Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-02
with difficulty, that afford the sweet.
est triumph.

Council Bluffs. according to George
Fitch. Of the NoDparell, Is In danger OIL
an increased number of runaways. ana
his approximations, voiced as follows,
are induced by IN apparently startled
survey of the feminine headgear pre-
pared for this seasons wear. He says:
1.-The hats that the women are wear
ing this year are delightful IN .he'r
simplicity and at the same time In
their originality. Nothing Is easier
than the making of such hat. rake
d last years hat. lay 1t on the pave
ment and induce a large gray horse
to step on 1t three times. Then swain
the remains in ribbons and fasten
them to the head in such way that
1.-The rear edge tits toward the constel-
|lation of Orion IL the front comes
down over the eyes chop 1t Off with an
axe. Runaway horses Will double IN
number this year if some of the mats
now being exhibited get out or tne
millinery stores onto the heads OF con-
fiding but reckless women
The great cry now being for SIM
plkity. MIR. Fitch should not grow sar-
castic, and the "long suffering" hus-
bands should take courage from the
fac, that the formers prescription LOT
the construction of this years rather
peculiar styles, would mean less OF q
vacuum In their pocketbooks.
The following. as examples of what
women are capable of doing, may
prove of interest. We are told In
gossip about women that there Is, ana
will he. room for some time In the
ranks OF statisticians for well qualified
young women. Miss Katherine Gag
horn and Miss Frances Keller. to go no
further than these well known young
women are proofs that women make
not only successful but brilliant sta
tisticians. Miss Lillian Brandt Of
Wellesley, '05, Is the official statistician
of the New York Charity Organization
Society, and her excellent work on the
statistics of tuberculosis in connection
with "directory Of institutions and 80.
cieties dealing with tuberculosis" won
her a gold medal at the st. Louis expo.
sition where 1t formed part of the ex'.
hibit Of the charity organization so /.
ciety. This directory was the work OF
year, and was made UP chiefly thru
correspondence with the heads of or
CARNATIONS like that she was working
for with heads Of hospitals and instt-
tutlons for the cure of tuberculosis.
specialists and state and city boards OF
health. Miss Brandt having finished
these statistics will next take up those
OF desertion, and she has already sent
out schedules OF questions to charity
workers In large cities.
Also that Uncle Sans only woman
diplomatist is both youthful and pref
ty Her name is Miss Margaret Harl-
ma and she works in the department of
state as assistant to the second as
sistant secretary. Alvey A. Adee. Mr..
Adee is the official who handles the do
mestic affairs of the government-in
European country he would be called
the permanent under secretary, his
place being practically life appoints
ment, and all Of the delicate negotia-
lions which are being continually car
ried on between the United States and
foreign powers, involving an immense
deal Of correspondence. as well as
much else that relate to our diplo-
macy, and the complicated machinery
thereof. is under the charge Of Miss
Hanna who is so familiar with all such
affairs that Gas has frequently been
said Of her) she would be fully cap
able of acting as secretary OF state
herself, and Of managing the whole de-
partment II there was occasion.
LORRAINE.