The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-25

marine invertebrates. Smithsonian Inst
tuition. She Is q native Of Buffalo, n. .f.i
and has held her present port Tor 2 number
Of years. The other day she sat ct her desk
within eye range Of countless bottles, large
and small, filed with specimens OF crabs
and shrimps collected from the ARCTIC coast
OF Alaska to southern California. The col
lection was made by Prof.. Agassiz, win
the Albatross, n represents three exPeul
tons, the last having been made in 1919
A small crab had fallen to PIECES IN the
alcohol and Miss Rathbun was fitting the
parts together with an ease born OF her
thorough knowledge Of anatomy. When in
Europe ten years ago she madea study OF
the crab and shrimp collection in the mu-
scum in Paris, which by right OF the Amos
world wide possessions Of France is prob
ably the largest and most variedin ex-
istence. After her return to this country
she was requested by the authorities Of
the museum to write a report OF this col
lection. She did 80, and, being q thorough
French scholar fSFwarded hb hSr w'f ate ST
official bulletin is An exhaustive report OF
the crabs Of Porto Rican waters.
Miss Harriet Richardson, Phi, d., Vassar
graduate, who secured her degree at the
George. Washington Uniyersity, is another
She Is the author OF several scientific works,
her thesis on Isopods, Of types OF animal
life, being accepted as an author1t ,py
men scientists engaged in, the same 6eld.
Miss Evelyn Groesbuck Mitchell, 20;
has the distinction Of being the first woman
member of the faculty of George, wash
inRton University, makes q special study
Of mosquito life, and is doing valuable
work along that line. 80.
Miss Flora Wambaugh Patterson OF the
bureau OF plant industry has gained prom
inence as a mycologist, and Miss Mary c.
Gannett, who Is identified with the herba-
rum In the bureau OF forestry, ls q grad
uate of Radcliffe and Leland Stanford Uni
verslty. She has taken special courses at
her studies in the Rocky Mountains.
Miss Carrie Harrison, who. was slgnaily
conspicuous in the work OF placing the
United States herbarium under the Durand
system, was educated at Wellesley ana
Cornell and continued her scientific studies
abroad.
Miss Estelle Reel, superintendent OF In
dian education, ia one of the few women
specialists in the Government service who is
fortunate enough to spend part OF her Time
in the field. Her visits Of inspection cover
nearly 300 schools, scattered through the
South and Far West, and 80 thoroughly
does she look into the methods of the 5000
teachers engaged in the work that. she
rarely spends more than three months OF
each year at her office in the Interior De-
partment. Miss Reel was State Superin-
tendent Of Public Schools Of Wyoming
when she resigned her position to accept
her present post about seven years ago..
The question as to whether a woman
makes as good a clerk as a man depends
entirely upon who debates the problem. 1t
is said that the majority Of men prefer
woman's company after Office hours. The
women would rather work with men.
Men once we're wont to declare that
women we're incompetent and too delicate
for the work usually performed by males.
That reason has forever passed, since the
records prove them to be as efficient as their
brothers.
One masculine visitor from Alaska who
went through the departments here not
long ago was shocked and, as he said, dis
gusted at the number OF young, stalwart
men who ought to be making good names
and fortunes for themselves out in the
open, sitting cooped up at a desk filling
billets At only for women. 1t was his idea
that the country 10 full Of opportunities for
a healthy, intelligent man, and that he
ought, if only for ohivalry's sake. give up
to woman the sheltered work of the desk.
Washington has discovered that women
make fine notary publics. There are now
about fifty doing active work here, and as
this line Of business makes a profitable
addition to the income Of the stenographer
and typewriter, there 10 every reason to
suppose that the present number will be
increased.
One very young and very clever type
writer employed by a leading real estate
firm made such a financial success of her
first years work as a notary that she has
started a bank account expressly for fees