The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-12-28
WHAT WOMEN
ARE DOING

At the first national conference OF
the American Indian association. held
recently at Columbus. Ohio, Miss
Marie Baldwin. an Ojibway employed
In the Indian office at Washington,
read q paper on Modern Home
Making n the Indian Woman" She
proceeded to attack various Of the
popular ideas IN regard to the do.
nestle life Of her race, and among
other things said: "Ope of the most
misleading beliefs relating to the
American Indian oma is that she
was before and Is after marriage the
of her tribe" Miss Baldwin claimed
that as home makers her sisters were
at least the equal ofswhite m
Few women Of royal blood are idlers.
The young queen OF Belgium Ii an
oculist sof more than average ability,
having acted rs the chief assistant of
her father, the late Duke Charles
Theodore Of Bavaria, who at the time
OF, his death. had to his credit the sue
cessful- removal Of more than 5000
cataracts. The queen Of Bulgaria, has
q medical degree, and at the time OF
the war In M~anchuria assumed active
command OF one OF the most success
full ambulance trains that left St
Petersburg for the seat Of war. Ex-
Queen Amelia also holds q doctors
diploma secured by hard study and
the regular examination. She was
determined to make herself capable
OF the most careful supervision OF the
hospitals n homes that she had
founded and endowed in Lisbon.
For q more effective enforcement OF
the anti-cigaret law in Chicago, Miss
Lucy Page CASTOR, founder and presi-
dent Of the Anti-Cigaret league, has
been commissioned p0iicewoman with
power to herself arrest any boy she
finds smoking on the streets. The idea
is a good one. Women who are inter
ested in the welfare Of the boys have
to make most OF the complaints under
the Nebraska laws. Why not give a
woman the power to make the arrest
when she sees the offense?
With the newly enfranchised state of
California taken into the reckoning
about 1000, 900 women will next year
be eligible to vote their choice for pres
tdent Of the United States. This num-
Der Is liable to be increased by suffrage
amendments in both Wisconsin and
Kansas. If every woman votes with
her husband as those opposed to equal
does not appear difficult to forecast
with more or less accuracy the results
In the progressive states that already
have or will soon make Of women full
citizens.
The women OF Tecumseh, Neb., have
formed themselves into a league for the
betterment Of their town, AND as a
starter have arranged for the teaching
OF domestic science in their high school.
The Crete plan has been adopted.
Eighteen women have volunteered their
services free as teachers in the differ
ent subjects outlined. and will consti-
tute the domestic science faculty. Sew
enty girls have registered for the work
and the classes start out with much en-
thusiasm. This Is one Of the best lines
OF public service that has been taken
up and pushed by the club women Of
the First district.
The Wisconsin State Teachers asso-
citation elected Mrs. Mary d. Bradford.
one OF Its best known educators, to be
president for the ensuing year. Having
received all but siy votes at the pri-
mary election h was declared elected
without further ceremony. The con-
vention also went on record in favor Of
woman suffrage.
Under the direction Of Superintend-
ent Ella Flagg Young Little Mothers
hools" will be established in Sc insti-
tutes Of learning in the city Of Chicago.
Girls are to be instructed In the care
of babies and young children, and in
the maintenance. of sanitary and hy-
gienic conditions under which children
should live. Mrs. Young Is preparing
for the approval OF her school board a
course In what terms sane phys
iology for young boys and girls, en-
bracing lessons in elementary sex ny
giene beyond the point now touched
upon by school physiology. In regard
to the necessity Of something along this
line, Mrs. Young says: Little OF vital
interest is being taught to the boys and
at the wrong end OF the subject. I
never could see any advantage In teach
ing children the location Of the clavicls
or the. scapula n q lot OF other names
that are Of s only to doctors and sur
geons. There are other details of hy-
giene. too long neglected. Of more vital
Importance"
The National w. C. II. U. in it's con-
vention at Milwaukee assumed a work
Of considerable magnitude In the proc
lamation issued at that time by the
president, Mrs. Lillian M. N. Stevens.
There is no doubt OF it's being the ono
really effective way of controlling the
liquor traffic. The proclamation is as
H wv StS0J Niio
within a decade, prohibition shall be
placed in the constitution Of the United
States; and to this end, we call TO
active cooperation all temperance,
prohibition, religious and philanthropio
bodies; all patriotic, fraternal, civic as
sociations and all Americans who love
their country"
Boston Is trying the experiment OF
using the school houses all of the time,
Clubs and other public organizations
working for the betterment of the COM
mon people, make use of the buildings,
Saturday evening always being re-
served for social entertainments Of a
literary or musical character, which
any one may attend free.
Suffragists Of New York and vicinity
are planning to give Mrs. Pankhurst a
grand farewell when she reaches tina
city before her return to England, Jan
uray IL. The demonstration will be in
Carnegie hall, and will be participated
in by many organizations.
Cobb Runs Bases in Record Time.
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Fullerton writes on THE Right and
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