St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-26
T.Ik AboutWomeu.

Mrs z. H. Hatfield, who died recently
at Brambleton. near Norfolk. Va, in the
DIST year of her age. was the widow or the
partner of the late Com. Vanderbilt, when
he was engaged in the ferry business in New
York
Mrs. Whitney. wife of the secretary, can
afford to dress wei. Her father is the mil
ionaire Senator Payne. and one Of her
brothers, il Is said. As triimg Christmas
gift gave her a SO 900 ornament of rubies.
The diamonds She wore at her first Wednes-
day reception in Washington were very
large and brilliant. Her earrings of soil
taire diamonds and the three solitaires
which were set in a bar breast-pin are I'M
usually large and pure.
Mrs. George W Chlds IS said to have
the finest collection of table china in the
country. Her dmner-plateS include Sevres,
Worcester. Derby, Dresden, Minton and
Copelands; no two Is rule are alike, and
each a gem. Many Of her plates have cost
several hundred dollars dozen. She gives
orders to people Of experience to be on the
lookout for very rare specimens. 1t is said
that for dinner of twenty persons Mrs.
Childs can. without any difficulty, set a
table the decorations of which alone will
represent an expenditure of $4,000 or
$40 0O0.
Mrs Custer has lent to the Soldiers fes-
tival at Boston the flag of truce sent by
Gen. Lee TO Gen. Grant at AppomattoX. Col.
Sims of Gen. LOngStreet's staff, who carried
the flag to the Federal lines. in letter to
Mrs Custer wrote "On the morning of
the surrender rode into the Federal lines
bearing message from Gen. Gordon to
ten. Sheridan. | used q white towel which
/ had in my possession. Owing to the
scarcity of such Injuries ut the time. had
paid for il $40 in Confederate money. though
| had little idea ut the time il would event
uaily serve the purpose it did | was met
by lieutenant colonel of cavalry, who took
me to Gen. Custer
Prof. Rasmus Il. Anderson of Wisconsin.
the new minister to Denmark. denies. I'm an
| interview with correspondent of the Buff
! falu Express, that he is Mugwump. NO, ="
| he said; u am an IShmaelite in politics, :"
/ The professors wife is described as q wO-
man of unusual accomplishments almost as
much ut home in Morse language and Htpra-
| ture as her husband. The children bear
I the names of the heroes of Morse my
| tbology.
In 1870, women were first admitted 10
the universities of Sweden. In Russia wO-
menAnay now pursue their studies i'm all the
great universities. Last year for the first
time women entered the University of
Brussels. About score OF women are now
i'm attendance at the University OF Geneva.
7 and the number ot women is much larger at
the University of Zurich among them be
/ ing several American girls. The way is
now open in Italy for women to pursue a
collegiate course; and in fact many are
awaiting themselves OF the privilege. There
are probably more women pursuing a coll
legiate course i'm France than In any
other country in Europe; and the number
viii soon De much increased through the
operation of the law establishing inter
mediate schools for girls.
Miss Phoebe CouzinS. the only lady
deputy marshal in the United States. has
lust returned to 81. Louis from visit to
Washington. She was deeply impressed.
she SAYS. in an interview with the PreSi-
dent. and fell in love with Miss Cleveland.
or the latter She SAYS; ''Of all the occu-
pants of the White house whom I have
known. think Miss Cleveland i the one
with the greatest mind. never knew
Mrs. Garfield. but have been told, though
she Is most excellent woman. she was not
! aS competent 10 be the first woman of the
land aS Miss Cleveland"