St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-08-25

person whose eyeSlSlC is uHlmpdlreu.
The club of which Miss Keator is pres
ident numbers about fifty blind wom-
en-. The organization is an important
adjunct to the New York association,
which is doing important work for the
sightless. Miss Keator is we'll in
formed on current topics and is flu
ent speaker On the occasion of her
election as president of the club she
made very happy speech. The other
lady in the picture is Miss Frances,
the teacher of Miss Keator.
Mrs. Ella Flagg Young, principal of
the Chicago Normal school, has been
selected as superintendent of the Chi
cago public schools. The action of the
board of education in her case was
unanimous She is sixty-four years
old and was born in Buffalo, N. Y. She
has been engaged in teaching since
1862. She will be the first woman to
hold the place in Chicago.
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The Teachers college, Columbia uni
versity, New York city, will open this
month a studio and laboratory build
ing costing over 100000 and devoted
to its new school of household arts.
This equipment, comprising a six story
building 100 by 60 feet, fully furnish
ed for its purpose, is dedicated solely
to instruction in the arts and sciences
upon which rational household living
depends. The courses of instruction
provide preparation for the teacher Of
the household arts in schools and col
leges and as well technical instruction
for women who wish to manage do
nestle households or to become ad
ministrators Of larger institutional
households, as college dormitories, asy-
lums and hospitals. Other courses pro-
vide training in dressmaking and mil
linery, cookery, the care Of infants
and small children, costume design,
house planning and in other specific
practical fields.
1t is nothing new for the worlds
women to take part in wars for free
dom. History bristles with such cases,
but for the women Of Turkey to have
played a part is, all things considered,
wonderful They are now reaping the
benefits Of the rebellion which resulted
in removing Abdul Hamid from the
throne Many of the mothers of Tur-
key learned Of the emancipation of
their sex from their sons, who went
from Constantinople and the country
of which it is the center and who re-
turned with information that led to
the formation of the Young Turk
movement The women of Turkey
helped in this organization. The ex-
tent Of their influence is coming to
light slowly, but some day the whole
story will be known, and then the
emancipation of the women of the
country and what led to 1t will be bet
ter understood.
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Kate Douglas Wiggin has a pre-
ferred class Of followers After she
has finished story she invites a Sc
| lect number of friends in the vicinity
of her home to meet her at an appoint
ed place to listen to her readings. The
J last meeting Of this kind was at Bux'
ton-on-Saco, Me-, in the Congregational
church. One of her listeners was the
governor Of the state. Once in the
course Of the reading she sang quaint
Shaker hymn with such feeling and
simplicity that her listeners burst into
spontaneous applause.
Age does not stale the longing fo
travel. Two sisters, Mrs. William
Grant and Mrs. Catherine Baker. cev
enty-fve and seventy-three years old
respectively, recently returned to thi
country from journey of 10000 miles
While abroad they visited parts o
China seldom seen by white women
The travellers said on their return tina
they felt Every spry" and were read
to take another trip. Still, both sal
that the sight Of America was a goo
tonic for home hungry travellers.
MARY DALE.