Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-10-15
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.

scribed over S25 600 Tor the suffering poor in
West Ireland. There is lasting charm as
ISOLATED with the word Dixie"
Between the gaie-post and the gate
And what cared the time of night
TIL nd T ssRe os s BY the sdte
Between the gate-post and the gate.
Irritated mamma; mo, it doesn't ft as
if he had been born in tit doesn't fit at all I;
| aud L shall expect the money back" Mr..
Moses: But s'help me-p Irritated NAM
mai 'Your advertisements say, Money re-
turned il not approved" Mr.. Moses: $50
they do, ma tear, so they do; but your money
vas approved-it vas very goot money"
Mrs. Emma L. Robinson, the circus rider,
is sUipg in Cincinnati, o., for divorce from
her husbs nd, Gilbert N. Robinson, and asks
TO be restored 10 her M alden name, Emm a
L. Lake, by which she has continued to he
known professionally She alleges extreme
cruelty and graver ofeuses, and asks ali
mony and the custody of their six-year-old
child.
The Princess of Wales and her children,
and their suite, and the King and Q Ieen
of Denmark and their suite, have ali been
living together like one large family party
at Wiesbaden, and have rarely appeared
in public there. People in their branch of
he show business, well Booth and
Barrett and Nat Goodwin, want an occa-
sioual rest.
DR.. Mary Walker is now no longer promi-
neut in the field Of female physicians. A
young East Indian lady, DIR. Ramnabel
| Sauskirta, has come to the front as a lecturer
| on The necessity of female doctors. She
speaks Ssnscrit, Ksuafese, Hiudoostani,
Mahrati, Bengalee and English huently
| and is urging the education of women as
| physicians.
A lady who has devoted much attention to
such matters says that when girl goes %
bed she looks in the closet, LITE up every shoe
| to peep beneath it, looks under the bed, puts
| out the gas, makes flying leap for the mid
| die Of the bed, pops her head under the bed
clothes, listens to her heart beat from fright
| for half an hour, then sinks into the sweet
sleep of innocence.
A woman was lately indicted 10 England
| for causing the death of her child by deny
| ing it adequate nourishment. Investigation
showed, however. that the mother had fed
the child regularly on corn-s starch mixed
| with little milk, ignorant of the fact that
| starch is unable to supply the necessary
nutriment TO young children. Under these
| circumstances the woman WAS acquitted.
The American actresses of to day are not
such a galaxy of stars as thoee of thirty
years ago, not because of less talent, but be-
cause in that elder day hard study and long
apprenticeship were required Tor success,
whereas in the plays to-day in vogue no such
preparation is made. Formerly it was
difficult 10 recruit the ranks of actresses, ex-
ceptng from among the children of other
actresses, but to-day all womankind seem to
be stsge-struck. ~
The late Miss Gertrude r. May, Of Nor
wicb, Conn bequeatbed 5000 TO the Broad
way church of that city for Inc purchase of q
bell or any other need existing at the time OF
her death; also $4,000 TO be eventually added
TO the George Hail fund of the Hartford In
saue Asylum, and $1,000 each to the Indus
trial School for Girls at Middleton, and the
Old Lady's Home established by Mrs. Eliza
Huntington of Norwich.
Miss La Forge, who WAS betrothed to Lieut..
Chip, of the Jeannette expedition, died st
Ocean Grove Saturday. The remains were
taken to her late home on the Hudson. When
the news of the fate Of the vessel reached
America, Miss La Forge fell 3 prey TO terri
bic distress, and fell i'll and became a
physical and mental wreck. Her physicians
recommended the seashore, and she was tax en-
to Ocean Grove, bui without benefit.
Marc E Cook, the journalist and writer
of humorous poetry, who recently died in
Utica of consumption. was only about
twenty eight years of age. While still en-
gagged in journalism, in the fall OF 1877, the
first symptoms of consumption made their
appearAn The story of the FIRST part of
that struggle he tells with grim humor in
mis- little work Published last year, and writ
lea when victory seemed to be in store for
hum, The Wilderness Cure.
The daughter of one OF Denver's best citi-
| zens-it always is the daughter OF "0est
citizen" in such a case, and the girl is always
young, handsome and accomplished-was
| caught by her father at the dead hour OF
night at The ground end of rope. Her lover
was waiting for her behind convenient
| tree, but, 60 soon as he saw the old man, he
| fed, and the daughter was returned to her
room and locked in. The next day 1t APP
peared that the romantic lover was an ex-
convict discharged only few days before
| from the Canon City penitentiary.
AT The marriage of Mr. and Mrs, George
| Harris, at Mount Meridian, Va, the bride
refused 10 say yes" to the question whether
che would obey her husband. She said that
fhe saw no reason in such promise, and he
concluded that no harm could be done by