing
ton. Early in September they will go to Boston.
where they will be deliberately entertained In
October by the New England Woman's Press
Club. TIL expenses Of these ladies. ono OF
whom is OF noble birth. are paid by the En-
press Of Japan from her rrlvy purse. Marquis
Ito writes that every attention shown to them liz
70 be considered as shown to their Government.
and are interested in all they meet and
eyerythipG they see; They are highly
ffndeeed5, Mi ISL tsu "fsS vas Ss some years. years as sn" q spsciai
student at Bryn Mawr College, Nine, Wata.
mabe r. Q widow, She is the daughter OF
Baron Watamahe. and, according to the GUS
upon the death other husband, Both OF, these
Iil''S iiNpl iuEnl Ill wv I'm NIX NtIODl AT
Yokohama. and they expect to carry home re-
ports from this country which will do much ia
encourage the higher education of women in
Japan The Empress is deeply interested in
this subject.
Miss Lasley, a Kentucky girl. has held the
post Of station agent at Rowland. Ky. n thrlv-
ing town. for two years. After she was gradu-
ated from the South Kentucky College at Hop
kinsvllle at the age OF IL she became assistant
to her brother. who held the agency which she
now fills. The brother went off travelling in
Central America, and his successor suddenly
died. Miss Lasley had kept her eyes 50 wide
open, learning al there was to bc learned about
the business with the railroad station. that
the officials called her to I'LL the position,
Hawaii boasts a Japanese newspaper woman.
She is Masa Takahashi. the wife Of the pro-
prletor OF the Hawaii Shinpo. This publira-
ton Is extensively advertised In several Ian
Ruages as tho oldest and hest known Japanese
paper Of the islands. Indeed. 1t is the only
Japanese daily in Hawaii and has the largest
circulation Of any paper reaching the Japanese
ager of the paper. She has, been out
Of Japan less, than year, but has learned
to e d sns@hb g5q n : b and H SST 2 I GHf9t MSm She
with no end of shrewdness, alertness. energy,
and aggrcssiyeness. IL soliciting for adyer.
as a, veteran book agent, and can figure as
closely as an army contractor, The LITTLE wo-
nntebnoE IeS dssaaimmiSS, c a ~ oTihtt nm9 tied rn IL ho !
large silk handkerchief, She would, no doubt,
scorn the Boston bag.
An English woman, Mrs, Homewood, has Just
completed n six months tour awheel through
Switzerland. Corsica, Sicily and France. She
went alone. In Sicily she rode 800 miles and
says che didn't see the first sign Of a bri9and.
but she advises nervous and timid people To
avoid the wilds Of Calabrla. She thinks that II
q traveller showed any signs Of fear what she
terms little adventures mlght have unpleasant
consequences,