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About The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-???? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 4, 1909)
V WOMAN'S HIGH POST Miss Reel Director of All Govern ment Indian Schools. Ic Best Paid Employe of Her Sex on Rolls of Uncle Sam Daughter of Choctaw Chief Raises Chickens. Washington. During the first days of the big upheaval in the department of the Interior Secretary Ballinger sent out orders to practically every depart ment under his control that more work and better work should be done in the future. In issuing his orders the sec retary of the interior did not overlook the women employes of his depart- participated actively in several presi dential campaigns. She is a fine speaker, and has not only appeared many times on the stump, but has cast her vote at the polls out in Wyoming, where women have that privilege. There la a fair field at Washington for women to assert their ability and independence in the world of achieve ment, and Hiss Reel's case is by no means the only one where a woman has proved her claim to recognition. Her work among the Indians is reflect ed In the accomplishments of the clever Indian girl who is not in the employ of the Indian government, but who lives In Washington, hundreds of miles away from her people's home out on the plains. Sophia Pritchlyn is the daughter cl a Choctaw chief and is a princess of her tribe, but she lives here in a mod est little home at 1104 Sixth street. Northwest, the back yard of which has been converted into a poultry "farm and she has more than three hundred prize winning single-comb brown Leg horns which have won blue ribbons n Madison Square garden, Boston, Balti more, Hagerstown and practically every other city in the east where largt poultry exhibits are held. Miss Estelle Reel. ment, and Miss Estelle Reel, superin tendent of Indian schools, was notified that she must spend more time in the field. The mention of Miss Reel's name by the secretary of the interior brings to mind the fact that she is the highest paid woman in the government serv ice, drawing a salary of $3,000 a year. She was appointed to the government position in 1S9S and is an authority on every tribe of Indians in North Amer ica. That women are equal to govern ment positions of extraordinary impor tance has been proved in the case of Miss Reel. Although she is a native of Illinois, Miss Reel has spent the greater part of her life in Wyoming. She served as district, county and state superintendent of schools in Cheyenne, Wyo, but before she obtained the last position she was compelled to over come enormous opposition. The politi cians out in that part of the country were not anxious to see a woman in the state superintendency and every obstacle was placed in the way of her election. Finally it was pointed out that the law required the state superintendent to auction off certain tracts of govern ment lands to prospective lessees, and that this could not be done by a wom an. Miss Reel said that was a small matter and that she was equal to it. She was elected to he office finally and later proved her ability as an auc tioneer by successfully carrying out this part of the state superintendent's duty. Miss Reel speaks none of the lan guages of the Indians over whom she has control, but has been signally suc cessful in her administration. She has 279 schools, aggregating an attendance of 25.634 pupils. In addition to these students there are 2,423 employes, 572 of whom are Indians, under manage ment. This branch of its service costs the government more than 3.000.000 a year, and Miss Reel is the administra tor of the appropriation. She is an experienced horsewoman. and in the course of the year is com pelled to ride hundreds of miles on horseback and in stage coach to the various reservations, many of them be ing great distances from the railrw.t and only accessible in this way. Mis Reel Is a akiUed politician, and has TO WED SON OF PRETENDER Engagement of Miss Anita Stewart to Dom Miguel of Braganza Is Announced. New York. The announcement at the engagement of Dom Miguel of Bra ganza, the eldest son of the pretender to the crown of Portugal, and Miss Anita Stwart is of great interest to all those concerned with the romanc of history and the world may yet set an American queen reigning as queen- consort over one of the oldest king doms of Europe, despite the reported renunciation of rights by the pre tender. The Miguelist party has on its side many of the ancient and wealthy families of Portugal, and should any thing happen to the youthful King, or should he die a natural death without children. Dom Miguel might easily be called to the throne, as was the father of the present king of Spain. The prince, who is a fine-looking young man. was born in 1878 and was edu cated in Austria. He speaks several Miss Anita Stewart. languages perfectly, and has been very often seen in London society. It was doubtless thus that he met pretty Miss Anita Stewart, who is a daughter by a first marriage of Mrs. James Henry Smith. The latter has been the tenant of the duchess of Somerset, at whose beautiful house in Grosvenor square she has done a good deal of enter taining. Miss Stewart is clever and fascinating, and last year was seen a great deal in town under the chaper onage of her aunt, Mrs. Anthony DrexeL Free Will in the Nursery. The nursery that is jusi a little strict as well as tender is the hap piest. A child who gets every single things he wants the moment he de munds it Is robbed of his fair meas ure of delight. Things withheld arc the things value. London Lady. 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