Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1913 — TWO WOMEN SEEK POSITION [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TWO WOMEN SEEK POSITION

Miss Julia C. Lathrop Will Be Opposed for Children’s Bureau Head by . Mrs. L. W- Wickliffe. Washington.—Miss Julia C. Lathrop, chief of the children’s bureau of the department of commerce and labor, will be opposed in her candidacy for reappointment under the Democratic administration by Mrs. Lydia W. Wick-

llffe of St. Francißville, La., who will seek the post for herself. Mrs. Wickliffe Is the widow of Representative Robert W. Wickliffe of Louisiana. She is credited with originating the idea of giving the Doily Madißon breakfast last Bpring. Mrs. Wickliffe before her marriage was Miss Lydia W. Cooke of Louisville, Ky. Mias Lathrop Is the first woman to be chief of a United States government bureau. She was appointed last summer by President Taft to be the head of the new bureau created by congress, at a salary of $5,000 a year

Miss Julia C. Lathrop.