Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-05-15
GOSSIP ABOUT WOMEN.

GOSSlF ABOCI WOIuEN.
Jealousy induced Z New York girl t.
bury her scissors in the neck of her rival
Women are sngels without wings, ye
some of them are perfect fiy-a-ways.
If you wish to see woman 60 off like
flash just accuse her of using powder.
The Mormons are organizing corps OF
women lecturers, to describe the beauties
of their faith.
A Mrs Mansfield, of Mount Pleasant,
lows, has been successful practicing
lawyer for more than y,ar.
The Chief Justice of Iowa, Mr. Cole,
takes most decided stand in behalf of
the ballot for women.
Jumping matches between young wo-
men are becoming a popular amusement
throughout the Western States
Xavier Renoton, French Journalist,
says that all the empresses, que is, and
crown princesses of the Old World are
invalids.
Mrs. w. G. Wheaton is working hard
in Illinois to defeat women suffrage. She
is 3 good speaker, and draws large audi
ences.
The Chicago Historical Society recent
ly admitted Mrs. Maria s. Scammon and
Miss Jessie L. Boss as life members at
meeting held last week.
There is often but slight separation
between woman's love and her hate.
Her keen teeth are very near to her sweet
lips.
The women of Wyoming are begging
with tears in their sweet eyes that there
may be distinction made between voting
rights and jury duty.
Miss Rye, who brought seventy English
girls to Canada, has found good homes
for all of them, and is going back to
England for one hundred more.
Miss Anna Z. Dickinson is to be en-
gagged all summer in researches into the
history of Joan of Arc, on whose wonder
full career she viii lecture next winter.
Lady Angela, who presides over the
convent at South Bend, Ind, was Miss
Ewing, sister-in-law of Gen. Sheridan,
and once reigning belle in Washington.
"The American Corps of Termagantsn
is the general appellation under which a
"mother of family" in Chicago groups
the leaders of the women's rights move
ment.
According to the Republican there is
a faro bank on Fourteenth street, Wash |
ington, kept by a woman, where the
women clerks of the Treasury go to gam
bic their salaries away.
Politeness almost invariably requires a |
gentleman to agree with lady, but when
he speaks of the great beauty of some /
other lady it is always safe for the gentle
man to say there are other styles of fe- |
male loneliness that he admires much |
more.
A young lady of Monson, Mass, was
recently offered $500 for her hair, which
lacks but half an inch of being six feet
long. On her refusing the offer, the
purchaser asked if 81, 900 would /
be any inducement, to which she replied,
'tNo, nor $4,000" |
The movement in Massachusetts, in
favor of prison reform, by which female
,onvicts shall be kept in separate prisons,
under the care, as far as may be, of mem
Ders of their own sex, bids fair to be sue
,essful, as steps to that end have been
aiken by the Legislature.
"A lady made call upon friend who
lad recently been married. When her
husband came to dinner the said, 'Iv'e
been to Mrs. s." ''Wen," replied
he husband, II suppose she is very
happy" ''Happy! Well should think
the ought to be; she has camel's hair
shawl two-thirds border.
A San Francisco correspondent of April
Is, says: By the last Panama boat there
arrived lady whose life is the centre of
century's tragedy lady whose con-
fancy and devotion will be the theme of
uture poems and far eclipse the fame of
abled Penelope. A cruel rumor, started
ome months ago by city payer, that q
yaif had drifted ashore near San Diego
some memento of the Arctic
heroes, reached her at Rio Janeiro, and
70 she hastens to San Francisco; distance,
fatigue, age, all forgotten in the wild hope
hat the sea may have revealed one of its
ioTowful secrets. Poor LADY, eighty
Years old, twenty years desolate, still
;linging with heartsick longing to the
dea that earth or ocean will yet tell the
mysteries of the past.
1t is stated that the Russian govern
uCuI DdS dunOuuC0u ludI WOlueH Will |
hereafter be admitted to medical schools
md to medical practice. The origin of
his concession is remarkable. Formerly |
{ was found that the COssacks objected
% being attended by male physicians.
On investigation it was discovered that
hey held superstition concerning all
diseases, and that their ideas of remedial
agents related to the incantations, charms,
md holy herbs administered by witches.
For ages the witch had been their pbysi-
ian, and the tradition was so strong that
| few years ago, when some ladies ap-
1lied to the government for admission to
he chief medical schools of st. Peters
Jurg, few of them were admitted on
condition that they would pursue their
practice among the COssacks. 1t was
intended to supersede the
witches" AS the measure did not bring
bout any universal thaI and dissolution
If the empire, it seems to have been fol-
owed by larger and more unconditional