Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-04-30
GOSSIP ABOUT WOMEN


Lady Lorne's boots are No. s.. 49,
The report that the Queen is drops;c
10 denied by the London Times.
They have awoman in East Wash;n
} ton, N. H, who is 101 years of ace a.
| splits her own firewood.
/ The Unitarian Church in Lancaster. !
| H., has one lady for treasurer and anothl
for collector. .....s-..
4 Francis Joseph's mother is insane G
the subject of dress, and spends most
her time trying on new gowns.
They had an anti chignon party
Adrian, Mich, recently, at which man
gentlemen fell in love for the first time.
| Saratoga spectators are again attempt
ing to revive the rumor that Eugene Wi
occupy cottage this summer.
| In the Iowa City Medical College th
boys and girls slash away together upo
the same dead bodies. A blush is con
sidered unprofessional there.
The woman-women claim that the IN
married women In this country owl
| $500, 900, 600.
One of the London Rnglsnd) concer
saloons already announces in its show
bills new female singer under the nam,
OF Louisa Lorne. Such is greatness.
DR.. Blake, well known English ply
sician, says it only requires two LondoD
season to Fob a fashionable young gil Of
her freshness.
The New London (WisJ Times re
ports that girl 10 thai place, 10 years of
age, committed to memory LOO verses
of the Bible ina single week.
Lestirs from Milan, Italy, record great
success for Miss Edith Abel, If Boaton.
Her voice Is pronounced by italian au-
thorities pure soprano.
A girl ten years old has been arrested
in London, England, for stealing babies.
She made practice, after getting the
children, of stripping and abandoning
them, selling their clothes $50 go to the
theatre with, y
mrs. Stanton means to occupy the COM
ing Summer with some theologico- scien-
the studies on the origin of man, and
other evils. The Golden Ace will pub
lish the results of this effort in behalf of
the ''d0wn trodden."
MiIiam n, Cole reports that when the
western country danes see Susan B. An
thony for the first time they are ''surpris
ed to see awomanly woman, clad in wo-
manly garments, and uttering womanly
words"
At the recent preliminary examination
IN arts, of the Apothecaries Hall in
Ireland, Mrs. Leggatt passed very credit
ably, her papers being of 8 high order of
merit. This is the first instance in
Ireland of lady having enrolled herself
as medical student.
Inc executive committee of the Illinois
Woman Suffrage Association, held a
meeting in Chicago last week, and in
dulged in grand wrsDgle about religion,
free love, and kindred topics. As soon
as everybody had got sufficiently mad the
meeting adjourned.
A London fashion paper states that the
Duke De MQuchy has deserted his wife,
formerly the Princess Pauline Murat, and
the latter, reduced to splendid poverty,
has been compelled to sell for 80, 900
francs pearl necklace originally costing
800, 900 francs, which was presented to
her as wedding gift by the Empress
Eugene,
One result OF the WOmen's movement
is the fact that the sex are crowding into
branches of industry and labor such as
would have shocked the modesty of the
girl of ten years ago. Two girls in a
small town in Ohio run a blscksmith's
shop all by themselves. They dress in
Bloomer costume, and shoe horse Just
ss man does.
A girl in Hunterdon county, N. j., was
choked dead the other day by her lovers
arm, the young man thinking she was
''only in fun" when she struggled. We
have been afraid for long time that
something of this kind would happen. It
is direct warning to all young ladies to
keep their necks out of arms way.
At Council Bluffs, Iowa, Mrs. Walen-
spiel lives near creek, on the edge of
which stands her woodpile. A few nights
since she heard somebody stealing her
wood. She approached cautiously, seized
pair of breeches and coat collar, and
in q minute young man was yelling,
''Tske me out, take me out, / shall
drown" He still lives.
A girl is to be married in Louisville this
week who boasts that during her two
years engagement her lovers lips have
never met hers. She believes she lost
former lover through too much familiar
ity, and was determined to avoid second
disaster of the kind. That couple will
doubtless enjoy very long honeymoon.
Portland, Me-, can boast of one smart
In 60
husbands taking the poor debtors oath,
he being in Jail on debt in favor of an
Illicit liquor dealer, she visited the saloon
where she purchased and drank glass of
vhiskey. After she had paid for the
liquor she demanded with considerable
fire the release of her husband, and the
crest-fallen dealer did so as an alternative
to liquor seizure and prosecution.
The cold girls seem to be making a
profitable business of suing for breach of
promise in England. A recent number of
the London Times reported three cases
on one page, in which the average age of
the ladies claiming compensation for the in
juries to their Affections was 43, and of the
male defendants, e7. 0ne of the three
ladies was under 80 years Of age, and OBJ
tanned damages from an unwilling lover
of 76. One "blighted being" of Sc, got
1880 from yillsinous lover of so.
Kate Downs, of Newark, threw a cup
full of sOapsuds in her lovers face be-
cause he came bOthering about the kitch-
en- or washing day. why! don't you
love me, Kste2" exclaimed the astounded
swain. 'SNo," said she, 81 never love
you here ''When do you love me,
them" The angry shadow fed away
from the maideL's face, and soft light
came TO her eyes as she answered: 81
love you dearly when my work is done
and lay my head upon my pillow. Then
have nothing to think about but you.
A traveller who saw pretty little girl
in the same car with himself says: 'In
q few years, thought /, that infant will
be an ornament to society; but had she
not better def Very soon they will tie
some dead woman's hair to the back of
her head, fasten her ribs with corset,
and hang bird-Cags around her lower
limbs. Worse than that, when she ar
rives at maturity she will be compelled to
determine whether sheis for protection or
free trade, to understand the intricscies
of pig iron, and go to the polls and
vote"
SWEET WILLIAMS.
She leaned half out the rustic porch,
The moon was making pretty faces,
We kissed adieu-you know a maa
Tan do that in those country nlaCeS