The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-20

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| appointed in Erie, Pa.
In Prussia three men to one woman
commit suicide every year.
Over 5000 women voted at the last cleo
ton held in Kansas City.
Los Angeles, Cal. now has a woman
as deputy prosecuting attorney.
| In japan every girl Of good family
takes lessons in flower arrangement.
More than 700 women own one share
each Of Boston and Maine Railroad
stock.
| Sophia, the new Queen Of Greece, is a
sister of the present Emperor Of Ger
| many.
1t is estimated that the women in New
York City use seven and one-half tons
| of face powder in a day.
| No matter how anxious a man Is to
| marry in China, he is not permitted to
| seek a wife for himself.
Eighty per cent of the working girls OF
| New York take home their sealed pay
| envelopes to their parents.
Miss Jane Fairman has just been PEN
stoned after working forty-three years
| for the Illinois Central Railroad.
The women Of Portland. Greg. are
| taking steps so that they can have a
public market.
Decorative horticulture has been added
TO the curriculum at the West Philadel-
phia High School for Girls.
In Zululand the women do most of the
manual labor while their husbands, faith
ers, and brothers laugh and sing.
The women of Norwood, Pa. have
formed an organization for the purpose
of waging a war on the pesky mosquito
Women in Germany who persist in
wearing pointed hatpins without protect
ors on them will be subject to a fine
of SIS.
Don't marry Orientals.'' is the advice
to American women of Princess Ibraham
Hassan. formerly Olga Humphrey, OF
Oakland, Cal.
In Massachusetts any woman wearing
a hatpin of dangerous length and with
an unprotected point is liable to a fine
Of 500.
4 Chicago spinster has asked that she
be allowed TO adopt two of the children
who were made orphans by the floods
in Ohio.
Rev. Charles NJ Sheldon. member
Of the Topeka Civil Service Commission.
is in favor of having policewomen in
that city.
marriage club formed at Wellesley
College prohibits it's members from mar
rying a man whose income is not $500
a year.
Several prominent New Workers. are
planning to open chain OF stores in
which no girl employee will receive less
than s12 a week.
Speaker of the House Champ Clark is
of the opinion that each State should set
tie for itself the question of woman suf-
frage.
The highest academic honors in the gift
of Columbia University, the graduate fell
lowship, has been awarded to Lucy Reed
Powell. Of Portland. Greg
Mrs. Lucy r. Adams. of Barre, VT,
possesses a Seth Thomas clock which is
at least $50 years old and is still in
good running orders
Mothers in Utah who are compelled to
State so month to support one child
and S. for every other child.
Commander-in-Chief Young, of the
United Confederate Veterans. has ap-
pointed Miss Katie Daffan. of Austin,
Texas as a sponsor for the Southern
veterans.
minimum wage law for women and
a mothers pension act were two of the
accomplishments Of the Washington Leg
islature which has just completed its ses-
sions.
The first woman to be elected a men,
Der OF the Isle Of Wight Model Aero
Club is Miss Ena Fitzgerald, the au-
thoress Of sunnyholme. shanklin, Isle
of Wight.
The first woman commissioner Of any
city which has adopted the commission
form Of government is Mics Julia B. |
Sacramento, Cal. |
Miss E. ]. Emery. an American. long |
resident of England. who died recently, |
bequeathed 100000 to the Salvation Army |
for work among women for foreign coun-
tries.
The tri-State championship in type
writing held in Philadelphia was won by |
Miss Margaret B. Owen. of Passaic, N. |
j.. who had an average of 100 words a |
minute.
Chicago's public school system is now !
under the direction of two women since
Miss Elizabeth w. Murphy was elected |
as an assistant to Superintendent Ella
Flagg Young.
Mrs. Janet Macdonald. Of Bayville,
Me-, who is seventy-one years of age. is
as active and energetic as many women
Of forty. and her peculiar occupation is
that of catching live seals.
Mrs. Harriet Johnston Wood, a prac-
ticing lawyer of New York City, Is wag-
ing a determined Campaign to be ap-
pointed to the bench in the Children's
Court in that CITY,.
Mrs. Fanny B. Workman. the Ameri-
can explorer, has named the group of
high peaks at the head OF the Rose gla-
cier In the Himalaya Mountains after
King George of England.
Mrs Ida Marie Eversden. school
teacher. of st. Louis, No., is applying
FOR divorce from her husband. e