Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-02-12
DAUGHTERS OF EVE.

The St Marks railroad In Florida Is re-
ported to have lady conductor.
Mrs George Quintard Il worth some o..
100000, left her by her father, the late
Charles Morgan
Miss Harriet Hosmer advises art students
going abroad to study sculpture at Rome and
painting at Paris
Mime. Mutsu, wife Of the japanese minister,
has already learned to speak English. She
does not wear native costume.
A German specialist asserts that Patti has
two extra valves in her windpipe. She may
be considered, therefore, a kind Of bivalvc--
veritable oyster Patti.
Sarah Bernhard is conducting things with
high hand in Egypt Her bills at tho Gus
tom house for articles purchased already
amount to over $4,000.
Mira August Belmont has the finest col.
lection Of sapphires In this country, though
Mrs William Aston Is credited with possess.
Ing the finest single one.
Nine Boulanger Is q singularly sour tenn.
pered and disag,eeable woman. Her temper
at dinner was so uagging that the husband
got into the way Of dining at cafe.
A poet Is allowed heap Of license; but
when Mrs Kershan, Of Cairo, threw hot
water on a neighbor who made fun Of her
rhymes, the judge said that license had gone
beyond the limit.
Some days after tho imperial railroad acct
dent, the czarina wrote to her mother Of
herself and her husband, I'VE still have big
black and blue bruises oil over US, but they
are Of no significance"
tn. Dl. .s~t-li-
lacing was an old maid, homely and angular,
and never had beau, and yet she said she
laced to please the men. All men should
chip In for a monument to her.
The richest child In America Is little May
Sharpless, now but years of age. She q
the daughter Of late member Of the great
dry goods house Of Arnold, Constable & Co.,
and she is worth 90, 0O0, 900 in her own name
and right
Mrs. William Gamnen lives In Providence,
but is almost as well known in New York as
in her own home. She Is the richest woman
In New England, her assets footing up some
$i4, 600 900, mado by her late husband in the
East India trade.
Miss Ellen Terry has herself designed the
wonderful dresses in which she appears as
Lady Macbeth One clinging seamless gar
ment Of dark blue wool, woven with gold
thread, to be worn under blue velvet and
gold worked mantle, is peculiarly effective.
Mrs. Elliott F. Shepherd, Mrs. William
Sloane and Mrs H. w. Twombly were all
left large fortunes by their father, tho late
Commodore Vanderbilt, and these were in
creased by generous gifts from their brother,
William H. Vanderbilt.
Mrs. Newton, one Of the four women who
were given tho Crimean medal, which Queen
Victoria personally pinned on her, Is still liv-
ing in Toronto. She was nurse In the Crimean
war and was shot through tho knee in q
trench before the Redan.
Lady Randolph Churchill danced twice
with her host, Col. North, at the latters
wonderful ball in London. Pages in Seven
tenth century costume presented each guest
with a dance card printed on tinted silk hand
kerchiefs edged with ecru lace
Mrs. Bradley Martin is said to have an in.
come Of 81 900 day, derived from the estate
of her father, the late Isaac Sherman. She
Is one Of the most princely entertainers in
New York, and with her husband owns an
estate IN Scotland, where they go each year
to spend the summer montha
There are 5000 women in the government
departments at Washington Before the war
there were none. Gen. Francis E. Spinner,
formerly United States treasurer, first sug-
gested the employment of women, and Secre-
tary Chase authorized it to be done. There
are good many women getting salaries over
81, 600
French woman who is cndeavorng to
found schools for girls in Algiers divides the
proposed studies into two classes, neutral"
and "activc." Tho neutral includes reading,
writing, photography, arithmetic, history
and moral philosophy. That is just where
the modern Frenchman is most likely to put
moral philosophy.
Miss Candy, who is to marry the Duke Of
Newcastle-who, by the way, is no relation
to the Duke Of Nocastle who comes to the
United States so often-is the daughter of an
officer who once served with the khedive's
troops In Egypt. Capt. Candy was familiar
ly known as Sugar" and his magnificent
uniforms made a sensation six years ago in
Cairo, city which is not easily astonished.