The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-06
ACTIVITIES OF WOMEN
ALL OVER THE WORLD
Interesting lettings Concerning the Doings of
the Feminine Sex in america and
Foreign Lands.

in america and
Lands.
tepee for the telephone exchange and
has accepted Q position As an operator
in g big hotel In Glacier National Park.
Stella Mayhem. the actress, has been
sworn in as third assistant IRE chief of
New Rochelle. N. Y.
Two Detroit girls, Margaret Fighter and
Marion Smith are walking from Detroit
to San Francisco
Architecture as a profession for women
is now being discussed in the press Of
various COUNTRIES.
Eighty-five per cent of the girls rescued
from the dens in Philadelphia by Mrs
Alice v. Heron have made good.
Fanny Crosby. the hymn-writer. il sim
living at the age of nfnety-three and is
active and happy despite her blindness
MIS- Carl Akeley. wife Of the explorer.
Is one Of the most successful hunters of
big game among the feminine sex.
Forty-four women took the civil service
examinations In Philadelphia for the Do
sition of street cleaning inspector.
Miss Florence E Reynolds is business
manager, editor, bookkeeper and local
reporter for the Minden CNehr) Newa
Josephine Roche. penver's lady police
woman, has more than made good since
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At the November election the voters
Of Ohio will decide whether or not a
woman can be at the head Of the State
institutions.
Sevela women in New York have
passed the civil service examinations for
that city.
Mrs. William H. Dewar, Of Philadel-
phia, holder of the National Fencing
Championship for Women. IL the most
redoubtable sworder Of her sex in
America
Mrs. Hetty Green. now considered the
richest woman in the United States, was
only eight years Of age when she opened
a bank account.
Princess Shakhovskoy. Of Russia, who
has done many daring feats with an
aeroplane. is now thinking Of trying to
fly around the world
While weeping at the grave Of her
mother. Katherine Welsh. of Manchester,
England. regained her sight after being
blind for eleven months
Despite the fsct that siie- has fallen
heir to Sooooo. fifteen-year-oid Helen
Kleckner. of Bath. n. Y. win continus
her work as stenographer.
The wife of Premier Fable, Of Dem
mark. Is the Official parliamentary Short
hand writer for the Cabinet and receives
SIS year for her work.
Miss Florence Este. the young Phila-
delphia painter, has been elected a MEM
Der OF the Societaire de la Societs
Rationale des Beaux Art in Paris. Shs
Is the fourth woman so honored.
Mrs. Augustus r. Ffske has abandoned
a life OF gayety In Boston, where she has
been leader, to raise blooded DOGS and
milk-fed chickens on farm at Wood
stock, VT
Mrs. Reginald Vanderbilt made applica-
tion recently to be a deputy sheriff In
New York City. but was denied the privt-
lege because the law says that only yot-
ers can be appointed.
Miss Violet Oakley. the painter whe
has the contract for the decorations in
the Pennsylvania State Capitol, will re-
ceive $50 square foot or nearly $50 o0)
for the job when II is completed.
Although she is seventy years Of age
Mrs. Julia B. Painter. of Pittsburg. has
Just completed a masterpiece in clay.
called The Head Of an Apache" which
was done without the aid of a living
model.
Miss Clara d. True has charge Of the
Potrero Indian agency, and since assum-
ing the position has abolished the selling
Of whisky to the Indians. and the agency
Is now looked upon as a model reserva-
ton.
Mrs. Albert Metcalfe has the distinc-
ton of being the only woman command
ant of the United States Navy. She rules
Harbor. N. Y, Navy Yard and
has held her rank since 1906, when her
husband died.
Mrs. Archibald Boyd. Who has been
carrying the mails for the past twenty
five years between Interiaken ana Stock
bridge. Me-, although Just married, will
continue to act as mail carrier ana let
her husband stay at home and do the
homework.
English women are 30 anxious to aid
their country In warfare as well az IN
peace that great numbers Of them are
now organized into army nursing corpe.
whose object Is to train the members In
time Of peace 30 that should war break
out they will be ready to take the fields
at once as nurses to the British army.
At recent meeting Of the Swansea
and Mumbles Railway. Of England. Miss
Elaine Jenkins was reelected a director
to serve during the coming year She
Is an enthusiastic board member and
never misses a meeting. In the Discus
sion Of important resolutions she figures
prominently and she herself proposes
many new measures
Miss Amanda Clement, physical al.
rector of the Young women's Christian
Of La Crosse, Wis. Is Of the
opinion that women's feet are all wrona
and will endeaxor to correct them. In
the seventy-five pairs of feet thus far
examined Miss Clement has found none
perfect, all having been deformed to some
extent by heins improperly shod.
Tut in fancy County. Mo-. there are
three women who are expert railroad tie
hewers. The women are Mrs w. A.