The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-11

folk. Va. il questioning the three candi'
dates for Congress In that district OF
how they stand on coeduCaiion In tn
University of Virginia.
Helen Fitzgerald Sanders has been
/ adopted into the tribe Of Piegan Indians
on the BlackfoOt reservation in northern
Montana Mu-chr-ni-Su ~ the name
given her by the tribe and means The
Fine Kill Mrs Sanders's home IL IN
Butte and for several years she has spent
her summers among the Indians for the
purpose Of collecting their tribal tradi-
Tens
Mrs Nellie Nugent Somerville Of Green
willie. Miss has heen elected for the fifth
time president OF the Mississippi Woman
Suffrage Association She was the first
president Of the Home Missionary Con-
| ference Society, secretary Of the Board
Of Home Missions and state correspond
ing secretary Of the W G. 7 L. She was
educated az Martha Washington College,
Abingdon. Va
The Woman's Auxiliary Of the Ameri-
can society for the Prevention Of Cruelty
to Animals has been Incorporated as a
separate body which will be known a.
the Womans Leagu" for Animals. This
step was taken 10 avoid confusion. The
Mrs. Edward Wharton. vice-preSldent;
Mrs. Robert q. Mead. secretary, and Miss
Maria Winthrop, treasurer.
Miss Ina Shepherd IL said to se the only
woman who holds the place OF secretary
to a clearing house association in this
country She has held that post in Bir-
mingham, Ala. for more than five years.
She handles the Clcarings Of eight hanks,
amounting to between 81. OOO 600 and
SIS. OOOGOO n month. She il. moreover,
a fne horsewoman and sings in church
choir and at concerts
Mrs NJ 4 Baldwin was recently elected
school trustee at Groton. y. Y. She 10
the president Of the Political Equality
League and more than half the mon
present at the school meeting are said
10 have voted for her. Although the
only woman on the boa I'd she was made
a member 81 its executive committee.
Mime. Hankel Of Dresden was one ~
IN. speakers At the Esperanto Congress
recently held in Washington. Speaking
of the progress Of women In Germany
Mrs Hankcl said:
when was young a girls education
usually stOpped when she was 10. Now
girls not only are allowed to attend schools
much longer but they are allowed to
go niKflsT. ne nuUltNN ol KITE
ing these higher schools increases every
year.
Not very long ago women were not
allowed 20 labor except in a few depart
msnts Now women's labor il accepted
in every department and they work along
with men.
One Of our aims now is that women
shall have the same rights before the
law a. men in regard to money matters
Not very long ago a woman had ne
right 20 dispose ~ her own money, but
had always 20 get man TO manage for
her
Miss Alice Thompson University 81
California. 1905 is the soil chemist at the
Hawaiian Agricultural Experiment sta
ton, Honolulu. She will return 20 the
United States this fall and enter Columbia
University for adv anced studies in chem
lstry
Prof Mary Wilcox has been made
professor emeritus 81 the department
zoology II Wellesley College She had
for twenty seven wears been the head II
that department at Wellesley. Follow ing
her graduation from the State Normal
school az Salem. Mass she taught for
three vearr she then studied in the
Massachusetts Institute 81 Technology.
at Newman College. England. and At the
University ~ Zurich where she received
her research work she vas elected fellow
Of the American Association for Ad-
vanced Science She ~ a member Of the
Society - American biologists. the Bos-
ton society II Natural History and the
Society Of American Naturalists
DIR Pelle Allen ~ physician in charge
of the Hospital for Women and Children
which has Just been erected in Baroda.
India IN honor Of Mrs William RlItler Of