The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-03
WOMEN IN THE NEWS.

Boston--Miss Emma NJ. Mutt, OF
Chelsea, Mass, the fist woman tele-
phone operator in the world, Is still
in the employ of the New England
Telephone Company. Long before the
DAVIS when numbers were applied to
telephones, she oprated the hrst sWicn-
board ever installed. 1t was back In
1873 that she took charge of the first
telephone switchboard. In those lays
the subscribers. and there were very
few. gave the name OF the party
wanted. Miss Mutt says she could
handle about 1000 calls q week. but
they were not in such rush as bus
mess people OF today.
San Francisco-Miss leila Nuttall.
who has distinguished herself In arch
aeology. and is one Of the three most
noted American women. according to
the exposition committee appointed to
select, arrived at the exposition today
as the guest of honor for a week.
Miss Katherine Davis, the prison re-
former of New York. and Miss Jane
Adams, now in Europe, will later
he entertained as the others in the
group of three most famous American
women.
Miss Nuttall IL q ntive OF this city
She was eddcated In Europe. and
has spent many years in travel. Her
most important work has been done
in Mexico where she discovered many
prizes in archaeology. especially in
picture writing for the Peabody Mu-
scum at Harvard.
Cincin nati-The romances of two
sisters. Trina B. Well and Hazel HI.
Well of this city, form two pretty
fuu
Irma will wed Lieutenant Otto Skibbe,
of the German army. whom she nursed
hack to- health in a hospital in Ba-
varia. He is now director Of customs
at Dantzig, and the wedding is set
after the end of the war. Miss Eazel
is soon to wed Morris Fantle, bus
mess man OF Clinton. Ill, whom she
met while singing at public concert.
She is prominent in local musical cir
cles, and will sing for the benefit of
the n-Austria Hungarian war
fund tomorrow night.
Philadelphia-Mrs. Walter c. Han
cock Is chairman of the Horse Show
big indoor society horse show which
opens here tonight. The event La
one of the big society features Of the
spring. There are many lady exhibit
tors, especially in the ladies' pairs,
which will bring out ten pairs of the
finest show horses before the public.
Wellesley, Mass-The Ty Cobbs,
Walter Johnson and iris Speakers that
ill the sport pages with their heroism
each day. have no longer monopoly
on baseball. To show that the great
American sport has no firmer friends
than the girls at Wellesley College. the
entire college will turn ous Saturday
to see the seniors and juniors fight 1t
out on the diamond. Here Is the
lineup:
Seniors-Rachel Davis, Erie. Pa.
right field; Margaret Dawson, Chi
cage, left Held: Miriam wilkes. Bun
aIo. right shortstop: Alathena John
son. Evanston, left shortstop; Helen
Sleeper, Wellesley, third base: Mar
garet Moorehouse. Washington. sec
ond base: Caroline Taylor, Montclair,
~. j.. hrst base; Eleanor Ma on.
Syracuse. catcher: Ruth Hoyt, Mel
rose. Mass. pitcher.
Juniors-Prscilla Barrows. Hart
ford, right field; Beth Williams. De-
troit. left field; Ruth Miner, New
York, right shortstop: Beth Downer,
Dayton. left shortstop; Ruth Rand.
Brooklyn, third base: Louise Smith,
New Orleans. second base: Theresa
Marshall, Dallas, first base: Helen
Heafieid, Chicago. catcher: Dorothy
Baldwin. Philadelphia. pitcher.