The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-12
PERSONALS ABOUT LADIES.


Mrs. Hayes discourages the wearing Of
low-neck dresses
Jean Ingelow is small, her hair is gray,
and her years are forty.
Mrs. Ann S. Stevens is the Oldest liv-
ing American authoress, and is said to be-
almost destitute.
Mrs. Chisolm has been promoted to a
clerkship in the Treasury Department,
with salary of 81, 200.
Princess Louise suffered severely from
sea sickness on her return passage, and
is now recovering in quiet at Ottawa.
Mrs. Chandler has been very ill since
the death Of her husband, but is now
recovering. Her daughter, Mrs. Hale, is
still with her. II,
Mrs Southworth is quoted as saying
that she began to write from necessity,
and after that pursued her calling from
the love tit. ....I
Mrs. T. Adolphus Trollope, the clever
novelist, is quoted by Miss Brewster as
exclaiming: "Have you any ugly women
in the United States? For surely only
beautiful ones come to Europe from your
country"
Miss Leech, a scientific Englishwo-
man, has been elected member of the
Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain,
of which body her father, the Rochdale
chemist, Thomas Leech, was one of the
earliest members. ... .tf
Mrs Caroline Cedarholm, the widow
Of the first Methodist missionary to
Sweden, is lecturing in Eastern Ken
lucky. She is travelling to sell an auto
biography of her husband, with sketches
of the people among whom he labored.
Mrs. ]. w. Mackay has secured the
exclusive services of one OF the most Gel
ebrated modistes of Paris, in order that
there may be no duplicates of her fash
ionable styles. She has the fame of be-
ing the most richly dressed woman in
Europe. rs 4e .t,. .ao 81.
Miss Helen Gladstone, who was Cath
olic convert, used often to visit Rome,
and was special favorite with Pho Mono.
The good old man would often question
Miss Gladstone about her distinguished
brother and the other lay leaders of the
old Oxford Anglican party.
Mrs. Ellis, widow in Ellis County,
Ga, armed herself with an ak, attacked
huge wildcat and came out victorious.
The Arlington Advance says that this
was a very bold act, as even old hun
ters would not dare to approach one Of
these ferocious varmints in that way.
The different game clubs of the prin-
cipal Wisconsin cities are awake to the
importance of stringent measures for the
protection Of fish, bird and quadruped
against unreasonable sportsmen. They
are after the trappers and those who fish
with seine and hunt rabbits with fer
rets. ~ III s-a2s s.'' lag'arsA. Tils'
Ristori is to have a magnificent new
house in Rome, which the Marquis, her
husband, is now building for her in the
Via Nazionale. The workmen, in dig
ging almost tho last spadeful of the foun-
dations the other day, came upon very
large deposit Of ancient bronzes- some
beautiful Greek and Roman statuettes-
which are important and valuable.
Queen Victoria is the owner Of sil-
ver-gilt easket, in which are lockets con-
tanning locks Of hair Of thirteen officers
who fell at Isandula. Each locket is en-
graved with an "In Memoriam" and the
name Of the officer, together with the
date of his death. The souvenir was Or
dered by the Queen. n"5 .'
Elizabeth Peabody writes to friend
in New York City thus: "If / have been
the spirit of the kindergarten in Amer
lea, Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, of your
city, has given it substance and strength.
She has done more to further the princi-
pies Of Froebel-yes, twenty times more
than any one person I know of, except
Mrs. Shaw, whom all love and know as
the daughter of Professor Agassiz." he
The Princess Louise is the subject of a
picturesque Canadian anecdote. 1t is re-
lated that as she was about leaving Hall
fax the other day crippled old Crimean
soldier broke through the guard, and lift
ing his hat, held out his hand, saying
that he had shaken hands with her roy
al mother before the Princess was born.
With "eyes dimmed with tears" the
young lady heartily shook hands with
the ancient veteran, and the crowd about
cheered. ihA s'" wee ,'i ~. f iiio3
Mrs. Secretary Sherman is described
as zone of those creations which can be
compared TO the lilies Of the field in pur-
ity Of style and stately grace occupying
the middle ground between blonde and
brunette, her tawny hair, with its nat
ural wave gathered in the low, Greek
coil without comb or ornament of any
kind. A simple black dress, relieved at
the throat with illusion ruchings, she
seemed the personifed embodiment Of
one Of Tennyson's poems: @''',''9 ~; ..'''
'.aa ", "'Tall and divinely fair" ,,'..' ~
Lady Thornton carries out her British
ideas in Washington-ideas which ii
must be said are eminentfy proper and
wise. A correspondent of the Syracuse
journal says that the English woman
very emphatically declares that hel
guests shall not by her consent be criti.
ciaa1 throuoh tho ,,raaa Wbaauar at.