Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-06-09
News of Many Sorts.

Mrs Caroline Tomkins Mersereau,
Morristown, n. j., is now "a. She
was one of the fortunate girls who
strewed flowers before Lafayette in
1924, and he was gallant enough to
give her the badge he wore on his
coat, relic highly priced by her grand
children and great grandchild.
Mrs. A. Watson, who is now return
, ing to England on the way to the meet
ing of the international council of wo-
men. to be held in Berlin in June,
collected many autographs during the
national suffrage convention at Wash
ingtCn. Mrs Helen L. Grenfell, state
superintendent of public instruction in
Colorado, wrote this characteristic
sentence: after 20 years of educa-
tional work. | am convinced there is
no such thing as an incorrigible child"
Mrs. Emilia Cummings, in her paper
read at the seventh meeting of the
woman's national council of Argentine
Republic offered these facts: That
in the primary schools of the capital,
out of 500 teachers, 400 are women
the national college of the capital is
largely attended by women; the Wo-
mans national commercial college is
much sought after, and the Woman's
professional school has outgrown it's
accommodations that If the higher ed
ucation admits women to lectures in
science, law and literature, and medi-
cine, philosophy and literature are
open to them; that women have been
engaged in commerce for over 25
years, and that an eminent Judge said
there would be few frauds if commerce
were confined to women; that large
and prosperous association of profess
sional women, including teachers. pro-
fessors. doctors, dentists. chemists and
doctors of philosophy publish the Ar
gentine Review. The only item that is
not satisfactory is, that, as elsewhere.
in factories women are paid lower
wages than men. though they are more
industrious and reliable.
Mrs. Hill, an artist of Tacoma,
Wash, has been commissioned by one
of the western railroad trunk lines to
execute for the Louisiana Purchase ex-
Position several Canvases illustrative
of the scenery of Washington state
One of her pictures represents lofty
mountain. which has never received a
name, The artist suggested that it be
christened Mount Booker Washington,
in honor of the principal of Tuskegee
Her suggestion was confirmed by the
United States geological survey. and
the name Mount Booker Washington
is now in use The picture will be ex-
hibited at st. Louis this summer.
II is said there have been 10000
Japanese women who have volun-
teered TO so to the front as nurses.
Since the war with China and probably
knowing the present war to be in pros
pect, the women Of Japan in great
numbers have attended hospital train
ing schools. where instruction is Civ
en- by American and European nurses,
and have thoroughly itted themselves.
1t is also reported in newspapers that
there are many thousand japanese VIC.
men serving as common soldiers The
patriotism of the Japanese is of the
quality that holds no hardship borne
for their country as too great. The
United States, which no LONGER
uses the word because there is no &C.
casion for it, will take lesson from
Japan.
The annual report Of the Franklin
Square house in Boston, the expert
menting in cheap and good board and
lodging for young women. shows the
total number of transient guests since
il was opened is 2.5S5; permanent