Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-06-05
WOMEN IN NEWS


Chicago The. launching II the
Woman's National Party. to lwicld tie
power Of the four million voting women
III America toward the national cnfran-
clliscmcnt of women, j. taking place here
Ehis week. The suffragist hosts have
taken the town by storm. Under skilled
leadership for American women are NV
this time thorough strategists and cam
paigners and, with abundance uf funds
carry on their propaganda, the first
convention of the women voters parry j.
bound to have an influence Oh the bic
events that will take pltcc III thc M
tIobal convcIt ions of the big political
parties. Suffrage First will w. ne
slogan of the big parade which l. to fct-
tnre the first convention 81 thc nrW par
~ and demonstrate The unity " he r"m-
en- of America for suffrage.
CAMBRIDGE. MaSS.-In gratitude IT
Mrs. Eleanor ElkinS Wi,lcncr. who give
to Harvard University the great Hhrlr,
which was recently opened. thp senior
class Of the university has drlicltri iis
class album 10 her. II is rare iu lFar
ward history that a woman Is 80 hnuorrd
Mrs. Rice gave the librlr, i'll memory WI
her SON. Harry Elkins W,iencr. Who
with his father. sank with the Titanic.
ATHENS. Ga. The forty FIRST sorln
crn girl 10 be named af ca Miss Mildred.
InuIN RutbaYF,.t H.. - |
author, lecturer aud historian general
Of the L. y. g.. is Mildred Rutherford
Jenkins. recently born at AbiI-n" Tex
Miss Rutherford i now iu her GIih t-rr
She Was born and reared here ana has
been identified with clucati,nal 4 ,d
forward movements If all kinds through
out Georgia and he South
CHICAGO One II the interesting
visitors al the republican AMI nrr.rc~
sivc national conventions this week is
Mrs. Alice Roosevelt iongworth. She
has seen every republican national coz
vcntion during the last dozen wears.
and kccnly enjoys the political game.
Other women who are coming include
Madame Ia CANA. with Che Brazilian
ambassador. Mrs. Larz Anderson. Mrs.
%chaunccy Dcpcw. and Mrs. Henry Gov
bin widow OF Lieut. Gen. Cnrhiu Mluv
of tho senators and Representatives r-ili
bring their wives. Chicago women who
will entertain lavishly Include Mrs.
Robert Mccormick Mrs Ncdill NcCo~-
mick. Mrs Marshall Field aud the
Countess Gizvcka. =
MARION. O II Il lust sixty ono
wears since Eunice Conhlin. daughter OF
Col. Washington w. ConkIin and II di-
rect descendant of the famous Roger
Williams IF Rhode Island. rlirh-cl her
troth 10 DE>taing Salisbury Covert III
Cincinnati. T"lay. though 50 Years old
she manages the urges agricultural
lands in Marion county. Her mother
taught the late president rutherford II.
Hayes his letters III school NJ Delaware
Ohio And Mrs. Covert has Taught
many in useful WAYS. With her tenants
she plans the crops and she directs IN
the improvements and tho adoption Of
newer methods She has uc,ry found tirg
Ia grow old she saws. She j. he mother
If three childrrn-MrS. \. w. Dickson r'
Springfield. Mass. Mrs Agnes a.
Knapp. who lives = home. and Irving
w. Covert Of San Martin. Calf.
NEW NORk-ShowerS Of rorgratu.
lations are pouring in on Miss 1sli'
EandcrSon. the stage beauty AMI muSl
cal comedy star. who will b. married
tomorrow. She = mol quite thirty tw,
and is al the height Of her career ans
a~nuounces she will not give M the stag'
The marriage tomorrow i her Seconf
The groom Is Lieutenant Bradford
Lead OF the local branch of the /. $
photographic Bsrcau. While engage
IN coast survey work near Boston h
met Miss Sander>on. Her frs. husban,
whom she divorced "A few wears agn. Was
Tod Sloan, the famous jockey.
NEW YORK Although women ar
barred from the big military camp a