Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1888-07-14
NEWSPAPER NoroRIeTY.

What the Press says Of Women Whom
the World Is Acauaintrd with.
Patti continues her great success in
Bnenos Ayrcs.
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt spent $685..
600 for the fittings of one room.
Nine. Wilson. the daughter Of OK.
President Gr'vy. j. coming 10 New York
To live.
Queen Victoria has sent 10 the Glas-
gov exhibition two table napkins manu-
factnr~i from yarn spun by her own
hands.
Princess Ieabclla Of Brazil summarily
dismissed one ministry TINT was not in
sympathy with l,cr views on cinancipa-
tion.
The empress Of Japan Is taking les
sons on the piano. Tie mikado's fifty
seven physicians are giving him every at-
tentiou.
One Of the nignest prices ever paid an
author for manuscript was that o.
$4,000. which Mrs. Augusta Evans W.
son received from her publishers for
"Infrlice' cfore the hook went to py n
The total amount received by -.
Grant mp To the present time rs hcy,'s11,"Ie 1,'
Of III profits from the m zen zen
Grants Memoirs j. en- f1ii.VVo.
and $40. 900 sets 81 WORK nave h'en
sold.
Miss Iin,s albert. who has done so
much toI.g n prison reform. says that
durinG Fifteen years experience as q
phils ,fopist she las found employment.
To- 200 discharged prisoners.
:. c empress Of japan. Ilaruka, will
mt America next winter. She travels
PIN state with n dozen maids Of honor and
numh@rless officials. and dresses in the
richest silks. eanz''s. crepes and tinseled
stufrs.
Nikita. the Young american singer who
has been scoring u series of triumphs in
I European concert halls. lately sang Tho
,;,st Rose of Summer at n London con-
i :. and through her performance
phi. ri ro~" to pieces.
Mrs. John J.. Newman. wife Of the
new NJ hodist bishop. is said to bc an
enthusiastic aivmatc of the Faith Cure.
She drv"itl much of her time n visiting
her sicl; friends, and tries TO persuade
them that they will become well il they
pray icrvcni,y and endcavor TO thinl; shat
they ar' not i'll.
Mrs Maria f. Ecnslcy. of Philadelphia,
has made Il fortune from the most re.
marknhlc invention which the mind Of a
woman ever conceived. In 1854 Mrs.
Bca,lry took az; u patent for machine
for the construction Of barrels. Up To
that time barrels llad brcn made almost
all together ly hand. The machine is
worked by three men and turns out more
than 900 completed barrels day. Mrs.
B,aslr, was born in North Carolina of
wealthy parents. She possesses wonder
ful mechanical genius. Her first inven-
tion was machine for hopping barrels.
II will hoop 200 barrels day. and il
used 10y the Standard Oil company.
Il write pretty rapidly" says John
Strange Winter, when once get hold
of an idea which | want Ia carry out.
But then. ] always think ,nli my whole
story b"forc ! put pen io paper. Once !
get my i'lra write ~ racing u:,cc for rs
many days aS the mood lasts. ! stop ut
the first feeling "f fatigue or effort, and
sometimes have To wait for weeks before
can 20 On. Then | have dreadful
time. can assure YOU" says Mrs. Stan
narl. smiling. Il wander alnut the
house like u lost spirit. or sit far hours
in front of piece Of blank paper. filed
with crude idea and yet unablc TO give
it form. cant rest or enju. myself in
any way nj such periods Of mental tor
turr ]. who am so devoted TO society at
other times Then tho mist clears sud-
denly, apparently without cause. and
n'u thoroughly happy and hard at work
again on the il slant. But dislike talk.
ing about myself and my hooks. Why,
l never mention the topic unless some
one begins about il. ! would far rather
talk about anything else =
II is told that Mrs. Wilson Barrett
one. had the honor Of receiving one Of
the India sliawls which Queen Victoria
gives awn, 81 freely. While she was
Miss Heath she was appointed reader to
the queen, DIARY of Season in Scot
land" Poor Miss Heath read away day
after day until the august audience must
have heard the whol,. book for the twen-
tirih time ut least. One day the gifted
actress had h,'cn nj the castle. and came
home completely exhausted. She had
been standing beside n tall reading desk.
sniT ns n lokcr, backing round in the
royal presence here AMI there (for il is
not etiquette 10 show the small Of ones
back To the queen for four hours. II
hal seemed rs tlnugh her majesty would
never ct tired Of the Diary of Victoria
|. During Miss llsaih's absence rather
bulky l"N liad br'n brought 10 her house
hy sl~sinl mrssrngrr in royal livery.
With anAiou, l'a,tr s.,'' "l"ne,l tl" par
cal, and found it cun:aiu~! an India
shawl of aiHmi aS rloomy = pattern rs
ever was s,rn, "l'il l.t~p il, " said poor
Miss Heath. ''bu; could icvcr wear il.
1t would 'lraic caialaluur with pretty
effect"