Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 212, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1910 — French Village Ruled by Women. [ARTICLE]

French Village Ruled by Women.

In the village of Froissy, near Paris, nearly all the important poets are filled by women. Passengers aligning at the railway station are met by a woman, who is stationmaster, while her husband is only a guard. A barber shop bears the notice that “Mile. Jeanne" will “henceforth shave her customers only on Tuesdays and Fridays, as she has undertaken other work.” At the post office the local telegraph messenger and pos'man, “Mme. Lesobre," is met. She walks on an ave. tgo twenty miles a day. The municipal drummer is a woman in her - ninetieth year.—London Standard.

While in 1866 there were 18 species of hummingbirds in ' Trinidad then are now only about five.