The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-06-28
WOMEN WRITTEN ABOUT.

Newspaper Gossip Concerning the Fair
sex-Items ot Personal interest.
The queen of Sweden is a clever cook.
Dtgmar, of Russia, is very clever with
her needle
Ella Wheeler Wilcox's favorite COM
panion is big black cat.
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. the author, is
"A years old.
Mrs Lanstry now owns 1000 acres Of
farm land in Lake county, Cal.
The ex-Empress Eugene has developed
tendency toward spiritualism.
The queen of Italy designed ono of the
prettiest lamps on view at the Italian ex-
hibition.
Mrs. Garrett Anderson, England's
leading woman doctor, realizes $50. 600
from her practice.
Rev. Carrie j. Bartlett has for nearly
two years been pastor of Unitarian
church at Sioux City. la.
Miss Clara Conway Is the first woman
to receive the degree Of A. NJ. from a
southern institution Of learning.
Queen Sophie, of Sweden, reads the
newspapers from every European coun-
try after breakfast each day..
Queen Victoria Is afflicted with insom-
mia. She is sometimes put to sleep by
having her brows stroked gently with
camels hair brush.
Mrs. Oscar Wilde is fond of yellowish
green-not to say greenery gallery,
gowns, and looks charming in them.
Mrs. J. A. Ansley, Of Decatur, Ca,
has pair of Indian moccasins donated
to her grandfather by Gen. Andrew Jack
son, who obtained them in Florida dur
ing some of the earlier conflicts of the
government with the Seminole Indians.
Nine. Modjeska flew in the face of
tradition at the Wallack testimonial per-
formance in New York by going mad, as
Ophelia, in sage green gown. 1t il
against all the customs Of the stage, op-
cratic or dramatic, for a mad scene to be
enacted in any but white garments.
Nine. Modjeska, seeing no good reason
for this custom, chose to go mad in
green, and delighted an audience Of
1000 by the innovation.
Ex-Queen Isabella, Of Spain, who will
visit England for the first time this sea-
son. has an income Of 81 900, 900 year,
but is always in debt She maintains no
house at Paris. but always resides at "a
hotel. She spends vast sums on horses.
Her executive ability is clearly shown by
the ease with which she constantly spends
more than her enormous income amounts
| o.
Friends of Mrs. Gen. Logan say that
she has recovered almost entirely from
the effects Of the accident by which she
was thrown from her carriage. She will
never be able, however, to raise her right
hand above her head. She is bound up
now in the completion of memorial
room in her house at Washington, in
which she has brought together all the
menentoes of her husband in her pos
session.
Women lawyers are becoming power
in the land. Michigan university has
already sent out twenty-four young wo-
men holding the degree Of IL. ID. This
year young woman from the Sandwich
Islands, Miss Alma Hitchcock, will make
the twenty-fifth. In England there is n
club of woman lawyers. 1t is mainly a
correspondence club, yearly letters from
the members being printed and circu-
lated. Mrs. Belva Lockwood and Miss
Waugh, from the law school in Chicago,
are among the members. The motto Of
the club is: ''All the Allies of Each"
The trousseau of the future empress Of
China is a-making in Vienna. The prin-
cipal court dress is of very rich blue vel
vet. On the front there is an embroi-
dered eagle, the wings of which are
ornamented with over 800 small and i've
very large pearls. The hat to match this
dress is of folded velvet; between the
folds there are bows of diamonds, so
that the head dress has the appearance
of diamond crown. There are besides
three gala dresses made of Chinese satin,
one of sky blue, one in purple blue and
the third of dark indigo shade. Tho
fronts of these gowns are embellished
with notices in the Chinese language,
worked in gold. One has "Wan-fu"
teternal happiness), another "Wan-shou"
eternal life) and the third "Wan-car''
eternal love).