The Washington herald., 1913-08-17

There are forty girl lawyers and 1s7
girl law students in Russia
A municipal lodging house for women
Is in operation in Glasgow, Scotland.
Women gamblers at Monte Carlo are
noted for their coolness and luck.
Eighty-five per cent Of the women be-
longing to trade unions in New York
State are located in New York City.
For the first time in the history Of the
Edinburgh University the degree Of Doc
tor of SCIENCE has been given to 4 woman.
Pensions have been granted to ten
omen in Washington, the largest being
$3.50 a month TO a destitute widow with
seven children.
Women are not adapted for the work
of medical practitioners according to the
opinion of Prof Hochenegg, the eminent
Austrian surgeon.
Mrs. Charles Green. of Milwaukee. act
ed as switch girl for twenty years at
the stock yards in that city and only
resigned because of her marriage.
Eleven hundred and thirty-five women
employees of the United States govern
ment in the Bureau Of Engraving and
Printing will be given an additional -
cents a day.
The American Duchess Of Marlborough
has entered active politics in Great
Britain by accepting the chairman Of the
Women's Municipal party, non-militants.
The Mississippi State Penitentiary is
presided over by frail middle-aged
woman, Mrs. o. NJ. Spicard. with control
over thousand prisoners. among them
more than a hundred murderers.
Mime. Sarah Bernhardt is enjoying her
vacation time by carving a monument
for the establishment OF her tomb. for
which she has bought a desolate island
of the coast Of Brittany.
The average wage paid to women en-
ployes in New York department stores is
appreciably higher than the average
wage paid TO women operatives in the
factories. mills, and similar industries in
that city.
Mrs. Mary J. McShane is know.l sz the
Secondhand Queen in New York City.
She started with a capital OF so thirtv-
seven years ago. and today she has q
lucrative business of dealing iu second
hand articles.
1t has been decided that so a month.
or s925 week. is the sum required to
maintain in a frugal but decent condi-
ton of living a self-supportlrg woman
employed in a mercantile establishment
In Portland, Greg.
Women workers OF Antioch. Syria,
sorting the different qualities OF coc-
coons. fight among themselves for the
privilege of working from early morn till
late at night for what amounts to cents
a day in United States currency.
Miss Ellen Chapman. of Broadwater.
England, claims that in Goliath OF Rad
mage" little Pekinese bred by herself.
she possesses the ligntest dog in the
country. The animal weighs under two
and a half pounds. and is just over a
year old.
In order to attract domestic servants,
the New Zealand government has de-
cided to pay the whole Of women's pas
sage money IL the immigrants are unable
to pay the prescribed portion OF the fare.
The money so advanced can be refunded
by installments.
Miss Millie Mills, a girl OF fifteen. prob
ably is the only female bus conductor in
the country. Her father is the owner d
the omnibus. which plies between 81.
John and Woking. England. When she
left school a year ago she took up the
novel occupation. which she Is still eff
ciently filling.
The bill regulating the hours and con-
ditions of labor by women Just signed by
Gov. Tener Of PENNSYLVANIA reduced the
legal working week from sixty to fifty
four hours and the legal working day