The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-18
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Mrs. Laura B. Alderman started
the first apple farm Of North Dakota.
She made marked success OF what all
her masculine neghbors predicted
would be a failure. and the Alderman
apples find ready and profitable
market, while the farm is known
Throughout the country.
Miss Josie Wanous owns and oper-
ates personally one OF the most sue.
cessfu1 drug stores of Minneapolis.
She overcame the prejudice which
existed against a woman druggist by
her strict business methods and care
full attention to all the details of her
work.
Miss Elinor C. Clapp, Of Chicago
makes artistic jewelry after original
designs. She combines odd metals
with the semi-precious stones, pro-
ducing odd effects and antique pat
terms. Her work is sought after for
every exhibition OF arts and crafts.
Miss Virginia Pope has hospital
for birds in New York City, where
she receives and treats invalid feath-
cred pets, sets broken legs and doc
tors her patients with skill and mark
ed success. She also travels extern
sively. giving lectures in the larger
cities upon the care and feeding OF
birds which arc kept in confinement.
Miss Sybil Carter originated and
carried out successfully the plan OF
teaching lace making to the Indian
women OF various tribes. She now
has a large corps of teachers, and the
lace made is sold in New York City
at private sales Mrs. ]. Pierront Nor
gan and her daughter frequently
opening their homes for the sales.
Miss Carter carries on the work in a
spirit OF pure philanthropy, since it
is in no sense "a money-mal>inS
scheme, but is used as a means OF
reaching and teaching the, Indian
women and OF giving them employ
ment. which shall help to settle them
and interest them in their homes.
Miss Mabel Hay Barros writes
Greek and plays and acts as coach in
the various colleges where the plays
are presented by students, She has
all the enga gements she can Fill. Her
work is commended in the highest
terms by college professors and men
of letters as well, and her study OF
Greek life and action has been deep
and thorough
Mrs. Zimmerman, of Minneapolis,
repairs the wax figures used in dis
play windows. She learned the pro
cess of making the various parts and
finds profitable employment in repair
ing accidents of all kinds.
Mrs. Clara L. Kellogg has raised
modern embroidery to an art She
cred textiles, producing harmonious
effects throughout. She travels
abroad every year, studying embroid
cry and design. All her designs are
original and are founded upon sug
gestions received from old paintings
mosaic urnfture-anything, in fact
which may offer a suggestion to hel
alert mind and ready fingers She
starts each piece OF work, selecting
the cOlCrS anu S1ddeo " NC SLAA piC- -
and then sends it out to some chosen
worker to complete. BY this means
she gives employment to large force
of special workers scattered all over
the country.
Mrs. Ida Belmar Camp, of Caro-
Mich, has the largest private collec
ton of cacti in this country She
produces many new varieties by
grating, and has collectors in nearly
all the cacti-producing regions. Sh'
is looked upon as an authority b,
botanists, and her specimens are sold
not only throughout this country, bu
abroad.
Mrs A. H. Wade, of Chicago, has
had patented style of corset which
is SO radical departure from the ole
lines that it has been indorsed b.
leading physicians and teachers o
physical culture, and is likely to brln;
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