Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1887 — Women Who Work. [ARTICLE]

Women Who Work.

The largest diamond owned by an American is called “The President Cleveland,” and is worn by Minnie Palmer. Thebe are no newsboys in the City of Mexico. The papers are all sold by women who hold them out to passers-by, but never say a word. The Empress of Russia is said to be an excellent marksman, and rifle-shooting ranges have been made for her at all her residences. Mbs. Rachel Francis, who died recently in Atlanta, Ga., left about $30,000, which she had made mostly from her dairy and truck farm. It is reported that Miss Alice Whitacre, a former church choir singer of Brooklyn, has made a tremendous hit as an oratorio' soloist.in Liverpool. Miss Maud Howe thinks that women ought to be allowed to vote for superintendents of streets in order to protect their skirts from a mud bath. One of the features of the “Women’s Section” at the Edinburgh International Exhibition is a neat little pamphlet issued by the ladies—the Duchess of Buccleuch and others—who form the committee of that section. It is entitled “Women’s Industries.” The type was set, proofs read, and covers designed by women.