The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-28
Co., A THE WOMEN
w OF THE WORLD
l@1 ARE DOING .

Mrs. Efarrict-Stanton Blatch is in
charSc of tho plans for the big parade
which the suffragists of New York
state are aiming to give in New York
city carly ncXt spring. Mrs. Blatch
has already received word from the
state delegations of MARYLAND. Kan
sas. Connecticut. Ohio. New Jersey
and PENNSYLVANIA signifyinS their in
tention to- take part. Ono of the fea-
lures already arranged is the driving
Of A tandem down Fifth avenue by a
we'll known New York horsewoman.
She is to be standing in Il Eaily deco
rated chariot from which her two
companions will scatter dodgers an
nouncing the suffrage ball and other
literature.
Miss Margaret MacLean of Glasgow,
Scotland left 100000 to carry on the
work at the MacLean Memorial and at
the Metet station in South Africa.
Miss MacLean is said to have given
more toward improving the condition
of the dwarfs of South Africa than
any other individual. In 1895 she
gave 1000 pounds to establish the
work in the region west OF Batanga.
Besides many special gifts. sue as an
organ. bells. furniture and equipment
for the stations. she is said to have
/! given moro than $4,000 to the work.
Mrs. I.angdon Ward of New York.
Mrs. William Ladd of Portsmouth and
Mrs. Manning Emery of Cambridge,
Mass. have presented what is said to
be N Of the finest mansions in New
England to the Colonial Danes of New
Hampshire to- he used AS the head
quarters of that organization. The
house was built in 1853 by Captain
John Mofatt who anlc to This GUN
try as commander of n Of the kings
m%astships, which in those days carried
masts for the royal navy. 1t was aft
erWard the home of Gen. William
Whipple. a sisner of the declaration Of
independents" and of the Continental
army, who died there in 1885.
Mrs Mabel Van Dyke Bell Of Cow
ington. KY. recently appointed a Unit
ed States commissioner. Is the only wo-
man in the United States with federal
judicial powers. She shares with Mrs.
Catharine Waugh McCulloch of Evan
ston-a justice Of the peace-the hon
ors OF the American feminine judici-
airy.
Mrs. Bell recently presided Owe her
first case. exhibiting as much dignity
as an experienced practitioner. Her
robes Of office consisted Of a white
shirtwaist and q brown tailored skirt.
She o and courtesied to the men,
bers of the bar present in the most
dignifed manner. disposed of the case
and then e home to enforce the
domestic law that governs every we'll
regulated household. 2
The prisoner who had the misfor-
tune or good fortune to appear first be-
fore Judge Bell was F. H. Streine of
Newport. KY. arrested on a charge
of violating the postal laws Streine
conducted a collecting. agency. The
authorities charged that he mailed
letters on which his business was stat
ed on the outside Of the envelope in
such strong language as to be prohibit.
ed by law. Having heard the testi-
mony the commissioner held the pris-
oner in $500 bail for the action Of the
grand jury. The fact hat Mrs. Bell
was to hear the case against Streine
had attracted considerable attention
and The little commissioners ONCE in
the federal building in Covington was
crowded with federal officials and in
terested spectators.
Mrs. Bell had been a deputy In the
ONCE Of United States Cour Clerk
John Menzies and the experience gain.
ed there enabled her to preside over