The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-02-23

Columbus, Ohio, are planning the erec-
ton of building for the exclusive
use of women in that state.
The first Italian woman who sang in
public in England, was Francesca
Marghareta rEpine. who appeared
in various operas in 1893.
The bin Of the Massachusetts legis-
lature to prohibit a woman from oper-
ating an automobile of more than thir-
ty horsepower has been withdrawn.
The motor car in which General
Smith-Dorrien, commander of the Brit
ish forces in East Africa, uses to in
spect his lines, is driven by woman.
One-half of the more than three
thousand persons in Philadelphia ad-
dicted to the use OF drugs are young
women from is to % years of age.
Miss Frances Densmore, expert in
the red mans lore, has spent years col
lecting phonograph records of tribal
songs for the United States Museum.
Mrs. Vincent Astor has begun a Sc
ries Of luncheons at her home in New
York at which the problem of unem-
ployment of women will be discussed.
Mrs Alice c. MoyerWing, an ardent
suffragist Of Missouri rides horseback
into the most remote parts of the
state to preach the gospel of woman
suffrage.
Mrs Sarah A Evans, retiring prcsi-
dent of the Wyoming Federation of
Women's Clubs, is a candidate for
auditor of the general federation
which holds it's biennial convention at
New York in May.
Miss Gail Laughlin, lawyer, admitted
to the bar in New York, Colorado and
California, and a member of the San
Francisco Bar Association specializes
in probate law, wills and the care
of estates.
One of the striking examples of the
versatility of the capable English
woman is her present employment as
truck driver. Practically all the motor
trucks used for commercial purposes
in England are now being driven by
women.
The University of Chicago will soon
open a course on practical motherhood,
which will include instruction on the
care of growing girls, care of women
during approaching motherhood, and
the care of mothers after childbirth.
Miss Margaret L. Campbell and Miss
Gertrude E. Tarr, two New England
girls, have taken up wireless tele-
graphy as a fad and spend every even
ing in their plant on Cape Ann, where
they receive all the news of the day
in advance of the general public.
The conference of southern women
is planning to secure the services of
every girl who graduates from a col
lege or normal school next summer to
undertake to teach at least one Hitter
ate white or black person of any age
during the summer months.
If the United States should be drawn
INTO the present war, hundreds of So
ciety women throughout the country
Will be ready to do their share, having
already signifed their willingness to
be called upon for any kind of duty
suitable for a woman.
Laurence Alma Tadema, eldest
daughter of the late Dutch English
painter and a close friend of Ignace
Paderewski, is at the head of the
British section of the Polish victims
relief fund and has dedicated her life
and her very considerable fortune to
the cause of Poland.
Elsie DeWolf, after having been off
the stage for eleven years, recently
took part in a performance in New
York in aid of three English and
French war charities. She has been
making a specially of decoration since
she left the stage and has been quite
successful in her artistic work.
Lady Ralph Padgett, formerly Miss
Minnie Stevens of New York CITY. ,
viii be the first to receive the medal
OF honor awarded by the New York
City Federation of Women's Clubs for
exceptional service by a woman be.
yond the lines Of duy. Lady Padgett
has been aiding the stricken Servian
women.
Women teamsters are now to be
seen on the streets in Austria, often
performing laborious work, and also in
the big petroleum works women are
doing all kinds Of work, filling cans.
loading them on the wagons and then
going with the drivers and delivering