The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1912-10-16
With the Women Of the World


The Introduction OF physical train
ing among the women OF China win be
the experience OF Miss Abby S. May
new, who is to sail I'm November for
Shanghat, where she will have her
headquarters for the next two years.
and as representative of the national
board of the Young Women's Christian
association of the United states she
VIII work with the national association
OF China In starting this much needed
en-.
Marvellous is declared to be the
beauty of the mural decorations for
the senate and the supreme court
chambers of the Pennsylvania capitol
az harrisburg upon which Miss Violet
Oakley, the illustrator and painter, is
engaged. The late Edwin A. Abbey
regarded the mural paintings for the
capitol the crowning achievements of
MS career, but death cut him down
Wnen the work was only half accom-
plished, and to a woman, Miss Oakley,
was assigned the task of completing
the masters commission, which in its
treatment had set new standards in
Wali decorations. Like Abbey, Miss
oakley is magazine illustrator and
studied art under the late Howard Pyle,
put OF late years fame mas come to her
through her mural paintings, which
possess sweep and boldness of treat
ment that are masculine but also
richness and harmony of color that are
as subtle as they are striking. The
paintings are allegorical and in their
treatment uniting classical ideals with
ultra modern realism. The panels thus
Tar completed in the Harrisburg capitol
are declared to be the equal IL not
superior, to those In the Boston public
LlnraTy and IN the congressional libra
ry Never before in the worlds his
tory has so great commission in srt
been assigned to a woman.
It was a great day in the past when
the German woman, Ida Pfeiffer made
the voyage around the world Mrs
Harriet Chalmers Adams recently le-
turned to Washington after an explor-
ing trip In south America, the last of
several in which she had Travelled more
than 10000 miles on that continent
she says: II spent ten days at a
height of 1900 feet where my eye-
lashes constantly froze."
The Woman's National Fire Proven
tlon association will encourage the
housewives of the country by awarding
prizes TO those who keep spotless
homes. Investigation has shown that
many hres originate in the homes of
careless housekepers," said Mrs. Eva
Mcdonald Valesh. "A lighted match
! a closet filled with rubbish, as indif-
ierent housekeepers are likely to have,
has frequently been the cause of dis
astrous fires. This is purely house,
hre drills for the women. We will in
struct them in lself-control, and Just
how to act when in danger from fire."
Pres. Mary e. Woolley head of
Mount Holyoke college, does not be-
| lieve that girls depending solely on
their own resources should work their
way through college In talking on
! the main / believe it to be most unwise
By that 1t must not be understood that
we do not wish a poor girl, for in many
cases some of our finest students and
noblest girls come from very poor
families, but 1T would seem wiser for
her to work for a year or two If neces-
sary and enter college at a later age
| rather than for her to reHy on her own
scholarships and there are many ways
for girl to earn certain amount of
money, but 1T is too great a task for
the average girl to maintain her stud
les and support herself. at the same
time. We have constant waiting list
| and have to refuse about 800 girls ev-
| cry year."
wyoming politicians are puzzled as
to whether the wives of officers and
men OF the garrison at Fort d. A. Rus
sell, Cheyenne, can establish a voting
residence. The state constitution pro-
Ytdes for equal suffrage. The state
law forbids an officer or enlisted man
| to acquire voting residence though
| being stationed in the state wife's
| residence is that of her husband. The
question arises as to whether an army
| wife can establish a residence where
her husband is forbidden to do so.
Tt is expected that Wichita, Kan,
will be selected as the third place of
meeting for the International Congress
of Farm Women, which will hold its
second annual meeting in Lethbridge,
Alberta, Can, during the week Oct 2i
to 26, The officers of this organization
during the year of it's existence have
and successful farm women from the
United States and Canada, as well as
from many foreign countries, for a
programme that promises to deal with
every phase of farm life.
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