Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10
what women Are Doing.

Mrs Caroline Elizabeth Merrick, the
author and philanthropist, celebrated her
eighteenth birthday last saturday, and was
rendered a reception at the Era club, New
Orleans, In which representatives OF every
womans club in that city were present.
Mrs Knox, wife of the Pennsylvania SEN
ator, makes an odd gift occasionally to
some of her more intimate woman friends
a dainty packet containing five pounds OF
butter. Her eldest son, Reed Knox, owns
a fine farm near Valley Forge and 1t is
there that the butter is made. She fur
nished the butter for the president
Thanksgiving dinner.
Mrs. Ellen Foster, president of the
Womans National Republican association,
writes from China that she has visited
WI Ting Fang, former Chinese minister
and says that he has never wavered In
his affection for America and that he is
pushing his reforms In his own country.
Mrs. Ivy Ashton Root, niece Of the
secretary of war, has written play around
the life Of Mozart; It viii have MS premier rem S
in five acts, deals almost exclusively with
the great composers life and it's title Will
be simply Mozart" A company 10 PACK
the production has been incorporated In
Albany N. Y. The authors husband Is a
New York lawyer.
Mrs Theodore Roosevelt has accepted
she once oe ssseb wee Of New York
a letter to Mrs. p. H. Merrill OF Syracuse,
president of the assembly, Mrs. Roosevelt
stated that although it was contrary TO
her custom she would be pleased to &C
cept the office. Mrs. Roosevelt belongs 10
no woman's club, with the exception OF the
Mothers club.
The richest woman in Great Britain is
Lady Mary Hamilton, whose twenty-hrst
birthday occurred the other day. She Is
the daughter OF the late duke OF Hamilton
On the Isle of Arran, her ancestral estate,
Lad Mary has lived a simple country Ire
coming very little TO London, ana Is inu-
mately acquainted with all the affairs and
most of the tenants of her great Scotch
property. She is a famous sportswoman
and one Of the very few women TO under
take the duties OF master Of hounds.
Mrs. Frederick schofr, the well known
philanthropist, answered at meeting OF
the Daughters of the Revolution an ancient
sneer at womankind. "A man, she salo
rose in a womans meeting and with
sneer asked why II was that men were
not addicted to saying spiteful things
about one another as women We're. Inc
president answered him. Men she sald
are so busy Dragging about themselves
that they don't have time TO attack othei
Mrs. Jefferson Davis. wife of the presi
dent OF the confederacy, still keeps hel
residence in New York, although she goei
south during the winter months. Mrs
Davis is now 81 years old and very feeble
although not ailing. Her old MISSISSIPPI
homestead "Beauvoir," is now the home o
confederate veterans and when Mrs
Davis makes a soJourn In the south II i
she lives in a quiet uptown apartment
hotel and keeps only one servant She i
far from rich.
One of the largest magazine agencies II
the country Is conducted by woman, MIS-
Jennie Hanson OF Lexington, Ky. Som
years ago while teaching In the publ
schools at a salary of $40 a month sh
began taking subscriptions for the maya
zines. Finding that she could make a sue
cess OF Il she gave up her position ans
rented an ONCE where she conducted tn
business on a much larger scale. She nov
owns her once building, TO which eXtensiv
additions have recently been made, an
also a considerable amount OF real estat
In Lexington.