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Show LONG BEACH HAS A WOMAN ON IHE ' POLICE FORCE RICHEST GIRL IN CALIFORNIA IS GIVEN A STAP Object of Her Appointment Is to Assist As-sist Her In Her Life Work of Helping Unfortunate Girls. Long Beach, Cal., Jan. 19. Miss Fnnnie- Blxby, one of the richest girls in California became a full Hedged l-olicoman yesterday. She received an appointment as deputy dep-uty of a Long Beach constable and went to Los Angeles to take the oath of office and to receive her star. It will be the only Jewel that she weara. The object of the appointment is to give Miss Bixby certain authority in her life work of helping wayward and unfortunate girls. Sho is a daughter of Jothani Blxby of Long Beach, who is worth several millions Miss Blxby, Blx-by, after her graduation from Welles-ley, Welles-ley, was not content to be a society 'girl. She first undertook the career of an artist, but later became inter; csted In the work of helping unfortunate unfor-tunate girls. Her work Is strenuous. Not lone ago, when young women were being thrown "Into jail at Long Beach, and there was no one but men to look after af-ter them, Mies Blxby volunteered to act as police matron without pay, and received the appointment. She is still acting as police matron. |