The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-12-15
HOLDS UNIQUE POSITION

Mrs Annette McCrea Is head of the
landscape gardening department of
the Chicago, Milwaukee Il st. Paul
road. The position was created on
purpose for her. Mrs. McCrea noticed
that there was much to be done in
identifying her home city of Chicago.
She had studied gardening for years,
so one day she went to the park COM
missioners and asked for a place as
landscape architect in Lincoln park.
The commissioners told her there was
no such position. you ought to make
one, then, you need it," said Mrs. Nc
Crea. And they did. 1t was the same
way with the railroad. Mrs. McCrea
personally superintends the landscape
gardening in all of the stations along
the route of her road. She says it is
great work for women, and that she
hopes, before she dies, to see each
railroad similarly equipped.
Lillian II Philosopher.
Lillian Russell says that in order 20
be beautiful be cheerful be in the open
air as much as possible and don't
ovcreat. Miss Russell, it Is learned
with surprise, reads the ancient phil
osophers and do.es on Marcus Aurel-
us
Carnival Queen at SS.
Instead of the prettiest girl in the
place for carnival queen, "Auntie"
Rrookfield, aged IS, was chosen for
queen of the carnival with which
Boulder. ColA celebrated its semi
centennial. "Aunty' Brookfield is tn,
only woman now living there who was
in Boulder when the town was es-
tablished
New President.
DR.. Henry B. Hutchins of the law
department of the University of Michi-
gan. who has been acting president Of
the university since the retirement of
President Angel, will be confirmed, it
is said in the executive office. He is
a native of New Hampshire and was
graduated from the university in II.
Smith nDcates Comet.
Smith college girls in the astronomy
department have been making a spe-
cial study of Halley's comet, now Wis
ible through the glass, and We're the
trst college observers to locate it. A
little later the comet will be visible TO
the naked eye.
Out Door School.
Thirty children threatened with
Tuberculosis, taken from families of
the stockyards in Chicago and given
a thirty days course of treatment in
ChiCagos first out door school, gained
S.S pounds per child from August TO
september 3. One month after their
return to their homes ten had lost in
weight. three had remained stationary
ana seventeen had continued to gain
This school in its way marked an
epoch in educational work. The teach
ers fed and cared for the children as
well as taught them. The cost of
maintaining the school for IA month
was 1921 .46, part of the expense being
borne by the Chicago Tuberculosis in,
stitute.
Only Woman Veteran.
Mrs. Kate Rrownell. the ONLY wo-
man veteran of the civil war. will
celebrate her birthday December rs
Three days after their marriage in
1861 her husband responded to the
call for volunteers and started south
with his regiment. Mrs Rrownel
called upon Governor Sprague Of
Rhode Island, who accepted her as a
volunteer and escorted her to Wash
ington, where she joined the regiment
she was given the companys flag ana
called the daughter of the regiment"
She was wounded in the arm in the
battle of Bun Run. Tho Prown .l's
ro-enlisted in the Fourth Rhode Island
Through a special act of congress
she was given pension and is now
custodian of the old Jumel mansion on
Washington heights, New York.
Treasure of hin@s
\ search for treasure among the
tOmbs of David and the kings of Jul
dab is being carried on at Jerusalem
by party of English and Finnish ex-
plorers. If the historian is to be
credited, the kings of Judah took with
them to the tomb all their worldly
wealth. The point is to find the
tombs
Women in Home.
Charles w. Elliot, president emeri-
-us of Harvard, believes that woman'S
highest field of activity is in the home
He says.
THE woman who follows the ordi-
nary professions of men, who keep
shop, carry on business or devote
heir time to the labors of the church
,r charity WILL as a rule. contribute
ar less to the development of them
elves and the race than the normal
woman who practices the household
-rts, and the woman who becomes the
mother of several children, four. five
II six has better opportunities o.
eveloping the best in herself. intel
ectually and sentimentally, than the =
mother of only one or two children.
Novelist Is Sunragist.
Mrs. Gertrude Anterior. the novel.
st, is one of the latest recruits to the
roman sufr" sc ranks Mrs. Athers