Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-10-27
IN THE
NEWS

IeterSborOugh. y. o. COLONIZATION
Creative Capability" is the unusual
work which-Mrs. Edward Mcdowell Is
carrying out in this hill town Of New
England. The dream that her husband
dreamed long years ago has become an
accomplishment, and a successful season
i, just finished. She has sent back to the
cities Il score Of men and women workers
III the creative arts renewed in health
and courage. and with ample fruits Of
good work lone IN the peace ct the hills.
And She u nos facing her annual deficit
which she has met year after year
giving r~rcital> uf M~acilowcll music from
the .Atianfn. lo the Pacific. \ woman Of
frail health. she haS aSioum.ctl her most
intimate friends BY thc tenacity Of her
spirit. She attributes her success with
the colony To hc- unobtrusivr manage
mcnt. She keeps herself and her huS
bands music in the background. She be-
licvcs there should be no dominating J..
fuencc in 4 colony Of creative beings.
Pfttslmrg The P(psyivania State
difference If the Daughters of the Am
Ivan Revolution opened here today Mrs.
= Jarvis Adams will give u reception
10 the delegates M her home tomorrow
evening. The Carnegie Institute will he
inspected this evening. AMI ~ WcdneS-
day the delegates will attend Il PLAY in
the ttcatcr Of the Carnegie Institute of
Technology.
Boston Miss Alice Henry. former
editor Of Life and Labor in an address
before the members Of the Womci
city club. stated that women now work
~ - A A. fHsl - -
out that because Of the ever increasing
number Of household labor saving in
vcniionS. vacuum cleaners. etc. women
are finding more and more work outside
the hcmc. She argued that girls should
be allowed ~ obtain knowledge of trades
IN which there ~ az present little de-
mand for female workers. Her statistics
were gained from the census fahuIations
Among the Unusual tridcs i'm which
women work She found II women man.
'gcrS Of livery stables.
Trenton. y. Il amiidatcS for 10
lfrwomcn in this state will be giv.n
official tests mex week. The Civil Com
mission will conduit the tests on Nov. ::
and the candidates will he limited To-
ages between 20 and ~. Trenton will
have the first eligible list il The State.
Atlanta While sweet scented letters
are finding their way a. the battle front
m France from Georgia maiIens. IN the
campaign 10 cheer mp fricndleS> soldiers
the women of France are fn have their
soul headed by the CHEEKY letters from
Cnle Sans fighters. Just As lonely 49,
the men in the trenches are Uncle Sans
boys who are doing duty in the lionel,
Black Republic" of Haiti. They heard
81 the sweet missivc> that Georgia girls
are writing 10 the men i'm the trcnches
and 50 they have laid their case before
DIR. +. f.. MAYS. executive secretary Of
The Georgia War Relief Committee. Or
MaNe> received the names Of a hundred
French fighters who were lonesome and
ne distributed the James among Atlanta
girls. Now he must heed the misery %,
the boys in Haiti. and be has consented
To send 10 "rctty girls Of France the
names Of the lonely marines or Uncle
Sam.
Philadclphia-NrS. Joseph FeIs the
single tax lecturer. who took M the pro.
poganda which her husband was spread
ing before his death. has just completed
= fourteen weeks lecture tour in the
NV 1hf'fs' " FfiN UfiIftp~
all taxes will hc removed save one
The TAX on land. A wear ago. she returned
from England. aud has since lccturcd i'm
nearly every large city in the %countrv
New lork-The final week of the Suf-
fragc s'ampaign in New York State has
been reached. aud there are 5000 cam
paien workers stamping. button boiling
and shouting. throughout the state. A
thousand meetings are held each dav and
every city. town aud hamlet is being
combcd for suffrage votes. The bio IN
radc "f last Saturday il being followed
the last grand r~olIving WEEK III which
the efforts IF the volunteer workers are
doubled.
SAN Francisco One Of the most piii-
ful IF wars victims il u Russian ..r;.
Maria Po>Scn. who arrived here Last
week. after having walked 1900 miles ~
and China a. get "a America.
Orphaned by the war. she Travelled over
the Siberian railroad. abandoning the
train 10 walk 1900 miles to Shanghai.