Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-06-04
ACTIVITIES OF WOMEN

Denmark has several women lawyers.
Mexican women. eve attend
funerals.
Hindu women arc anxious 70 have
the vote.
Over nine-tenths OF the wornen IN
Wyoming vote.
The demand for nurses is increasing
rapidly.
Vienna women have begun. a crusade
against male flirts.
The majority of Japanese women
marry at the age of 81.
The proportion of women to men II
100 to Ito in Australia.
In England a reward Of $25 is paid
to women who become mothers.
Miss Kate Grant has been teaching
school for % years In Spokane, Wash.
The Wolnan's Trade Union league Of
New York city has over 65,e00 members.
Miss Emily p. Biddle originated the
Red Cross stamps to fight tuberculosis.
Some sc .000 women are out Of employ
nsent In New York city at the present
time.
Mrs. Mabel Fl. Kirk has been APP
pointed psychologist of the Essex coun-
ty, New Jersey courts.
Wages for barmaids in England are
no more than domestic servants de-
mand In this country.
London has a school for motoring for
women, which Is owned and managed
by women.
The nearly $4,000 female factory
workers In Michigan receive an aver
age daily wage of $1.14.
Over 10000 working girls in New
York city are members OF the National
League Women workers.
SWISS girls are gradually forsaking
the domestic eniployments for those Of
IL office and shops.
The University club in New York.
[ civ Which - rtYr owr1,,c3v,oN~v p~~ 80
men. has a 81. 600, 900 club house.
Fraal Melli Besse, Germany's only wo-
man aviator. Is the only woman In the
world who cnducts a flying school.
Madam Curie, who with her hus-
bard discovered radium. Is the only
person in the world to hold two Nohel
prizas.
The Belfast Red Cross branch OF the
Ulster volunteers force have 525 wo-
men, OF which severa are only 16 years
Since women have been ~perrnitted "a
the judEe's bench in Norway Justice
20 wofnen n girls Is being more Uni
formiyydone.
It is claimed that the workins class
WIG Is a more efficient spencer of
class sister.
Mrs. Samuel Semple. the only female
member OF the Pennsylvania industrisI
BOARD. is inspecting the bakeries in
IfFtI SLStC. fJ HFsHsEa 6 gesSEHEs
A New York bank has opened 4 wo-
mems department and q suite OF rooms
Is placed at the disposal Of their female
customers. -'
Bloomington, Ind, has q women,a5
shop. where only women can
Eet q slane and have It done by q of
their own sex.
In the little town Of W~illesden. Eng
land, all the married women rs out
20 work while the husbands sfav ae
home and keep house.
Less than 1900 women showed their
PREFERENCE for the vote in a test con-
c ceTt ny a Paris newspaper at the re-
All the girk graduating from the
ank school. of Oakland, Cal. win
oe supplied with gowns by the board Of
p,o1 In s,M " sa,s women gre now en-
inc post offices, and In some Instances
are fafsed to be postmistress
i5elns OF an adventures nature. Mrs
"a. IA. broWn. a wealthy Los Angeles
Moman recently sailed a sloop yacht
iroln Atlantic City TO New York.
" the three largest female colleges
oO per cent of the graduates marry. "a
yer cent teach. and 10 per cent are an
saged IN other occupations.
England now has IL schools where
women are taught gardening, poultry
r ,an pee Keeping. farming. hoyticui-
ure and domestic science.
Over 5000. 900 silkworms win ~
.aEed IN Napa county. California. dur
lns the coming season. through the ac.
ciety. so
Great efforts are being made BY the
se g dao at Wellesley college to raise the
=. 100000 building fund and some Of
them are even shining shoes to helm.
Vt. Anna II. Shaw, the suffrarfat
has brough suit against the Ta-
nigh Valley Railroad company. FOR IN
OF their trains. :.
Cohege women who are THOROUGHLY
sra ained scientists have no trouble id
securing positions In government iah-
oratories OF the various cities.
Inc Ilrst woman to file q petition Ia
De q candidate for membership Of 4
sIale committee in Pennsylvania a
MISS Helen p. Standish, a school each
er. In Dorranceton. -
Miss Katherine Shay, a freshman NJ
the University OF Michigan. swine. :
heavy sledge for four and one-hai:
LOUIS once a week in the engineering
department. where she Is STUDYING TON
an engineer.
IN divorce cases recorded in the Uni
TED states, where immortality q fha
basis OF the suit. the wife ts charged
with the offense In 10000 cases an
band. 4us
Before her marriage to v,ncent A.
lor. MISS Helen %. Huntingdon re-
nounced her dover rights In the vast
Aston estate. which has been the cns-
tom IN every instance when an Aston
The Women's Educational union. "a
centiy In Cairo, Egypt. is doS
ING much to educate the Mosiern wom-
en-. who are anxious to be able to COM
pete with their more civilized sisters
lof other countries. IT'D 49,
% the 10 Massachusetts industries
employing the largest number az adult
females, t1ree-hosiery. confectionery
paper-more than one-fifth Of their
female employees receive less than Sc
per week. and more than one-tenth re-
celNe over $l2 per week.
Inc Canadian state department has
issued a public notice that marriages.
between women of British nationality.
protesting Christian religion, and Mos.
lens. Hindus and other persons. be4
longing to countries where polygamy
Is legal. should not be allowed.
Miss Emma r. Graves, who will cele-
brate her SD birthday the last OF this
month. has Just rounded out so years
OF continuous service in the treasury
department at Washington, b. G. She
was one Of the first women to be em
L nInVod In the