The Washington herald., 1911-01-01

full, and II he can by paying SIS month
and upward secure a house he will be
only too glad. Forest Hills gardens is
tract of 142 acres. laid out by Frederick
Law Olmsted: its house planned by Gro
yer Atterbury. When Mrs. E. H. Harri-
man and others offered to give their
holding in the romantic landscape on the
Hudson. if the State of New York would
add to their gifts a sum sufficiently large
to make a great park, it was wisely
done, for only So can that great beauty
be secured from spoliation. The voters
had the matter presented to them at the
recent election, and the great sum of
81. 1000 was voted for it with no oppo-
sition.
Interesting Women Graduates.
The first woman to graduate from the
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy was
DR.. Susan Hayhurst. Since then eighty
three women have followed her example
but more than half Of these have died.
and only four attended. when on Novem-
ber IL. the graduates presented the col
lege with a portrait Of DR.. Hayhurst
The presentation address. by Prof. Jo-
seph P. Remington, referred to DR.. Hay
hurst''s long and useful career, and how she
helped other women who undertook the
course Others paid great tribute to this
pioneer woman pharmacist, among them
Charles Parsons. editor of the Practical
Druggist, of New York: D.. Ann f.
Bromall, professors and physicians, and
others. On the same day. Miss Georgia
Fare. Of Groton, was the only woman
in a class of twelve to obtain with the
others bachelors degrees in both phi
losophy and law at Syracuse University,
and pass the bar examination for ad-
mission to the practice of law in the
State. Miss Hare is the only daughter
of Mrs. w. w. Hare, of GrotOn. Miss
Hare's father had been, for many years
prior to his deatb/in 1908. a leading legal
advocate, and desired that his daughter
might walk in his footsteps. and cher
ished the hope that she might some day
become a trial lawyer. AS the daughter
ceased to be a child, she also wished to
study lay, and for some time before her
fathers death had been a clerk in his
Office and studied with him to guide her
course. She is said to have made her
mark in both the college of liberal arts
and the law school.
Dolls the Latest Fad.
One can't help thinking that the latest
fad among idle and fashionable women.
warrant. Still. Anna Steele Richardson
Is q WelI-dCCTeOlIcQ WOHlaus anu IL 10
highly improbable that what she says is
not so. though one would fain to believe
it in the present case. She is authority
for the story that society women (the
froth Of society. rather) have gone
mad over dolls. A little while ago It was
dogs, and there is sense in that. for the
intelligent dog comes next to human
being in interest and. intelligence and Is
one Of the best Of companions stu. It
must be owned that the rage for dogs
did not at all depend on those gifts. but
on the market. value o. the pet. which
was often great Dogs were chosen not
at all for their traits Of character.
From the faddist point Of view. It IL
only Q step from the dog to the doll.
Besides, the dog. while It could be decked
out with coat. shoes, and other things to
render its LIE miserable. while II could
be invested with . gold collar set with
Jewels, and made wretched BY many
trappings, after an, a. any one may zee.
had tts limitations. Now, . doll can have
g large wardrobe q its owner. II its
hair matches that Of the woman who
bought Il. it vill prove % good Or better
than dummy for trying oombinat atious
& color. SllIN h Inost pases Il = not
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