Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-28
Concerning Women.

| Miss Martha r.. Johnson, T. &. (Which
means tax collcctor). is the proudcst
woman ia the state of New Hampshire
| And why not? She has the honor OF
| being the first woman tax collector in
| the Staid old Granite state, and perhaps
in New England, which office was be-
| slowed upon her by the grace Of the
new city government. She was APP
pointed to the office by the unanimous
vote of the city council, or "A in all.
The queen consort of the king Of Siam
| is a very clever woman, and his
| ma jesty is SO fond of her that, il is
| said. he would without hesitation cast
aside the other ladies Of his harcm if
| she were to desire it. The queen has
the tiniest of tiny feet. and she wears
low-heclcd shoes, heavily embroidered
with paste diamonds and pearls. Most
of her shoes are sent to her from Paris
and thew usually cost about $40 Il pair.
The wcll-known versatility Of the
| Russian women is forcibly demon
stratcd in Miss Tchaykovsky. a young
Russian, who is assistant lecturer on
| chemistry in a college in England.
| She is very popular among the other
girls, and is clever both with her brains
and with her fingers, an unusual com
| bination. She is versatile in her gifts,
| and is said to be able Ia do anything.
from washing clothes to conducting an
| orchestra"
| The latest recruit to the nursing pro-
| fcssion is Miss Kosalinda Butler,
youngest daughter of Lord and Lady
DuEhoync q charming Irish girl of
little more than 20. Lord Dunboyne be
longs to the same family as Lord
Ormondc, and his surname of Butler
| is derived from the latter's hereditary
title of chief butler of ireland, which
gives MIN the privilege of retaining the
cup out of which the king drinks at his
corona ton. Knoproguc, the name Of
his place in County Clare. has a really
charming Specification, as it means in
English: kiss on the hill"
Lady Londonderry, Lady Cadogan
and Lady Arthur Hill have revived the
art of lacemakin% in Ireland and have
| taken infinite PAINS TO push the Irish
wares in Paris. Lady Dudley, the late
viceroy's wife, has also encouraged the
manufacture and given days ami
months to schemes for the hcttnrlnCn.
|of the Irish peasant. Away III
Killarney Lady Kcnmarc has organized
a new industry in the shape of inlafd
furniture, which is as beautiful as any
thing that can be found in Italy, and in
England Lady Warwick has turned her
attention to gardening as an occupu-
ton for women.
The woman with the quccrcst occupa- |
ton in New England is Mrs. Alma |
Feasey Williams. who lives in q little |
wcathcr-bcatCn patched cottage far VI |
among the lonesome hills OF New |
Hampshire. Mrs. Williams who is S.. |
holds the unchallcnged reputation Of |
being the only professional female |
wood cutter in the New England |
woods, if not in the whole of the United |
States. Here are some of her rcmarka-
Bile female fcats and abilities: she can |
cut, split and G"t UP a cord of wood |
each day as long as she chooses to |
work. She can cut down and trim a |
tree as large as a barrel quicker than |
any man in the neGhhorhood She is |
the best OK driver in Meridith, where |
she lives. She can drive any horse !
She cuts from eight to ten cords Of |
wood for her own ana her mothers use
each winter, and then she goes into rhn
woods and works wherever shc can find
employment as 9n expert woodsman.
In the summer time she plows her own
garden herself, driving the horses and
holding the plow handles while the
furrow is being turned. She shingIed
her own house all over once. 4 year
ago at q country fair she performed
with one of the striking machines,
proving that she could strike a harder
hi !
farmers present.