The Osceola times., 1888-03-03
ITEMS ABOUT WOMEN.

Mrs MAUD HOWE ELIOT is writing
! another novel.
Mrs. MnLIcENr GARRETT FAwCErF
thinks of coming to this country 70
| lecture
Mrs. JANET RUNTz REFS recon-
mends mushroom raising as a profit
able industry for women.
Mrs. HELEN M. COUGAR reports ex-
cellent success with the series Of suf.
frage conventions she is holding in
Illinois.
MRS. AUGUSTA EVANS WILSON, the
novelist. has a geranium collection
that some botanists pronounce tho
finest in the world.
Mrs FURTADo HEINE has founded
and maintains in Paris a dispensary
where from fom' to five hundred chill
drcn are reated daily.
Miss LAURA CLAY is president of the
Fayette (Ky.) Equ-l Suffrage Assoca-
ton. which has organized for active
work. with an excellent programme.
MRS. RALPH WALDO EMERSON heads
the woman suffrage petition sent in this
year from Concord, Mass, and all the
clergymen of the town are among the
slgners
MRS F. d. F. n. SoUrHwoRTH
writes her thrilling sensational novels
in quaint, gable-roofed cottage in
Georgetown. overlooking the Potomac,
with q fine view of Arlington.
Miss MARY w. WHITNEY will take
Maria Mitchell's place at Vassar for
the present She was Prof. Mtchells
assistant for some time, and has lately
been studying at the Harvard Observa-
tory.
Mrs. IDA G. HARPER, in her depart
ment in the Fireman's Magazine, gives
graphic account of arranging for
thirteen woman suffrage conventions
in Indiana. 1t will be historical read
ing some day.
Mrs. E. p. JACKSON, with party Of
gentlemen and guides, ascended the
Lauteraarhorn and the Little Viescher-
horn few DAYS ago. This is the first
time the ascent has been accomplished
| in midwintcr. Mrs, jackson wore only
her usual mountaineering dress.
Mrs. ADELAIDE r. KENNY has been
chosen director of the Genesee Coun-
ty Bank. of Batavia, N. Y. The local
] papers speak of her rs thoroughly ac-
quainted with business. and qualified
not only for director. but for president
il called upon to fill that position.
MRs. HALL. the wife of Prof. Asaph
Hall of the Naval Observatory at WASH
ington, teaches her boys Greek and
Latin, keeps pace with her husbands
wanderings among the stars. is an ex-
pert housekeeper, a fine historical
scholar, and is said to write delightful
poetry,
Mrs Fox. wife of the quartermastcr
of the Connaught Rangers, whose
funeral took place the other day. is the
first woman in England to be buried
with military honors. Her coffin was
covered with the flag, and borne to
the grave on the shoulders of officers,
| WIFI hi tuc usual iuihtdi ioi ho. 0ho
died from wounds received six years
ago In the Transvaal war, in which
she was made a prisoner. Her cour.
age, as well az her kindness to the
wounded. had greatly endeared her TO
the soldiers.
MRS. USHER lately brought suit for
damages against the West Jersey rail-
road for the loss of her husband. who
was killed in railroad accident A
New Jersey statute requires such
suits to be brought in the name OF the
t"personal representatives of such de-
sceased persons" The courts have de-
cided that a widow is not the "person-
al representative" of her deceased hus-
band. and have non-suited Mrs Usher
on that ground. Had she been the
executor instead Of the wife. she could
have rsoovsrsd danagsA