Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-05-20
ITEMS ABOUT WOMEN.

women. .
Nilsson is to be married in June this
time. a4Qa bel
Dalton, Ga, has female preacher
accompanied by beautiful sixteen,
who does the praying.
Winnie Ream has bought a house on
Pennsylvania avenue, and the capitoi
accordingly is no longer her studio.
Soiourner Truth is now sojourning al
Mendoza, Illinois, having finished her
lecturing tour in Iowa and Kansas. II
Mrs. Abbie Sage Richardson will prob
ably accept the chair of elocution at the
Cook County Normal school. a}fa
Addie Ballou married couple at Terre
Haute, Ind, last week, and in the nup-
tial lecture told them cradles were
cheaper than divorces. This depends
upon what you pay for your cradles
Two Detroit women disagreed and
fought it out in the presence of their
husbands and friends, and according to
the rules of the p. R., with variations.
At the close of an hour neither could
stand. ..a ag
Twenty-six Young lady pupils OF Nor
NAL University petitioned the faculty for
leave of absence to attend the Cincin-
natl Convention, promising to vote for
Judge David Davis. bgc ~
A landlady in Milwaukee recently
locked a non-paying tenant in his room,
and refused to let him out until his bill
was paid. He was obliged to escape
out of the window by means of a sheet.
A wedding took place at Lacrosse,
Wis, day or two ago, at which, accord
ing to the Democrat the bride was
given away by the city, and the city was
mighty glad to get rid of her"
Phoebe Sehofeld, of Richmond, Ind,
aged 100, has obtained from the war de-
partment $4,000, being the arrears of
pay and pension due her late husband
for services performed in the Revolu-
tionary war.
The London Spectator is strongly in
favor of woman's university in Eng
land. 1t thinks that on many OF the
most delicate questions Of modern civ
ilization we need the fine Judgment of
educated women.
A gentle school ma am in Minneapo-
lis hogged q boy an hour and a quarter,
using up several ferules, and finally re-
sorting to stick of wood. She settled
the case by paying twenty dollars and
costs.
At the French Presidents reception
at the Elysee. Paris. on the Sth inst,
Madame Theirs held her little court in
the reception saloon, fine and charm
ingly decorated room which the First
used as his council chamber.
She was, as is her wont, dressed in black,
becomingly, richly, but very plainly
wearing no diamonds, pearls or flowers.
Freckles are an affection, especially
10 those who pride themselves on their
prettiness. We have known young ladies
and gentlemen who would have given
any sum within their reach to have re-
moved frecklss from their faces. We
lay before the world of beauty and fash
ion the following recipe, which infalliby
removes freckles after a few applica-
lions, night and morning: Powdered
nitre, moistened with water, includes all
The ingredients. The nitre can be pro-
cured at any drug store.
A Western traveller came to log cabin
md asked for drink, which was sup
Piled by good-looking young woman.
As she was the first woman he had seen
n several days, he offered her a dime
or kiss. 1t was duly taken and paid
or, and the young hostess, who had
never seen dime before, looked at it
moment with some curiosity, then asked
what she should do with it. He replied
what she chose, as it was hers. If that's
he case" she said, you can take it back
and give me another kiss"
Olive Logan has occasion to realize
he adage that troubles never come
Iingly." She has been peculiarly be-
,ereaved during the past year. Her sis
er Alice became insane on the day
when an unfortunate marriage with the
actor Albert Aiken was being eonsum-
mated, and is still under treatment for
he disorder. Then came the death of
ler sister Eliza-Mrs Wood; and last
week the youngest of the noted family,
Kate Logan, died at the residence Of her
adopted parent, General Logan.
A touching story Of faithful love
comes from Philadelphia. A beautiful
young girl became engaged in 1861 to a
gallant officer in the Union army. At
he close Of the war he went to Califor-
MIA to seek his fortune. She waited pa
iiently for his return, feeling confident
that he would yet come back to her. So
the years passed; gray hairs began to
show themselves in her brown tresses;
her friends no longer ridiculed her, but
r;,;ad hara n,ononaniac Last week