The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-17
WHAT WOMEN ARE DOING.


Miss Frances =. Smith mas been re-
elected 10 the school board az Exeter
NJ More than heH the votes polle1
were cast by women.
Mrs. Ellen NJ Henrotin and Or AnrH
Dryer. president; of. the medical staff
Of the Mary Thompson HospitPl have been
appointed 90 the committee to inyesti-
gate vice conditions IN Chico 90.
DR. Emily Ray Gregory. who - ~ tire
head Of the department oG biology ~ the
American College for Girls Constantine
Pile 10 in charge Of the course 81 public
lectures on hyRiere and municipal reform
open 20 the native residents Of that city.
some 81 the mort diEtin gtIiShed physicians
OF the city volunteered their services ~
lecturers. The textures given especially
To Turkish women are said 20 have called
together the largest - veil as the most
attentive audiences IN the course
The little girls % Tols.lo. Ohio. are Ia
have a share II the benefits provided for
the newsboys Every afternoon from
q 10 the newsbOys' building IL 70 he
thrown open to these giria. the boys being
excluded 4 teicher 81 physical culture
- to take charge Of the girls. giving them
lessons in swimming, PERSONAL cleanliness.
good manners and simple exercises IN the
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EFFORT Of the kind made in this country
Miss Huges 81 Toronto Canada recently
conducted a party Of az school teachers
20 visit Boston and other points Of interest
in New England Miss HuRes's father ~
the inspector % schools ~ Toronto and
her mother was president Of the Congress
Of kindergR rten Teachers az the worlds
fair at Chics 20. and for the last four Year,
has been president Of the Inferno tionsl
Kindergarten Association.
years the superinfendsnt Of an Indian
school. Is q firm believer IN the beneficial
effects Of education on the young Indians.
especially the girls.
The Indian girl 81 to-day VINO has
recei we'd an education looks for a much
higher type of man for her husband than
satisfied her mother says Miss Reel
II she does not find him abe ~ perfectly
capable Of earning her own living. She
makes a superb nurse Hospitals which
have trained Indian girls are constantly
making an effort 90 get others. The
Indian girl a. a nurse has infinite patience
and forhearance. 10 Of magnificent ply
sique and shows not one trace Of the nerves
which 80 often undo her white sisters
Miss Irene Osgood. an American woman
living at Northampton, England. has what
10 said 90 he the only bird hotel in tho
world. When abe first went 20 live in
England she set aside four acres OF her
grounds and planted the land with every
kind OF hardy tree and shrub that bears
fruits and berries eaton by birds. Nearer
the house abe built pavilion with a tight
roof a. a protection against rain and
snow. and here every morning abe spreads
a meal Of suet oats. cracked corn. meal
and n0aflm ThAvR a NrntIwha urhts.i,
are filed twice a day and kept fresh and
sweet by frequent washings.
Nine. Surcouf was the only woman TO
steer her own balloon in the recent oflciaI
Ascent OF the Stella Club OF Paris. Six
balloons were entared in the test and thu
FIVE others were pilotsd by men. The
Stella has the honor Of being the oldest
II not the only aero club for women in
the world. IL was established IN Paris
lees than year ago and now has over
hundred members. Mime. Surcouf W
president Of the club. She ~ tho wife
Of an aiEship builder and IN the only woman
in the world With a license "a navigate
tho air. She has already made several
asCsnts entirely alone.
Miss Mary Garrett Hay. who has lust
been reelected president of the New York
Legislative League. In urging the members
Co cut short tbeir vacations and bs hack
in town by September Ia begin a cam
paign To send men la favor of woman
suffrage TO tbs Assembly.
Mrs. Eva y. Bean. who has just been
elected Superintendent % schools at
Old Orchard. Me-. h the second woman
admitted To the practice % Law in
hsr STATE. She IN a graduate q the
Riddsford High school and has besn
q stenographeT sincs 1872. In that year
ahs was one Of FIVE women appointed by
Gov. John p. Hill A. commissioners 20 I
tAks depoaitiOna Later she hecnms a
Bradley % SAoo.
MFs. Mary z. Craigie. chairman Of the