Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-08-18
WOMEN N NEWS


Mis- Pauline Newman ha- hyor uomi
matted i"r Secretary 81 ~tafc lv ,he So
ciaii-t parity in New Work State.
Th. THIRD National Service school for
Women opens thi- week 40 Lake Geneva.
Wisconsin. under THE u%u~pirc- NJ the Navy
League W.T. the United States. Mr.. Villa
Poe Wilson. who wal commandment at the
first camp. the Chevy Chase one held last
Nav. viii have charge. First ain M the
injured. preparation ut diets for the sick,
knitting and plain sewing, signal work.
which includes heliogrnphing. wigvageing.
cipher study and code work; surgical
dressings and military cal-thcnics will bc
compulsory courses for all recruits.
Course M wireless tclc.rlphv and auto
mobile aud ambulance driving viii ~ clcc-
tive.
Nine. Mrlba, the famous prmadonna.
already made very wealthy ~ her Gift III
song, inherits a fortune of $2l5.OO0 with
The recent death Of her father. David Nit
chell If Melbourne, Australia, millionaire
contractor whose riches are partitioncd
among seven children. David Mitchell
was y "hard she'll Scotch Presbyterian
chrgirg "a Il horror III the stare. ana his
gifted daughter began To sing in publis
only ~ the face NJ the bittcrc-t family
opposition. The story runs that W. she
cccdcd ~ the use 81 personal Influence in.
limiting go thirty persons the number of
people present at thc first concert She
gave w Melbourne.
Mr.. David Lloyd George. wife ~ the
famous British statesman who has lust
stepped into kitchencr'~ shoes aS Secrc-
tary of State for War. = described NJ
ideally domestic and Vet \ true intellectual
~hrlpmate a. her great husband. who SAYS
that all his speeches "'mav hr regarded 80
the Iuint efforts of the family partner
ship" II il 2 fact that amy public utter
ancc NJ moment i~ first submitted N her
approval before delivery. Mr.. George IS
like her husband of Welsh birth. and their
wedding took place in ISIS IN the little
chapel vt Penpalnwydd. III Wales. The
match has long been opposed hv her par
ent-. prosperous farmers. who looked
with a~kancc upon Y fiery Young lawyer
and orator "of uncomfortable ambitions"
a~ 2 match for their daughter. Lord
GEORGE is now fond MI relating that upon
hi- tir-t visit 70 the House of Commons
hc Wa, not at all stirred with hoyi~h am
billions II becoming \ mcmhcr. hut kept
Eliminating as M how hc would vn Mig
sie Gwen lnow Mr.. Georrcl ana ,ireum
vent her parents opposition.
Corncha bentley Sage. who ha- ir-f
res ,ed Decorations from the French gov-
eminent and the director nf the fou,r,
and thr I~uNrmhmr- Museums aud from
the ~%ncie.r \atiaraic de- BeauN-Art~. i-
dir Tor az the Buffalo Fine Art. Aca-
deiiF and ut Che Albright Art Gallery. III
th, same city. Under her management
the latter Institution has become known
nationally and Internationally Tor its wise
and generous encouragement eli art and
artists. and for it, adaptation II such IN
Institution 10 highest civic uses. These
honor> from the French are highly siyni-
hcant ~ the esteem III which Miss Sage
i held abroad. She l. a native Of Buff
falo. and her training aS an artist and
critic have been exclusively American ~
far a. technical instruction goes. She
became assistant secretary of the Buff
falo Fine Arts Academy IN 1904. and has
steadily risen to her present place Of emf
hence both for her high service locally
and because of her share in organizing
high grade exhibitions elsewhere IN the