The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-05-17
DAUGHTERS OF EVE.

Mrs LAngtry owns . stable full Of
blooded horses.
Ellen Terry Is fond Of eccentric cos
TUNES and big punches Of roses.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton has been
president of the Woman Suffrage asso-
citation twenty yearA
HrA Hicks-Inrd wears the costliest
IAN b tie country suspended fro1.s .
chain ct diamonds and pearla
Miss Emma Thursby says she does mot
see the necessity Of going to Europe to
cultivate the voice, as we have a. fine
teachers as are to be found anywhere.
A subscription of more than 81, 200 has
been raised in Boston for the plucky Ne
braska school ma'am, who buffeted the
blizzard with her pupils tied to string.
An old lady Of 76 living in Dooly
county, Ga. is able to perform the feat
Of dancing Jig with a tumbler Of water
balanced on her head without spilling a
drop.
Ida @. Allen, Of Dover, N. H., has been
offered professorship in Smiths college
at q salary Of $2,700 a year. There are
professional baseball players who do not
make more than this.
Lexington, Miss, has three feminine
residents who play an important part in
keeping the town In communication with
the rest of the world. One Of the ladies
aforesaid is postmistress, another express
agent, and the third has charge Of the
telegraph Office.
Mrs. Lillian NJ. Pavy, of London, Eng
land, is a commercial traveller now visit
ing the western states in the interest of
an English house. She travels alone and
finds that in this country woman does
not need an escort to protect her from
annoyance.
The following advertisement recently
appeared In The London Standard: IA
lady OF good family, without means, with
a thorough knowledge Of everything,
would be grateful to any one who would
give her occupation. not particular as to
what"
The years clutch ali alike, and Queen
Victoria has fallen into the habit of TAX
ing little ''cat maps" in her chair. even
when visitors are present. At such times
the royal lady goes through the same
routine followed by the most humble of
her subjects. Her head falls a little for
ward. swaying slightly from side to side;
then she sits bolt upright, opens her eyes
very wide and assumes an az pearance of
great intelligence and alertness.
Aunt Becky Young, Of Cedar Rapids,
Ia, is a member of the Grand Army of
the Republic, and attends all its reunions
in her state. Left a widow with two
children at the age of 80, she left her
home in Ithaca, N. z. to go to the front
as an hospital nurse. Aunt Becky is 60
| years old now, and her brown hair is
streaked with gray, but she is full of life
and energy, and no old soldier finds a
keener relish In shouldering his crutch
and showing how fields were won than
does Aunt Becky in relating stories Of her
hospital experiences on the field.
1t seems queer to hear of the life the
| Queen of Sweden's doctors are making
her lead to overcome distressing nerv-
GUS malady with which she is afflicted.
| They make her get up almost at day.
break, wash IN cold water, make her own
bed, clean her own room, do garden
work, take long walks and go to bed
early. They have on several occasions
In order to secure fatigue and give hel
mind the necessary interest and occupa
ton, required her to cook and even wash
clothes. Under this regime she is get
ting strong and hearty, but one does moi
need to be queen to enjoy such an ex
perience.
There Is one woman in the department
| Of the interior who cannot be dispensed
with. Administrations may come anG
/ 60, but she goes on forever. She wa.
left over from the last Republican admin
istration, and somebody wanted hel
place. Her salary was $700 year. Shs
worked only five days in the week, a.
she was a Hebrew. Assistant Secretary
Muldron said: 1--WE cannot get along
without her. She can write a lettel
that can be understood She knows jus
where to put her capitals. She can pune
tuate with exactness. Her sentences arr
models of lucid brevity." So she no
only staid, but her salary Is raised I.
81, 100 q year, and she is worth it,
Washington Letter in Detroit Free Press
."The German empress. says write
In The Journal des Debats, ''is the sou
Of the imperial household. She is mucl
better loved there than outside, wher
people are unjust to her. She has com
mitted the mistake Of remaining Englisl
-as all the English do-and to carry tn
pride Of her race into the middle of
people which admires itself with naiv
and enormous complaisance; she brough
the pride Of her birth into family whicl
believes itself the FIRST in the world; he
aristocratic tastes Into q town where ar
elbows itself IN clumsy limitations ant
patchwork; the independence Of he
views into court where everything
regulated and rrearranged; and the lii
erty OF her religious and political sent
ments into center where religion ha
its narrow forms, a. the politics Of whic
it is the servant"
| A man IN n western town seriOuSl