The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-16
PERSONALS ABOUT LADIES.

Nine. Essipoff has been engaged to give
forty concerts in Germany.
Miss Blaine will always be SCARED
between the eyes by her woutd.
The Duchess of Edinburg never
smiles, and the English dislike her for
that.
Nine. Nilsson has learned German,
and Will hereafter sing in that language
at Vienna.
Mrs. S, s.Cox has bought fine dwelling
in Washing on, which she aud her hus-
band will use as winter home.
Fatti has earned $2,5O00O0 with her
voice. When she was child her father
pawned his flmly'5 clothes and trink-
cts to get bread for them to eat.
Miss Constance Hamb!in, who is Per-
forming "Greteben" in Grip Van
Winkle" i'll New York, Is the daughter
OF Tom Hamblln, the noted actor.
Miss Kate Claxton has married Chas.
a. Stevenson, the young actor who was
reported to be the cause OF the trouble
that resulted in Miss Claxtou's divorce
from MI. Dore Lyon.
Mrs. Sue Tltley, widow .ot VIM, YTirt
Illley, and daughter of Mrs. Wiaup, OF
CenterYllie, Indiana, is the lady tbat
rumor says is soon to be led TO the hy-
meneal altar by Senator Mcdonald.
Miss Minnie Cummings, leading lady
OF the Museum Company, Phladelphia.
and formerly of Mr.. Macauley's Compa-
ny at WOODS Yheater, cincinnati, was
run over and very seriously injured, at
the corner oil Ninth and Arcn streets,
Philadelphia, on Friday last.
Mrs. Morton is preparing to leave In
dianapolis Tor New Haven, where she
VIII live until her youngest son has
flushed his college course. Alter that
The two Will return to indianapolis AID
make that city their permanent home.
Mis-. Morton will retain her house
there.
Miss Gertrude jackson is Deputy City
Clerk OF New Albany, Indiana, and her
lax book is said to be one OF the best
ever made i'll that city, The mass of fig
ures, names, and descrlp lions is not
only thoroughly correct, but beautifully
executed, as regards caligraphy. The
city appears to be proud OF the lady and
her work.
Mis-. Lebau's SUIT for the revocation
OF the viii OF Commodore Vanderbilt
IS now on trlal III New York. Her
torney alleges that BY indulgence, de-
luslons or diseases the testatur's nina
Was unauly influenced, ana his desire
TO perpetuate MS great wealth in The
name ol FanderbIlt oYGrruled his iudg-
meut.
Mrs. Shelley, GodWin's daughter once
said 10 Charles Sumner, "lnauk GOdl |
nave Kept cIear Of those Americans" !"
sac alterWa, DIS apOlOgized Tor the re-
mark, explaining that she was thinking
at the Time OF travellers who violated the
social ties and published personal
sketches-such as N. z. " Ills, for in
stance,
Mrs. Shelley, the poets wife, God
WINS daughter, ana author of "Eranken-
steln," Is thus described in one oil
charles Summers letters: She was
dressed in pure white, and seemed a
| nice and agreeable person, with great
cleverness. She said the greatest hap
plness OF a woman was to be Lhe wife or
mother OF distinguished man.
Misses Hughes, Hurd and Squires,
| lady teachers IN the public schools, Went
| together to the polls at Leland, H., and
insisted upon casting their votes lol
school Commissioner, their argum ent
beng that IL woman Was Intelligent
enough and had right to be SonuUl
| Commissioner, she ought TO be allowed
| express Il choice in lie matter. Then
| ballots were rejected.
Miss Kate Field, after q long soiourn
II France, is once more at work in LON
uon. Her oomedletta, named "EXtlemes S
| Meet" in whlct she acted last spring, at
the st. James Tneater, has been pub
llsheu in Nj. FrencA'5 series OF plays;
| ana another piece, written by her, mas
| been bought by Miss Madge Robertson,
| one OF the few really good actresses IN
| England. MISS Field is i'll tine health
and spirits.
The Misses ScLurZ, daught ers of Sec
| retary ScAurz, are not specimens OF
DuXom IeutOnIC beauty, bat very trag-
| lie and refined, with cOmplexIons OF
transparent purity, fine, reguiar fea-
| lures ana fair hair. Agatha, the eldest,
takes care OF tue boy her mother lie t.
and il devoted to the beautiful child,
| now running about the house anu talking
baby phrase. The other young daugn-
| er. Fuss, has charge Of Little Carl, an
active boy eight OF len, and the father is
as devoted to the two girls in puDllc ana
private as any lover couId be.
| Mrs. Julia Smith, the elder of the GIas-
| tonpury sisters, and the translator vi tue
| Bible, mas not allowed ner literary tastes
TO interfere with her housekeeping. Sne
| cooks and can even make carpets. S XIV
wears ago, or SO, she loEged to 90 to co :
Iege, but as that could not be, she
studied with her father, who had been
lnstructlng several young men III Greek
| and hebrew year before sHe entered
his class. She not only caught up with
| them, she qulcKly distanced tnem. Her
reason lor studying these ianguages was
ner lifelong desire to translate the
Bible.