New-York tribune., 1903-07-28


than in Russia Among the wild and scattered popu
aton of this immense country there is mex
haustibe field for women as doctors and teachers.
and il is the knowledge Of this fact which has dis
the opposition to their going through uni
Versities In 1897 Russia had 997 women doctors,
and the number constantly increases. In this pro-
fession Russian women have made a distinguished
/ name. They have enormous practices in the great
towns and are largely employed by the municipali-
ties
Miss Susan B. Anthony Will preside at the
Woman's Congress to open at Lily Dale on August
5 and among the speakers will be Mrs. Charlotte
Perkins's subject will be "Our Brains and What
Ais Them" and Miss Shaw will speak on The
Dr. Esther solakian, who has just been gradu-
ated from the Southern Homeopathic Medical Col
lege. in Baltimore. is Armenian girl, and came
10 America with only the dress she wore, in 1886,
after the massacres which reduced many rich
Armenian families to poverty. As she wished 10
become a doctor and absolutely penniless, she
took a course in nursing and earned money TO
study in winter by practising her profession in
summer. Notwithstanding this handicap she was
was the only representative Of her sex She after
State Board Of Medicine ana 4 then s4e @ look out ~
naturalization papers, being the second woman IN
the examinations Of the Massachusetts state Board
Of Medicine and intends next year TO take post
graduate course il gynecoIoSy
F,varvbodv is doing cross-stitch IN these days
Classes in this kind OF embroidery NIICh Is more
highly paid for than any other at present, are be
ing started at the Settlements and Young Women s
Christian associations. and the papers note that a
screen exhibited recently by the princess 2I Wales
was worked in cross-stitch This is the Stltch used
by our erandmothers on their samplers and is very
easy and effective. particularly when worked out
in several colors
stav-at-borne husbands do not have half the bad
time that they lead their wives TO believe. says
What 10 Eat" They have no need to exchange
comfortable BED for a straw pallet thai resehts
them and tries its best cast them OIL lhey
need not give up the well appointed bathroom and
take IN exchange wash basin the size OF saIad
howl nor their running water for a pltchef OF
t5Jid tl'at s half sediment II they want the ocean
90 breezee ar country meads and meadows
tbat are supposed compensate TOT az m ms
- nf a ronnrrv soiourn. they can nave tnen
SIIeS 81 p,@ toy,rs frip on boat train; and when
-. l4 ,ome from their outings they nave lleif
tIty 90 ~ - rE-rC tile and control their
bed their bath. their COOKING anu '
r4s,,,,, ie the woman who has some DTS OF maj
old fashioned lace known as tatting happier sun
g che who can WELD the tatting shutue anu HitNe
as much OF this lace as she hkes OF Ia9 ll.l ~.
= ..,-tr- &c more fashionable az the present
For nothlh6 - IAo md af lis hest things
IinF ttaii taii,iF,,i 1r desirable This form OF hanoi
Ir 5stes rack 70 the sixteenth ct4tuLy. anu '''''
enjoyed many per1ocs OF great
~ e,,ey,itiou Of her sympathy win the reDel-
,io American colonies. the Alaska Chapter OF tie
1,,,,,,ers of the American Revolution proposes 10
o+ a memorial to the Empress Catherine IL oI
r,ssia Il, the Russian cathedral al SltH1 -4ccoIu-
ing 10 the usages Of the Greek i4io--'
or5sI yol,et t.k ke the form OF palntlnE oI %.
~ tt-iT17 framed in beaten silver. ne fSu9s ~
,5sroD ~ Sftka has secured permission ron 'iIe
31,ssian Government for the erecton % t1tesdrai
1tuSsa-S.1 snd rather Anthony. OF the e4theoIs
rs %rttten a sketch OF the Empress CelheT1he i"l
the use Of the chapter