St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-08-18
Concerning Women.

The Princess of Wales wears Il white
bonnet and veil with light blue
dress
Miss Nellie Grace edits a paper at
Eureka Springs, Ark. 1t is IA daily,
with IA double sheet weekly.
Mrs. Betsey Young of Georgia is sew
enty years old, has never taken dose
of medicine and has never seen il rail
road.
Writing letters for colored cook
gave Harriet Beecher Stove the first
suggestion to write "Uncle Toms
Cabin"
Mrs. Langtry is to receive $500 a
night, and all expenses of herself and
maid, for one hundred nights in
America.
Two of Earl Beaconstield's poems,
"The Blue-Eyed Maiden and "The
Green Cavalier" have been set to
music by Princess Beatrice.
The Empress of Germany has for
many years given much of her time to
the study and improvement of the
peoples stoves and kitchens.
Mrs. Caroline Brown, the mother of
effects of IL severe fall which she re-
ceived some weeks ago.
John Browns daughter Sarah was
offered 10y Superintendent Burton and
accepted a position in the adjuster's
department in the mint i'll San Fran
cisco.
Sarah Bernhardt has purchased for
her son the lease of the Ambigu thea
tire ut Paris. She gives 5000 francs,
with 10000 francs rs half years rent
in advance.
Mrs. Woodruff is again on lecture
tour in England, and again the Eng
lish provincial papers speak of her as
a candidate for the presidency of the
United States.
The Des Moines Ia.) Leader saws
"The next legislature will have to
submit the woman suffrage amend
ment, and i'll 1884 the women will vote
in this state"
1t now appears that the name of the
young lady whom Oscar Wilde pro-
nounced the most beautiful in the
United States is Miss Jennie Allen OF
Montgomery, Ala.
Anna Guenther, best known for
pleasant work in "Fatinitzar and
"The Electrical Doll" says that she
has had Il fortune of from SS0.0OO to
SlOO,OOO left her.
Annie Louise Cary Mrs. Raymond)
has so far recovered her voice that she
often delights the boarders at the At
lantic house, Cape Elizabeth. Me-,
with her singing.
A palace car is being built in Sacra-
mento, Cal, for Mrs. Leland Stanford's
use. 1t is to be finished entirely ac.
cording to her suggestions and taste
and is to cost So, 900 or S:}0,OOO.
Maria Mitchell, who was the first
American woman to receive the de
gree of Phi. ID. from an American col
lege, has been given the degree o
Ii. ID. by Western college.
The Misses Littell, who carry on the
Living Age lett them by their father
are highly intellectual women, who's,
critical acumen is evinced by the valu,
of the selections which make up tn,
magazine.
Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford, whC
is slight and graceful, has a fair com.
plexion, and her curling hair has
touch of miller's wings in its auburn
shades. She chooses the night tim,
for writing.
Mrs. Langtry's horses are often un
hitched from her carriage by young
men who draw her from the theatre
But 1t is whispered that such demon
strations are due to the ingenuity o
her manager.
1t is not generally known but is new
ertheless true, that by law passed il
lSG9, women are entitled To vote anC
hold Office in parish and religious so
cieties in Massachusetts on the sam,
terms as men.