Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05
Activities of Women in Various Walks of Life

the beginning OF the eighteenth century.
n same yellow ochre, vivid grass green's
puce tones. and ~briCk-like reds. as wei
as pink and crimson. we're ell under very
different names much In vogue in early
1890, lace being dyed to match.
A new dea an big hats has lust APP
peared. a shape with a hrim that does
something different First Il strikes down
ward, then with a clear. definite line
man-of-war sailor. After executing this
ma NEWER the brim spreads out vide and
picturesque. The 6leorne Is the new name
brim Is banged up at the front and banged
up at the back, makin the sizes spread
velvet and just finished with "A wing OF
roHette. or motif in front. The three
sided marquise, or %tricorne, shape is Tor the
though very picturesque and very becom-
ing. and prettiest Of All in black velvet,
with a curly border Of ostrich feathers
chat About women.
Miss Sue Watson promises to be Pitts
burg's first girl sculptor to achieve fame.
Miss Watson. although but Is years OF age,
has already done notable work and Is now
engaged on a bust Of former Judge Charles
+. McKenna, which has excited the Won
der Of artists who have seen it.
Mrs. Sophie Mayer Of New York is the
first woman lawyer to appear in the courts
OF Austria. Acting as attorney OF a New
York tailor Mrs. Mayer went to Austria
some time ago and obtained permission
from the minister OF justice in Vienna to
appear. She won her case.
Miss Anne Morgan and thirty other mem
bers OF the exclusive Colony club FOR
women, in New York, are studying par
liamentary law and procedure: Their
teacher IL Mrs. Urquhart-Lee of London
and New York-the only woman who was
ever given the distinction OF a recon-
mendaton by the greatest OF American
parliamentarians-the late Thomas b. Reed
so loEg the speaker Of the house OF rep
~resentatives.
Mrs. Richard Watson Glider as president
OF the National League for the Civic Edu-
cation Of women, has been asked to cause
an Investigation TO be made of the condi-
ton under which women work in the laun-
dries in Greater New York. The league
Is the most active OF the anti-suffrage So
c~ieties in this country. Its membership
Is made up, with a few notable exceptions,
exclusively OF women OF leisure.
Miss Glna KrOg of Christisnia, has been
nominated by the radical party OF Nor
way for deputy In the parliamentary cleo
lions now pending. Miss KrOg visited the
the international Council Of Women in To-
ronto. She delivered several lectures to
suffrage societies in New York and spoke
to the Norwegian women In Brooklyn.
She is said to have had more to do with
obtaining the ballot for the women of Nor
way than any other individual, man or
woman.
Mrs. T.. p. o'Connor and Mrs. Marion
Holmes are the editors Of a new woman
suffrage weekly paper, the Vote, which
has lust been launched In London. 1t
Is the official organ Of the Women's Free
dom league OF which Mrs. Despard ls presi-
dent The Suffrasist, another equal rights
paper, recently begun in London, makes a
speciality of advocating the cause by carl
cature, cartoons and humorous verse.
Mrs. May Wood Simons is the first
woman TO win the Harris prize in econom-
les at the Northwestern university. The
prize is given for the best thesis OF not
less thar 10000 words on any economic sub
feet requiring original investigation. Mrs.
Simons' thesis was 10000 words In length
and was entitled History OF Economic
Thought In Relation 70 Industrial Condi-
tons in the United States from 100 to
1914" The judges were the professors OF
economies Of the universities OF Michigan,
Wisconsin and Illinois.