The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-19

Mfe Il. I, french OF hnOANllle mas ueen
chossn president Of tho TsnnS@ses Stats
Federation Of Women's Clun,
Miss Elizabeth Leighton Lee has been
Appointed by the Pennsylvania State De-
partment Of Health landscape architect
In connection with tho new tuberculosis
sanitaFiums, Of which there arr 20 b.
three. Miss Lee has just completed a
large garden az Elkins. Pa. a commits
sion which she received after the plans
Of several landscape architects had been
/ refused
Mrs. CONNIE. president Of the Public
Service League; Mn. Robinson. presi-
dent Of the Water Consumers League.
Mrs. DORley. vioe-prgsident Of the Cit
1ens Committee; Mrs Grenfell and Mrs
/ Decker are reported to he among the
women who worked hardest az the ~
cent election in Denver. just before the
election the women Of Denver were
I tainted with having lost interest In vot
ing. hut when the returns came in IL was
found that the only woman candidate
had received a larger majority than all
/ the men put together.
Miss katherine +. McKenna has been
appointed oiiicial stenographer TO the New
Jersey Chancery Court by vice-Chan-
cellor Stevens. For a number Of years
she was once assistant TO her predecessor
who died recently She is said 70 be the
first woman IN this country TO be APP
pointed 70 a chanCery court Office
Miss Amy L. Reed. class Of 90. has
been appointed to succeed Miss Frances
A. Wood a. librarian at vassar College.
Miss Wood had been connected with
Vassar College for forty-four years.
having been college librarian for thirty
Year,. The members Of the nine classes
l that held their reunions al VaasaT at the
last commencement pledged $40. 500. 20
he known az the Frances A. Wood fund,
70 be used for library purposes.
The report OF tho Associate AlumnR
Of Barnard College shows that Of the
7ss graduates in the seventeen classes
10 hold advanced degrees. ninety -four
that Of master Of arts. four that Of doctor
OF philosophy, four that Of bachelor Of
lava. four that Of doctor Of medicine.
one that Of bachelor Of library science.
two that OF bachelor Of science Of educa-
ton and one that OF bachelor Of divinity.
About ~ per cent. are engaged in teach
ing and about p per cent. are married
Mrs. Ellen Sutherland Of Fort Pierre.
s. D.. has given the use Of a large tract
OF land to the Progressive Suffrage Com
mittes in the campaign nov pending
for an amendment Of the State Constitu-
ton giving the ballot 70 women. The
land has been planted In sweet corn.
and the proceeds Of I'll roasting ears
sold will be used for campaign work.
Miss Alice B. White Of Crosswicks.
n. j.. ia said 20 be the only woman who
has eyer sent in an application for EN-
ployment az a mOtOrWoman in this cOun-
try. Miss White 10 H. She Il the daughter
Of an expert machiniat who died recently
and from whom she inherited her love
for machinery and her ability % manage
IT, She has applied 90 the Camden and
Trenton Railway Company for a place
az mOtOrwOman. IL 10 said that she knows
how 90 manage an automobile and has
had considerable experience with trolley
cars.
Illustrations oi the work Of children
in swcatshops and tenement factories
are being exhibited in the Church Of the
Messiah. The exhibit = under the direc-
ton OF the Consumers League Of New
York. and It IL for the purpose OF show
ing the evils Of child labor. The Church
Of the Messiah IL said 20 have been ss-
lected because Of its proximity 20 the
shopping district. where many Of the
articles made by these children are sold
for FIVE and sometimes ten times a. much
az the wages paid the workers. In the
exhibit il a bunch Of pink Artificial rose
buda: by making twelve punches. lH
rosebuds. a child earned cent
The Diet Of W1rttemberg has just
granted women the right 20 vote for
members u Chamber ~ Agriculture and
has also made them eligible on the same
terms "a men. The Chamber ~ AEri-
culture n a new institution. The bill
providing for It's establishment gave
votes 20 women on equal terms with men
hut did not make them eligible The
Suffrage Association az once sent petit
ton that women he made eligible as
members. They pointed out that ac-
cording 70 the latest census nearly A.
many women az men were engaged in
agriculture In Wurttemberg. that more
than 1900 n them owned the land
which they worked that WuTttemberg
il essentially n district % small farms
on which are carried on industries
that belong especially 70 women, suoh
az poultry raising. vegetable ami
fruit growing Ac The committee APP
pointed 10 consider the bill reportey,
againat the woman hut when the measu-~
came ND In the Diet a motion n amend
the bill BY making women eligible was
carried by a vote u % AGAINST %.