Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-11-06
ITEMS ABOUT WOMEN

The citizens Of indianapolis are proud
of one of their girls who whistles over
100 tunes.
Miss Steerungambah, HindOO lady,
has been delivering lectures on female
education in Madras.
This is the time for sentimental girls
to gather autumn leaves and hornets
nests.
Some poor, but pretty girls attract
lovers by the face; some plain rich ones
by the figure.
Louise Aleot's mother says: Il am
70. but mean to 90 to the polls before l
die, even if my three daughters have to
carry me.
Dan Rice advertises that old maids
can visit his show at half price, but he
never had female call for half price
ticket.
Bridget Donohoe owns and navigates
a boat on the Hooking canal, and she
takes a hand In a free fight with the
best Of them.
An athletic Skowhegan girl kicked
an unfortunate suitor down some steep
stairs. the other night, and injured him
so that for two days his life was des-
paired of.
Mrs. Louisa Chandler says that ''she
who rocks the cradle rules" Let the
strong-minded sisterho0d beware, then,
how they surrender the privilege OF
rocking the cradle to their miserable
husbands.
Respect for old age never had a
brighter illustration than IN the case
of the young lady who always refuses
to 90 to the wash-tub when her mother
or grandmother is present.
YOUNG men, who fear that the
woman movement viii render the
vounc ladies of the land less modest
and attractive, may be comforted by
the fact that as rule, wOmenln public
life. clerical, professional, medical and
literary. number between forty and
sixty summers.
A Milwaukee servant girl has aban-
doned her place because for six whole
weeks she never went to but three CIR
cuses. four prayer-meetlngs, seven Pic
MICS and two steamboat excursions
She saws she wants to have little time
to herself.
A Boston journal states that Miss
Ella NJ. Noyes, a graduate OF Mount
Holvoke Seminary, class of 1872, left
home on the Sth inst, for Tanlequah
the capital of the Cherokee Nation
where She is to take charge Of the Parb
Hill Female Seminary, which was CLOSED
during the war, but which has now re-
opened with good promise OF success.
The London Times states that the de
mand for schoolmistresses has greatly
increased in England since the passage
of the elementary education act IL
1870. The mistress gets from E74 tc
ESQ a year for five days of five or si1
hours each in a week, with six weeks
vacation during the year.
The Sacramento Record Of late dat'
saws: AN odd entry for Il premium
was made at the Pavilion last night
Mrs. J. B. Walters entered the han
upon her head. -Four years ago she cu'
off her hair, shingling it close to hel
head, and now it is five feet long, reach
inc within eight inches Of the grounC
when she is erect The hair IS hne
strong, thick and Of a dark brown
color"
The most vigorous and dangerous
ANTAGONIST of the liberals in England Il
Miss Rhoda Garrett, who recently tool
the stump in Taunton in the interest o
the Troy candidate for parliament, be
cause he had declared himself IN favo
of woman's rights. This lady IN {
Younger sister of Professor Fawcett'
wife, whose ability as a public speake
is so well known. Miss RhOda has bu
very recently entered upon the arena 0
politics, but she bids fair to eclipse al
| the orators of her sex.