Evening star., 1913-04-12
Three Points Brought
Out at Conference.

those who are destroying themselves and
others through vice; second, women VIII
do better work in cleaning up the vice
conditions of a city; third, women should
be appointed upon the pay rolls or the
city under some sort of supervision or CO.
operation with volunteers of their own
sex. 1t also was decided that every city
should have at least one police woman
for every twenty-five men upon the force
The greatest progress in the police
woman movement has been made in the
western states, but the east also is fall
ing into line Three women are doing
active police duty in Baltimore and one
has been appointed in Minneapolis re-
Gently. Several are holding ONCE In
Kansas. the first being Miss Lille A.
King of Topeka. The law providing for
the appointment of women upon the
police force in Maryland, which was
passed in 1912, designates them as ma
irons to the police force" to distinguish
them from the station-house matrons,
who have been in service in most cities
for a number of years In a number of
cities there are women who are known
as protective officers. They serve upon
the regular police force and have the
power to make arrests II necessary. Their
duties are chiefly in connection with
young girls and children taken to the
Juvenile courts. They also may have the
censorship of moving picture shows and
other places OF amusement. The detective
work of the police force also Is being re-
cruited by women. Miss Josephine Roche
was appointed to the detective force of
Denver last month and woman is serv
ing in that capacity in New York.
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The placing of women upon the force
of the fire department of a great city
seems unique,
Woman Placed but it is likely
in Fire Department. freouent occur.
renee Mrs Sarah Christopher recently
has been appointed as inspector in the
fire department of New York city. Among
her duties will be the inspection of the
fire protection of many classes of build
ings. especially those occupied by women
and children. She will teach the fire drill
to factory girls and give instruction in
fire prevention by lectures under various
auspices. especially those of womens or
ganizations.
Mining is an occupation so difficult and
involving such severe hardships as to de-
bar any eaSe-ioving woman from choos-
ing it. Yet there have been a number Of
successful women miners of every class.
Some of them have taken up work which
had been established or started by their
husbands or fathers. and in most in
stances carried 1t to success. Since there
have been opportunities for studying min
ing engineering in the universities a num-
ber of women have taken advantage Of
them. One of these, Mrs. Ellen Hen
rietta Richards. is the first woman to
ican Mining Engineers Association, al
though quite number Of others now are
qualified for membership. Other women
have worked right down In the mines
with men. handling the pick and shovel,
thus gaining by practical experience the
knowledge which may only partially be
derived from books. In the recent Klon-
dixie gold craze at least three women To-
Gated and staked out successful gold
claims which brought them good-sized
fortunes.
In sport, women are competing with
men in many lines. While all regret the
untimely death of
Aviation Also Miss Harriet
Has Attractions. NJ. ' ~ an. ns'' mas
lessened the enthusiasm of other women
for aviation. 1t is generally admitted
that Miss Quimby's successor in America
N.
She demonstrated this few weeks ago.
when, although blinded by the explosion
of an oil cup while trying for an altitude
record, she guided her machine to the
ground, 800 feet below. and alighted
without injury. 1t was some time before
she could see, even after her eyes had
been washed out. Mrs. Maurice Hewlett.
the wife of the English novelist. holds a
pilots certificate of aviation and was the
first English woman to rise above hun
dred feet. Mrs. Hewlett is a partner in
an English school OF flying.
AS autoistS, women are competing with
men both for skill and speed. Mrs. An
drew Cuneo of New York is SO small that
the seats in her powerful racing car have
to be built to fit her. Yet she has shat
tered q number of worlds records and
even defeated the winner of the Wander
bilt cup At New Orleans last year she
crossed the tape second, while Robertson,
who had won the cup the year before,
came third Before the race the secretary
of the New Orleans Club, observing the
size of her great racing car. expressed
the fear that she could not manage it.
Mrs Cuneo invited him to ride round the
course with her. which distance they COW
cred so rapidly that his doubts as to her
ability to handle anything in the shape
of an automobile were promptly disrelled.
Another skillful New York woman mo-
torist. Mrs. Alice Waxham, lately has
turned it to practical account, and at the
same time established new calling for
women, that of chauffeur. She has taken
out public chauffeur's license, and So
licits trade from private schools and Ia
sistants and as many machines. and is