The Washington herald., 1913-09-21

Of hCusemaids.
Nearly 100000 women are self-support-
ins in Germany.
A ~rican women are considered the
best dressed of any in the world
Fifty per cent of the women in Spain
are entirely lax in education.
bungalows are to be built in Washing
ton for the women government employees.
Nearly IS per cent of the shareholders
Of the Pennsylvania Railroad are women.
Actresses in New York are going to
have a club with billiard room and
bar.
Women doctors are very scarce in
Spain. not one being registered in that
country.
Swimming is every year becoming more
popular in Denmark for women as well
as men.
A device for holding the wings of
chickens down has been patented by a
Mis.0ur woman
Mayor Rose. of Los Angeles. has ap-
pointed Miss Gretchen Gallinger as his
private secretary.
indianapolis has a theater where all the
ushers Q women. and they are all red
headed.
Miss Edna Carr, an American girl, is
living the life of a hermit in a small log
cabin near London.
There are nearly thirty thousand wom-
en- in Russia who are members of sport
Ing and athletic clubs.
OF the feminir population in the
United States 143 per cent are engaged
In gamful occupations.
Dark women speak at a greater speed
than fair ones and short women speak
faster than tall women.
According to the new ruling Of the
] ondon Health Department. babies in
that city are now allowed 10 be rocked.
Six single girls in Salem, Ohio, recently
raised $1,000 for the Salem Hospital by
dispensing kisses at 81 each.
Sums as high as g a week will he paid
TO widowed mothers under the new Mas
sachusctts' mothers pension law.
Miss Vita RTCkford is the new woman
champion swimmer of Denmark. having
swum I"t metres in ! minute 50 - Sec
Onds.
An influential society has been formed
In Munich. Germany. whose object is the
production Of dramatic works by women.
During the Western Fair held at Lon
ion. Ontario two women detectives were
engaged TO watch for purse snatchers
and pickpockets.
Mrs. Grace Roseberry. Of Hutchinson.
Kan. has been elected superintendent Of
the School for the Blind in Kansas City,
Kan
A woman weighing 800 pounds held up
q Northwest Massachusetts train recent
ly by falling between two seats and get
ting wedged.
Because she is opposed to gambling
among women! Queen Mary Of England
has prevented the establishment of
WOmen'S club in London.
For the first time in the history of the
Medical Institute Of st. Petersburg,
Russia. a woman has been elected as
private lecturer in medicine.
Texas club women have received let
ter from the State Federation ofWOmens
Clubs asking them to see that music is
taught in the public schools.
Miss Margaret Judson. of Nassar Col
leGe. has accepted the position of dean
Of ShepardsOn College, an institution for
women at Denison University.
A life saving device that can be used
TO advantage at fires has been invented
by Mrs r Z. Chadwick of Turn Oake,
Va, wife of Rear Admiral Chadwick.
Mrs Minie Gunterman. former wife of
Henry Gotthelf. New York millionaire
lace manufacturer. is now working as a
dishwasher in a Savannah, Ga, restau-
rant.
Miss Claire Simmons. of Tucson. Ariz..
was arrested recently for wearing
tiaphanous gown and demanded trial
by jury Of women, which request was
granted.
An Ocean Beach, y. Y. hotel has an
sight-year-old girl, Katherine Fagan, who
claims the distinction Of being the young
est bell girl on record.
In Berlin, Germany, the number of
women between the ages of seventy and
eighty number 25.2O4 as against 12,S9S
men. Three out Of every four mon
agenarians are women.
There are many women in the Mexican
cunstitutionalsts ranks, and they are
said to be good fighters, many of them
being able TO handle a rifle much better
than the men.
Miss Jean Dawson, of the depart
ment of PioIogy, of the Cleveland Nor
NAL School, by her persistent and
scientific attack has succeeded in rid
ding that city of flies.
A policewoman will soon walk a
beat" composed largely of disorderly
houses and cafes frequented by all
night merrymakers in Kansas City.
Her principal duty will be to help those
who wish 10 be helped.
Women convicts in New York will
be sent to a State farm which has
been recently established in Columbia
County. The women will be housed
in cottages and will raise potatoes, rye,
corn, and vegetables.
Women employed in the textile in
dustry in Germany are in a majority