The sun., 1908-05-10
KHAr WOMEN ARE DOING.


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Mile. Caused, M. D., has just been ap.
pointed director Of olinlo in the univer'
atty at Montpelier, France. This medica
school was founded In the twelfth century
and is one OF the most famous In Europe
Nile. 0aussel is the hrst woman 70 receive
an appointment on its stan.
Jane Addams u said to have q larger
constituency than any college president
In the world. Nine thousand men, women
and children 70 TO Hull House to- attend
clubs and classes, 20 learn how 70 cook,
10 sew, TO make hats, 10 dance, TO paint, to
model In clay, to drink a social cup Of tea
10 witness and take part In dramatios, TO
study literature, philosophy and political
economy
A novel feature Of the election held the
other day at Bellevue, Idaho, was having
q nurse at the polls to attend to the babies
while their mothers voted. The wealthy
women Of the community are said TO nave
eIerted themselves TO furnish their poorer
sisters with every facility in their power to
enable them to 20 70 the polls, Those
possessing carriages sent them around TO
bring women who would otherwise have
had 10 walk. In many instances women
after casting their own ballots would hurry
TO the home Of other women and care for
their households, thus allowing them TO vote
without neglect Of their duties.
Mrs. Sarah Plat Decker has suggested
that the daily papers OF the large cities
try for time at least the plan Of running
q criminal page, just as some Of them have
9 literary page, a sporting page, DC. She
believes that by this plan persons who do
not care 10 read the details Of crimes will
be better able to skip them. Also that u
will be easier TO keep such news from chill
dren, a. the criminal page could easily be
removed before turning the paper over
TO them,
Illinois has the distinction OF being the
only State that has honored daughter az
well as a son by placing her statue in the
National Hall Of Fame Frances E. Willard
is the only woman whose statue is in Statu-
ary Hall In the Capitol at Washington:
II ID said that no other object in the hall
attracts 30 much notice from sightseers.
Almost every dayshowers are laid upon the
pedestal at her feet. while during visiting
hours there is generally crowd standing
before her statue.
All Boston is pattng itself on the back
and oongratulating itself that it is not
some less notable city II has just been
discovered that Boston has more repre-
sentative women in who's Who in Amer
lea than any other city in the country.
According 10 this calculation New York's
proportion OF famous women Ia 2-3 per
cent, Chicago has only per cent and
Philadelphia s, while Boston has the aston
ishing percentage Of l2H.
The question Of the admission Of women
to the Royal College Of Surgeons in Eng
land is TO be decided by ballot within short
time. OF course only the members Of the
college will be permitted to vote A circular
has just been issued asking, SIS II desirable
that women be admitted by examination
as members Of the collegep Is il desirable
that after admission women be admitted
by examination to be fellows in the collegel'
While the general feeling among the mem
bers appears 10 be in favor Of women's ad-
mission there Is known TO be party strongly |
prejudiced against ii, The prejudiced ones |
are said 20 have issued circular urging the |
members not to answer the questions
Mrs Mary Sibberts Of Kansas arranged |
TO meet the battleship Kansas on its arrival |
in San Francisco and to present to every |
member Of the crew, from Capt. Vreeland |
down a comfort bag madc by the women |
Of Kansas. Each comfort 'Hg contains |
a pinball, a book filed viii oedles Of |
various sizes, thread darning CO, 20, dc.
Miss Meigs OF Rush Medical College won
the first place in the competitive examins-
tion for intenes in the Cook county Qll) |
hospital She is the only woman who took
the examination and he will be graduated
as a full fedged phy!ician in June. She
comes from Keokuk Iowa, and is one Of
the six daughters OF Major Montgomery
Meigs, IT, s. A. She entered Bryn Mawr
in the class OF 1903 and was graduated with
honors She was fond Of athletics and took
part in the collegiate games, as we'll as in
the dramatics. After leaving Bryn Mawr she
entered Rush College She devoted the last
two years Of her study ~ clinics and fire.
luently worked in the Presbyterian Hos
pital She has decided to make a speciality
Jf the diseases Of children