Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-26

William II. Bull, mas presented to the
New York Academy of Medicine a
bronze bust of her husband. which was
DR.. Bulls last gift to her before he
died. She gives it to the academy in
his sons name.
The Rev. F. b. Mcfarland of Kansas
City, general secretary of the Brother
haod OF the Disciples of Christ. declared
imam address before the general assem-
bly, that the brotherhood was not made
for mollycoddles and "sissies' He said
the church in many communities was
organized on 4 netticoat basis and the
work left to the women. He said the
object of the brotherhood was to see
hat its members have as good Il time
socially as men of the world
Fanny i<emEie, the famous actress.
vas a warm supporter of "Women's
fights,' and one evening at dinner she
vas seated next Poodle Byng," we'll
snown man about town. The CONVEX
'atiDn turned on ''women'S rights and
Fanny kemple expressed her views
with so much vehemence that Mr..
Byne took refuge in polite silence. At
ter finishing 4 brilliant TRADE, she
turned to her neighbor and asked his
opinion. poodle Byng' looked at her
with Il half smile, and answered her in
five words, Il don't agree with you!"
DR.. Margaret Long. daughter of For
mer Governor John d. Long of Massa-
chusetts, is exceedingly interesting in
woman suffrage. Writing from Denver
which has been her home for some
years, she says. ''Women have accom-
plshcd noticeable amount of good
in the brief time they have had The
suffrage. 1t seems impossible to me
that any one can live in Colorado long
enough to get into touch with the life
here and not realize that wo-
men count FOR more in all the
affairs of this state than they do
where they have not the power
which the suffrage gives. More atten-
ion is paid to their wishes, and much
greater weight given to their opinions
and judgment. The most noticeable
effect which women have had is actual
legislation is the advance along hu-
orado surpass those of any other state
or county,
In Mrs. Taft's tally of miles she east
ly outstripes the wives of all other Am
arican presidents since that historic
lay when liberty bell rang out it's ia
nous message from the tower of In
dependence hail. says Human Life She
has seen moonlight nights in the broad
waters of the Pacific from the bridge
of that monster ship, the Minnesota;
she has watched the dirt fly at the big
ditch down in the Panama county and
she has risked her life on the Trans
Siberian railway in that 6OO0-mile dash
across the gigantic width of Asia,
which the car planned as a spectacu-
ar affair to catch the worlds attention
She has fished in the royal lake at AS
hiba, where the Taft party was quar-
tered in one OF the mikado's palaces
during its Jauanese visit: she has.
danced the queer native rigodon in the
Philippines; over the SHOWS of st. Pc
tersburg she has had, fur-bundled
sleigh rides such as only Russia knows,
and to bagilile transatlantic hours she
has played shuffieboard with that gold
braided gentleman. the captain, whose
word is law pn the liner. On practi-
cally all OF the missions as a popular
peace envoy Mrs. Taft has accompa-
med her husband. Inc the matter of
distance this would mean more miles
than one would care to figure, for no
American outside of the navy, has
even covered so much Of the earth's
surface in behalf of the government as
the new president.