Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-11-08
WOMEN IN The
WORLDS NEWS

Boston-Prcsident Wilson is one OF
the potrons of the benefit given here to
day ~ the New England Womcn's Press
Association for the purchase of the
birthplace of Henry Wadsworih Long
fellow nj Portland. Me. The Maine
State Federation of Womens Clubs. ald-
ed bv women Of other states. have ~
stored the interior Of the b~oyhodd nome
Of the famous poet. Tonight's benefit j.
an operti concert, in which Madame
Isidora MARTINEZ. Chilean prima donna.
il to sing.
DAYTON. O.-The automobile process
sion of suifragiSt>. members 81 the Con
gressional Union. who are In their WAY
to Washington from the Pacific Coast
To lombard Congress in the interest 81
the Susan II. Anthony amendment Tor
suffrage. are due here tomorrow u
their schedule il in working order. ON
Wednesday they will he at the state
capital at Columbus. and for Il few sue
cccding DAYS will be- smoking out Ohio
congressman. Michigan Will DC the
next state to tackle.
Burlington. Nt.-Tke 18th nnu
meeting of the Woman's Board of Mis-
SionS will begin here on Wednesday,
Among the missionaries expected are
Mrs. George II. towles and Miss JUL
cite Gibson from Africa. Mrs. Ursula q.
Marsh. from Bulgaria. the Misses Ger
trndc Rogers. Caroline Silliman. Mary
ID. thine and Mrs. Enrich and Mrs
Ward. from Turkey: Miss Alice Adams
from Japan. and Mrs. Frank j.. Wood
ward. from Micronesia. The Womcn'S
Board is i Congregational organization
The coming convention Will occupy
three days.
Jacksonville. Fla. At the national
convention of humane dissertations
which opened here today. are many
women workers for SupprcS>in@ cruelty
10 children AMI cruelty ~ animals Mrs.
W. u Dixon. president of the Wornen'S
auxiliary of the humane society al Lon
i%Svillc. Mrs. Jennie Weller. president
If the Tampa humane society, and other
prominent women are attending. Am
ong the speakers are Miss Anna NJ.
Woodward Of Rochester. y. r.. Mrs.
Vary sage Of New York and Miss Tliz
beth Giro. uf Providence. Il. I.
New YORK TEr worlds greatest vr
man walker IL Mrs. Harry %lIumphric~.
VIII la. trampcd over fit zen cOi.rtricS
and part of a sixteenth for no other rea-
son than that she liked 10 walk aud be-
licycd that whatever could ~ done IN
man can h. done IN woman equally WV
well. She left New York in July. 1911.
She tramped through Canada. Nova
Scotia. foundland. Prince Edward
Island. England. Scotland. ireland. Nor
WHY. Denmark. Russia Germany. sweden
Holland. Belgium and Fr;tncc. Her
trip into Spain and Italy was curtailcd
by the war. During her four-ycar iauni
she were but two dresses.
New York How To buy. when tn hnv.
where a. buy. how 10 choose food aud
how to keep it clean these are the
things that Miss Laura \. Cauble Of
the Bureau If Food supply Of the IS
>ociatinn for Improving the Condition
Of the Poor il telling mothers aud house
keepers of this city. The a>Sociation'S
Kitchen i the srch,. of her talks and her
assistants illustrate her words with cx
hibit> Of foods. The kitchen IN the only
one If itS kind III America. but ii has
been 80 successful that others viii son
hc established. II Was made possible ~
the phiIanihropy of Mrs. william *
Vanderbilt jr.. and Mrs. James a. Bur
WI. iI-r WIZ IiNN h'N lf liNl nftfN
>arN for is opening.
P"nghkcepSie. y. N.-At the celcbra
ton Of NaS>ar Colleges semi centennial
last month. enc of the most talked Of
speeches was that of Dr. Emily j. Put
nam. aSSociatr in history ~ Barnard
college. She expressed radical feminist
views regarding the rearing of Young
women. No man would want 10 change
places with his own Wife" she asserted
giNIn. M her reasons wnman'~ inferior
ply >IqrIc. her economic infcrioritv and
her emotional instability. She said She
would correct the first bv havin. girls
engage ~ many sports AMI not cry when
they are hurt. Thra second infcriurity
she believes the collie. woman and the
in'iu>triallN occupied are answering aud
the third she would overcome by stop
ping the sentimental leaks"