The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-03-11
NEWSY BRIEFS ABOUT
WOMEN'S ACTIVITIES.


London now has an official, poticewcm-
an.
Three women were lynched during the
past year.
Cleveland has four successful women
dentists.
: The National Housewives Leagues has
over 10000 members.
Illinois pays out $1,000 a year in moth
= 1rs' pensions.
There are over 1000 women on the Brit
, lsh medical register.
4 New York city is to ave a house of de-
tention for women.
Oregon has three women lumber deal
srs and two female carpenters.
Philadelphia has over 1000 females en-
ployed In clerical positions.
Women are being employed to take NOV
ing pictures Of war scenes In France.
In Louisiana a woman's property be-
comes community property upon mar
rage. " ......
six girls are taking the full farm course
at the Albert Lea, Mimi, college.
! Two more women lnternes have been
added to the staff of the Bellevue hospital
In New York.
over 5000 Of New York's 1900 working
women received less thar $3.50 a week last
year. ..-.g
Marriages in Philadelphia during 1914
showed q decrease Of 25 as compared with
the previous year. '.u b.
~Thirty-seven cities in the United States
do not employ married women as school
teachers.l
Mrs. J.. I. Brown, of Bluff Springs, Mo-.
' a~lternates with her husband In the pulpit
! Of his church.
Mrs. Georgia p. Bullock recently tried
eight cases and imposed sentence In Ave In
the Los Angeles police court.
Mrs. Mary Auspacher Is the first woman
in Cincinnati to apply for n license to u
a moving picture machine.
Miss Helen Harrison Is manager OF the
extensive dairy farm owned by James J.
Hill, the millionaire railroad magnate
Miss Lenore Cawker. Milwaukee's rich
dog catcher, will be paid 500 a year by the
city for work that costs her $500 q year.
FGfty-three per cent Of the women EN-
! ployed in the department stores of New
York city receive less than IS per week.
The Countess Lonyay, a daughter OF
Leopold. OF Belgium, and once a future
empress of Austria, is now a Red Cross
nurse. rar
Mrs. Roberts RInehart, the story writer.
has gone to Europe, where she will act
as a nurse in the American ambulance
service. r- 3
Mime. Bakhemeteff, wife of the Russian
ambassador to the United States. has one
| Of the finest collections OF jewels IN the
world .-. f'- III.
Miss Mabel Mcclymont a invented q
new profession for women--that OF advts-
Ing architects on the construction and OUT
fitting OF hospitals. ' "
Miss Aileen Fell, niece OF Chief Justice
Fell, Of Pennsylvania, who IL only u years
Of age, has made quite a success In rails
ing turkeys.
Scores OF distinguished women attended
the recent sessions OF the American Assoc
citation for the Advancement OF Science.
held In PHILADELPHIA r. .
DR.. Mary Crawford, who has been as
signed to the operating room In the Amen-
can hospital In Paris, In the only woman
physician in the hospital.
Out OF coo California girls, Miss Claric0
Ure, aged Is, of San Francisco, was con-
sidered the prettiest n received a prize
Of q nodded golden apple. -..- E
Lizzie Kinds, of Pinch Run, Ohio. Is TAX
ing care of 80 small children OF the strik-
ing miners. who hav been out of en-
ployment for nine months.
| Miss Wilma X. Russey n the first IL
censed woman taxicab chauffeur to drive
q car from a public stand In New York
city. Miss Russey refuses to accept any
tips. -.. n..
Miss Catherine Clark. of Glendale. Ore,
base been appointed a state senator by
Governor West and will be the first wom-
an to serve in the upper branch Of the
/ legislature. rr s. 9. rrl.
/ Fire Commissioner Adamson. OF New
| York, has appointed Mrs. Olive =. Shep-
herd an q fire inspector IN the bureau OF
| fire prevention at a salary Of Loo q year.
Miss Alice Lund, OF Ephriam. Utah, fl
probably the most successful insurance
agent In the United States, having done
over 100000 worth Of business last year.
The Milwaukee, Los Angeles and Gin
cinnah boards Of education grant teach
ers O leave Of absence for child birth,
while IN Chicago a teacher IL dropped
| from the rolls for that cause.
Mrs. Susan Buckles. who died recently
near Edinburgh. Ill, at h age OF 80. had
never attended q motion picture show, q
| circus or n theater n never had ridden
on q train or street car. g.. H
Miss Kathryn DAILY. who has just been
appointed stonographer In tho New York
| criminal courts. In the first woman stem
ographer to DO successful In obtaining
such a position there,
Twenty-four per cent OF nearly 5000
women and children employed In stores.
laundries. factories n telephone ex-
| changes In New Orleans receive an aver
| age wage or less than a per week.
Mrs. Lorrillard spencer and Miss Kath~
| crime Bufan, OF New York, who recently
returned from the Philippines, are the first
| white women who ever penetrated the
mountain fastnesBes In which the savage
Moros make their homes. Both women
spent q whole year among the tribes and
came back unframed.
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