Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-03-06
ACTIVITIES OF WOMEN
interesting lettings Concerning the
Doinss of tho Feminine Sex tho
World Over.


World Over.
n woman's ear is more human than
II mans.
Radcliffe college has a female fire de-
/! partment.
New York is to have 80 automobile
inspectors.
Miss Eva Reichardt is the only wom-
an offlcia lin Arkansas.
The average woman lives two Years
longer than the average man.
Nearly 2.0o0. 600 families in France
have no children.
The greatest advances made by
women is probably in science.
Vienna has several women who work
every day with a pick and shovel.
Everett. Mass. women have started
a crusade against short weight dealers.
over 5000. 600 women are industrially
self supporting in the United States.
Madame Calve. the opera singer. is
now instructing American girls how to
sing.
Petra Herrera. a Young Mexican
woman. is in of 200 rebels at
Durango. Mex.
The City club of philadelphia is con-
slueflng the admission of women as
members.
Circus girls. connected with all the
big shows of the country. nave formed
a union:
when girls or Women are on trial in
st. Louis two women judges will pass
Judgment pom them.
In Sweden a married woman is
barred from practicing law. while a
single woman is allowed to do so.
4Archduchess Marie J%osepha, of Aus
tria, recently Won $ 1000, 900 on the
Vienna Bourse.
In the United States women attor-
neyS. nOtarieS and patent agents nnm-
Der about 10000.
PENNSYLVANIA state college has 65 fe-
male students learning the methods of
producing nourishing dishes.
A majority of the widows in Paris
are remarked within is months of
thelr hrSt bereavement.
compulsory appointment of police
women IN all Wisconsin cities will be
recommended to the legislature.
Inc average term of a telephone OPP
orator is two and one-half years and
the average wage received is 81.
When Max Eastman. the editor of q
New York paper, was arrested recently
LOT noel. ms wife acted as his attorney.
IN 6l.i per cent of the cases of wom-
en- factory workers in Washington state
the wage was less than 50 per week.
Ihere are three women among tho
III people recently elected to Belt me-
mortal fellowships for MEDICAL research.
women teachers in the Philadelphia
schools are given the same opportunity
as men for the positions of PRINCIPAL
ships.
Queen Mary. of England, was re-
lused Ambulance to the Norwich Castle
museum because she refused to give
her umbrella.
FOR the first time in it's history the
Econom club of New York. at it's next
meeting will admit women to it's forum,
unless a girl can qualify as an OK
pert Washerwoman she cannot hope to
get her B. $. degree from the Teachers
college in New York.
MISS fern Hobbs. private secretary
TO Governor West. of Oregon, is the
ilke.candidate for governor in that state
at the next election.
Miss Margaret Gardner is assistant
prosecuting attorney of Los Angeles.
CAL. and will handle all cases inyolv.
ing women defendants.
The seal of Bronx county New York
was designed by a woman. Mrs. Ed
ward Polak. who for Is years has been
a successful attorney.
MRS. Katherine Todd Appleton is at
tempting to form a p~hilanthropic or
Sanlzatlon which will care for starving
artists of all nationalities.
Mrs. katherine h. Davis, recently ap-
pointed COMMISSIONS of corrections in
New York. has over 600 employees con-
nected with her department.
Testing a life vest, Miss TINY Broad
WICK. an lS-year-old parachute jumper,
recently dropped 1000 feet rom a
blplane and landed with ease.
Parls women are eliminating the
stockings altogether and are wearing
a i shoe with a silk top worn on
the bare boot and laced across.
MRS. Teresa Felicetti, probably the
Oldest woman in Italy. recently cele-
DRAFTED her 10th birthday by eating a
hearty meal followed by a glass OF
whisky.
Mrs. l.. S. Sheldon has announced her
candidacy for associate justice of the
supreme court of Kansas. She is the
nfst woman to seek Il place on the
bench in Kansas.
Mrs. Lewis b. Woodruff. of New
YORK. who was once blind. has written
a book and is devoting the proceeds
from the sale of the book to aid those
who cannot see.
The highest court in England has
decided that "a woman is not a person
within the meaning of the solicitors'
act OF 1S43.' and therefore she cannot
practice law.
In France, Switzerland and Neither
lands, as Well as in the countries of
Europe where Women have been en-
lfanchlsed. a great majority have en-
tered legal professions.
The New York Municipal Civic Ser
vice commission will allow DR.. Joseph
vice commission will allow DIR.
Josephine Baker to compete for either
general medical officer or sanitary
superintendent of the department.
For helping the four grandsons of
William Bross. known as the War
Governor of Illinois, to gain their
rights under his will. Miss Mary E.
Miller. as their attorney. received a
fee of $40. 800.
Mrs. Elizabeth Spencer. an English
woman. realizing the great need of
women architects, has formulated a
scheme for teaching and training such
girls as wish to enter this interesting
profession.
In honor of her services in or