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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-28

Currency is a woman. Miss Adele
Stewart. for whom problems in
finance have no terrors. She Is an
expert in banking laws She under
stands thoroughly the national bank
act and the Federal Reserve act
which is more than the majority OF
men do. Her immediate work is with
the examination division which
handles reports made by national
bank examiners; and there are more
than $500 national banks in the
country which have to report on the
call OF the Controller at least dve
times year. and be examined twice
a year. Much of this work = under
her immediate supervision.
Miss Ella Lorraine Dorsey. OF the
United States Patent Once, is wom-
an TO whom has been entrusted a re-
sponsible work-that of recordine
foreign patents. For over quarter
OF century she has done unusual
work for the Government. She makes
records of all foreign patents sent
to the United States.
At the Bureau OF Education. Mrs
Henrietta W. Calvin Is known as q
specialist in home economics. for she
teaches them and trains girls to be
good home makers. The subject IL
taught IN many colleges and schools
in the country: and she. in her work.
Is sort of clearing house for ideas.
methods and improvements in this
study She is an authority on all SUBJ
jects concerning the home and It's
correct, economic management
Engaged in another line Of house
hold betterment is DR.. Mary PEN
nington, of the Food Research Lab
oratory. Department of Agriculture.
She is trying to improve the methods
of packing and marketing food prod
ucts. and Is actively concerned with
the many poultry. egg and fish prob
lens 1t Is her job to elevate the
standard of foodstuffs.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-28

Wiltred Laurier. whom all Americans
remember as the champion of rect
proctty and perhaps the best executive
Canada has ever known.
Parliament Housc-A Memory.
Just across the ravine. where the
Rideau Canal locks are located. stands
the Parliament BuildIngs-massiv
stone structures. the very perfection
OF Gothic detail. especially in the
noble towers. Early this year the
building was partly destroyed by fire
OF mysterious origin. The beautiful
rooms set apart for the House of Com
mons and the Senate were burned
out, six persons losing their lives
there. The library, too. is a total
wreck. Hundreds OF rare books which
cannot be replaced were destroyed to-
gether with back numbers OF many
English magazines.
The whole makeup OF the building
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-28

was full OF dignity and beauty. 1t
was commenced in 1860, the corner
stone being laid by the Prince of
Wales, who afterward became King
Edward the Seventh. The main build
ing is nearly 500 feet long, and the
central or Victoria tower rises to the
height OF $50 feet, Entering the large
hall in the center OF the structure
the visitor finds two stairways. the one
on the right leading to the Senate, and
the one on the left to the House of
Commons. These rooms were iden-
teal in shape and design but the
Senate was, perhaps, the most beauti-
full on account OF the soft lighting
which came through the stained glass
windows. The Regal Chair was un-
der a canopy of red velvet. This
was occupied by the Governor General
at the opening and close OF Parlia-
ment It was an exquisitely carved
affair and rested on a dias mmediate-
ly in front of the members To the
right were the Government seats. and
to the left the opposition senators.
Just inside the door was portrait
of Queen Victoria, while in the cor
AboOA " "a q PAG IAl Is "a SSAASAQl&A States
men.
The House OF Commons was prac-
tically the same, except there were
no portraits OF royalty.
The Library of Parliament House
was a polygon Of is sides and was
the real showroom of the building
The dome was supported by massive
buttresses and was so feet from the
floor. In the center was a white
marble statue Of Queen Victoria by
Marshal Wood, an English sculptor.
The flnishings were OF Canadian pine.
which made II an easy prey to the
flames, Over 1000. 900 books were
housed there,
Regal Functions.
1t must be remembered that the
opening OF Parliament in Canada is a
regal function. The galleries of these
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-28

residents of ottawa from force OF
habit may be seen invariably con-
sulting their watches as the sound of
the gun dies away
Rideau Hall. the residence OF the
Governor General. has a pretty ioca-
ton with it's approach through
winding avenue OF trees. 1t is an old
house. modernized to a certain ex-
tent and sets in the center OF an S.
acre tract. 1t is rarely open to the
puoNc, for the Duke does not believe
IN handshaking with the pelbian BOD.
uiace, who If they care to see him.
must view him from afar at some
state junction or at the theatre, of
which he is exceedingly fond. With
the Duchess and his beautiful daugh-
ter. the Princess Patricia, he frequent
iy attends the Russell Theatre, where
Royal Box Is set apart for him.
me Princess Patricia. known as the
Princess Pat" is a sweet girlish crea-
ture with the animation and energy
or her American prototype. She
swims. skates. dances. plays tennis
IN fact-she Is an all around healthy
girl. Since the beginning of the war
"'Ae AAtAs pSeIi SHSaE0u IN correcting
funds for the Red Cross. and 1t Is not
uncommon TO see her going about
the shops in ottawa soliciting funds
Rockcliffe is Ottawas largest park.
and even this has a personality OF Its
own with its picturesque winding ave-
nues and its varied views OF the river
and hills.
Canada's capital. like our own
Washington. is not commercial city.
but the few fine shops smack or royal
ty for number show the coat of
arms of the Governor General. there
by proclaiming the fact that they
serve the Duke OF Connaught. once
in while the royal automobile with
its liveried attendants rolls through
the streets and one feels far from
home, yet this ,.ome OF royalty Is only
a few miles from US. Delightful In
deed is this little city with its ruler
from over the seas transplanted on
the hills of the town founded by the
descendants of the >PuritanS. who
came TO our shores to enjoy the lib
erty they could not obtain In the land
OF their birth.
So here's TO Ottawa~-exclusive de-
lightful little hundred thousand OF
tawa, with its royalty. It's extreme So
cial observances, its quaint homes its
pure Gothic pnblic buildings and IT.
magnificent location
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-28

To be known as "a soft cheese bac-
teriologist" Is surely distinction
with, perhaps. tinge of mystery 10
it As such, Miss Alice G. Evans, Of
the Department of Agriculture. quail
fes. She studies the bacterial growth
that ripens cheese: and. in the case
OF soft cheese. the action OF the bac-
terra and moulds. Her work is scien-
tiflc yet highly PRACTICAL. for II forms
the basis for many campaigns for
purer food. 1t Is not confined TO
soft cheese" she also makes bac-
THEOLOGICAL examinations of cows
milk. fresh from the COW. separates
the bacteria into colonies, transfers
them to other substances and--does
all sorts of scientific things with
them.
At the head of what is conceded TO
be the best fish library in the world
is Miss Rose Macdonald. librarian OF
the Bureau OF Fisheries. She is the
only woman in the Federal service
who has passed the Civil Service ex-
animation as a fish culturist. She Is
not merely a custodian of papers, but
Is practical culturist as well. She
knows all about such "dry" subjects
as carbohydrate metabolism of fishes,
the migrations of fish. water pollu-
ton that affects fish. fish which de-
'stroy mosquitoes. insects that bore
away the wooden piles OF wharves.
and fur seal work.
Mrs. Clara w. Patterson, of the
Bureau Of Plant Industry. is an ex-
pert on mushrooms. She knows the
edible varieties and the poisonous
which Is not remarkable: but she also
can tell whether or not a woman can
raise mushrooms with profit. She
knows-and will tell-how to can
mushrooms how to raise them. how to
prevent fungus diseases which attack
them.
Does Not Fear Figures"
In the office of the Controller of the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-28

helping women become intelligent
home makers and mothers. She can
demonstrate to q nicely what a select
ed course OF reading will do for par
ents who are isolated from the ordi-
nary advantages OF this age, and she
can show how the mind Of the child
may be led Alright
Consider now the work Of Miss l..
Bernie Gallaher, of the National
Museum Photographic STAFF. who has
done remarkable work for the Gov
eminent She is an expert in x-ray
photography and her work Is a sclen-
tit1c one. She photographs bacteria
a million years old and also living
types OF men and women for museum
purposes. A well known sample OF
her work is a photograph OF the skele-
ton OF a rare fish. by the X-ray meth
cd. made so that scientists In Europe
might study its bony structure.
Do not overlook the important
work which Miss Claire Greacen. law
clerk In the ONCE of the Controller
of the Treasury Is doing. She is YER
itably Portia in Uncle Sans serv-
ice. and a splendid example of a
woman qualifying as a specialist in
Government work. She began as a
stenographer. studied law, passed the
bar examinations and now holds a
responsible position.
She Guards Priceless Papers.
Speaking OF responsible Jobs. take
that OF Miss Lucy Stuart Fttzhugh,
who does special work in classifying
and cataioguing the library of the
Department OF State and in taking
care of its rolls She has many i'm
portant state papers entrusted to her,
and she Is remarkable Translator Of
foreign languages.
Among the priceless papers and ar
ucles in her custody may be men
toned: Famous American documents
and national and international trea-
ties and proclamations: the originals
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-28

when Colonel BY and his assistants
came 70 Hull for tho purpose Of con
s.dering tho construction Of the
Rldeau Canal After time they
formed the village Of Bytofyn. named
in honor OF Colonel BY This was In
1927, and 20 years later it's name was
changed 10 Ottawa. 40 called IN honor
Of an Indian tribe known ne the "Ou-
taonais," branch OF the Alconquins.
The Ridcau Canal.
II was the building OF the Rfdos,,
Canal. however. which put Ottawa
ION the map" The War OF 1872 with
tho United States In which Toronto
was destroyed by the United States
troops retaliation fer-se },i.aft-tl,r
Canadians burned Buffalo and Os,ye-
SO. showed the British Government
the need OF an internal line Of com
munication. Upon the advice OF the
Duke OF Wellington, IL was determined
to construct an inland waterway from,
Montreal to Kingston, via the ottawa
River and Colonel John BY was sent
TO superintcna the work The Canal
was built strictly for military pur-
poses. TO avoid tho exposure of nuni-
tons OF war to tho Americans. The
total length Is 126 miles and the dir
ference in the level between the OF
tawa River and Lake. Ontario Is ASS
feet. This Is overcome by At locks.
the majority Of which are 1874 feet
In length, ana 80 feet In width: of
thesa eight are IN tho heart OF the
city.
The City OF Otta wa Is one Of the
few cities. IN America which has n
disttnc, Individuality, lovely and aloof
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-28


- AMUEL de CHAMPLAlN. thc
founder OF Quebec. was perhaps
the first white man to stand
upon the site of Ottawa This
wAs In 1918 when he assembled the
OTTAWA River on his way to Lake
Huron. During his sail up tho River,
history tells us that he came upon
the Rideau Falls" then IN their pris-
tine glory. and afterward passed the
Bold promoutory now known as Ne
speAn Point. and then saw the beau
siful verdure clad hills on which the
halls of the Canadian government
now stand. Tho explorer landed and
had his supplies carried through the
woods and lodges OF rock in order TO
reach the upper waters. Chdn5Ierc
Falls. white as a snow drift" barred
his way and for a time he was at a
loss as to how 10 get around them
Finally the three men picked their
way through the channels and rapids
and went on their Journey. Fascinated
by the wild beauty OF the place.
Champ plain again assembled the Ottawa
River in 1919 and IN 1926
For the next two hundred years the
WsAAS t4hNStSia were tTAHPtlF ana tfat-
ern. and It was not until 1875 that any
particular notice was taken OF the
atte OF Ottawa. Al that time Phile~
mon Wright. a loyajlst from Massa-
chusetts. landed on the opposite side
~ the river. where thu city Of Hun
now stands. few OF his associates.
IA descendants OF the Pilgrim Faith
ers. went to live across tho river, but
Tho site Of the Canadian Capital was
practically wilderness until 1925.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-28
A City With Rare Charm and Wholly
Unlike ANY Other In America.

Copyrtsht lQla ~ The IHternatlonal syndicate
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-28

and shipping the stamps is done I'M
der the supervision Of woman, Miss
Margaret Kerfoot. chief Of tho stamp
packing department of the Bureau
She thinks nothing of packing twenty
five million stamps In a single day;
and sho fills and ships orders TO every
one of the $4,000 postoffices in the
land.
II seems scarcely necessary 70 state
that Miss Kerfoot, of course. does
not actually handle and pack these
stamps herself The orders from the
various postofiices come into the office
OF the third assistant postmaster
general and thence 20 Miss Kerfoot,
who goes over the orders and draws
from tho deposit vaults as many
stamps of each denomination as are
needed. The orders are then passed
out to expert counters and filled and
vorifcd-and Miss Kerfoot Is re-
sponsible for all Of this, grave re-
sponsibility indeed.
In the Department Of Agriculture
there Is a woman who keeps house
in painstaklnc fashion; but. please
note. she does so not for people but
for bacteria--thousand of them,
She IS Miss Agnes Quirk and she finds
the task Of feeding them most ex-
acting one. For example. she washes
her dishes twice. and rnses them In
distilled water. II is her duty to sup
ply food for the bacteria which the
laboratory Of plant pathology studies.
This food" is called bacterial media;
the scientists in the laboratory use
these bacteria in their study of bac-
terlal diseases OF plants.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-28

Does Not Fear Figures"
In the office of the Controller OF the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-28

OMAN a. work IS quite the
order % tie day IN this age.
But wonaa at work along
~ unusual lines is always a
subject Of interest, And Uncle Sam,
IN his various departments of gov
Axnment at Washington. u. c. en-
pioys women "a taeks AS unusual as
they are interes,.ne and surprising.
Reconstruct Fossil Specimens.
Miss Francs Wieser. as a paleon-
|eoaogtc craftsman in the U. s. Geo
.1ogicsl Survey, thinks nothing Of re-
eonstructing fossil specimen hun
2Sod million years Old. In fact, It's
N In the days work with her. She
l0oes 1t with g microscope. and &C
|onracy is essential, Now. be II known.
~ paieontologist is BY no means as
Meeadfui as the name may sound; hts
It. the gentle task Of preparing facts
Gncerning the fora and fauna OF
nmds millions OF years old and ar
Dn0g1ng specimens for museums. He
1kes of his discoveries "a mono
fphs and supplem ents n with draw
which are fac Smiles Of the
- and fauna Of the ages past.
And that Is precisely the kind of
&ek 1T which Miss Wieser has made
Ename for herself. Moreover. she's
o0 doing II for over Is years. But.
- aside from the actual drawing.
has TO possess expert knowledge
ouch things as fossils plants and
- formations.
fn the Bureau OF American Ethnol-
Miss Frances Densmore. with
I'D OF the photograph "cans" the
of Indian tribcs--that the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-28
Aids Parents And Children.

There is another kind OF a house
keeper" in the Government service.
Miss Ellen c. Lombard. secretary of
ME Home Education Division OF the
Bureau OF Education; and she is
Uncle Sans agent. so to speak. in
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-28
Packs Postage stamps.

The average yearly output OF post
age stamps from the Bureau Of En-
craving and Printing IS about twelve
billions. And yet the work OF draw
ing every one Of those twelve bill
lions. balancing the separate orders
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-28
One Woman ReconstructsFossil Specimens Mil
hon Years Old Another Cans Indian Songs
Still Another Makes Models of Fruits, Etc.
BY EDWARD II. rADcE11,

music OF the FodsSin may he pre-
served for future generations. Every
summer She takes her trusty httle
monograph and HES. herself to vari-
Gus Ind!an reservations where, with
the AID of an Interpreter. she induces
certain or the old men of each tribe
TO t"H and sing OF their old, old Gus
toms. tie monograph is brought into
play and later the songs are written
out and published SO that the notes.
along with me Photographic records.
may be preserved
For 20 odd years. Miss Amanda A.
Newton. of the Department OF Agri-
culture. has been painting fruits from
life md making moGcis Of them, their
parasites and the met hods 81 handling
fruit IN ai}. she has nodded more
than 1000 subjects. and her work
has Won recognition at many exposi-
lions
Her models are accurate. in color
and form 10 the most minute degree:
even .blemishes IN fruit or leaf or
twig are shown. and If II happens TO
be a model ~ ara SHY plucked peach
YOU can see tho down on T. one Of
her most Spectacular exhibits was a
model Of htll Of corn. with stalks
seven feet high, leaves, ears--all de-
signed and modelled with an exacti-
tndo that IS truly amazing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-25
4 MONSTER CRAFT
French Altman Describes
Wrecked German FLYER.
Larger and Different Shape;
She Carried Six Gums.

London, March 25.-The Times
publishes today a lengthy account by
the French aviation expert, Georges
Prade, of the results of his study of
the remains of a Zeppelin brought
down February 81 at Revigny NJ.
Prade believed the airship was of the
largest type and compares its details
with those of the rs, which was
brought down in France in August,
1914. The writer says:
From the presence of the shapeless
heap of debris it is not possible to re-
construct exactly the dimensions of
the airship which bore the number
LIT, but an examination of the main
beams warrants the conclusion that
she measured 10000 cubic meters.
The metal employed is somewhat diff
ferent from that of earlier ZeppeIins.
being an aluminium toughened bv a
slight alloy of copper and zinc
1T was about 100 meters in length.
The shape has changed somewhat All
previous Zeppelins were symmetrical.
both ends being alike. This one has
much bulkier forward and tapered off
toward the stern The shape gave
with equal capacity less resistance
when advancing and, therefore, great
er speed with the same power.
She had five motors and five pro-
pellers, a crew of 2A and six machine
guns, two in each gondola and two on
the platform above the envelope. She
had no other guns"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-25
TROOPS HIT BLIZZARD
Q. S. Soldiers Suffer From Snow and
SIeet in Casas Grandes.

Columbus, N. M, March 25.-The
American column at the Casas
Grandes base, equipped for a march
across a burning desert, is suffering
in a snow and sleet storm. The Mex
lean town is 5000 feet higher than
Columbus, where the elevation is A.
062, and the men have suffered from
the start from cold at nights. The
hurricane weather of the past three
days, however, sweeping into the
mountains, has caused untold suffer-
ing among the men.
Pneum onia is the fear of Lieuten-
ant Colonel Prick, in charge of the
Seventh field hospital, in cantonment
here.
1.-THE extreme changes in tempera-
ture are apt to superinduce pneu-
monia,' said Colonel F'rick- THE
men become overheated in the day
and chilled to the bone at night, even
under ordinary circumstances With
the added danger from wet and soggy
clothing, battered into their skins by
the driving sieet the outlook is even
darker. All we can do here, though
is to make preparations to take care
of any men who may be brought in
and trust to the army doctors in the
field to give the men the necessary
preventive treatment to ward off an
endemic"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-25

after another and Graham of New
York and has developed a memory.
AT eventide he promised the ladies
he was for at least one more lease of
life for Cock Robin; but when morn
ing daWned he remembered an agree
ment, made previously with other
members, not to force fellow congress-
men to vote either on prohibition or
suffrage this season. Sorry, but in
matter of honor what can a man do?
Now for a Post Norton.
Williams of Illinois, remembered
for a while that it would be decidedly
embarrassing for certain other mem
bers if they had to vote yes or no.
The suffragists finally brought him
around.
So there lies Cock Robin; perhaps
dead; perhaps simply in suspended
animation and with the pulmotor
squad manning the oxygen pumps;
the graveyard attendants murmuring
something about ghOuls; and the re-
sourcefulness of congressional minds
being taxed to the limit. Next Tues
day will tell Cock Robins tale.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-25
WIRELESS IS WORKING
Hope to Receive Official News From
Pershing Today.

San Antonio, March 25.-With the
wireless working satisfactorily for al
most the first time since American
troops have been in Mexico, General
Funston today is awaiting dispatches
from General Pershing to confirm the
persistent reports that United States
troops have engaged Villa forces near
Namaquipa- In messages received
yesterday afternoon from field head
quarters at Casas Grandes two of the
advanced columns were reported to be
in the vicinity of Namaq Iipa, but no
mention was made of an engagement.
killing Reported.
The reported killing of three Amer
leans near Gibson's ranch, Is miles
west of Columbus. presumably by
Mexican bandits, was rec ived nth
deep concern at department headquar-
tiers early today. Official advices on
the matter are awaited.
No explanation was offered of the
report from FL Paso that two COM
panies of the Seventh infantry were on
duty at police headquarters last night
It was pointed out by officers that
troops at FL Paso has authority to
employ his troops for the best protec-
ton of the border town.
Impeties Wireless.
Enormous ore deposits in the noun
tains of northern Mexico have been
responsible for much trouble expert
enced with the army wireless appara-
tus, according to the belief of army
operators expressed here today. It
was said that the ore acting as a mag
net defects the radio waves, thus
weakening the capacity of both the
sending and receiving sets. 1t was
pointed out also that the receiving in
struments at the Casas Grandes sta
ton are not as powerful as those here
and that this has interfered with the
efficiency of the service.
The field telegraph line, which does
not reach the advanced base by about
fifty miles, has been practically use
less in the present campaign because
of the frequency with which it has
been cut. 1t has been found necessary
to use the wiseless exclusively in COM
municating with the headquarters of
Gen. J. ]. Pershing's command