The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-15

person whose eyesight is unfmpaIred.
The club of which Miss Keator is pres
ident numbers about fifty blind WON.
en-. The organization is an important
adjunct to the New York association.
which is doing important work for the
sightless Miss Keator is well 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.
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 six story
building 1Go by GO 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 institutions
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 part is all things considered
wonderful They are now reaping tht
benefits of the rebellion which resultet
In removing Abdul Hamid from thu
throne. Many OF the mothers Of Tur
key learned of the emancipation O
their seq from their SONS, who wen
from Constantinople and the countr!
OF which It is the center and who re
turned with information that led T.
the formation Of the Young Turl
: movement. The women Of Turke!
|, helped in this organization. The ex
: tent of their influence Is coming t,
s light slowly, but some day the who'll
n story will be known, and then tn
emancipation Of the women Of tn
i country and what led to 1t viii be BET
i. ter understood.
Kate Douglas Wiggin has pre-
b ferred class Of followers After sh
a has finished a story she invites Sc
E lect number of friends in the vicinit
0 of her home to meet her at an appoint
0 ed place to listen to her readings. I'll
+ last meeting of this kind was at BuS
6 ton-on-Saco, Me-. in the Congregations
n church One of her listeners was th
8 governor of the state. Once in th
q course of the reading she sang qnain
r Shaker hymn with such feeling an
! simplicity that her listeners burst int
: spontaneous applause.
e y y
age does not stale the longing fe
travel. Two sisters. Mrs. William {
z Grant and Mrs. Catherine Baker, SCI
2 enty-fye and seyenty-three years oil
s respectively, recently returned to til
5 country from a journey of 10000 mile
# While abroad they visited parts {
/ China seldom seen by white womel
c The travellers said on their return tbs
!. they felt very spry'' and We're read
/ to take another trip. Still. both sal
i that the sight of America was a goo
tonic fer home hungry traxeiers
MARY DALE