The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-25
With the WomenO Of the World

MISS Jenkins OF chicago Is
at the head of the dramatic work con
nected with the Elizabeth Peabody
settlement of Boston. The settlement
is said to be the first in America to
have a theatre of it's own. This thea
tire when completed will be equipped
with all modern conveniences. The
price Of admission will be 10 cents.
Miss Jenkins has not only trained sew
eral groups Of children to act but has
assisted them in making plays Of the
folk stories which are told them by
their parents, most Of whom are Rus
sian Hebrews. She also has trained
children to sing old Yiddish ballads
and perfornf Yiddish folk dances which
she has discovered by visiting the par
ents in their homes and talking with
them about Russia and its customs.
Mrs. H. j. Camp. who has just re-
turned to her home in Gardiner, Me-,
has been serving as missionary in CEN
trail Arabia. Her headquarters was at
Menakhi. In order to get there she
was obliged to travel four days on
horseback and was accompanied by
camels carrying her luggage.
Miss Frances Stern Of the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology is an
advocate of the use of a microscope in
the home as a means of assisting IN
the proper preparation Of meals. The
use of the microscope. according to
Miss Stern, would help the housewife
TO do her work more intelligently.
The bread maker, for instance, could
learn why her bread was not a success
by using the microscope. The house
keeper would also be able to tell the
difference between wool, cotton and
silk fibre, avoiding all possible decep-
tions.
One Of the speeches al the recent
farmers week of the agricultural col
lege at Amherst was thai of Miss Di-
ana Constable, one of the lecturers Of
the extension school. Miss Constable
after being graduated from a high
school and completing a course il do
nestle science entered Cornell univer-
sity, where she specialized in dairy
work. In 1911 she was engaged to
conduct the demonstrations provided
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for rural betterment. This work prov
ed so successful that she was engaged
as a regular member of the college
staff.
Mrs. Cleo Bracken, the portrait
sculptor, believes that corsets benefit
rather than inJure the female figure.
When confronted with a statement by
Mrs. Harriet Stanton Batch. who is
leading the new movement against
c~orsets, that Venus de Milo did not
wear corsets. Mrs. Bracken replied
that 1t was equally true that Venus
didn't wear clothes. The women of
today are nearer the ~sculptor's ideal
than any women of ancient Greece.
Besides, the Greeks did wear corsets
which consisted of three bands, one
about the waist. one around the hips
and a third just under the bust" she
added.
Girls of all degrees in London, from
the nobility to factory operatives, are
joining the girl guides, organized by
Miss Agnes Baden Powell. a relative Of
General Baden-Powell. the founder of
the boy scout movement in this coun-
try. Many titled women have become
patronesses of of the organization, and
some of their daughters are serving in
various corps. Miss Baden-Powell
declares that there is nothing military
or hoydenish in the objects of the
corps and that no attempt will be
made to compete with the boy scouts.
Ambulance work is taught to the
various corps, but their chief concern
lies with the essentially feminine arts.
Already. however, three silver life
saving medals have beer awarded to
girl scouts. one for stopping a runaway
horse and two for saving drowning
children.
Mrs. Robert M. LaFoIlette was the
first woman to graduate from the law
school Of the wisconsin university.
Nebraska is now said to have more
women students than any other uni
versity west Of the Mississippi river.
Kansas has .S46. Illinois S43, Nebraska
1,7S5. In the recent Phi Beta Kappa
elections thirty -one OF the thirty-eight
students receiving the honor were
women, though the highest average