The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-01
WHAT WOMEN ARE DOING.

WHIT WWWAN NHE DWiNHs
A married woman in Switzerland Is
entitled to one-third Of her husbands
income a. her independent properly
according TO a now Law.
Mas Ellen Emerson. granddaughter Of
Ralph Waldo Emerson. IL trained nurse
in the Massachusetts, General Hospital
before women'A clubs and similar groups
Of women.
The Sunshine Society IL said 10 be
responsible for the free emergency hos
burg. Fla. u will be under tho direction
Of a board Of trustees, With q woman's
auxiliary. II 10 TO care for cases calling
for quick relief and cases Of restitution.
Miss Mary Cuatis Lee. daughter Of Gen
Robert z. Lee. recently sold 20 the Valley
Forge Museum, Of Pennsylvania. the tent
under which Washington IL said TO have
slept during the Revolutionary War. The
tent was inherited by Miss Lee from her
mother. in whose family II had been
handed down directly from Washington.
Miss Lee has given the money. q, 600. re-
ceived for the tent 10 the Home Ter Needy
Confederate Women. In Richmond. Va.
Miss Alberta Hill Of the Equality League
for self-Supporting Women has just
completed a speaking trip through Madi-
son and Chenango counties, New York
State. She 10 said 10 be the youngest
suffraEist speaker In this country. During
her recent trip abe succeeded IN obtaining
.iaN... fr,un 18th eka n~ga,-a-aefa 81
Republican candidates for the state
senate in the Thirty-seventh district
While neither candidate would pledge
himself wholly in favor Of woman suffrage
both agreed no, TO oppose il
Mrs. Mary J. Coggeshan IL in charge
Of the house 20 house canvass which the
suiragists Of Des Moines. Iowa. are max
ing for the purpose Of ascerta'ning tho
attitude % women toward suffrage. One
visitor reports having made hfty-siy
calls In one day and found one anti and
hfty-ilve suhragists.
Mrs. Margaret Stimson has Just com
pleted her forty fifth year OF service al
the Institute Of Technology. Boston.
She was appointed IN lSe5 by President
Rogers to take charge Of the chemical
APPARATUS used bv students, - still in
active service and IL said 10 remember
the names and personality 81 more men
who have attended classes in the Institute
Of Technology than any other person
connected with the institution.
Miss Kathsrins Taylor has Won the
Borden fellowship a. Vassar College
This fellowship vas founded by Mary
Borden 81 the class Of 1907 and provides
81 80 annually TO be awarded 10 a mem
Der 81 the graduating class 20 enable
her TO spend q year abroad in travel and
study Miss Florence NJ Bennett. class
Of 1903. won the Mary Richardson and the
lydia Pratt RabbOtt fellowship aud
Miss Mabel y. Palliser the NassaT stu
dents Aid Society Fellowship
Jackson College for Women - the name
proposed Tor the new division Of Tufts
College. BY vote Of the trustees tho
other day Tufts College ceased n he CO.
educational Until the necessary changes
can b made in the charter the women
students will be taken care % IA 4 separate
department When IaS ksOn college b.
established il will have separate officers
and a separate faculty though many
members Of the teaching STAFF viii also
belong 20 the faculty - Tufts
Mr. Cornelius Zabriskie 10 chairman
Of the committee which proposes 70 build
a wOman's clubhouse IN BROOKLYN az q
cost Of SOD OO0 A. mass meeting
held the other dsv In the ohapelof Packer
Institute lock descriptions THE amount
Ut $4,000 were received. The largest
single contribution vas that ~ the Brook
Ism Womens Clue. which guaranteed
S. so The building VIII not bs started
until the committee has he full sion 90
required
Mrs Julian Heath - presidrnt u the
League for Home Economics which 10
planning a new branch ~ work Tor the
coming summer During the winter
months the league maintains 4 school
Of housekeeping on the lower East side
in New Work where women and aiFls
may receive instruction in hygiene. Iudi-
cious marketing tho selection Of pun,
foods. plain cooking. nursing and tending
the baby Beginning With June the
league will Use ~ fat ~ q clinic for sick
babies and IN cooperation With Ire Board
Of Health will have physicians and nurses
here 10 prescribe and care for sick chill
dren Besides the league plans 10 have
q Fnilk fund for he hies. 2 fund for special
diet when ordered by = physician and
a fund for fresh air outings.
Miss inez Newman has been appointed
superintendent % the new hospital Just
opened 20 Hampstead. J.. l. This hos
pital. which will accommodate thirty
i've patients. IL the FIRST Of a string Of
hospitals which 10 W proposed 20 build
on Long Island. The hospital h said 70
be up 70 date IN every particular ard
10 be practically run by women. Besides
Miss Newman there Will be q board Of
women managers and womsn house
nhysicians. Mrs o. u. p Belmont IL
among the managers and IL said 10 have
raised che SO. 90 used In building and
equipping the hospital.
A. the banquet gwen in her honor
after the Nobel prize had been awarded
70 her Miss selma Lageriof. the Swedish
author. spoke Of the pleasure such q
festival would have given Fre,irika
Bremen. She said all Old maids should
shower blessings on the memory % Miss
Brener for showing them hos 20 attain
an independent place in the world aud
an object In life She then pointed ott
the change which had taken place In
public opinion since the days Of Miss
Bremen Women we're no longer set
aside and looked down upon. but had
rained for themselves education and
standing Among women nowadays
we're found graduates ~ univergitiea
doctors 81 philosophy and medicine and
heads of Rreai business houses. hospitals
and schOols.