Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-03-16
MexicO's Interesf In
Education Of WOmen.
AnnHities For SPIN
sfsrl-GirI a Kitten
DrOOner.

There are now In the City Of Mexico
alone ten well known women physi-
CLANS. The national bureau of educa-
fion Of Mexico Is composed of fifteen
members, four of whom are women.
Among the fifty commissioners that
he government has sent out for the
purpose Of studying the best methods
education In different countries ten
re women. In the matter of educa-
Ion for women Mexico ia also very
progressive. All its national colleges
nd professional schools, including
hose OF music and art, give free tut
on and are open alike to men and
omen.
Miss EastOn of Durham, England. re-
ently gave 100000 to establish trust
md to provide twenty annuities for
spectable destitute spinsters in her
Punty and an adjoining county. This
the first time on record that philan-
ropists have recognized the needs
such women, who through no fault
their own are left in their declining
ars to battle with poverty, sickness
unemployment.
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The recently elected mayor of Aide.
rgh, England, DIR. Elizabeth Carrot
hderson, gave a dinner after her
ction to forty councillors and other
ests. She was the only woman pres
She wore black dress with a
dow's cap and diamonds,
he only woman who has ever been
led to- address the University De-
ing society of Oxford is Mrs. Mill
Garrett Fawcett. At the request
the society she spoke ON woman
rage. At the end of her speech a
olution in favor of woman suffrage
lost by majority OF 49,
the beginning Of the current year
ga women registered In Boston to
for school committee. Twenty
years ago, when the privilege of
ng at those elections was first
tied to women, only 900 registered,
for the following nine years the
age was only little over 1000.
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nursOs In dog hospitals in Eng.
are the latest evidence Of the
ming Of the sphere OF women. It is
icted that the time will come when
will be women who will under
the nursing of sick babies in chill. 4
hospitals.
Dbably no woman in the world
SO curious a profession as Miss
, Barton of St. Louis, who Is
IN locally as professional kitten
ner. She Is a thorough huHlani-
and contends that great cruelty
EN- inflicted by thoughtless people
kittens. Although a young wO-
Of ample means, Miss Barton
not hesitate to publish price |
of charges, her minimum fee for
sing painlessly of the rejected |
beFs of feline brood being 30 |
She also chloroforms pet. dogs |
have become old and infirm, |
ating their bodies In a highly |
life manner.
,,. 80, sS
Elise Polaire, a French come
challenges the adult women Of |
Orld to measure waists with her |
gaist is hut fifteen inches In cir
erence. This is natural size. Her
and hips are unusually well de-
ID. She is five feet six inches
nd of normal weight. She is
by birth.
, romance of King Charles II.
Oscobel oak has been recalled
land by the award to Alice Pen
Aged thirteen years. of small
She is the lineal descendant
Penderel family of Shropshire,
ere rewarded by Charles II.
erpetual pensions for their serv-
hiding him in an oak tree when
] escaping from the Roundheads
: Is defeat at Worcester. Ever
or $50 years-pensions have
Id to members of the Penderel
The present beneficiary wiz
the pension as long as she
nd If she should marry and
hildren they win receive the
pro rata, and 30 on forever.
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rst new woman" was MOvella
?, who was professor of juris-
at the University Of Bologna
thirteenth century. Nine Man
Eas professor Of anatomy. Ma