The Washington herald., 1913-10-26
The Activities of Women
Fcmiuinc Sex the world Over.

the World Over.
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Although she is eighty-seven years of
age Empress Eugenie is still very ae-
i've and retains her faculties and
strength.
Among those who attended the na-
tionaI convention OF rural mail carriers
IN indianapolis recently were many
Fifty expert needle women are en-
ployed at the Brooklyn navy ward. where
flags. "
| A Georgia girl has sold enough tomato
worms to fishermen. for bait, to pay for
working and harvesting her crop OF to-
matOes.
In England and Wales there arc
l.HSA6 women who cannot hope To get
husbands, this being the number ~
females in excess of males.
In an effort to cut down the cost OF
living several st. Louis society girls
nave formed sewing and millinery
| club.
Sarah Bernhardt. the famous French
actress, is now an innkeeper, having
| purchased new home. She rents our
the rooms in her old villa
Rome has bureau for the care of
wives and children of men who have
i gone to America and who cannot or da
har
families.
In seven counties OF California the reg
| istration of women for the first election
at which they were privileged to vote
amounted to between 50 and 30 per cent.
Miss Edith Pierce. PhiladeIphia's only
woman street inspector. is making a
tour of the city addressing housewives on
how TO keep the city clean.
| Miss Retta Tourison. known as Phila-
delphia's woman of adventure. is assist
ant superintendent of the Philadelphia
aquarium. where she is also known as
| a fish specialist.
Mrs. Everett Colby. wife OF the pro-
gressive candidate for Governor in New
| Jersey, will assist her husband in his
! fight by going on a stump speechmaking
tour of the State.
Miss Tsuda. head of te Japan ColIe=e
for Women. is now in this country look
ing for ideas that can be used to in
i crease the efficiency Of the women COL
leges in her native country.
/ By marrying Eugene Boissevain. of
Holland. the former Inez Milholland
] may lose her right to practice law in this
! country. as she is now amendable to the
laws of the country of her husbands
birth.
Mrs. Elizabeth Sterling, who has Just
i assumed the position of County superin-
tendent of Schools, at Vancouver, Wash,
is the first woman to hold such a position
since Washington became a State.
Mrs. Frederick Penfield, of Philadel-
phia, will probably pay a larger income
tax than any titled or untitled woman
in Europe or this country. Her income
is estimated to be no less than s25oo.OO0
year.
After giving up a life of gayety to be-
| come a nun. last year. Miss VeIla Hand
/ lin, daughter of a st. Louis millionaire,
has startled society by renouncing the
life of nun. and announces she will
again enter society.
Five hundred girls are doing police duty
| in quiet way in New York City, where
| they are watching the dance halls and
/ trying in every way to keep the weaker
ones Of their sex from going astray
Miss Jessie Ackerman. who has lust
| returned from an eignt-year trip around
| the world, studying the social status of
women, is the onlyLEoman ever admit
ted as fellow of the Royal Scottish
Geographical Society.
So as to qualify herself to become her
husbands law partner, Mrs B. S. Nc
CURE, wife of Congressman MCGUIRE, os
Oklahoma, has entered the law school OF
the George Washington University,
where she will take a three-year course
Women stockholders in the New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad out
number the men by 1.+66, and the same
conditions prevail among the Boston and
Maine stockholders. shere being 5.49I
women as against 2,1I2 men who own
stock.
Though she is only twelve years OF
age, Christabella Mitigate is Lady Nav
Dress of the town of Newport England.
Her father is Mayor and her mother be-
ing dead she performs the duties of her
position on all public occasions