The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-03-26
About Women.

whose avoirdupois is l ,210.
Miss Sarah c. Alvord of Ashtabula. q 1.
a new claimant for honor as a SCULPTOR. She
is now at Meadville, Pa, executing medallions
of some of the professors of the theological
school, and of some other prominent citizens
of the place.
The Baronne de Talleyrand, who is described
as lovely Circassian, with melting, dark eyes,
and pearly white shoulders and arms, wore SO
many Jewels at q recent costume ball In Flor
ence that she took gendarmss along to escort
her. There were Jewels everywhere on her
Odalisque dress, which looked one shimmerlng
cascade of diamonds, rubies, sapphires and sm-
eralds
Mrs. Hooper sends this interesting bit OF
news from Paris to the Philadelphia Press:
''The Grand Duchess Marie of Russia has re-
Gently made marvellous purchase, in the
shape of bedroom garniturs Of point d'Alen-
con lace, which was originally manufactured
for Marie Antoinette. The approach of tho
revolution prevented the unfortunate Queen
from becoming its possessor. 1t was afterward
bought by Napoleon 1. as bridal present fox
Marie Louise, and was again sold after the
Hundred Days. After many vic'sstudes this
regal p6C6 VI uuOAJ Ha5 ~ Aaoe AOuAo Abo Hsy
into royal hands once more. 1t comprises set
of curtains, counterpane, and six pillow COW
ers. The lace is as fine as the finest fiouncss
ever worn by a royal bride, and the pattern rep
resents baskets, wreaths aud clusters OF roses
and lilies in high relief In the delicate nss
which forms the background of that most
splendid OF a. A. .nodern lace, the point d Allen
con. The price paid Ibis marvellous garni-
ture was only 5000 francs (SS, ,oovs Il has new
er been used, none of its possessors sihcSt
days of Marie Louise having ventured to dis
play such piece ef royal extravaganza. there
fore it may be considered as great bargain for
Its new purchaser. 1t was suggested that 10
might one day return TO France In the pos
session of a new Empress, the Grand Duchess
Marie being the lady to whose daughter 10 was
recently reported that ths Prince Imperial was
to be betrothed. But the Grand Duchess un-
fortunately has no daughter, which is q slight
impediment to the projected union"
Mrs. Christina Shambschsr, who died at
Liberty, Tioga County, on the 23d ult., at tho
age of ninety-four, was the mother OF seven
grandchildren, grandmother Of o. and had 1l6
great-grandchildren, and one greatgreat-grand-
child.
Victoria Bunsen is the latest Swedish night
ingale. She is singing at Copenhagen, and is
said to have a temper as sweet as her voice,
which will be rarity among Swedish nightin-
gales.
The feminine medical students at St. Peters
burg are taught In the same buildings and BY
the same professors as male students. Their
studies are, however, pursued at different
hours. The payment for instruction Is about
$50 year. The term Is fixed at four years,
and 240 young women have gone through three
years of it at present. A trainlng-school for
nurses is attached in which 20 young women
are being trained, not only in the care OF tho
sick bat in the higher branches Of medical
knowledge also Most of the pupils are or
phans, who pay nothing, all the expenses be-
ing betrayed by the Empress
This is how Mary Kyle Dallas says II feels:
take a man and pin three or four large table
cloths about him, fastened back with elastic
and looped up With ribbons; drag all his own
hair to the middle of his head and tie II sight,
and hairpin on about five pounds of ether hair
and big bow of ribbon. Keep the front locks
on pins all night and let them tickle his eyes
all day; pinch his waist into corset, and give
him gloves a size too small, and shoes ditto,
and hat that will not stay on without tor
turing elastic, and frill to tickle his chin, and
little lace veil to blind his eyes whenever he
goes out to walk, and he will know what .
woman's dress is. Myp
A reviewer, speaking OF the volume OF Lord
Ronald Cover illustrative Of the Lenoir collec-
ton of original French portraits at the Staf'
ford House, writes: "The portraits Of some OF
the beauties of the French Court Of this time
seem to be less extravagantly fattered than
most that are met with. Mime. Scarron-ths
Nine. de Maintenon of Louis XIV-fgures on
the same page with two of Ninon de pEnclos,
one of which quite suggests the beautifully
smooth and wsxen face that was. as Lord Ro-
nald says, "impervious to the attacks OF time.'
who captvated an able al eighty-three; not to
mention the hdeous story of her own son fall
ing in love with her unknown as his msther,
and committing suicide in despair and horror.
Next to him comes La Marquise de Montes-
pan, beautiful with her dropping eyelids and
violet eyes-"belle CONNIE le jour-" as st. 81
mon described her; and Mime. de Grignans
which is interesting only as representing her
holding miniature of her mother, the cele-
brated Nine. de Sevigne. Nine. de Pompa-
dour, from painting by Drouais, seated At her
fabouret frame, with handkerchief very CO.
quettishly tied over her head, appropriately
precedes the portraits of Mime. Adelaide
daughter of Louis XIV, and Of Marie Antoin-
ette, as a girl Of fifteen, from picture oy
Drouais. Portraits that will be viewed with
interest in connection with English history are
those of Marie of Lorraine, the wife OF James
nfM Morv AluAan 0f
Scots, o fwhom the collection possesses one thas
may lay claim to place OF repnte among the
numerous portraits of Marie Stuart pretending
to be authentic. This is painted in oil on can
vas; it is in profile, representing her with
bright auburn hair, brushed high OF her for
head, with curls on the top, turned up from
the back of the head, and white feather ct
the side. Lord Ronald points out the resem-
bance to the buston the monument in West
minister Abbey; and it may be remembered
that it bears considerable resemblance to her
son, James I. This portrait is kept at Dun
robin Castle, and is attributed TO FFeminss,
French painter OF the time, Of whom there Is
portrait in the collection Of Elizabeth, the
daughter of James I, who became Queen OF
Bohemia, and Henrietta Maria as girl with
very HPuI yeiiOW uhiHB Gully ~ SNo SsNSSs 49,
others referring to English history.
AN AMERICAN CARDINAL-His Holiness she
Pope has shown his appreciation Of the piety
and devotion of his religious flock In America
by elevating Archbishop McCloskey of New
York to the dignity of Cardinal At tho
same time he conferred the like honor on Arch
bishop Manning of England, and Archbishop
Ledochowski of Prussia. So far as the Ameri-
can honor goes, NO nan can wear it more de-
servedly than Archbishop McClosky. He is .
native of the city, of singular modesty, consid-
cradle learning, unpretentious piety, and gen.
orally beloved for his calm and decorous de-
meanor on all occasions. In this respect he Is
In marked contrast with the late Archbishop
Hughes of the same city, who was good deal
of politician and jealous as q proselyter, and
who was extremely anxious for the honor
which has come to his successor. Unlike his
predecessor, too, McClosksy is said to shrink
from the new distinction. And, indeed, 1t Is to
make quite a revolution in his dress and per-
sonal habits. For instance (as we see 10 stated
in a contemporary, ''there will be nobody with
whom ne can associate on equal terms. bis