The Washington herald., 1913-06-22

workers.
Baltimore is the latest city to provide
for women police.
Despite the vote OF the women, Phoe-
nix, Ariz., will continue to be wet
New York actresses are going TO have
club with a billiard room and a bar.
tries in which motherhood is not pro-
tected.
Miss Hazel Schmoil has been appointed
assistant instructor of biology at Vassar
College.
100000 contract has been let for the
first buildings OF the new Allentown
College for Women.
School teachers In Cincinnati will soon
receive an increase Of 10 per cent in their
salaries.
1t is estimated that over 1000 women
voted at the recent election for mayor
in Los Angeles.
Miss Viola Miller, poiicewoman in Of
tawa, Ill. has the distinction of reform
ing that town in one month.
The Duchess OF Portland. one of Eng
lands greatest hostesses, has never
tasted wine. tea, or coffee.
Over 81 per cent of the girls working
in factories in New York City gave all
their earnings to their parents.
Mrs. Walter Hancock recently received
the degree of master of arts from the
Temple University of Philadelphia.
A health census of the babies Of st.
Louis will be taken under the direction
OF three society women.
Women clerks in the forestry depart
ment OF California will hereafter be paid
the same wages as the men clerks.
The number OF births in Germany ex-
ceeds the deaths by 10000 annually,
while in France the excess Is only 5000.
The second annual women's congress
COW. Russia. by the Minister of the
Interior.
Mrs. Cora r. CotterilI. wife OF the
Mayor OF Seattle, Wash, has accepted
service as a juror in the Superior Court
Twenty-three young women received
diplomas as full-fedged physicians from
the Women's Medical College OF Penn
sylvanIa, recently.
A bill to pension mothers is about to
become a law in France. II will benefit
about 10000 working women in factories.
Mrs. Elizabeth Geiger. of Milwaukee,
Wis, was fined so recently for wearing
a skirt which was too tight and much
too short.
OF the large force Of police who will be |
On duty at Newport, r. L. society's sum- |
ner resort. during the coming summer. |
will be two women.
Miss Ethel V. Kynaston, of Moberly, |
Mo-, is the only girl graduated from the |
aw school of the University of Missouri |
n several years.
Anna Pavlowa. the premiere danseuse
country and will hereafter claim Eng
and as her home.
DR.. Laura CARMEL. dean of the Temple /
of Philadelphia. declares that 1
he dresses worn by many women of to-
lay are indecent.
Princess Mary of England is a lover
II animals and has a collection OF stray
ats at Buckingham Palace which she
S continually adding to at a rate which
threatens to make the place a feline
,alace.
A vote taken by 1900 male and Is 900
emale school teachers in London, Eng
and, over the question OF equal pay, I
esulted in an overwhelming majority
gainst the proposition. l.
Women were recently placed into serv-
e as strikebreakers by the Lehigh Rail-
rs, who went on a sympathy strike
nth the inspectors and repair men.
The only woman to attend the conyen-
on of the National Association of City
and Auditors, held in Chat
anooga. Tenn. was Miss Bessie Town
end, OF Atlantic City. n. J.
When a woman in South Dakota needs
hired girl all she has to do is to file ;
er application with Register of Deeds ,
laid just suited to her liking.
In order to learn what the conditions
'ere in the factories of Kansas City,
To-, Miss Louise Mittelstadt worked a
eek In glove factory there, and at the !.
nd of the week her envelope contained /,
IS. She received nine cents for sew
Ig one dozen pairs Of mems gloves.
Because she wants the distinction Of I
aging that she helped to build the
anama Canal, Miss Scott Mckenzie, of
Ala, has gone to the Canal ]
one, where she expects to don overalls
nd work as a laborer for one day II
Mrs. Alfred E. Marling, of New York, -,
as given thirty-five acres of land on ,
arpenter Lake, N. j.. to the Young !
EMS Christian Association. to be used !
. a boys camp. The gift was made as
memorial to her son. who died In boy ,
bod.
Women outnumber the men in London =
ccording to a recent census. There
e Los unmarried females to every loo :
ales, while the total number Of widows
more than double that of widowers.
here are Lon wives to every Loo hus-
lnds.
In Philadelphia, Chicago. New York,
!. Louis, Boston, Minneapolis, and St.
aul II il estimated that about 5000
ris, exclusive of stenographers. once i
rls. nurses, and teachers. are without
,mes. and entirely dependent upon +
emSelyes for support IE