The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-10
|OF INTEREST TO WOMEN.
THIS AND THAT.

Among the students at Bryn Mawr are several Japanese girls. wno take the liveliest interest in the progress of the war between their country ana Russia. Of course. they read all they can get hold of in the way or news concerning the conflict, but tneir most cherished information consists or teie- grams received constantly from nome through private sources. These are, Of course. brief, but they concern always the most recent event and what with accurate knowledge of the geography of inc theatre of war and with their sup plementary reading of available news papers the young women are able to keep posted to a close degree
 It is said, indeed, that some of these telegrams are more or less official in their character and are forwarded by or at least through the cooperation of the Japanese government.-Philadel- phia Record.
 The twenty-ninth anniversary of the Girls Friendly Society was held last month in London. The increase in membership of this organization during the past year was stated as 4.454, the total membership being 256,000. rep resenting women and girls of all ranks and occupations. There are 1882 branches of the society. which is now established in 6,744 parishes, and has extended its operations throughout the United Kingdom, and also the United States. Canada, Newfoundland. India. Australia, New Zealand and South Af- rica
 Queen Wilhelmina's crown Is very gorgeous. It is of dull gold. only the edges being polished. It consists of a crimson velvet cap inclosed in a circle set with sapphires and emeralds. The imperial arches terminate in sixteeen points, eight of which are surmounted by large single pearls and the other eight bent toward the center and there crowned with the globe and cross, are set with nine pearls each. which are graduated in size, the small- est being placed at the top.
 According to some statistics given in a report by Chicago club woman, Dr. Lucy Waite, thre are 4.376 women listed in the medical societies. New York has the largest number; Illinois comes next with 239. Of these. fifty one are giving instruction in medical colleges in. Chicago. In an investigas ton as to the fees of seventy-six wo- men physicians, graduates from a cer- Ldln COIleBes ten TeCelNe duIdut lHCOfucS from $3,00O to $4,000; five receive from s4,0O0 to s5,000; three from $5.0oo to $10,000; and fifteen from $15,000 to $20.o00.
 That farming is a profitable business when the right woman undertakes the work has been demonstrated by Mrs. Ella Mclaughlin, who lives in Chicago. but manages a farm of 1000 acres a short distance from the Western me- tropolis. Hay Is the product to which this farmer devotes her attention. Since the death of her husband. about eight years ago. she has been manag- ing the farm and she had made 1t pay. employing over sixty men in the har- vest season.
 A happy young woman in Paris is Miss Helene Fleury, the first woman musician admitted to the Prix do Rome. It must be understood that the Prix de Rome is awarded after exami- nations conducted on the plan in use at our own Institute of Technology in Boston. And Miss Fleury was locked up in the cloister of the Chateau de Compeigne with six other aspirants for this laureateship of music in Paris. She ayers that she encountered no anil mostly on account of her sex, nor yet any undue favor. albeit she received what she was pleased to call charming attention. They locked her up in a light and airy room. with a view from the window that inspired her to her utmost. There she wrote a chorus and a fugue.
 A Homeric battle was fought for the possession of a beautiful young woman between inhabitants of two villa pes near Bossancz. Galacia, the other day The son of the syndic of Teschoutz had persuaded the daughter of a neighbor- ing landowner to elope with him. On hearing of this her father informed the villagers and 200 of them set out to bring her home. Her lover how ever. refused to give her up and the people of his village. sympathizing with the pair. set upon the intruders to drive them out. A pitched battle with stones, in which hundreds took part, followed. and continued with great fury until the Revenue guards were called out and fired upon the rival parties Both sides dispersed, carrying away many wounded.
 Honorary degrees were conferred upon women for the first time by the University of Dublin at Is recent com mencement. Those honored were Miss Jane Barlo. the Irish novelist, Mrs. Sophie Bryant. head of the North Lon- don Collegiate School for Girls, and Miss Muivaney, head of the Alexandria Schools in Dublin.
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 The aJpanese are devoted to the Elm press Harouka and, perhaps because of her charming personality and woman