The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-02-28
PERSONALS ABOUT LADIES.

Modieskas toilettes stamp her as
matchless actress.
Mrs. John Hoey is an artist in diamonds,
owning $4,000 worth.
Mrs Frances Hodgson Burnett has anew
novel, already half written.
Madame Adelina Patti is now receiving
$4,000 for each appearance in opera.
Mrs. Mary Clemmer still suffers from her
recent injury, and is compelled to use q
crutch.
Julia A. Moore, 'the Sweet Singer of
Michigan" has a new incentive to write
nursery rhymes.
Clara Louise Kellogg's father says it's no
such thing. But perhaps Papa Kellogg
hasn't been consulted.
Mrs Hayes has abandoned her temper
ance principles by wearing claret silk.
Thus remarketh the Boston Post.
Mrs Moore came naturally enough by
her poetic genius. She is a descendant from
Tom Moore--on her husband $ side.
Mrs M. A. d. Clifton, a literary lady of
Wheeling, West Virginia has written o his
torical drama called Margaret of Anjou,"
which was played in that place with great
success last week.
Mrs Culver, of Vassar, Mich, has taught
one hundred and four terms of school. She
began in 1880. Think of this (remarks the
Courier-J JournaD you who have but one
small boy to wallop.
Miss Thompson, who astonished Niagara
Falls, on several occasions, by her lavish
eccentricities, who loves horses, and who
recently set Edinburg in a Aurry by having
her trotter shod with gold, is caperng in
Spain.
Sister Amanda Smith, the colored Evan
gelist, has been eyangelizing in Brooklyn
among the most fashionable ladies of the
stylish churches They seem to like her
unctuous and forcible way of expounding
the Scriptures
Countess Morella an English lady of
great wealth, who fell desperately i'll love
| with the Carlist beau sabreur, has erected
| two splendid monuments to the memory OF
her husband, who is buried at Virginia
Water, near London.
Miss Kate Field writes that she is not the
author of the Magillicuddy Papers, and
why she should be pounced sepon as a wri-
| ter, is beyond her comprehension. And
she adds that she is not in the habit Of
minding anybody's business but her own
Mrs Lucy Nichols, of Waterbury, Conn.
celebrated her hundredth birthday on Sun
| day. 1T 10 p. M, when the company
thought of retiring, she was still fresh and
wanted to make night of it. when |
get started" she said. II like to 90 the
rounds"
Mrs. Hayes, it is reported, always calls
her guests at the White House "the friends.
She has been having a cameo portrait OF
| her husband cut as a memoir OF her silver
wedding. 1t is set as brooch in platinum,
and has four large diamonds sparkling about
its rim.
Mrs. Hayes has been having her portrait
painted by Mr.. Andrews. She is repre-
sented as dressed in plain black gown, re
lieved by white lace ruffies, and sitting or
a sofa before background of yellow silk
curtain which brings out nicely her bru
nette coloring.
Mrs. Someryille, learned as she was, dit
not disdain feminine occupations. She wa
once observed to be in fit of deep abstrac
ton, and was asked by gentleman W h'
, greatly admired her talents what was th
subject which engaged her; to which, great
ly to his disappointment, she replied
speaking as she always did, with a broa'
Scotch accent-'I was just thinking about
new bonnet"
Rev. Thomas Wynne Edwards, who re
Gently died in England, pulled stroke il
the first eight-oared race ever rowed al Ok
ford. He was probably the oldest free
: holder in England, having held his eslat
for eighty-one years and nine months III
was also one of the oldest beneticed clergy
= men in England. The race in which h
: participated as a student in Jesus Colleg
was rowed in 1915.
Mrs j. R, Vincent, of the Boston Museum
received one evening last week from Ion
+ list of some of the most distinguished me-
, and women in Boston. large purse Of gol
coin, basket of flowers, and graciou
little letter thanking her for the peasur
she "has given so many during the pas
thirty years" The gift was presented afte
the first act of the play, and at its conclu
sion Mrs. Vincent, who was deeply affected
. said a few words of thanks.