The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-11-25
Of interest to Women

~ W0OIb 6E AVA HtGE-A VA"
CATION HOME FOR TEACHERS
nj sWEDEN--WHY WOMEN ARE
osoNiNe BIGGER.
| MISS GRACE MKENzIE, the nanceC
Of Comte de Lesseps, the aviator
Is very anxious to operate her own ma
| chino.
II believe that the exhiIarating SEN
sation of aeroplaning grows on one"
declared Miss Mckenzie "Tn a few
years there will be as many women as
ness aviators. mean to try for a wo-
man pilots license IL can get 1t. But
understand-isn't 1t a shame THAI
tho rules of the international Aero clull
prohibit a woman's competing for
prizes. Never mind, though" she add
ed, laughing. 'Tll fly for my own
amusement anyway IL can only get
/ Jacques to allow me to.
$50 far he has refused to let me even
handle wheel on his machines, but
| some day-before this meet is overs
maybe-PH have learned to drive an
aeroplane, and then nothing viii keep
me on the ground"
e .
Miss Nanny Palmkvist, a schools
teacher of Helsingborg, Sweden, is
touring this country lecturing in order
to raise funds for a retreat in tho
southern part OF Sweden for woman
teachers from all parts of the world.
where at a small expense they can find
rest, recreation and opportunities for
study. The Swedish teachers first
planned this retreat at the summer
meeting of the Swedish Women Teach
erS' association in Stockholm in 1906.
| The place selected is on the shores of
thc Danish sound which separates the
southern part of Sweden from the
! Danish islands. Fifty miles of farm
Gld park land have been purchased
- y
The election of Martin w. Littleton
to congress was largely due to the ef-
forts of his wife, who worked earnestly
for him during his campaign, giving
receptions to introduce him to the vot-
ers, meeting the employees of the big
factories and making speeches in his
favor.
The ever increasing size Of women 10
H.
cording to DR.. ]. Rice Gibbs Of New
York:
zone reason for the increase in size
of the weaker sex is that girls in. col.
'lege and women in society go in fol
athletics" he says. twenty-five years
ago 1t was considered hardly ladylike
for woman to indulge in any but the
, tamest of sports.
To-day the woman in society who IN
mot proficient ia tennis and golf al
least Is the exception. Many women
ride and shoot and take long pilgrim
ages annually into the Canadian wilda
with rod and gun, swinging the paddle
and carrying their share of the burden
over the portages. And the college girls
play basketball, violent sport
Z But the entrance of women into
/ athletics does not fully explain the gem
I ,eral increase In size OF the sex There
| is another reason. Economic conditions
in America arel demanding that more
and more women go into business In
competition with men. We all know
that women who hold positions Of re-
sponsibility in large industrial con-
Germs are called upon to exercise their
initiative and daring. They must have
executive ability. They must shout, r
responsibility.
THE business life at once broadens
and coarsens. The business woman,
grown big mentally, is apt to grow big
physically, to develop wide mouth,
square chin and big hands and feet.
for these are the physical accompani-
ments OF a decisive manner"