The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-26
1~,T HAT THE WOMEN
OF THE WORLD
l99 ARE DOING > > D

fora r.. HaNden. commissioner of
public safety at Spokane. has sent
letters to tho officers of the various
wonen's clubs in Spokane. SAYING that
If any Of their members desire to Wear
police badges and no invested with
full authority. the wish now will he
gratifsd. adding however. that such
services must he of a voluntary char
acter. without pay from the city. He
also says he is willing to- grant police
powers to a joint committee Of the
clubs to visit the dance halls. PROM
Using that its report will receive full
consideration. Numerous complaints
have come to Commissioner Hayden's
department regarding the dance halls.
but he says he has not been able to
verify them by personal visits or by
having plain clothes men stationed in
the places. It may be. he says. that
women might view these things diff
ferently and in that way the depart
ment could get at the truth in the
matter.
Washington society girls are this
winter evincing Il healthy interest in
civic and philanthropic work. The
latest recruit to these ranks is Miss
Helen Taft, the studious daughter of
the president. Her activity is with
the Consumers league of the district
of Columbia. a branch of the national
organization whose object is to elimin-
ate sweat shop" and tenement made
wearing apparel from stores through
out the country. She will shortly
head the legislative committee of the
local body. One Of Miss Taft's close
friends. Miss Marion Oliver. daughter
OF the assistant secretary of war, is
head OF a mission sewing school for
young women Interested with her
are Miss Maitland Marshall. daughter
OF Capt. Marshall. T.. S. A.. and Miss
Constance Leupp, daughter Of former
Indian Commissioner L4eupp.
Mrs. Willard T. Block. a member OF
Chicago chapter. D. a. r.. has origin
ated a novel plan to provide funds to
help to a off the Indebtedness Of
$20O.OOO on Memorial Continental hall
IN Washington, D. G. Mrs. Block has
designed a certificate. copyrighted and
presented II to the national society Of
the Daughters of the American Rev.
olution. The certificates are 14xl7,
y SHOW in their proper colors the
seals of the thirteen original states.
the United States flags and the in.
sigma and seal of the society. In the
center Memorial continental hall is
engraved. The name of the ancestor
is ~engrossed and space is provided
under the engraving Of the Ave sue.
ceeding generations. providing there
is an authentic proof Of descent from
a revolutionary hero. They may be
transferred to ms lineal descendant.
IT is the intention to have these Ger.
tlf1cates sold throughout the United
States and chapters all over the coun.
try have become interested in further
ing the work in order that the nation.
al society may benefit thereby. This
certificates now are being manufac.
tured in large quantities. and Mrs.
Block has turned the entire top floor
Of her home into a suite of ofices
where all the business pertaining to
this work is transacted. Mrs. Block
is chairman Of the liquidating and
endowment fund of the national So
ctety Of the D. A. r. She has been a
member Of the Chicago chapter since
1891, having been among the charter
members of this chapter. At the re-
ception to be given by the D. A. r.
wednesday evening, January 81. at
the Congress hotel in Chicago, thece
certificates will be distributed to every
guest who Is q lineal descendant OF
revolutionary ancestors.
At h recent church council in Eng.
land the bishop of Oxford made a mo.
ton to allow women to vote in the
election Of representatives in various
church conferences. The bishop is re.
ported to have said that as women
were doing nine-tenths Of the work OF
the church their exclusion from the
right to vote on matters thai SO near
~ concerned them was scandalous.
Miss Ethlyn Sven is the only girl
In the engineering department Of
Highland Park college. Des Moines,
Iowa. She is Is years old and en-
thusiastic about engineering as a pro.
fession for women. -
Mary Godat Bellamy. the only
woman member Of the Legislature of
Wyoming. is reported to be the leader
Of the movement to have the a
On the bench Of the supreme court 81
the United States caused BY the
deatb Of Justice Harlan filled by a
woman Mrs. Bellamy declares that
women. constituting one-half Of the
population and casting. ballots in six
states. have a right to he represented.
Mrs. Bellamy is said to have the sup
port Of the suffrage party Of the six
states WhAre woman yota.