The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-28

Mn Margaret j. Mitchell, OF Clsvelspd.
has jast celebrated her Tooth birthday.
Mrs Oliphant, the novelist, who Is now co
ycas old. is great favorite Of Queen Vic
toria
Ella Wheeler Wilcox Is now described as o
small woman with mouth like Anna Dick
insona
Miss Chamberlain, tho American beauty.
| is still tho center OF an admiring circle in
England.
Mile. Popelin, WHO passed the law examina
| tion Of the University Of Brussels and re-
ceived her diploma. was denied admission TO
| the bar.
Miss Davenport, an Irish lady, Is the gov
erness OF the king Of Spain. Sho gets S3,5oJ
year salary and will have lite pension
when her task is done Of g, 100
Victoria Woodruff Is said to haveta AIKEN up
| her abode at Paris, where she has bought IA
house for 2,0C0,0OO francs, in which she hopes
| TO found an institution for the free education
| Of women.
Mrs Reagan Is her husbands private sec
rotary, and by virtue OF that fact is entitled
On all occasions to the privilege Of the floor
d the senate; a circumstance enjoyed by 10
other woman.
The granddaughter OF Abraham Lincoln,
| who will make her entrance into society tins
winter, has "A bright, girlish face in which
there is no trace of the rugged features OF
Der great ancestor
Jane Hading almost had nervous prostra-
ton i'm Kansas (ifv She xgaS acco,tcd by
one Of the citizens who spoke very good
French. With Partisan politeness be invited
ner 10 buy corner lot
Queen Victoria, IL Is now authoritatively
stated. has really effected retrenchrlent in
her household involving a saving Of $4,000
year. Of which, it 10 said, tho Prince OF
Wales is to have the benefit.
Kate Douglas Virgins, the writer Of chill
dren's stories, avows that her highest concep-
ton OF fame is to write book that she shall
SEQ tucked under child's arm. and which
looks to have been read three or four times
Princess Maria Theresa, OF Bavaria, Is ac-
companied in all her travels by n chamber
lain whose duty it is to look after her pet
animals, Of which there are fourteen, includ-
ing several dogs, two magpies, an enormous
rat and diminutive bear.
Philadelphia has a largo training school for
colored teachers, and at It's head is Miss Fanny
J. Coffin, one of the most notable coiored wO
men in the country. She is :. graduate OF
the Rhode Island State Normal school and
Oberlin college, and has taught since 1875
The pope's jubilee gift to the empress OF
Austria was the only one which her majesty
would accept. 1t was large, splendid mo
safe representing the Virgin and Child sur
rounded by flowers. The mosaic is I've feet
in height and IL has taken several years to
complete il. 1t has cost upward Of 5000.
The Princess Of Wales boudoir in her Lon
Ion house is an octagon room, furnished IN
light and delicate style. The walls are plain,
except here and there where plaster casts
give them artistic severity. They are hung
with hand painted silk panels The doors
are Of satin wood and mahogany and cameo
panels
Mile Dumas is the president Of an associa-
ton Of Protestant ladies who visit system
atically the women's prison Of St Lazare, in
Paris Some idea Of Mile. Dumas devotion
IN this good work may DO gathered from the
circumstance that when she was 81 years o.
age she is now 96) she learned Spanish, thai
she might speak words OF comfort to young
hpdalusian who DID not understand French.
Ask your druggist for Browns BrCn-
chial Balssm. Unexcelled as 4 remedy
for coughs, colds, bronchitis and ali aifec
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