The Washington herald., 1913-07-27
ACTIVITIES OF WOMEN
ALL OVER THE WORLD

, was in the audience when President Lin
coin was assassinated.
Miss Beatrice Littlefeld. OF Minam,
Greg, is earning her way through the
Oregon University by helping with the
household work in the dormitories.
After being blind for fifteen years. Mrs.
John McCafferty, of New York, is now
able to see She submitted to an opera
ton which proved to be successful.
Mayor Van Swearingen, OF Jackson
, vile. Fla. has given orders that all wom-
en- in that city shall wear petticoats on
make them invisible.
Mrs. Kathryn Lanahan, widow OF Will
lam Lanahan, has given $4,000 to friends
of her husband and employees of the
wholesale liquor company OF which he
was the head in Baltimore.
Miss Clara s. Loewus. Of Towanda,
Pa, a student at Cornell University. lived
! for twenty weeks. during which time the
cost of her weekly food did not exceed
80 cents.
MISS tuL6Dtln htItdlN.
old deaf and dumb girl, is creating a
sensation in a Los Angeles school be-
cause of her success in raising flowers
and vegetables.
Oakland. Cal, has set aside 5000 for a
woman's police bureau. to consist of a
chief and two assistants. The duties Of
the women will be to police the dance
halls Of the city.
When an English woman goes travelling
on the Continent she takes her own pack
age of tea with her, because she says
that she cannot get decent cup of tea
outside of England.
Dowager Queen Alexandra, OF England.
is one OF the most expert photographers
among the royal families and has some
TO- 600 photographs OF her own taking,
carefully described and numbered.
Grand Duchess Theodore, OF Sake
Weimar, who is only twenty-three
years Of age, Is the wife of Germany's S
wealthiest reisning prince. Her hus-
band is reputed to possess a fortune Of
SIS, 10000.
Mrs Minnie Leonard. of Hamersville,
Ohio, has asked the United States Dis
trict Court in Cincinnati to recognize her
as the head of the family, alleging that
her husband does not know how to
handle money.
A novel feature at the opening Of the
fifth Australian Parliament was the
presence among the officials Of Miss
Nancy Isaacs, who acted as an assist
ant to her father. Justice Isaacs. one Of
the commissioners
Mrs. Edith Wilson Of New York, has
expressed her willingness to contribute
$50. 600 toward a fund to be used in es-
tablishing a permanent home Of health
full and inspiring entertainment and
training for children.
Mrs. Charles Nelson, Of Seattle. Wash,
has brought suit against the Great
Northern Railroad for 1889 damages for
a kiss imprinted upon her cheek by
George Thorne. a locomotive engineer.
employed by the railroad.
The Grand Prix de Rome. the most
eagerly coveted prize for music in
France, has been awarded to Lily Bou-
langer, the nineteen-year-old daughter
Of a professor. This is the first time
in history that the prize has gone to a
woman.
Lady Balfour, of England. has discov-
cred a method Of silencing crying babies.
Her Suggestion is to lay the babies with
their heads slightly lower than their
feet, at a gradient of about one in
twelve, and they will soon fall asleep.
Because the Wisconsin marriage law
requires that at least one parent must
give consent, Elizabeth Schatzpann,
aged fifty-four years, Of Neeah, Wis.
was held up in securing a marriage H.
cense until she brought her mother.
aged eighty-one, into court to give her
consent to her marriage.