The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-02-25

is the tiFSf time on record mat flliah
thropists have recognized The needs
of such W"tlcn who through II" fANit
of their own are left In their declining
years to battle with poverty. sickness
and Unemployment.
The recently elected mayor OF AIDE
burgh. England. DIR. Elizabeth Carrot
Anderson. gave dinner after hei
election to forty councillors and other
guests. She was the only woman pres
cnt. She wore n black dress with n
widows cap and diamonds
The only woman who has ever been
asked to address the University De
batting society Of Oxford Is Mrs. Mill
cent Garrett Fnwcett At the request
Of the society she spoke on woman
suffrage. At the end Of her speech a
resolution in favor Of woman suffrage
was lost by majority Of 16.
In the beginning Of the current year
1864 women registered in Boston to
vote for school committee. Twenty
nine years ago. when the privilege OF
voting Mt those elections was first
granted to women. only 900 registered
and for the following nine years tn.
average WAS only little over 1000.
Girl nurses in dog hospitals In Eng
land are the latest evidence Of the
widening If the sphere Of women. 1t II
predicted that the time will come when
there will be women who will under
take the nursing Of sick babies In chill
dren's hospitals.
Probably no woman In the world
has SO curious profession as Miss
Irene Barton Of st. Louis, who Il
known locally IS a professional kitten
drOwner She is a thorough humani
tartan and contends that great cruelty
is often inflicted by thoughtless people
upon kittens. Although young wo
man Of ample means, Miss Bartor
does not hesitate to publish a price
list" Of charges, her minimum fee fol-
disposing painlessly Of the rejected
members of feline brood being 81
cents. She also ch!Oroforms pet dogs
which have become old and infirm
cremating their bodies in a highl!
scientific manner.
Mile. Elise Polaire, French come
dienne. challenges the adult women oil
the world to measure waists with her
cumferencp. This Is natural size. Hel
bust and hips are unusually well de
veloped She is five feet six inches
tall and of normal weight. She is
italian by birth.
The romance Of King Charles II
and Boscobel oak has been recalled
in England by the award to Alice Pen
derel, aged thirteen years. Of a small
pension. She is the lineal descendan,
Of the Pcnderel family Of Shropshire
who were rewarded by Charles III
with perpetual pensions for their serv
ices in hiding him in an oak tree when
he was escaping from the Roundheads
after his defeat at Worcester. Ever
since-for $50 years-pensions have
been paid to members Of the Penderel
family. The present beneficiary will
receive the pension as long as she
lives. and IL she should marry and
have children they will receive the
pension pro rata. and so on forever.
The first new woman" was MOvella
dAndria, who was professor of juris-
prudence at the University of Bologna
in the thirteenth century. Nine. Man
zolina was professor of anatomy. Ma
tilda Tromboni taught languages, and
Marie Magnesi held the chair Of math-
ematics The, university was one OF
the leading homes of learning In Eu-
rope and had 10000 students.
A tablet is To be placed in the ro-
tunda Of the state capitol at Raleigh,
N. c.. by the Daughters Of the Ameri-
can Revolution to keep green the mem
DRY of the fifteen patriotic women OF
Endentown. \. C.. who first defied
England in October. l114. by declining
to use tea during the Revolutionary
war.
The woman cabnlan ard the woman
taxicab driver Of Paris are well known
features in the French capital. but
Miss Sheila O'Neil is the first woman
chauffeur to take charge of Il car that
Is let on hire in I.ordcn. She was a
Afsican war. MARY DALE.