Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-05-28
PERSONAL TO WOMEN.

Miss Gladstone, daughter of the EugIish
Of the Aourishing Ladies College at Cam
bridge.
Gail Hamilton ia credited with this neat
postscript TO a friendly letter: Gamma Dick
inson is playing Hamlet She ought to play
his uncle, for she murders Hamlet Nothing
else now. With love-"
Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague, by the COVER
nor 3 permission, has entered Canonchet and
packed up her silks, satins and laces. Huge
boxes of her yaluables were sshipped from
Narrsgansett Pier last week.
A French millionaire, in order TO encour-
age population, has left annual prizes Of
1920, $500 and 5000 to the mother OF the
largest families in Paris, with preference TO
the poorest in case Of equality.
james Gordon Bennett has given Mrs. De
Long $4,000 in United States government
bonds. There are now hosts Of women in
this country who are Wild to have him send
their husbands to the North PoIe.-BostOa
Poa.
Miss Annie Cary writes: "My present
engagements will take me up TO June 18th,
and then l shall have sung my last public
song, unless it be at the end Of the month,
three charity concerts in my own State OF
Maine"
ners il being translated into two Of the native
languages Of India, Canarese and Marathi.
Her Tales IN Political Economy are also being
translated into the latter language and into
Swedish.
The father OF two English girls threatened
to cut of their hair 70 keep them from CAD
ding about evenings. They applied TO a
justice, who held that their father had no
right to disfigure his daughters, and put him
under ESQ bonds to keep the peace.
Miss Anne Whitney, the sculptures, has
just completed her plaster cast for statue
of Harriet Mzrtineau, and is about 10 ship it
to Florence, where it is TO be produced in
marble. The statue will cost between SI2,-
900 and SIS 600, and the money for il has
been subscribed entirely by women.
Miss Belle Barden is, perhaps, the only
lady 10 the country who is q railroad officer.
She has recently been elected for the second
time treasurer Of the Wsynesburg and
Washington railroad in Pennsylvania. Miss
Barton also acts as paymsster, and makes
regular trips over the road in the pay-car.
The Princess of Wales, having herself
been plainly brought up, desires her children
to grow 10 maturity with as little "coddliug"
as possible, and it Is in Difference to her
wishes that the boys have az yet re-
! ceived none Of the orders and decorations that
| otherwise would have been showered upon
| them.
| Lady Elizabeth Emily Berthe, daughter of
the Earl of Abingdon, after her noTitiste of
two years, has recently taken the final VOWS
! Tor black veil at the Convent of the Vista
ton, Neutrality-suspicious., near Bristol.
| Lady BERTHE, like her brother, Lord Norreysr
left the Anglican Tor the Roman Catholic
| Church, about ten years ago.
Gail Hamilton, in her last eloquent article
in the North american Rerie0, summed up
the telling points in the Garfield case wbt IL
science proved herself blind and Telig ON
powerless. The best OF people shuddered
when she pointed to the fact that although
a whole nation fell on its knees, only the
prayers of Guiteau were answered.
Instead Of Archibald Forbes being en-
gagged to be married to the daughter OF Ex-
1artermaster-General Rucker, it is the
daughter of Ex-QuartermasterG sneral
Meigs, Miss Louisa Mejgs. The Meigses are
nearly connected 10 the Belmonts. No doubt
Mr.. Forbes will be proud to claim relation.
ship with the fresh young man who was
sailed down by james Gillespie Blaine.