The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-11

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MISS MARY MCANN.
recognition Of Miss McCann's bravery
at the time Of the accident to the
steamer General Sl"cum. in which II
number of lives were lost The Young
heroine was rccupcrnting mt II health
resort near New York and was ON thc
beach at the time the steamer was dis.
covered to be on fire She saw chill
drcn jumping overheard from the i'll
fatcd beat and went into the water
She caught up two Of tho little ones
and returned to the shore. She wa,icd
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 front the Florence Cri.
tcnton Training school. in New York
city
During tho campaign for the won1u
suffrage bill in Washington earn.
was established on the summit "f
Mount Rainier. and the banner was
carried to the camp by four beautiful
young women. who placed It over thr
entrance 10 the tent. Women in Wash
ihgton were cnfranchiscd by act of tn"
territorial legislature in 1883. They
1883. Ever since then the women 1T
the state have been active In their e.
forts to have full suffrage bill passed
and succeeded In February Of this
year. The vote In the senate was 30 to
o. the bill having previously .passcd the
house by n vote Of 70 to Is. 1t was
signed by the governor.
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Miss Anna Murphy Of Des Moines,
Ia. saved enough from her snlary as a
stcnographcr IN law Office to buy n
hotel. which she Is conducting with
success. She has hours which she de-
votes to her stcnography and typewrit
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
mp her own legal papers.
Miss Americas Independence Bell. q
Philadelphia girl who was born July
4. 1892. recently applied to the score
tary Of the navy for permission to en-,
list In TINT branch Of the governments
service. She was advised that It was
impossible unless she wished to do no
as n nurse. The young wOman's fa-
ther formerly served in the navy.
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A young woman in New Orleans Is
the leader In war that Is being
waged against the house fly. Posters
depicting the habits Of the insects are
circulated throughout the city and 9th.
or towns Of the south. A code Of re-
spectability has been established. and
any housckeeper who is known to al
low house fly within her domain IL
put In the same class with those who
harbor other notorious insects. Stable
keepers In the larger cities are re-
quired to register with view Of hav
ing their premises inspected regularly.
and they are prosecuted II they refuse
to assist in efforts to prevent the
breeding Of flies.
The students Of Queen Margarets
college, Glasgow. have established the
first college paper to be devoted to the
cause Of equal suffrage. 1t is said to
he witty and vigorous.
At her marriage to Comte Georges
Ginoux de Fermon. Miss Elizabeth
Liston Cochran Of Philadelphia receiv
ed gifts aggregatIng s5OO,OO0 One OF
the presents was bag Of seven rings.
one to be worn Tor good luck each day
in the week.
Lady Laurier, wife Of the premier of
Canada, says that the $1,000 women
farmers Of that country are even more
successful in their work than men.
Miss Estelle French Is the first wo-
man to be natura1ized by the japanese
home department. She was born and
reared in the United States, but has
been connected with the seamen's mis-
sions h Yokosuka
MARY DALE.