Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-08
Concerning Women.

Tho chief hostess of the British en-
bassy at Washington will COMMAND Az
miration by her viyacity Sharm anu ,,h iie
~ and has not coveted distinction as ole
of the "smarteSt entertainers WHoSe
doinCs are chronicled by the paragraph
old -fashioned habit of making her guests
feel at home.
In Oregon. Mayor Lane of Portland mas
appointed Mrs. Sarah A. Evans preS'UTn'
OF the Oregon State Federation OF NO
mems clubs. a special policeman. MI
Evans has been regularly inspecting th9
CITY markets for tainted meat and spolled
fruits and vegetables, and she mas SOME
times been denied admission 10 plaCes
where she had reason to believe spolled
food was being sold because she was ua-
able to display a police badge In ordeF
to give her authority to force an en-
trance Mayor Lane mad" her MEMBER
of the police department. and bestowed
upon her the insignia of office
The spider-web dress may soon be 2
reality. for the threads Of thousands OF
spiders are being carefully gathered IN
wound and woven into ShimmcrlnG SILK
en- fabric. On the island of Madagascar
this odd industry is carried on under the
direct MANAGEMENT of the governor, VINO
has been appointed by the French
authorities manager of what is perhaps
the strangest factory in the world. Here
spiders toll day and night and die from
overwork and from ignorance on me par
l.
difhculty. The spider seems perfectly
willing to spin cut in the mango groves
of his native land. but 1t grows suiky
when transplanted to the specially pre-
pared cells in the silk spinning factory OK
Madagascar
indiana claims the youngest child no
tary public in the United States in the
persofl of Miss Jessie johnson OF koko-
mo. She is but II years of age and has
filled the appointment now for more than
two wears acceptahly both to the state
officers and the general public. AT tho
time she made the application Tor an
pointment the case was carefully consid-
cred by the state authorities because ot
the tender age of tn" child. but there was
no law barring the age limit and she had
a splendid education and good character
which are the only two necessary quail
fcations in Indiana. The application was
granted and the commission made out by
Gov. Hanly and Secretary Of State
Storms. Miss Johnson is employed In the
Office oil Attorney b. c. Moore as stenog-
rapher and typewriter. She is a quiet
legal documents of every kind. She Is
the Youngest person ever commissioned
| a notary public in Indiana and Is no
doubt the Youngest notary public in the
| United States.
In most of the British colonies the men
outnumber the women very considerably
| In western Australia. for example TAX
| ing the immigrant population. there ar:
| S. 900 males and only $500 females
Queensland has fifty-six men to every
/ forty-four women, the Transvaal fifty.
| five men TO every forty-fivc women and
the Orange River colony fitty-four mer
| to every forty-Six women. These figures
| refer to whites. Turning to marriage anG
! to all races. the universally of marriage
in India is strikingly brought out by tht
statistics OF every 1000 males aged L
and upward there are unmarried: In Ire
land. 497; in Scotland. AS: in England and
Wales, 3g5; in western Australia. 33s: ii
! India, Is The contrast is very striking
!! even when allowing for the earlier ag'
| at which the natives Of India marry. On
| fact of interest is that Ireland is thu
| country of old men and women. Out o
| every 900 of the population of that coun
try Their. are siNty-four men and sixty
| three women Go years of age and up
! ward.