The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-04-10

WIN soohs girls and children takaT
to the juvenile courts. They also ma,
have the censorship of moving picture
shows and other places of amusement
The detective work of the police force
is being recruited by women. Miss
] sephine Roche was appointed to the
detective force of Denver last month,
and a woman is serving in that ca
pacity in New York.
The placing of women Upon the
force of the fire department of a great
city seems unique, but it is likely to
become a frequent occurrence. Mrs.
Sarah Christopher recently has beer
appointed as inspector in the fire de-
partment of New York city. Among
her duties will be the inspection of the
fire protection of many classes of
buildings, especially those occupied by
women and children. She will teach
the fire drill to factory girls and give
instruction in fire prevention by lee
lures under various auspices, espe-
cially those of women's organizations.
Mining is an occupation SO difficult
and involving such severe hardships as
to debar any ease-loving woman from
choosing it. Yet there a " been a
number of successful women miners
of every class. Some of them have
taken up work which had been estab-
lished or started by their husbands or
fathers, and in most instances carried
it to success. Since there have been
opportunities for studying mining en-
gineering in the universities, a number
of women have taken advantage of
them. One of these, Mrs. Ellen Hen
rietta Richards, is the first woman to
have been elected a member of the
American Mining Engineers associa-
ton, although quite a number of
others now are qualified for member
ship. Other women have worked
right down in the mines with men.
handling the pick n shovel, thus
gaining by practical experience the
knowledge which may only partially be
derived from books. In the recent
Klondike gold craze at least three
women located and staked out success
full 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 Miss Harriet
Quimby, it has not in any way lessened
the enthusiasm of other women for
aviation. 1t is generally admitted that
Miss Quimby's successor in America
is Miss Henrietta Miller of New York.
She demonstrated this. a few weeks
ago when, although blinded by the ex-
plosion of al oil CUP while trying for
an altitude record, she guided her ma
chine to the ground 1900 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 %certifi-
cate of aviation, and was the first
English woman to rise above a hum
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. Andrew Cuneo of New York is so
small hat the seats in her powerful
racing car have to be built to fit her.
Yet she has shattered a number of
worlds records, and even defeated the
winner of the Vanderbilt cup At New
orleans, last year, she crossed the tape
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won the cup the year before, came
third. Before the racing the secretary
OF the New Orleans club, observing
the size of her great racing car, eX-
pressed the fear that she could not
manag it. Mrs. CuneU invited him to
ride around the course with her, which
distance they covered SO rapidly that
his doubts as to her ability to handle
anything in the shape of an automobile
were promptly ~dispel!ed.
Another skillful New York woman
motorist, Mrs. Alice WaXham, lately
has turned it to practical account, and
at the same time established a new
calling for women, that Of chauffeur.
She has taken out a public chauffeur's
license and solicits trade from private
schools and ladies who are alone. She
now has foul assistants and as many
machines, and is the proprietress of a
prosperous business. She is a Welles-
ley college graduate, and each of her
assistants is college bred, but that does
not detract from their mechanical skill.
AS there are plenty of women cab
drivers in Paris there is no reason
why Mrs. Waxham's example shall
not be followed by women in other
cities.
Mrs. c. S. Tilliman of Rutherford, n.
j., is said to be one of the few regis
tered women plumbers in this country.
She is in charge of a shop employing
90 men, which takes up large contracts
for plumbing and piping. For more
than 20 years a woman in Pennsyl-
vania has swung the hammer over the
anvil her father once used in a coun-
try blacksmith shop. She has not only
learned to shoe horses well, but also
has developed considerable skill in
treating their ailments, so that in a To-
cality where the nearest veterinary
surgeon is half a days journey away,
she is able to accomplish much humane
work. Her feminine ingenuity and
taste have led her to the execution of
some ornamental iron work Of her w
designing that compares favorably
with work put out by city art and
craft schools, which his strong-armed
young woman was not privileged to at
tend.
The first woman to qualify for the
New York state survey service is Mrs.
Lucretia Donelly. who recently passed