Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-24
The New
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What She Is Saying, Think
Ing and Doing

Among the few flashes of light
through the darkness OF the war In the
orient is the work of Nine. Varia Stoes-
sci at Port Arthur. When her husband
was ordered To the command or the
fortress which he said would be his
tomb Nine Stoessel went too. Civil
ians at length left: women and chill
dren We're ordered to go too. The COM
manders wife remained to help the
wounded, sick and suffering common
soldiers in the Russian stronghold. or
her own free will she took charge OF
the ambulance service. directing the
disposition of all who We're conveyed
to the hospitals. She even Went to the
exposed portions of the forts and tend
Ell with her own hands those WHO were
wounded. When she was doing this
one day a fragment OF shell struck the
Port Arthur angel, injuring her in the
shoulder Then she herself had to be
lifted tender!y into one of those ambu-
lances whose journeys about the forts
she had SO often superintendent. and
she was conveyed, hurt and bleeding.
to an army hospital. No misfortune
that had overtaken the fortress In all
the dreary months OF the siege spread
through ii such grief and gloom as the
wounding of Nine. Stoessel Nine.
Stoessel upon her couch I'm the hospital
was told of this dependency and sor-
row among the common soldiers. 1t
touched her to the heart. and 1t also
inspired her to do a Drawer net than
any she had yet done. In five days
al
der she rose from her bed and caused
herself to be dressed in her usual gar
ments and taken from post to post
through the fortress. The men, seeing
her once more cheered and wept. while
many of them kissed her garments.
A strange study i'm psychology Is
that California girl who declares her
self born tomboy. She il uncom-
monty intelligent and has IA high school
education, yet naturally detests and
loathes the indoor trifies girls are usu-A
ally trained to, naming particularly
fancy work and piano practice" On
the other hand. all the athletic sports
and active outdoor employments Of
boys Were the breath of life to her.
two of her specialties. At length. when
seventeen. she cut her hair short. dress
ed herself as u boy and ran away
from home to seek her fortune. She
readily found employment as n cabin
boy on a steamer. as cowboy and br0n-
cho breaker and finally as a muleteer I'm
Mexico. She dressed as n boy because
thus she could i'm safety and without
annoyance do the things she craved to
do and exploit her ideals. such as they
were.
The Japs present the finest example
today of willing. thinking and doing.
They have the confidence that they
can do anything they desire to do.
which il at least two-thirds of the bat
tie. Why should not woman In her
way follow their example? If IA girl
must earn her bread. let her stir her
thinkers and devise new ways to get
a living or to improve on old ways.
This she can always do. To the woman
who wills and uses her brains success
Is sure
Experience, observation, books -
are our sources of knowledge.
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Train yourself to keep your troubles
to yourself. Don't pour them out upon
acquaintance or strangers. 1t isn't
their fault If you have troubles, and
they don't want to hear OF yours be-
cause they have so many OF their own.
And, besides, here is "a point to con-
sider-if you insist on telling other
people of your grievances they will at
length come to dislike and shun you,
because thereby you prevent them from
telling their troubles.
A man asks this question In, "a news
paper: lis woman as able to hang
on to a car strap as tired man re-
turning from businessi" WINK do you
think?
A pleasant incident happened lately
at an English educational conference.
The president of the conference was
Rev. ii. Il. Gray OF Bradfield college.
Mr. Gray said i'm his address that the
British had much to learn from the
I'm regard to coeducation Of
the sexes. He himself had carefully
examined the system in America and
found its effects, both moral and social,
very gratifying.
At the celebration Of the one hundred
and fiftieth anniversary Of Columbia
university, New York. there was dedi-
Gated to the use of Columbia's girl stu
dents for the next century a women's
gymnasium that cost $4O10OO. Its
purpose Is the physical education OF
the feminine sex. primarily OF teachers
Of physical culture, but incidentally
Of all who seek It's advantages. II II