The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-15
WOMEN THE WORLD OVER.

Miss Natalie Schenck, who started a chain
letter in June to raise 50, eco for the Red
Cross, Is trying hard TO make an end to her
chain She sent out the first letter in June
Before July was over the letters were arriving
by bushels and the postmaster was in de-
spair, and the people of Babylon, L. l. In
frequent relays, spent their DAYS in Mr..
Sehenck's stable opening envelopes and M
ing tubs with money. checks and stamps
Between June 20 ard Oct. 81 Miss Sehenek
received 0o00 letters. containing a total
or $4,000. Frequent appeals have been sent
out asking the public to stop the chain, but
1t seems bent on earning its title, and goes
on. Letters are still coming at the rate of
100 a day.
Miss Ethel May Charles, reported to be
the first woman architect IN England, has lust
completed her time in an architects office in
London. and will be admitted as an associate
of the Royai Institute of British Architects
this month. She has won several prizes for
designs and intends to open an Office in a
good business locality. The architectural
profession is held by the London papers to
be peculiarly adapted 70 the talents OF
women.
The three prizes of $3.50 each in the Century
Magazine competition for the best story
poem and essay. open to students who re-
ceiyed the degree of B. A. in 1897. have been
won by three young women, although moro
men than women entered the contest Vas
sar furnishes two OF the prize winners and
Smith one.
Women wood carvers are becoming more
numerous in this country, but in Sweden It
has been wonan's occupation for some time
and the best known carver in Stockholm Is
Froken Gobel, who employs fifteen girls.
These workers not only do the light and DEL
icate work but the part that requires more
vigorous handling Of the chisel as well
Many carvers receive from so TO SIS week
Some women in New York earn handsome
income at carving crumb trays, footstools,
screens and bellows frames. Figure work
requires the study of anatomy but grotesque
figures and zine" work can be done without
that
The Russian minister of public instruction
lately informed the superintendent in Mos
COW that. in view Of the difficulties Of pro-
curing a sufficient number OF teachers IN
French for the mems colleges, he proposes
to employ women as teachers in the lower
classes. They must be qualified as home
governesses or teachers OF French, who have
had special preparation in that language aud
several years experience as teachers. The
minister Of public instruction added that the
candidates must make formal application 70
him and wait until they are given place.
The Woman's Journal states that this is the
first instance Of women being allowed to
teach the other sex in Russia, except in the
lowest primary grades. Even this was only
permitted in some parts Of Russia This
decision on the part of the minister of pub
lie instruction will prove Of great benefit to
ecores OF women, who, although well quail
fed as French teachers, could never hops
TO fill a place in a college. and they have had
TO depend entirely on private lessons for Their
maintenance.
The German empress is said TO have been
greatly pleased with her visit to the suItan's
! harem Although the seraglio is different
from what is was in past years the curtain
is still very strictly drawn as to what passes
within. It is quite possible that the kaiserin
was not at all sure whom she would nee;
| In the person of the sultana, as no one ever
asks after or even mentions the wife of q
Mohammedan OF high rank to his face But
while the sultanas-wives of the caliph-may
come and go. the sultana valede-mother Of
the sovereigns-is theoretically unchangeable
The sultan, when his own parent dies i'm
mediately adopts another lady in her place
me sulJant vaiede rules the harem-gener-
ally in motherly way. Some Improvement Is
according TO the modern Western ideas. IN
the interior of the harem were noticed BY
the kaiserin with pleasure The empress Of
the Germans was grati1ed by The prevalence
of refined simplicity in place of lavish luz
ury Of former times. This change has doubt.
less been brought about by the fact that
many Of the women of the haren are highly
educated, the sultan having gradually come
! to hold very liberal views on this point al.
though he Is conservative enough as to tfteir
strict seclusion. They drive out occasion all,
| IN closed carriages, their faces covered with
yashinaks. Gauzy native costumes Of bril-
liant stuffs are no longer worn by Turkish
women The suftanas now follow French
modes, as do their sisters of various lands