The Washington critic., 1888-04-07
AMONG THE WON len.
Various Facts and FancieS of In
tereSt TO the Fair Sex.
TWO CURIOUS ARTISTS.
Women IN Insane Asylums-Nlis iss
Anthony's First Public Speech.


Says the New York Grophtcs There
is picture in the Academy by Maria
RBecket, the chum of Bertha Won
Hillern. They are n curious pair.
Miss A'Becket has been nun and
through some inscrutable logic still
claims allegiance to the Roman
Catholic Church, and in some still
more inscrutablc way the Church
accepts that allegiance despite her
broken vows. She went along with
the rest of the public to see Miss Won
Hillern when she was walking in
Boston eleven or twelve years ago.
She left the hall late in the evening
and after she got home and in bed
she was haunted by the thought of
that woman going on, round and
round through all the long night
hours, and finally about o'clock
she got up and dressed and
went back there. Everyone was
gone but the trainer and sleepy at
tondant or two 1t was the last night
of the engagement and the trainer
was very anxioug about Miss
Won Ilillern. He welcomed Miss
ABeckets arrival eagerly rs some.
thing to excite and interest his
charge. He begged Miss A'Becket to
walk around the track n few times
with her and talk to her. She did so,
and became so interested i'm the con-
veIsation that she walked on till day
light. From that night the two
women have been great friends.
Miss A Beckett was painting, and,
| with characteristic impulsiveness and
belief in her own munitions, she de-
clared Miss Won Hilern ought to be
a painter, that she'd make great
| painter, that she must stop walking
and 60 to painting. Miss Won Hillern
accepted the dictum, and the two
women have since then spent most of
their time together on lovely
farm in the wilds of West Vir-
| ginia. They paint TO please them
selves, and sell principally to people
who are fascinated with their ro-
mantle history and ways. They are
satisfied with their work, but it has
no great standing among painters, and
is not often admitted to the exhibit
tions. Miss A'Becke's trees in the
academy are one out of half q dozen
she sent The men say she has
talent, but no discipline. She lives
at the Sherwood with a brother, who
used TO be monk. He paints, too.
As ight be imagined, they were not
brought up Catholics, but were con-
verts in their youth. They are pic
turesque pair.
Christiana, the young queen-regent
of Spain, is very fond of music, but
she does not care to go to public places
of entertainment, so she has large
| neutrality-suspicious., connecting her
palace with the Madrid Opera House,
and listens to all the great singers with
out leaving her room.
Mrs. MargariteNRodrigue, a sister of
Archbishop Hughes, died in New
York, Wednesday, at the Half Orphan
Asylum, Madison avenue and Fifty
second street. She was 78 years old,
and had been living with Sisters of
Charity for the last twelve years to
enjoy life of seclusion and piety
| Mrs. Rodrigue was much beloved by
all who knew her, and her death will
be universally regretted in Catholic
| circles.
A movement has been started to
endeavor to have woman appointed
as member of the Board of Trustees
of the Norristown, Pa, Insane Asy-
lum, TO fill the vacancy caused by the
death of George w. Simons. Out of
the sixteen hundred patients in the
State Asylum, one-half are women,
who are in separate department, in
charge of DR.. Alice Bennett, who was
called by the late DR.. Gross "a little
female Napoleon" owing to her great
abilities as manager. This is the
only State institution in the coun'
try where the women are in g
separate department in charge of q
woman, and as women serve as trus
tees of insane institutions in Europe
and in several instances in this coun
Try, it is thought that it would be fit
ting to have at least one woman on
the board of the State Asylum at Nor
Tistown. The trustees appointed by
the Governor for the State at large are
for three years, but the two trustees
appointed by the city are for life OF
until they resign.
Says the Philadelp hia Times: A
Germantown lady, who is clever, past
thirty and fond of amateur theatricals
and compliments alike, was speaking
after the performance to blunt but
popular man of society. you acted
admirably he said. '"Thanks,'
she said; "but did not look the part
for she should be young and hand
some" "Quite the contrary" re
piled the gentleman; "the effect was
perfect from the end of the room
distance supplied the youth and
beauty" "Ah 7" exclaimed the lady
turning upon her heel, in that cast
suppose You keep alta distance here
after"
Says a Washington letter; Wher
Miss Susan b. Anthony made her frs
public speech Grover Cleveland haG
not yet arrived at the dignity of &
pair of suspenders and he went by the
name of "Stevey." The occasion was
the meeting Of the New York school
teachers. Women outnumbered the
men there, but day after day they sa
mutely by while the sterner anG
checker sex ran the machine
Finally Susan rose. "What will the
lady have ?' the president of the con
vention asked, with mistaken gallan
try. The floor" said Susan, sharply
This was somewhat disingenuous, fol
she really wanted the earth. But tho
bewildered president asked the dunn
founded onlookers; "What is tn,