Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-03-08
ITEMS ABOUT WOMEN.

translation of Emerson's works into
French. 1t will fill eight volumes.
Her husband was the well-known Re-
publican statesman Of France.
Miss CooPER-PARR, grand-niece OF
Fenimore Cooper, has made her debut
on the stage in England as the heroine
of new play called "Sidonie. She
is described as tall, handsome, grace
full and fairly good actress
BARONESS DE RorHscHILD is so fond
of cruising about Lake Leman in her
yacht that she goes by the nickname
of the ..Swiss Admiral The lake is
subject to sudden and dangerous
storms, but the Baroness is a good
sailor, and knows how to manage her
yacht.
MRS. A. G. FROST, superintendent
of franchise for the Ohio w. G. I. u,
made at their recent annual meeting
an exceedingly earnest appeal Tor
woman suffrage, pointing out the fall
lacies of the arguments brought
against 1t. and the urgent need there
is of woman's ballot. 4
Mrs NJ. G. C..LEAvITT, the "Round
the World missionary of the W. G.
I. u, is now in India. She says: I'm
every townI have visited ! have seen
more soldiers than ever saw in Amer
lea except during our, late war, or
than any tourist would see in travelling
over the entire country.h
MRS. THEODORE F. c. DEMAREsT,
whose maiden name was Mary Lee,
died at Los Angeles, Cal, a few days
ago. She was the author of the popu-
lar song, my Ain Countree, and
published a volume of poems some
years ago. She had been an invalid
for several years, and was in Cali
fornia for her health. She leaves no
children =
Mrs. HENDRICKS is said to be thor.
ough woman of business. She. has
gone to California to look after her in
terests nscertain mines, on which her
husband, the late Vicc-President spent
100000. There are $4,000 acres in
the Hendricks tract, and she proposes
to make4a careful examination of it
to see whether it is good fruit-growing
soil. Mrs. Hendricks has been presi-
dent of the Indiana State Prison Re-
formatory for fourteen years.
Miss ORMERop, the distinguished
English entomologist, has published a
pamphlet on the Hessian Fly, which is
declared to contain I" the most Curl
Gus and interesting information that
has yet been obtained with regard to
that pest" Miss Ormerod has
Matched out number of the parasites
which came with the fly, last summer,
land these have been identified by Prof
Riley and Dr. Lindeman as all of Rus
sian origin, and as comprising all the
seven known species.
MISS SoRABJI, a young Parsee
woman. is the only &c girl graduate"
in the Bombay Presidency, India. She
has distinguished herself throughout
her university course. and has wet,
scholarships each year. In 1855 she
was declared Havelock "prize-man, "
and gained the Hughling scholarship,
besides being at the head Of the list OF
competitors in English. She has now
graduated in the first class. Only six
students in all, of whom the remaining
five were men, succeeded in obtaining
this degree.
Miss MINNIE FREEMAN, the young
teacher of the Myra Valley, Neb., dis
trict school, has thirteen pupils, from
six to thirteen years old A blizzard
lately struck the schoolhouse, and the
building was unroofed. Miss Free
man tied all the pupils together by
the arms with Irvine three abreast.
The youngest child she took in
her arms. after tying the Irvine
around Der own body. Selecting
her way carefully. she led her
little charges, with words of en-
couragement through deep drifts an(
binding Billiards to farmhouse
three-quarters of mile distant and
: all were saved. III H