Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-12-04
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interesting Jottinas Concerning thu
Doinas Of the Feminine Sex the
World Over.

interesting lettings Concerning the
Doinas of the Feminine Sex the
World Over.
Nearly all the states allow women
to practice law.
Germany has nearly 1000, 900 more
women than men.
A women's law college will soon be
opened in st. Louis.
England has more than 5000. 900
ONE industrially employed.
Hindu widows are exposed to con-
tempt and i'll treatment.
N~tnety-five per CEN of the women
IN India cannot read or write.
Under the law In New York trial
marriages are permitted.
Women in England may fill some Of
the highest positions In the state.
New York has 15 school teachers
who are absent to become mothers.
Mrs. Laura A. Bachelor is president
OF a national bank in North Dakota.
In the medical profession in Ger
many there are 100 ONE to every
10000 men.
Queen Mary. Of England. devotes
ting for the poor.
a o0O0AU VI AOlluOu
mas Tour duchesses. two Of them be-
Ing American women.
Mrs: Coils P. Huntingdon recently
paid 100000 duty on purchases made
abroad to the value OF $40. 900.
Over $4,000 women are employed in
h manufacture OF wool and worsted
goods in Leeds. England.
In nine states in which woman suf-
irage prevails. there are over 5000. 900
females Of voting age.
Since the founding Of Barnard col
lege IN 1893 there have been 25S mar
ried out Of lib graduates.
In the New England States the WON
en- outnumber the men by 22.407. and
IN the mountain states by 322.503.
The average salaries for school
teachers in Atlanta. Ca. is s5u4.s3 q
year. while in Denver. Colo. it In
$893.32.
In the United States last year there
were only $40 women studying medi-
cine. a decrease Of 267 from the pre-
v1ous year.
Female students in the University Of
Kansas must learn to swim before
they can acquire credits in physical
education.
Women stockholders predominant in
the Pennsylvania railroad and also in
the American Telephone and telegraph
company.
Mrs. N. M. Watson, a wealthy society
leader OF Asheville. N. c., recently
buried her pet dog in a coffin which
cost 5000.
Girl students in the Wadleigh high
school in New York are being taught
domestic science with the object of
making them valuable wives.
Making a bet of $500 each with their
father. Miss Helen Ordway and Mrs.
Edith r. T1lnnio0r wo1kod fro~o Aya-.
York to Peekskin and back.
Grandma Jones'" who for 20 years
has sold newspapers on the streets of
Los Angeles. pays taxes on property
valued at $4,000.
The richest heiress in Germany.
Fraulein Won Marie Annie Won Fried
laender, daughter Of the coal king in
Germany, will marry an English peer.
Miss Brenda Franklin, who Is in the
United States as advanced agent of
Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst. the suffra-
gtst leader, has already received three
proposals OF marriage.
h worlds typewriting record of
III words q minute was recently
broken by Margaret B. Owen. OF New
York city, who wrote 125 words a min
ute during an hours dictation.
After refusing his proposal Of mar
riage on IL different occasions. Mile.
Alice 1eppilH, the prina donna, finally
accepted Giuseppe Abershini when he
proposed for the 18th time.
Mrs. Eugene Boissevian. who was
lnez Milholland before her MARRIAGE to
h Holland banker. is now In this
country, where she will make an effort
TO get back her law practice.
The women OF Germany are on an
absolute equality with the men in
many respects. They work side and
side with the men In tho sugar beet
fields, carrying bricks. tend switches on
the railroads. etc.
In England q wonfs.. having separ-
women's property act. Of 1882 and
1908. liable for h support Of her pa
rents, husband, children. and grand
children to prevent them becoming
chargeable to any union or parish.
By the recent death Of her husband,
hA ssal g. q Busch, millionaire
comes into an estate W, "a at between
$50, 000, 900 and 370,o0s.Go0. She now
ranks among the richest women in the
world.
Mrs. Nellie G. Upham. who attended
the American Mining congress in Phil
adelphia recently, is the principal
Yer, lead and zinc mine in Colorado
n Is conceded to be the foremost
mining expert Of her sex In the world
Miss Fern Hobbs. private secretary
to the governor OF Oregon. recently ap-
peared in Washington as the represen-
that state to adjust claims involving
scholS and swamp lands and to close
other cases that have been pending In
the national capital. She Is the first
woman ever sent there as the ofhcial
representative of a state.
The popular belief that the field OF
Industrial activities in Mexico ID
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