The Washington herald., 1913-08-31
Interesting JOttings Concerning the
DOings of the Feminine Sex the
World Over.

Interesting JottIngs Concerning the
DOings of the Feminine Sex the
World Over.
Thibet has women carpenters
Over 10000 women pay taxes in Michi-
gan.
Women in Japan work as coal passers
! On the steamships.
Catherine Kline has announced her
candidacy for Mayor in Cleveland, Ohio.
over 3,O0nOOo women are employed in
other than household occupations.
In Elmlra, n. y. women taxpayers at
tend the meetings OF the common coun-
Gil
The PeIlcgra disease in the South is
to be Investigated by DIR. Elizabeth
Muncey, OF the Carnegie Institution.
Mrs Nanette Melville, Of Baltimore,
has been appointed as special police
woman to preserve the morals of the
boardwalk at Newport, r. I.
Mary Z. Miller, a tweIve-ycar-o girl
recently swan across the Hudson River
distance Of one and One-half miles, in
~ minutes.
Over 6.OOo.o0O women's hats and bonnets
were imported from the British Isles dur
ing the rrst six months OF this year.
Mrs. Joseph Wood, wife Of prominent
LAWYER in MI. Vernon. n Y. has been
appointed to the West Chester County
police force.
For the first time in the history Of
Georgia. woman. Mrs. Alice d. swan
son. has been appointed a deputy col
lector and inspector OF port.
Cincinnati housemaids have organized
a maids union and declare they will re-
fuse TO handle articles made or delivered
by nOnunion men.
Doctors in Paris have begun a crusade
against ladies' wells. which they declare
are Derilous TO health and mere recepta-
Cles to microbes.
nr. Beatrice VI. Victory, Of PhiladeI- |
nhia, is the frst woman TO win the de-
gree OF doctor of philosophy in Germanic
at the University of Pennsylvania.
DowaEer Queen Alexandria. OF Eng
i'lilA' 'aoA Nus NN' Ndlls VI ElONtS ldllN |
during the year. She spends $4,000 !
year in Paris for dresses and Jewels.
Mrs. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt aston |
ished the people at Newport recently by |
appearing with parasoI upon the panels |
of which were painted a variety of cats |
The Ohio Liquor League, the official or |
GanizatiOn of the retail liquor dealers |
in that State. is planning a campaign !
against the women who drink in public |
places.
Over 100 women in San Francisco have !
signifed their willingness to aid Mayor |
Rolph in his effort to float $3.5OO.OO0 bonds |
for railway extensions in that city.
Even in Galicia there are two Polish |
associations for womens right and also !
one exists in Warsaw under the Rus |
sian government, and at Posen under ,
Prussia.
Nine. Dieulafay. the famous explorer
and traveller, is the only woman in |
France who is permitted to wear male |
attire. law being passed specially for |
her benefit.
The Italian Supreme Court has refused |
to allow Signorina Teresa Labriola to |
practice law in that country on the |
grounds that a woman cannot do any
thing in public life without the consent |
Of her husband. and IL she were allowed |
to practice law, her husband might with |
draw his consent.
Mrs. Ernest Hart, the woman scientist |
of England. who discovered the new sys-
TEN of waterproofng which made wash |
able banknotes possible, is the presiding
genius in a factory which is erected in |
London to carry through some of the |
chemical processes she has perfected.
Special cages for the, protection OF the |
head and torso have been invented by |
the physical director of the high school
at Dover. n. j.. for the benefit of the !
girl pupils whom he is teaching boxing. |
Through the protection provided by these !
cages the girls learn to receive and give
smashing blows.
In Kansas women have succeeded in
getting through the State Legislature a
bill which makes it unlawful for any |
person 10 throw. place, deposit, or leave |
or cause to be thrown or left in any of
the public streets, highways, alleys,
parks, or thoroughfares, dirt, or refuse, |
of any character.
In England women are empowered by |
the laws to fill the following positions: |
Queen, marshal. champion OF England. |
of sewers, governor of
workhouse, keeper of prison gate. house
of the dean and chapter Of Westminster,
sexton, returning officer, constable, /
church warden of the poor, but a woman
may not be solicitor nor hold any court /
position.
Under the Pennsylvania State law,
which makes fifty-fouT hours per week
the maximum time for employed women,
il now seems probable that most of the
women in railroad service will lose their
jobs. Those who will be affected are
mostly telegraph and telephone opera
tors. and in charge Of small stations in !
country districts.