Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-06-18

MISS MARY M'CANN.
recognition of Miss McCann's bravery
at the time of the accident to the
steamer General Slocum, In which a
number of lives were lost. The young
heroine was recuperating at a health
resort lear New York and was on the
beach at the time the steamer was dis
covered to be on fire. She saw chill
dren jumping overheard from the Ill
fated boat and went into the water.
She caught up two of the little ones
and returned to the shore. She waded
in again and brought others to safety.
She repeated this act until she had res
cued nine in all. Miss Mccain is soon
to be graduated from the Florence Crit
tenton Training school, In New York
city.
During the campaign for the woman
suffrage bill In Washington a camp
was established on the summit of
Mount Rainier, and the banner was
carried to the camp by four beautiful
young women, who placed 1t over the
entrance to the tent. Women in Wash
ington were enfranchised by act of the
territorial legislature in 1888. They
were DISTINGUISHED by the courts in
1888. Ever since then the womenl of
the state have been active In theiz
forts to have a full suffrage bill passed
and succeeded In February Of this
year. The vote in the senate was 80 to
8, the bill having previously passed the
house by a vote of TO to Is. 1t was
signed by the governor.
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Miss Anna Murphy of Des Moines,
Ia, saved enough from her salary as a
stenographer in a law Office to buy a
hotel, which she Is conducting with
success. She has hours which she de-
votes to her stenography and typewrft-
ing. She employs her help, buys the
provisions for her table, keeps the
books and looks after the management
of the entire house, which contains
fifty rooms. Her years of experience
in the law office enabled her to draw
up her own legal papers.
Miss Americas Independence Bell, a
Philadelphia girl who was born July
4, 1892, recently applied to the secre-
tary Of the navy for permission to en-
list in that branch of the governments
service. She was advised that it was
impossible unless she wished to do so
as a nurse. The young woman's IA
Their formerly served in the navy.
A young woman In New Orleans Is
the leader in a war that is being
waged against the house fly. Posters
depicting the habits of the insects are
circulated throughout the city and 9th
er towns Of the south. A code of re-
spectability has been established, and
any housekeeper who is known to al
low a house fly within her domain Is
put In the same class with those who
harbor other notorious insects. Stable
keepers In the larger cities are re-
quired to register with a view of hav-
ing their premises inspected regularly,
and they are prosecuted If they refuse
to assist In efforts to prevent the
breeding of flies.
The students Of Queen Margaret's
college, Glasgow, have established the
first college paper to be devoted to the
cause of equal suffrage. 1t is said to
be witty and vigorous.
At her marriage to Comte Georges
Ginoux de Fermon, Miss Elizabeth
Liston Cochran of Philadelphia receiv-
ed gifts ~aggregating 100000. One Of
the presents was a bag of seven rings,
one to be worn for good luck each day
in the week.
Lady Laurier, wife of the premier OF
Canada, says that the 1900 women
farmers of that country are even more
successful in their work than men.
Miss Estelle French is the first wo-
man to be n~aturalized by the Japanese
home department. She was born and
reared in the United States, but has
been connected with the seamen's mis-
eions in Yokosuka.
MARY DALE.