OCR Text |
Show Capable Women and ! Their Daily Doings I . ... . ... .... tor O N D O N has twenty-six AfllV5? womon's clubs. Pttt fr fli Georgia's now militia p i&yM f orco Is composed of eleven I iCijy women. r Russian women arc now) seeking commissions in tho French army. Banking houses in England employ over 1 51,000 women In various capacities. Now York University has 115 courses open to women in its various capacities. Miss Helen McCor- il mlck Is a Deputy As- . , - slstant District Attor- jfliftfliA ncy In Ncw York city. m tlves in tho fourteen divisions of the Am- WMii, erlcan Red Cros3 150 ?Mttf aro women. y&Sff In most of tho In- lp dustrlcs of the coun- , v J, try women aro re- ?' . Jzffi: celvlng better wages y than ever before. IfII ' Close to 2GO.0O0 worn- : '&m. , - en In Great Britain HELEN P. rWORMltti aro employed in vari-ous vari-ous capacities on farm work. Over 300 wealthy women In New York city havo put themselves on a strict war diet until present hostilities cease. After a six year fight women and girls working In tho laundries and stores of Kansas City have won their fight for shorter hours and llvlnrr wacrcs. Poultry raising Is a branch of agriculture agricul-ture upon which tho services of women could bo used to a great extont in this country. Owing to tho largo numbers of wives of officers and enlisted men resigning tho schools In Hawaii are experiencing a shortage short-age in teachers. Japanese women in Now York city have supplied the American Red Cros3 with nearly 2.000 compresses, pads and other standard requirements. According to tho views of tho New York Stato Factory Investigating Commission tho least amount a girl can llvo on In that State Is $11.70 per week. Miss Jean Cavers, of Columbus, Ohio, Is now in France, where she will organize recreation work noar munition factories for the French women and girls. In an effort to save gasolene Queen Mary and members of tho British royal family have stored their motor cars and are now using horse drawn vehicles. Los Angeles, Cal., recently held a motor race meet In which only women took part not only in tho driving of racing cars but acted as officials as well. The Virginia Legislature has passed a bill permitting women to servo on school boards, and another, reported favorably, allows women to practiso law in that Stato. Mme. Yono Suzuki, said to bo the richest woman in Japan, is tho solo head of a great shipping combine, which is reported to havo mado moro than $100,000,000 since the war bogan. Ella Trout 13 the new Graco Darling of Great Britain. She Is a fisherwoman nnd recently rowed her boat into tho vortex of a sinking ship and rescued a sailor who was clinging to a lifeboat Miss Allco V. Douglas, an assistant In the statistical department of the Canadian National Service Department, has been made a member of tho Most Excellent Order of tho British Empire. Mrs. Hilda M. Richards, Rich-ards, head of the now woman's division of tho federal Depart- ment of Labor, will idmM look after the em- MfW ployment of women -ijSK - In this country dur- M Ing the war period. ll A total enrolment fi of 100,000 women is f & expected to Join tho lspg j war working classes tffi.W&v &S for femalo students In ggra k all the colleges and universities through- K, out tho United States. " , Miss Eliso Bellu- JHlLDAftRmitW omlnl, a young woman wom-an of Vlarcggla, Italy has the distinction of being tho first woman to qualify as a captain of a morchant vessel in tho ocean going trade. Mrs. Martha N. McCann, of Los Angeles. Cal., has been appointed field representative represen-tative of the United States Ordnanco Department, De-partment, one of th most rcsponslblo positions po-sitions in tho government's vast war machine ma-chine -to be filled by women. Mrs. Cathorlne W. McCuIIoch. author of the Illinois Woman Partial Suffrage bill. Is the first woman in tho United States to bo appointed In Chancery. Sho was appointed ap-pointed to tho post by Judge Hopkins, of Chicago. She and her husband aro law ; partners. |