The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-05-31

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WOMAN
BY
ELIZA
AReHaR1
z CORNER
Margaret Calhoun. tine Na@sar senior
who is the champion I'll round athlete
among the college girls Of America,
would have made the line lady of 80
years ago faint with horror. Then the
direst bad name that could be applied
to little gill was to call her tom
boy Now. if the name is ever ap-
piled at all. it implies compliment
rather than otherwise fer the strong
and active girl child who is fond Of
the sports in which her brothers de
light. The difference between her and
the girl child Of half a century ago is
that that hapl2ss creature was re-
pressed physically, while she of today
is not, if her mother is up to date. Miss
Calhoun, the WOman'S college cham
pion, has been tested in the 200 yard
dash, the fence vault. the running high
jump and the other high iinks" in
which college students gain physical
strength. AS compared with the rec
ordS made by college men she is from
a third to half below these Some
of the inferiority is to be laid to the
door of the hampering, heavy draperies
in which old Grundy still insists on
clothing even girl athletes doing ex-
ercises. But now the beginning is
well made. We shall have stronger.
handsomer race of Americans because
of the girl athletes. Miss Calhoun says
she obtained her health and strength
through being a persistent tree climber
in her childhood.
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The girl who earns her own living
need not apologize to anybody for be-
ing born.
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A law college for women, with a
corps of Is professors and lecturers.
has been opened at Washington SO
far as | know, there is no other such.
Three years study in the college will
graduate woman as bachelor of laws
and four years as master of laws.
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One of the most promising fields for
woman's exploitation is that of pho
Biography. Katharine Weed Barnes
gave by her splendid amateur pictures
a great impetus to the art of photog-
raphy among her sex. Since then mum
bers of women have taken up the bust
ness professionally, with signal sue
cess, particularly in the making of ar
tistic views and portraits. for which
the feminine eye and fingers as well as
the feminine taste are especially adapt
ed. In New York city the photogra-
piers who receive the highest prices
for their work are women One of
them gets $25 dozen for cabinet pho
tos. Miss Frances Johnston of Wash
ington is noted the country over for
artistic photography.
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81 wonder" said the man, "what ia
the reason why women are never will.
ing to tell their age?" "I'll tell YOU"
replied the woman. ut is because
men are always so dead anxious to
find out"
Here is opportunity for some scien-
tiiic woman to earn $1,000, enough tc
maintain her two years while she stud
les abroad in any city of Europe. This
sum is to be given to the woman who
sends to the Association For Promot-
ing Scientific Research by Women the
best essay on any branch of biological,
physical or chemical science To get
this prize q woman cannot run to the
nearest library and nose among its en-.
cyclopedas. as the writer's of papers
for women'S clubs do. The essay must
give the results of the woman's own in
dependent laboratory research. She
must take q topic and think it out care
fully and experiment on it herself til
she learns something worth knowing
in the field of science. Here Is a rare
chance for women to contribute to the
worlds scientific and useful knowl
edge. There will be plenty of time for
study and research between now and
the time for delivering the essays
They must be handed in before Dec
81, 1902. Florence II. Gushing. Wal
nut street, Boston, is secretary pro
TEN. Of the association and undouhted
ly will give any information wanted
The manuscripts themselves must have
no names signed to them, but must
have inclosed sealed envelope bear
ing the title which is on the thesis it.
self and the name and address of the
author.