The Portland daily press., 1876-05-05
About Women.

:" "0 aD'o W Iesuuo ncr correspond
ence.
The wife of Ole Bull lives In Madison. VIA.
and translates Morse novels, some OF which 4
Chicago house Is about to publish. She oalr
stays here because of her mothers ill-health.
Herbert Spencer says that the gold ring nov
worn BY married women is the sign OF the ison
ring that was worn about the neck or ankle In
oden times and indicates the submission OF
the wesrer. Mr.. Spencer Is q bachelor.
Miss Mary Preble, of Boston, has been for
some time copying Turner'S picture Of Colum-
bus ia the National Academy Of London.
Her work, which has attracted much aitsu-
tion, will be exhibited at the Centennial.
A young lady in Kentucky told her lover
that she liked Shakespeare very much, ana
that she "read it when it first came out.''
Then she proceeded to scan Q magazine 70 sss
what the spring styles were. ..-
Charlotte Cushman's estate 10 said 30 Be
greatly scattered in this country and In Rsg
land. Referring to her will the Boston Journal
remarks: "Miss Cushman forgot the Cushnsn
School in Boston and the American Dramatic
fund"
The New York Mail tells young ladies Aov 10
arrange their hair 10 fashionable style; Lst 10
all down and comb 1t out Then 10 up on ths
roof and stand still while lthe wind plays The
very whatever is appropriately with ID. Thea
catch up the back with . bOv Of ribbon. and
allow the front to stay a. IL is
This is the kind of accident thss bsfalls Bas-
lish ladies': The Hon. Mrs. Fetherssonhs hsuah
has met with . serious accident while ous huat-
ing with Mr.. Talboy's hounds. In The cousss
OF run she came to . gate which Was chained
up, and although q man was standing near 10
at the time he refused to open ID Mrs. FsthAf-
stonhaugh then had to take rsther an ask-
ward fence, and 10 SO doing her horse fell. and
one OF her arms was broken at the elbew. q
The widow of Admiral DAhlgren hes boushs
the celebrated South Mountain House, which 10
situated on the summit of South MoantAin,in
Maryland. on the National Turnpike and 10 the
middle OF the battlefield Of Antietan. The
place has acquired an historical name from
havingibeen resort Of Henry Clay, Thomas
FL. Benton, John j. Crittenden, General As
drew jackson, and many other noted msn. II
willIbe handsomely fitted up By Mrs. Dshlgrsn
as her summer house.
On the arrival of freight-train &C IRssdins.
Pa. the other day, q detective discovered .
well-dressed and rather pretty girl, about a
years of age, riding on the bumper Of ear
He assisted her off the car and tok her ehe
was in danger of meeting with ntAl accident.
She retorted: Meeting With accidents Ii my
lookout, and not yours; you just 60 about your
business. and let me alone; can take care OF
myself came from Lebanon on the bump
ers. aud 1 am going to watch my chance 70
ride the same way to New York city, whore
am going to live She walked away fron the
depot, and that was the last that was secs Of
her.
The foreign journals tell Of young Arab
| widow, daughter of chief, whose husband
was murdered by the Turks. Her father.
touched by the prayers and tears OF his child,
| called the Bedouin horsemen OF the Bsni
| Kawas to arms. The woman, armed like ths
men, and carrying their banner, like Joan ei
| Arc, was always foremost in her attacks upon
the enemy, closely followed By her father aad
her brothers, and horde Of horssmsn. The
| Turkish Government has set q price on her
head in order to stop the slaughter Of The
| soldiers. The Arabian poets hare made the
| heroine the subject of their songs, and she %
| now the most famous parsonage In the district
/ of Boder.
Some three miles from Westminster village,
in Mas ssachusetts, and about half = mils ron
any other house, an old lady has lived entirely
alone for more than fifteen years. She 10 sah-
ty-three years Of age, and blind; yet sAs
builds her own fire in an old-fsshionea are
place, and manages to prepare her meals. and
do the general work about the house. A neigh.
bor carries her a loaf Of bread occasionally
chops her wood and keers . slight overnight ei
her affairs, but for the most part she does hsi
own work. She owns . valuable timber 10,
and some other real estate, but prefers tot live
alone rather than pay for the care Of herself
and her property. "T
Girls, attend to your coiffure Ne matter hev
simple your dress is, look out for your eapills
ry adornments, and all will be well. Avoid, II
possible, all false hair about the face. Cork
screw curls, ventilated scratches, and hogns
bangs look we'll enough on the stage or rundsi
veil, but they give age when the vearsr h
subjected to close inspection. A tiny little loci
of your own hair shipped of - the top OF yoa
noses bridge, and rolled up in . rins With /,
hair pin at night, will make pretty listls Cur
ly fringe across your forehead in tho morning
and will never be noticed, even II the fashion
changes and you wish to brush the short locn
b back with the rest. Comb mp the back hair q
hi gh as you can without dragging your arm
out of their sockets; encircls the TOP Of yoH
era MUM with a smoothly brushed and nsatl,
plated braid; and in the vacumissis abhoS
ence which this performance creates stick
high comb or . voluminous bow, and you hav
coiffure-which, II not so stunninaly drea.
as some hair artist might bald, 10 sill
| thoroughly lady-lke, inevitably becoming, an
indisputably con,ne afaut-Olics Logan.
Madame Gay 'Lussac. who has Just died 'at u
advanced age, was the heroine Of romancs
In the year 1902 student Of the Poly yteehni
School entered . shop to buy some shirts. II
was surprised at beautiful young girl deyoar
ing a book, and asking her what was its tisls
was informed, "a Treatise on Chemistry." Tn
collegisn did. not feel like himself At all tha
evening. but was better next day whsn b
called to increase the order for the shirts b
another half dozen. Then he lost his handler
| ciefs, and found an occasion to return 10 Oh
shop; and still again to purchase crsvatA Z
end the matter he learned the young girl-th
eldCs st of three sisteTs-had courageously openc
| shop to make living for her father and fam
| lily, who had lost their property by the Revolu
ton. He proposed, and was accepted; and 70
fortune he had only .twenty-sight years an,
membership Of the Academy. he was nc
then either a peer of France or . celssris,
They were only married few months when
was carried home, his eyes nearly burned !
his head from an explosion in his lAboratof,
For twelve months he had to keep his roo.
and could support only a feeble nisht-hgA
BY which his wife read to him. She was NJ
only beautiful, but witty, and distinguished 1
society. She was her husbands private seer
tary, and her writing could not be distinguishe
ftom his. Their honeymoon lasted forty
years.
A peculiar interest attaches TO bill recsnti
introduced by Mr.. White of Kentucky, On
now before the ways and means oonmitss,
amending the tariff on imports 50 ss 10 sdm
free of duty not only "tesms Of animals" owi
ed by persons immigrating to the United Stah