The Washington herald., 1914-02-08

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Interesting .JottiaGs Coaeernisg the
Doinss Of the Feminine Sex
the World Over.
Women think faster than men.
India has a woman councillor.
Boston Is to soon, have a suffrage
restaurant.
At the age of thirty the female brain
begins to lose weight.
Teachers Of tango dancing in Switzer-
land charge $40 an hour.
Miss Bertha May Body has been elect
ed dean of Radcliffe College.
wiiliamsport. Pa. Ii to have womap
on the city police force.
Sarah Bernhardt. the talented French
actress, is sixty-nine years Of age.
Over 400 women made applications for
patents in Great Britain last year. y
Queen Mary. OF England. saves 5000
year due to her economizing ways.
During the past year Cleveland has
had one divorce In each four marriages.
Mrs. Emma J.. Schulze Is the only
woman hotelkeeper in Delaware County.
Pa.
Louisville women have organized an
association for sensible dress among
girls
Mortality among widows Is much
greater than among married women Of
the same age.
Cleveland telephone operators have re-
ceived an increase of 10 per cent.
Cleveland women are working for the
appointment Of a woman As market
inspector.
German army officers are forbidden to
take the arm OF a woman when walk
Ing with them.
Mrs Emma B. Mosier. of Charlotte
Mich. has given birth to three sets OF
twins.
Anita Baldwin. daughter Of the late
E. J. lucky Baldwin. is a music COM
poser.
Women school teachers In Cincinnati
have been placed on the same equal as
the men teachers.
Oak Park, Ills. a town Of 1900 popula-
ton. has record of five babies a day.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw has declared her
intention of becoming a member of the
Catholic church.
The mayor OF Covington. KY. has been
or the police force.
fourteen miles. according to a tango
pedometer which she wore on her leg.
There are over 5000. 900 working women
in the United States whose average sal
airy is only IS per week.
sicians as resident or stan officers in
any of the hospitals.
Anna Held. the actress, is heir to a
100000 legacy left her by a woman ad-
mirer in California.
Los Angeles women now have a white
list" of moving picture places so as to
keep children from evil
Mrs. Edward c. Niver has been named
Board OF Censorship OF Motion Pictures.
Mrs. William X. Vanderbilt. jr., the
New York society leader. is now engaged
in fighting the promiscuous traffic in
drugs.
Miss Theresa Hardy. sister Of Thomas
Hardy, has been organist OF the parish
church in Stinsford. England. for forty
three years.
Miss Jessie Thorpe. although only If
teen years of age, is considered one of
the cleverest trap shooters in the coun-
try.
Mrs. Eva NJ. Murphy. Of Goodlsnd,
Kans., has announced her candidacy for
Congress on the Progressive ticket.
In an effort to solve the servant prob
ranging a series of weekly dances for
their servants.
Mrs. Sarah III. Soren, of Arizona, re-
Gently appeared before the United States
Supreme Court as sole counsel for a
mining corporation.
Mrs Charles NJ. Walker has Just been
man Literary Society for the twenty
sixth time.
Mrs. o. II. p. Belmont has donated
5000 to the fund to fight all Democrats
in Congress who do not vote for the
suffrage amendment.
Miss Minnie Patterson. Of Rosamond.
Ill, has been elected as tax collector
to succeed her husband who died re-
Gently.
Princess Louise, daughter of the late
King Leopold. Of Belgium, will receive
about so. 900 as her share of her fathers
estate.
Mrs. Boissevain, who before her mar
rage was Inez Milholland. Is acting as
nurse to her husband. who is now in a
New York hospital.
OF the 2.es5 women who registered to
vote In Multnomah County, Oregon. 1.S3S
were Republicans. 532 democrats and LII
Progressives.
Prs. Charles r. Edison. a member of
the California State Labor Commission. |
has been mentioned as candidate for
governor In that State.
A proposal to have female police officers |
to attend to and supervise the conduct
Of young girls in Dundee. Scotland. is to |
be considered.
Ut. Jacques Bertillon, of Paris. says q |
married woman or man has thrice as |
much chance for long life as bachelor |
or spinster.
Mrs. Richard C. Burleson, daughter-in- |
law of Postmaster General Burleson. Is |
taking a course In politics and economies |
It George Washington University.
Mrs. John Hays Hammond and Mrs. |
Ira Morris, both American women. re-
,ently attended a court ball in Rome |
wearing Jewels valued at $2,0ooooo.
Mrs. Jane Reynolds, of Croton Lake, n. |
T., who has just celebrated her ninety
eighth birthday. claims that to live long |
ife one should drink plenty of tea.
The Wisconsin eugenic law. which pro-
1ides for the issuance Of marriage licenses |
,nly upon = certificate Of clean bill OF /
health. has been declared unconstitu-