The Portland daily press., 1876-04-18
About Women.

timore, is seriously ill. As she is more than
ninety years old her recovery is doubtful.
Miss Vienna Demorest, the daughter of the
famous modiste, has abandoned all idea of con-
tinuing her career as public singer. The
it seems to have lost all power.
Mrs. Tyler, widow of the ex-President and
the only woman who ever married President
while he occupied the White House, is visit
ing in Washington. She is yet on the sunny
side of sixty and preserves much of the beauty
and sprightliness which thirty years ago made
her the belle of the capital
The Countess Tanner, widow of Frederick
VII. of Denmark, has left her property, val
ued at nearly $4,OOOOOO for the maintenance
of an institution for orphan and deserted girls
of Denmark. The castle OF Jagerspris in North
Zealand will be the central building of the
institution, and Accommodations for 600 or 800
children will be provided.
Miss Anna E. Dickinson is at last to make
her appearance upon the stage in Boston, on
May 9Th at the Globe Theater, in play of her
own composition which is described as his
torical melodrama. Miss Dickinson at one
time had an arrangement with Mr.. Augustin
DAILY for an appearance at the Fifth Avenue
Theater in New York, but it is understood that
the state of her health last winter prevented
her from keeping it.
Mime. Lnch, the mistress of the tyrant
Lopez of Paraguay, who was declared traitor
by the Government March 10, 1870, has been
residing in England since the death of her afro
cious paramour. She returned some months
ago to Paraguay, but no sooner was her pres
sence known than fifty women of the first
families of Paraguay held meeting and de-
manded the expulsion or indictment of 'ths
criminal and odious woman" The Govern
r-ent ordered her to leave the country Within
twenty-four hours, and she left.
Olive Logan says: "Mrs. Sartoris lives in a
most lovely part Of England. have visited
the country round about Southampton fire.
quently. Lord Palmerston's estate is near
there. 1t would be difficult to find any spot in
the world more replete with peaceful beauties
and more rich ia point of culture" Nelly
lives in little cottage on the estate of Mr..
Sartoris, and goes over to the large house for
her meals. So she has all the pleasures and
none of the cares of housekeeping.
Mrs. Sarah E. Bonney, of Sterling, Mass
the only contributor from that town to the
Centennial Exhibition, has two cases of goods
which will attract great attention if their his
Tory is known. One case contains twenty-five
choice birds of all varieties, from humming
bird to an owl. which were all shot by Mrs.
Bonney herself, and stuffed and mounted on
an imitation of laurel branch. The second
case contains several bird fans, with wings
r.. Sill
dove in the center of each fan; also muff, boa
and hat made out of ducks. feathers, each
feather being put on separately and prepared
in the most delicate way.
Mile. Bettina de RothschiId, daughter of
Baron Alphonse, the head of the Paris house,
marries one of her Vienna cousins. There was
grand reception on the 10th of March in hon.
or of the signing of the contract. The gifts
were magnificent. A great deal was given in
charity. The rich finance gave dowries to
five poor young girls. Mile. de Rothschild is a
distinguished young lady, who, at sixteen has
successfully passed the examination for q
has been followed by several of her compan-
ions, also belonging to wealthy families. 1t is
very good fashion, but in all probability Mile
de Rothschild and her friends, with their uni
versity diplomas, will never be competitors In
the career which the diploma opens to them.
MIR. Hamerton, in the Portfolio for March,
thus defiues lady: A lady is a woman who
clearly understands, and consistently practices
The re6nements of highly-civilized existence,
and the most real distinction between lady
and woman who Is not a lady is, that one is
more civilized than the other, and more deter
mined to preserve the habits of high cviliza
ton, both in her person and in those over
whom she has authority. Those habits are not
simply habits of expense; it is cheaper to re-
main sober than to get drunk and yet it is
more ladylke to be sober 1t does lot cost
more money to speak good English than bad,
or to be gentle than rude; yet lady always,
from preference speaks correctly and has gen.
tie manners.
Mrs. Kemble, in her "Old woman's Gossip
makes an alluson of interest to the admirers
and friends of Mrs. Scott Siddons. ''My cousin
Harry's wife," she says twas the second
daughter of George Siddons, Mrs. Siddons
eldest son, who, through her interest, was ap-
pointed collector of the port of Calcutta, which
position he retained for nearly forty years.
He married lady in whose veins ran the
blood of the kings of Delhi, and in whose de-
scendents. even in the fourth generation, this
ancestry reveals itself in type of beauty of
strikingly oriental character. Among these is
the beautiful Mrs. Scott Siddons, whose ex-
guisite features present the most perfect living
miniature of her great-yrandmother's majestic
beauty. In two curiously minute, highly-fn
ished miniatures of the royal Hindoo person.
ages, her ancestors, which Mrs. George Siddons
gave Miss Twiss land the latter gave mel, it is
wonderful how strong likeness may be traced
to several of their remote descendants born in
England of English parents