The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-05-15
interesting Jottings Concerning the
Doinss of the Feminine Sex the
World Over

u A'N'NN $3.50 49, tbANiNS
In Berlin there are 4Ol, $50 married coup
les with Sc, 331 children.
| The average strength of a woman as
compared with that of a man is 81 to 100.
Officials of the department of agricul-
ture claim that girls make better farm
ers than boys.
The Daughters of the American Resolu-
ton have an income of $4,000 a year, and
a membership of over 100, 600.
The women of Morocco never see their
husbands until after they are married to
them.
In Arizona there is a woman, who with
the aid Of her three daughters. is sue
e~esfully running three mines.
Mrs. William X. Vanderbilt. jr., is her
own architect for a 100000 mansion to be
.rrected on her property at Jericho, l.. I.
A bill to enable women to become bar
dsters, solicitors or parliamentary agents
Mas been introduced in the British par
siament.
William D.. haywood. who was on trial
recently TOR instigating a strike in Pater-
son, N. j., was ably represented by Miss
Jessie Ashley, a member of the New
York bar.
Mary Frances Petre, daughter of Lady
audrey Petrey, of England, who is only
IL years of age, is the youngest peerless in
Mat country.
Ali looking glasses have been removed
from the high school building in Wheeling,
w. Va, because the girls wasted too much
tine in arranging their hair.
Full franchise privileges lave been
granted women in nine states. while in
20 they have the right to vote on school
questions in various degrees.
Over 3,G00,O coo women in California. Ore
gon, Kansas, Arizona, Idaho, Wyoming,
Colorado, Utah and Washington now have
she right to vote at all elections,
Mrs. Helen Lynch, of Omaha, Neh.. has
Oeen SO successful with a 10-acre ranch left
her by her father 10 years ago. that she
mas developed it into a 10. OO0-acre estate.
Mrs. Key Pittman, wife of the new SEN
ator from Nevada, is the only woman in
washington society who ever went over
klondlke snow and ice 1900 miles to get
married.
In a competitive examination given by
the Beth Israel hospital, of New York in
which 80 men and one woman took part.
the woman candidate led all her connect
tors.
In order that she may lay the corner
stone TOT the new gas plant in Benton
Harbor, Mich, Miss Jessie j. Dickman
was made an honorary member of the
b~ricklayers' union.
Miss Mary L.. Kern has brought suit
against the New York Telephone com
pany for $4,000 because her picture was
published In the company's monthly mag
azine without her consent.
Mrs. Isabella Goodwin, who Is a bona
fide member of the New York police de-
partment, was largely responsible for the
capture of the principals in the famous
$751; 0D taxicab robbery.
AT the age of Ii years, Curra Dunno. an
Irish girl, has been selected to play for
ireland In the international hockey match.
NO gill approaching her youth has ever
played before in such important games.
Inc only woman representative out of
1000 delegates from all parts of the world
to the international Institute of Agricul-
ture to be held in Rome is Mrs. Kate
Woolsey, who has been appointed
by Governor Sulzer, Of New York.
a ollnd Woman's club has been formed
IN new YORK city as one of the many ac-
nv1ties OF the Association OF the Blind in
that city. On a meeting night more than
40 women, all In the dark. chat vivaciously
and everybody seems to know eyerybodv
else by their voice.
Nine. Alice de la Ruelle who Is In this
country as a SPECIAL agent Of the French
department. of commerce, investigating in
dustrial conditions surrounding working
women, avs that the French girl can live
on 80 cents a day because she has no de-
sire to emulate the dress and mode of
living of her sisters on this side of the
water.
After July l, over 100 women, most of
them widows Of old soldiers. will be de-
prived OF a livelihood in Philadelphia. ow-
Ing to an order of the war department..
which transfers the manufacture of 10. 600
pairs OF army trousers, now made at the
Schuylkin arsenal, to the quartermaster's
depot at Jeffersonville, Ind.
an ordinance recently passed In
New York city requiring all city employees
TO be residents of New York state. more
thar 500 teachers in the public schools.
ana over lO stenographers in various city
departments, must give up their positions
or change their residence.
Miss Kate Gleason, daughter of the
OF the Gleason Machine works, OF
fsochester, n. T., mas superintendent the
installation In Europe of several machines
built by the Gleason works, of which she
IS a director. She is a thorough engineer.
having taken q college course to ft her
self for the position she now holds
Through the energy and enterprise of
Mrs. Helotse Eose. Of New City, N. Y.
who induced 40 business men In the project.
q troileyS line VIII be built between Nyack,
New City, Piermont, Haverstraw and sew
eral adjacent villages In New York state.
Mrs. Rose is worth 81, 0 900, having been
the only heir Of her father, who was as.
ISOLATED with the late Jay Gould Ia rail-
road building.
P~hlladelph1a now has two p~olicewomen.
Miss y. M. Gillespie and Mrs. Mary D
Diehl. having recently been sworn in with
the power to make arrests in the two rail-
road terminals where they are stationed,
for any %offense. They are provided with
special police badges and will carry 81
calibre reyolvers and blackjacks.
Most women who go abroad need plenty
Of money, but such was not the case with
Miss Grace Putnam, or Landing, N. T..
travelled all over England for six
months and cleared $3.50 in the trip. Miss
Putnam was born with a spirit OF adven-
ture. and wanting 60 go abroad and not
having the money, she saved the money
she received for a spring wardrobe and
bought her ticket to England, carrying
with her a trunk lot American novelties
that cost about SIS in all. When she ar
In London she Immediately engaged
a cheap room and started out to peddle
her novelties. Besides making her ex-
she had a nice profit when she ar
tfyed home.
Fine For Two.
From the Yonkers Statesman.
did YOU eyer tell that young maj.
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