Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-06-05
GOSSIP ABOUT WOMEN.

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The woman question-"What did she
have on r." a} - Hs1
Mrs Scott Siddons has gone to England.
Wyoming now has four women nota-
ries public. .'".
John Neal, of Maine, has taken warmly
to woman suffrage. fa
Christine Nilsson, the celebrated prima
donna, is to visit this country this fall.
Monogram carriers are growing In favor
among fashionable young ladies.
A California lady says if any man re-
fuses her ballot, she will shoot him on the
spot.
Two hundred and sixty girls are EN-
ployed in the government telegraph offices
in Russia. a
Five New York ladies are declared to
have sailed for Paris by the late steamer,
to have their faces ensmelled.
DR.. Elizabeth Blackwell, who has com
menced the practice of medicine in Lon
don, is the sister of the husband of Lucy
Stone. 90.
A shoddy young lady surprised her
mother, on returning from a dance, by
saying that she enjoyed the 'thugging,
set to music, most bullyly.nG eE
Camille Urso is coming to New York.
She has made $35, 600 in her Western
tour, which includes California.
An exchange has an article headed
'WOmen on Dress. We have no Objec-
ton to women on dress; neither should
we object in many cases 10 little more
dress on women.
A Cincinnati druggist declares that
there are no less than thousand arsenic
eaters in that city and vicinity, mostly
young women, who take the drug for the
complexion. 80 .-aa
A. Dumas, Jr, In his work, 'L'Ami dts
Femmes,o declares that woman ''can no
more be emancipsted than she can be re-
made; that her duties have been estab
lished from the beginning as have mans. "
The Princess MatEilde's house is said TO
show more exquisite taste in furniture,
decorations, and works of art than any
other in Paris. The princess, it will be
remembered, is first cousin to the Empe-
TOR Napoleon.
A Boston woman complains that she
has stopped in sundry hotels in sundry
places, and she never knew one TO have
clock in the ladies' parlor, or newspaper
accessible to lis lady guest. But there is
always q mirror.
A Boston woman declares that women
don't gossip, not much-that in grocery
store, amnog barrels Of molasses and piles
of salt fish, more gossip is talked by men
in one evening than is heard in all the
farm houses of the township.
Miss Laura c. Reddon ("Howard Glyn-
dOn') is only twenty-five years old, and
is said to be very handsome; but she is
deaf, and almost mute She seldom at
tempts conversation, except with intimate
friends.
Miss Lizzie J. Barlow and Miss Della
Chapman set type in the office of the
Bridgeport (Ct.) standard, receiving pay
at the same rate as the men. Miss Chap
mans weekly wages exceed those of any
of the half dozen men who set type in the
office.
The Wonl0n'S AdUOcdtC, in combat
ing objections to female jurors, says that
girls whose thoughts have never scared
above the ribbon tying their tresses, or
dived deeper than the rosette on their
CATERS, are not likely 10 lie chosen as
arbiters of the fate of a criminal
A young lady who has been learning to
play on the ''pianner" wrote the follow
ing note to her music teacher few days
ago: 'Dear Mrs. - wish To Be ex-
cused from Taking Lessin until Week
from to Day as Wee will Bee Co Buizzy
an | wont Hav time to Praktesn
A Jersey clipping couple were met at
the depot by the girls sister, who de-
manded her return home. This being re-
fused, she attacked the male party and
seriously marred his countenance. But
love triumphed, and the elopement was a
success as soon as the rain came along.
That the country is in danger of pass
ing altogether under feminine influence is |
made plain by statement recently made |
by Sarah Knowles Bolton, tc the effect |
that she had relative who, being Wing,
and her husband q Democrat, made near
ly all her ten children Wings, by her in |
1uence. She and her husband were never
divorced |
In all parts of Europe there is increas- |
ed excitement on the woman question. |
Besides numerous meetings and associa- |
tions in England and France, conducted
mostly by ladies and gentlemen of culture |
6Llu lduh, tnC has SIJiCdO W nus |
STA, and far-off Tiflis, almost beyond the |
pale of civilization, opens its lecture
halls for ladies.
The Pittsburg Gazette makes this state
ment: at is by no means a cheerful |
fact that in proportion to the population,
Pittsburg has more depraved and fallen |
women than any other city in the Union,
not even excepting New York or New |
Orleans. The evil has been steadily |
growing, and the authorities are power
less to render better the.conditiOn of So
ciety."
A Chinese lady's foot is thus presented |
to the public gaze by San Francisco |
correspondent: "Walking along Dupont |
street lately | saw Chinese lady at her |
toilet, and, though the sight was no nov
city, as she was going to battle her feet, !
curiosity impelled me to stop and try To !
catch glimpse of them. A foot thr, |
inches in length is the idol of a Chinamau,
on which LIE VIII lavish every epithct la