The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-10
The New
Woman
What She Is Saying, Think
ing and Doing


through the darkness Of the war in the
orient is the work of Mime. Yaria Stoes-
sci at Port Arthur When her husband
was ordered to the command of the
fortress which he said would be his
tomb Nine. Stoessel went too. Civil
ians at length left; women and chill
dren were ordered to go too. The COM
mander's wife remained to help the
wounded. sick and suffering common
soldiers in the Russian stronghold. OF
her own free will she took charge of
the ambulance service, directing the
disposition of all who were conveyed
to the hospitals. She even went to the
exposed portions of the forts and tend
ed 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 tenderly 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 it such grief and gloom us the
wounding of Nine. Stoessel Nine.
Stoessel upon her couch in the hospital
was told of this dependency and sOr-
row among the common soldiers. 1t
touched her to the heart, and it also
hnr fCs n hrlU n ot han
any she had yet done. In five days
after the shell had struck her Shout
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.
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A strange study i'm psychology is
that California girl who declares her
self a born tomboy. She is uncom-
monty intelligent and has a high school
education. yet naturally detests and
loathes the indoor trihes girls are usu-
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
Swimming and horse breaking were
two of her specialties. At length, when
seventeen, she cut her hair short, dress
ed herself as boy and ran away
from home to seek her fortune. She
readily found employment as cabin
boy on a steamer, as cowboy and brOn-
cho breaker and finally as muleteer In
Mexico. She dressed as boy because
thus she could in 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 is at least two thirds Of the bat
tie. Why should not woman in her
way follow their example? II a 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 Te the woman
who wills and uses her brains success
Is sure
Experience, observation, books -
these three in this order Of Importance
are our sources Of knowledge.
Who is the old woman? Only the
woman who cannot learn thingS-she
who settles down like a cat upon a
cushion and dozes through the years
One who is always learning can never
grow old.
Train yourself to keep your troubles
to yourself. Don't pour them out upoE
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.
Ard, besides, here is 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: rs woman as able to hang
on to car strap as a tired man re-
turning from business?' What do you
think?
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A pleasant incident happened lately
at an English educational conference
The president of the conference was
Rev. II. B. Gray of Bradfield college
Mr.. Gray said in his address that the
British had much to learn from the
Americans in 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 fftieth anniversary of Columbia
university, New York, there was dedi-