The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-02-06
PERSONALS ABOUT LADIES.

Essipoff practices before breakfast;
but most OF us can do justice to our
breakfast without any preliminary prac-
tice.
Countess Howe threw herself from the
window of the mothers residence in
Berkeley Square, London, and died
from her injuries.
Countess de Spare has just died in
France. She had been successful
dlG ItdlteRS as "Mlle. Nardi," aud was
Lne companion and friend of Malibran.
Miss Kate Field has returned to the
profession which she adOrns. She is
regularly engaged upon the staff of that
literary and political weekly, the Exam
iner, of London.
Miss Matthews is a young lady in the
| Freshman Class at Colby University,
Maine, who has just received the prize
| for best college preparation. The prize
will pay her term bills throughout the
course.
The granddaughter of Daniel Web
| ster, the young widow OF James Geddes
Day, lives at Marshteld, and is writing
volume on the home life of her grand
| father. About two hundred acres Of
| land remain unsold around the house at
| Marshfeld.
Miss Ellen Fletcher has been engaged
| In business as q matchmaker and jew
eler in Charleston, N. Ii. Having
| learned her trade by a three years. ap-
premiership, she has pursued it sue
cessfully for the past five years, doing
the mechanical work with her own
| skilled hands.
SaIlie Jay White writes to the Detroit
| Free Press concerning Miss Louisa AL
colt. She describes the brilliant au-
| thoress as somewhat tall, with a fine
| womanly figure, quick OF movement, with
a sunny, CHEEKY face, somewhat mis-
cnievous eyes, "a firmly set mouth and
| chin, and nose expressive of great
character.
Miss Emma Abbott, in refusing posi-
lively to sing in "Traviata," gives
Mr.. Mapleson her reason as follows:
"When l was little girl, singing round
the country with my guitar, made a
| vow-yes, VOW is the word-tnat l would
never use my voice when l thought the
influence might be bad. That VOW l
mean to keep"
"Olive Harper" who is now lecturing
on the "Tame Turk" is described as be-
ing little above the average height,
strong and healthy, and very active, in
spite OF lameness which has compelled
her to use crutcnes during the past six
years. Her head is finely developed and
we'll balanced, and her eyes are bright
and penetrating. She is strenuOusly
opposed to woman suffrage, but holds
strongly to woman's right to labor and
to be paid for her labor.
Mrs. Browning, writing OF her relig-
ious views in a recently published prI-
Inf enid ...S e
the National churches, to which do not
belong, and OF the Dissenting bodies, to
which do, stand together before me on
pretty just level OF detestation. Truth
as far as each thinker can apprehend)
apprehended-and love comprehending
make my idea-my hope of Church.
But the Chris tianity of the world is apt
to wander from Christ and the hope OF
Him."
DR.. Mary Walker promptly appeared
at the Woman Suffrage Convention at
Washington last week. The first in
timation oil her presence in the hall was
herself standing on the platform and
waving her arms, as she gave forth
reasonable and Dlood-curdlIng opinions
of the Constitution. Her bl0omer Co.'S
tune was of somber black, with pink
silk kerchiet around her neck, to give
the necessary touch OF color to her artis-
tic outfit.
Mrs. Richard Burton, authoress of
"Inner Life of SYRIA" the vile of Capt.
Burton, Her Britannia Majesty's Consul
at Trieste, has been elected by the
Dantesque School OF Naples as life
member, and has received the diploma
and the great gold medal of the society
tor her work among the poor of Trieste,
hnr I'M RIM inn TO hn Il
unceasing efforts to prevent cruelty to
animals. The Italian and German press
have expressed great approval, anu de-
clare the honor to have been Justly
earned and well bestowed.
Madame lima di Murska seems des.
tined never to ENJOY welded bliss.
After her separation from her first Aus
| tralian husband, the fifth or sixth in the
list of martial membranes, she be-
came enamored of an Indifferent mu-
sician named Hill-or, as he chose to
cali himself on the perlumed concert
programmes, Stranhilla-and alter q
brief courtship married him. The very
first night of wedlock he smashed all
the porcelain vases in the bridal cham.
ber, and, inspired by a sanguinary
spirit, ruthlessly slaughtered The two
small terriers of the songstress, her
| three canary birds, parrot, q monkey,
and five cats Of rare breed.
Mrs. Mary Clemmer stoutly says OF
Susan B. Anthony: 81 like Susan. Her
jaw has the resolute grip it would nat.
urally get in lifelong tussle 10 have
it's own way. Her eyes are large, round
and gray, and look straight at you. She
has no end of common sense and lots
of keen wit, no sentiment, and little cul-
ture in the aesthetic sense. But she is
as affectionate and as supplemented as
a child; a brave, noble woman, who has
given her whole life to her highest con-
yictions, and in battling tor the equality
that she does she is simply true TO the
traditions OF her Quaker birth and edu.
cation. like to look upon her at a safe
and silent distance, where she can not
turn and rend me for my silence on the
cause.'"