Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-05-31
DAUGHTERS OF EVE.
Mrs. Langtry owns a stable full O
hlooded horses.


blooded horses.
Ellen Terry is fond of eccentric cos
tunes and big lunches of roses.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton has been
president of the Woman Suffrage asso-
citation twenty years.
Mrs. Hicks-Lord wears the costliest
fan in the country suspended from @
Chain of diamonds and pearls.
Miss Emma Thursby says she does not
see the necessity of going 10 Europe to
cultivate the voice, as we have rs 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 bufleted the
blizzard with her pupils tied to a string.
An old lady Of 7G living in Dolly
county, Ga, is able TO perform the feat
Of dancing a jig with a tumhler OF water
balanced on her head without gpilling q
drop.
Ida C. Allen, of Dover, N. H., has been
offered a p~rofesSorship in Smiths college
At a salary of g. Zoo 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, anothcc express
agent, ana The third has charge Of the
telegraph Office.
Mrs. Lillian NJ. Pavy, Of London, Eng
land, is n commercial traveller now visit
ing the western states in the interest of
an English house. She travels alone and
finds that in this country a woman does
not need IN 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 all alike, and Queen
Victoria has fallen into the habit Of TAX
ing little ''cat napsr 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 appearance 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 N TIE age Of 80, she left her
home in Ithaca, \. Y, 10 60 TO the front
us an hospital nurse. Aunt Becky is &C
years old now, and her brown hair i:
streaked with gray, but she is full of life
and energy, and no old soldier finds q
keener relish in shouldering his crutCl
and showing how fields were won than
does Aunt Becky in relating stories Of he.
hospital experiences on the field.
1t seems queer to hear Of the life III,
Queen Of Sweden's doctors are maxim.
her lead 10 overcome a distressing merry
u malady with which she is afflicted
They make her get up almost at day
break, wash ia cold water, make her owl
bed. clean her own room, DO garden
work, take long walks and go TO beC
early. They have on several occasions
in order TO secure fatigue and give he
mind the necessary interest and occupa
ton, required her 10 cook and cven wasl
clothes. Under this regime she is get
ting strong and hearty, but one does no
need to be a queen to enjoy such an ex
perience.
There is one woman in the department
Of the interior who catGaot be dispense,
with Administrations may come an,
go, but she goes on forever. She wa
left over from the last Republican admin
istration, and somebody wanted hc
place. Her salary was 500 a year. Sh
worked only five days in the week, IA
she was u Hebrew. Assistant Secretar.
MuIdron said: I'VE cannot get alon,
without her. She can write a lette
that can be understood. She knows jus
where to put her capitals. She car pune
tuate with cxactness. Her sentences ar
models Of lucid brevity." So she no
only staid, but her salary is raised I
81, 100 a year, and she is worth it,
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