The Washington herald., 1913-11-19


Ninety per cent OF the teachers in tn,
public schools of Philadelphia are women
James Cooper. of LArkesville, Pa, hai
left his wife because she is baseball
fan.
The Duchess Of Portland has been ap
pointed mistress of robes by Queen MARY
of England.
The town OF Mines
1000.
London has a hotel which is exclu-
sively for the use Of children. and run
by woman.
During the war in Albania the women
fought side by side with their husbands.
Since 1911 Mrs Lydia B. Tague has
filed the position Of county judge in
Eagel County, Colo.
Premier Asquith, OF England. employs
woman secretary in addition to the
men who are on his staff.
Mrs. Mary f. White has been a matron
in the Wilmington, Del, police depart
| ment for twenty-five years.
Each of the FIVE daughters Of the late
Adolphus Busch will have an income OF
over 1900 a day.
Lotta Crabtree manages all her prop
erty interests and still finds time to at
tend the theater regularly.
Despite her ninety-one years. Mrs
Catherine Osborne. OF Warren, Ohio, is
an enthusiastic motorcyclist-
AS a result of a dispute at a meeting in
connection with the election campaign in
| Italy, two women fought a duel.
In recognition OF her talent. Mime.
Chaminade, the well-known composer
and pianist, has been decorated with the
Legion d'Honneur.
Quite a number Of women were award
ed prizes by the Carnegie Hero Fund
Commission, which has Just given. out
over 100000 in prizes
Two sisters, Clara and Clarissa Pritch-
ard. who are twins, successfully passed
examinations as members OF the bar at
Albany, n. Y.
OF the 11.043 women employees in the
factories of Christiana, Norway. 1853 are
married. 7,5d above eighteen years of
age. 1.234 between sixteen and eighteen,
and $50 from twelve to sixteen.
Out of the thirty or more million wom--
en- in the United States there are nearly
100000 in business. or one in every If
teen.
Mrs. J. Borden Hartman, the only
member of the new Industrial Relations
Commission. will soon take up the duties
Of her position.
Mrs. William o. Roome, who addressed
gathering Of Masons in Washington
recently. is probably the first woman
ever accorded the distinction.
Miss Ina Shepherd has charge Of the
Clearing House at Birmingham, Ala. and
is probably the first woman in the Unit
ed States to hold such a position.
Scotland Yard has two women assisting
in the work of the convict supervision
office, where they have shown that they
are equal to the men in tact and firm
ness. L
in the United States is Miss Mary Muel- |
Ter, who, when only fifteen years OF age, |
was sworn in as a constable at Alliance, |
Ohio.
- Miss Mary ]. Hopper. executive secre-
tary of the field committee of the Young |
Woman's Christian Association. has Jur-
isdiction over 1s,S2 girls and young
Unable to stand the strain Of travelling /
and other duties connected with the po-
sition OF a member of the Forestry Com
Of Pennsylvania. Miss L. Dock
has resigned and will be succeeded by
man.
Besides being an expert rifle shot and
June Haughton has found time
TO invent several small sanitary devices
and a motor veil which fastens by a
button and loops over large or small
hats.
Renouncing all Of her church, social,
and club Affiliations and in the future to
give all her life to save fallen women.
Mrs. Elizabeth Wood, wealthy widow
II Los Angeles, will enter the Salvation
Army Training School.
Miss Mary E. Plummer has been elected
secretary of the Massachusetts Institute
" Technology, being the first woman to
,yer be honored with the position She
s specializing in chemistry and at present
5 a member of the Junior class.
Miss Agnes Darcy has charge of a tele-
'hone switchboard in a New York sky
craper which is connected with an cleo
ric chart from which she can tell at a
lance just where any one of the eleva-
ors in the building is located at the par
ocular moment.
Among the large number of oyster de-
ectives employed by the United States
5 woman-Miss Ruth Greathouse, who
Effects germ in oysters She is one Of
he expert scientists in the ARCHAEOLOGICAL
vision of the governments bureau Of
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