Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 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 Oiibway employed
in the Indian office at Washington.
rsad q paper on Modern Home
proceeded to attack various of the
popular ideas in regard to the do
'nestic life OF her race, and among
other things said: One of the most
'~nlsleading beliefs relating to the
-Amerlcan Indian woman is that h
;tb1ect slave and drudge OF the men
of her tribe" Miss Baldwin claimed
mat as home makers her sisters were
ut least the equal Of white women.
Few women Of royal blood are idlers.
The young queen OF Belgium is an
oculist of more han average ability.
hav1ng acted as the chief assistant OF
ner rather, the late Duke Charles
theodore of Bavaria, who mt the time
oI ms death had to his credit the sue
cessful removal OF more than 5000
cataracts. The queen of Bulgaria has
a medical degree, and at the time of
the war in Manchuria assumed active
command Of one of the most success
1ui ambulance trains that left st.
" kklS 0CdS VI war. EX.
queen Amelia also holds n Doctors
diploma secured by hard study and
the regular examination. She was
determined to make herself capable
o1 the most careful supervision Of the
hospitals and homes that she had
Ounde and endowed in Lisbon.
70 a more effective enforcement of
the ~anti-cigaret law in Chicago, Miss
Lucy Page CASTOR, founder m presi-
den of the Anti-Cigaret league. has
been commissioned policewoman with
power to herself arrest any boy she
iinds smoking on the streets. The idea
1s a good one. Women who are inter-
csted in h welfare of the BOYS have
10 a most of the complaints under
woman the power to make the arrest
when she sees the offense?
With the newly enfranchised state of
california taken into the reckoning
about 1,000,0 900 women will next wear
he eligible to vote their choice for n res.
ident 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
suffrage are so fond of declaring. it
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 Tecumsell, Neb.,h have
formed themselves into a league for the
bctterment 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.
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 thai has been taken
up and pushed by the club women of
the First district.
The Wisconsin State Teachers assoc
citation elected Mrs. Mary ID. Bradford,
one Of its best known educators. to he
president for the ensuing year. Havine,
received all but six votes at the pri-
mary election she was declared elected
without further ceremony. The con-
Ventlon also went on record in favor Of
woman suffrage.
Under the direction of Superintend-
ent Ella Flagg Young Little Mothers
schools will be established ii Sc insti-
tutes OF learning in the city of Chicago.
GIRLS are to be instructed in the care
20 SAAN yOuAI dIl III
the maintenance of sanitary and hy-
glenic conditions under which children
should live. Mrs. Young is preparing
for the approval OF her school board a
course in What h terms "sane" phys
iolOgy for young boys and girls, en-
bracing lessons In elementary sex hy-
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
girls Of hygiene. The teachers begin
at the wrong end of the subject.
never could see any advantage in teach.
ing children the location of the clayicIe
or h scapula n a lot of other names
that are Of use only tc doctors and sur
geOns. There are other details of hy-
giene. too long neglected, of more vital
Importance"
The National w. c. +. T.. in it's con-
vcntion at Milwaukee assumed a work
of considerable magnitude in the proc
iamatfon issued at that time by the
president, Mrs. Lillian NJ. n. Stevens.
There is no doubt of its being the one
really effective way of controlling the
liquor traffic. The proclamation is as
follows: We hereby proclaim that.
within a decade, prohibition shall be
placed in the constitution of the United
States: and to this end. we call to
active cooperation I. all temperance,
Prohibition, religious and philanthropic
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 hetterment Of the r,,r,.