The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-04-13
About Women.

Assynt, Sutherlandshire, on the 1tb of March
at the age of GA. Her maiden name was lydia
Fraser, and she wrote several books under the
nom de plume of Harriet Myrtle. At the time
OF the disruption of the Scottish Establishment
she publishe da novel entitled Passages in the
Life of GA English Heiress," in which the
views OF the "non-intrusion" party we're adyo-
ca'ed' She also wrote book for young people,
with the title "Cats and Dog5," took an active
part IN editing her husbands works after his
death, and gave much assistance to Mr.. Peter
Bayne in the preparation of his biography of
her husband
The Countess d'Agoult, known TO the liter
ary world of Paris as Daniel Stern" was
woman of great strength and nobility of char
acier. Yet great and grievous error cast q
shadow over her early life. Long years ago
sne fell madly in love with the pianist Liszt,
ana quilted her home and husband to share
his fortunes. The daughters of Liszt Zone of
whom, the divorced wife of Hans Won Bulow.
is now Madame Richard Wagner, and another
the wife of M. Emile Olivier) are the children
OF Madame dAgoalt. When deserted by the
tickle m usician, she sought refuge in study and
literature. No new error it is said, ever
stained her henceforth blameless life. The
Count d'Agoult, her husband, is still living.
Her literary works consist of number Of
essays, aud of "Hi stoire de Ia Revolution de
1913" which is now standard work.
Kate Field writes from London that Mrs
Louise Chandler Moulton lately passed through
there in company with Mrs sIacdowell, a
Southern woman who has quite as much inside
of her head as out, and writes in q promising
way. Mrs. Moulton stopped long enough to
realize the mud of London and to open Parlia-
ment with the Queens assistance. What the
Queen thought of Mrs. Moulton will ever
remain profound secret. but what Mrs. Moul-
!on tnougnt OF the queen will probably appear
in print shortly Boston Commonwealth,
The Princess Beatrice is said to possess an
awful temper" which makes her exceedingly
"sociable" at times, especially when there are
books or plates lying around loose. For this
reason young Americans should all feel re-
signed to the search that is now being made BY
her royal mamma for a son-in-law. Beatrice
needs companionshp. Some one to exercise
ON. Some one to play target, while she impro-
vises rife-match with stove-lids for bullets
and piano-stools for wadding. Her health abb
solutely demands some such change as this
to keep up her strength and while away the
growing tedium of court life.
Mrs. Hough, lady who died few days ago
in Alexandria, Pa, at the age of ninety-seyen
years, was one of the few women of the coun-
try who have cast vote for President. She
grew up to womanhood in the State of New
jersey, where she was born, and when of age
she cast vote for Thomas Jefferson for Presi-
dent, as property qualification in that State
entitled a woman to vote.
Mother Stewart, who claims to be the pro-
jector of the temperance crusade in Ohio, is at
tracing almost as much attention in England
as the pedestrian Weston. Sac has been re-
ceiyed at countless temperance reunions,
where tea has been dispensed in perfectly in-
nocuous form, and all the ceremonials common
to the brotherhood of SdggiDs have been most
rigidly observed. She received an unkind cut
at one of these reunions from the presiding
officer, a certain John BIoomhall, j. P, who
intimated that the designation of Mother" by
which she is familiarly known in the United
States, had better be dropped in England.
Why should Mother Stewart not be called Moth
er Stewart? She was the mother of the Ohio
crusade, and is not ashamed of her grotesque
progeny. She is venerable woman, full of
piety and zeal; and the title of mother, as one
OF the most honorable that can be given, be-
comes her exceediugly.-W WOman's Journal.
The champion story in the line of coinciden-
ces comes from California: A few years ago,
there resided at the Mission San Jose, in Ala
media county, two young ladies. between whom,
although not of kin, a strong friendship ex-
isted They were married at the same time
and by the same service. They then took up
their residences, one at Haywards and the 9TH
er at Alvarado. In the course of time they
gave birth to children on the same day,
the birth of one child preceding that of the
otser by two hours. Three weeks later, both
children died on the same day, the eldest Just
two hours before the other. Three weeks af-
ter the death of the children. both mnthers
died on the same day.
Egyptian ladies walk about the streets up
on shopping expeditions lin which am told
they take even more intense and rapturous de-
light than my own fair co~ntry women) invel-
oped in hideous black garment not unlike the
dismal robes of the Roman Confraternta,
which effectually conceals the attractions ma
ture has bestowed upon them, as well as those
uuO W tuo auOrm7A1o VI miiluoIy anu JeWeLIy.
But English ladies who enjoy the privilege of
free access to some of the leading Egyptian
harems have informed me that this shapless,
lugubrious vestment covers toilets of the great
est splendor in material and color and bjoute-
rie that might awaken envy in the breast of
many a titled Western dame. have listened
to thrilling accounts of lockets as large as tur-
keys eggs, both faces of which are covered
with brilliants of the first water, the size of
goodly chick peas; of complete costumes
from Worth and Madame Elise; of ropes of
pearls that would have ''sicklied DER with the
pale east of thought" the lavish impulses of
Lothair himself; of rubies, emeralds aud sap
phires scattered with fine profusion over the
surface of undeniable, if somewhat exuberant
charms. As the Egyptian ladies, SO the Egyp-
tian houses. What they are compelled to ex-
hibit to the public gaze is of simplicity fire.
quenty amounting to ugliness, while that
which they reserve for private inspection is
gorgeous and ornate in the extreme.-London
Telegraph.