Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-01-15
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.

of her child"
Advice to wives: Man is very much like
an egg; keep him in hot water and he is
bound to become hardened.
The coming woman will not marry until
she is able to support husband in he style
he Is accustomed to at home.
Mrs. Bayard Taylor is known to her many
friends not only as a woman of trained liter
ary taste, but a domestic authority OF dis
tinguished attainments.
1t is announced that the queen of Rou-
mania will shortly publish, under her lit
erary pseudonym OF Carmen Sylvia, an epic
poem entitled "Ahasuerds"
The new London Journal for women is
called tie Fan. Englishmen have funny
ideas about naming papers for women 10
read. A fan can be shut up.
"For heroic but vain endeavors to look
pleased" says a crusty old bachelor, moth
ing can equal the facial expression of two
girls compelled to dance with each other on
account of the scarcity of men,
In the new favorite myrtle green riding
habit of the empress OF Austria the skirt is
so arranged that in case of accident il may
be by single movement 6isengaged and pre-
vented from ebcumbering the feet.
Austrian railway companies have kind
of civil-service that the newspapers of that
country delight to boast of. The railway
companies there employ upward of three
thousand women, who are invariably the
relatives of dead or disabled employees of the
different roads.
1t will be read with interest that, although
the male line of Luthef's own defendants
became extinct in 1920 by the death of Prof
Luther at Lsipsic, there is still living di-
rect descendant Of Luthsr's daughter Anna
in the person of the former Court Actor w.
Wolters, of Stuttgart.
Thsy have got the divorce fever bad in
San Francisco, aud are grinding divorces out
at the rate of one day. Fully half of
these are granted on the ground OF willful
desertion, this habit of disappearing sud-
denly being very characteristic of the Won
derful climate of California.
The Paris Voltaire, which is sornetinaes- a
serious journal, tells u story about Henri
Rochefort. Being sent 10 institute reforms,
he intended TO begin by reforming Nine.
Elias, whose wiles had entrappsd NJ. Rous-
tan. After an hour of her company he tele-
graphed to the premier: "Send Roustan back.
l could only act as he did-possibly not so
well'
Under the title Of "The Yellow Ribbon
Society,"" the sold Maids"-they prefer that
name-of Syracuse have formed an organi-
zation 'for the good of the community and
the social enjoyment of the members" They
are going to open the season with a ball
next week, and ready to give long odds
TN at it will be the most successful entertain
ment Of the year.
Phoebe Couzins and Jane Graham Jones
shouted "Hurrah," by telegraph from Wash
ington, and Susan B. Anthony ard Eliza
beth Cady Stanton sent an answering echo
from T.nsfiy, New Jersey. The cause OF
this ri ioieing was the passage. by vote OF
AZ. ATr
resolution for the appointment OF a Senate
Committee on the Rights and Disabilities Of
Women.
Empress Augusta is once more at home in
Berlin, and in her accustomed way is visiting
! the various charitable societies, the superin-
| tendence and promotion OF which she, as
| lady protectress of the National Women.
Society, has for years made her special OBJ
| Jet. Last week she attended an evening
meeting at the bureau Of the central commit
tee of the Society Of the Red Cross. The
empress, who instead OF in the former high.
hung carriage, is now making her prone
| nades and errands in low coupe, Is rot e y
| generally recognized in her passage through
| the streets. The sympathetic manifest atoms
of those who do recognize the august oonva
descent plainly indicate the j,y every where
| felt at her r. covery and return.
President James Buchansn's bachelorhood
| was the result 81 + oii-h misunderstood
ing. While a successful young lawyer in
! Lancaster he became engaged to a beautiful
| but somewhat domineerIDg girl. Some legal
business sent him into neighboring county
| where he remained for several days. When
| he returned one evening he found his Office
| filled with importunate clients, and tired and
! hungry as he was, he attended to their bust
ness. Then hurrying to the home OF the
angel of his dreams he found it cIofed and
- l.. a..
| and although he saw Miss - at the
window, he was told by servant that She
was not at home. lie walked away, and
never approached the house again. Neither
| could subdue pride enough to make or seek
| an explanation. The young lady shortly
after died, and Mr.. Buchanan never at
tempted to win another womsn.
Mrs. Abba Good Wooden, in lectur,
| delivered in Boston on the Ilth instant, en-
| titled ''The English Novelisis; George E'io
| aud Charlotte Bronte," after considering
! briefly the position Of the novel, and the
| special work OF women in this field, com
! pared the two authors who stand Tor tn,
/ highest type OF the Eogiish novel, We hav'
| il at present. She considered Miss Bronte th'
/ most artistic and G -orge Eliot the most phi
| losophical. The former had fire, intensity
| enthusiasm, which the latter lacked, Will,
the latter had a breadth and sn irtell7ctua
wealth which the former did not possass
| Undoubtedly the best English novel is jan
| Eyre; and Miss Bronte never repeated he
| own SUCCESS in That g. orge Eliot lack
hopeiulness, especially as regards Women
| and stands as the Cassandra OF fiction.
| prophecies of despair. In the failure, Witl
| the advantage OF broad education, such a
| women are nOa receiving, she expected tina
the woman should arise WAC, equaiing GsOrg
| Eliot in genius and intellectual power
should surpass her in bopeiulness and in
certain moral power aud belief in the future
| This despair the greatest flaw IN tn
great work, while another fault was a re
dundsncy Of expression.
An English lady writes from Athens q
! December 9th To a New Yo-k friend a. 10
lows: We have been more than once at ID
SchlIemsnns grand house, which has statue
all round the paTapet Of the roof. With
il IL most elegantly decorated IN Pom ps ia
! style. Nine. SchlIemsnu i a Gre. k, who's
| knowledge Of Homer tmost OF the 'iiiad' sh
knows by heart was her great attraction 10
the learned doctor But she has other an
more valuable qualities, being a mort amis
bic and sweet-m annered person, with admin
able common sense and a kindly expression
She has two children, AndTonlzche ten an
| Agamemnon, three years old. The wondel
fui collection OF gold and bronze ornament
and weapons from Mycspe are in the Muse
here. In DR.. Schliemann's own house ii
underground door Is nuseo Of the tioPhi,
from the Troad. Very rude ard xrcha
some OF the things are, and bear some II
semblancs 10 the finds 10 Mexico and PERI
but, OF course, these from the love
CITY, The strata Of three cities, one over Ii
other, have been excavsted in part. Mr.
Schliemann was with her husband at IN
work, acting a. his head overiooker, cailiu
the roll OF one hundred and fifty men ever
morning, paying wages, and lending oth'
valuable assistance toward furthering Il
researches"