The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-09-13
WHAT WOMEN CAN DO
Ono Is President of a RaiIroad and
 Ono a Blacksmith.

so quietly have women crcpt Into Indus trial ufc and so gradually have they oc- uulrcd high positions. thut people scarcely
 rcallzc what a y.tal part Che feminine clo-
 mcnt plays today In producing our coun- try's necessities 10 may ho % widow falls hcir Go a certain estate or business. with
 debts Co meet and children tosupport. and
 SO. undertakes some kind of work which
 she otherwise never would have chosen,
 or a clever and adyonturcsomo glrl cx- ncrimonts with some industrial problem, along lines hitherto designed to men, but
 congcnlal Co her taste. Aside from the Voc cations new to women. but which havcal- ready become so common as not Co excite
 Interest. hundreds of new and distinctive
 ones in art Industries and professions arc
 being adoptod with conspicuous success.
 Mrs Laura Alderman. of Hurley. south Dakota. owns Che largest apple orchardin
 Che Northwest 10 is known all over Che
 country. and has been iu its prcscnthands
 for twcnty-four years Recently, Che de- nartmcnt of agriculture has honorcd Mrs Alderman by publishing a record of hcr phenomenal success in apple raising
 CIoycruook Duck Ranch marks thc sue ccssrd struggle of woman in Chazy N. Y.. near Lake Champlain Miss Ellen Wheeler was thrown upon her own re-
 sources and her health failing under the
 strain of typcwr.tIug. she cXpcrimcutcd with fancy farming Each summer she
 raised log incubation i.Joo ducklings Co
 supply Che hotels in her nclehborhood. she also has started fine bee ranch
 which is very successful
 A blacksmith shop with several assist ants feu Go thc loo of Celia Holhrook or Sherboru. Mass. when she was but lt. At her fathers death she undertook Co run tbis. and has done so for two years, sup-
 nortne her mother and large family. Besides this smithy she hns another hus- incss being a mol cauicr Twice a day she takes Che United states mall four miles n summer. performing this service on her wheel. in winter on foot
 The Southoastcrn Buposters associa- tion of Moulric. Ga.. recently suspended
 ts rules in order Co admit a woman, Miss Corn Kimblu. and efficient hllpostcr l TWO society leaders and church work | ors. Mrs. Flames and Miss Sayrc of Mont Clare I1. have boon made captain and ossIstant marshal of thc fire department | These arc not nominal positous-it H
 nothing for women to light Ares in Mont | Clare as most of Ono male population i-
 m Chicago au day.
 Mon. women than is generally known | urc at Che head of Che great manunctur- | ue concerns Mrs. Eisson a wealthy and
 elegant woman. hla entire charge of tho | Wssou Carpet Sweeper factory of Grand HapIs Mich. 10 is even rImorod Chat | tne Invention was hers. rather than chat
 of hor husband. now deceased Nils. | Belle McKnnon Is superintendent of th, ilr manufacturing plant ot Little Falls IN. Y. She employees iaU hands is trained
 n business and especially noted for hay. | mr amiclhIy sculed several dispute. which threatened strikes
 A very young woman pf Syracuse s s paying her way through college hy d
 domestic occupation ou 70 large scale Even as child hor .r, tma .'e srrll u fruit canning lIJ I.IN u. ... and | tha work she has found mur. uerUyy | than undergraduate t,1chIug u uri.r t
 secure money for h,r uuNctdy .Nlcu.
 scs
 X railroad passenger agent 1 woman Why note 10 appears th.s qIosunn was never asked or answered hefurr NHs tl- Vlu Miller a Southern writer ins iHst
 been engaged as u1aengcr us.n, upon l Che Louisville N s. lulis r.tI uld it ,s
 confidently expected tHat sh. ,.. .terut Che Superior attractions of thir rar .o"i | iu a way to Interest women tr,elrt Away olt in C1ufmll vou.m . president of rluro1J Airs ..1H kiJl. | of Novuda county C...urI... .. ur, id 'nt of th, narrow guogc road running from Conx to Nevada City Her husband owned must stock and during his Illness she nmHar.z,d herself with Che business. The widow w1s elected Go thc presidency lnl rocs each morning across th' street from hor elegant home Co her 1mcr. where she utoupcnty manages the read.
 Women arc experimenting with 'lcc r.c.ty these days \ very practical in-
 yeutIou has just bcen patented , ..inrc pufour of Savannah. au c'c-1c e ret
 sweeper s1ld Go bc vast Improvement upon Che oid-umc articles