Wichita eagle., 1889-01-16
"Arcade" Dry Goods Co,
w. J. WILSON, Mgr
DAUGHTERS or EVE.

Queen Margherita Of Italy has lady ply
sician-
The inspector of normal female schools at
Naples is a lady.
A bust of the late Louise NJ. Alcott has
been cut in marble by Walton Ricketson-
Three married women are members Of the
committee of consultation of primary in
struction in Paris.
An English woman fills the post Of curator
of the natural history museum in Hawaii,
capital of the Sandwich Islands
Lady Salisbury has placed herself at the
head of movement to present a bracelet to
Mrs Phelps as souvenir of her stay in Lon
don
Mile. Popelin, who lately passed an exam
nation for admission to the Belgian bar, has
been finally adjudged ineligible, being a
woman.
Nearly one hundred women are now serv
ing on school boards in England and Wales.
Boards in four country districts have women
as clerks.
The widow Of Laurence Olphant, who
leaves London soon for Syria, intends to re-
side permanently in that country with Ameri
can relatives
Miss Olive Schreiner. the gifted author of
1.-The Story of an African Farm, f." has gone to
AlaSsio in the north of Italy. She will spend
the winter there.
A Michigan woman practiced with re-
volver until she could hit suspender button
at eight PAGES. Then there came a burglar
into the house, early one morning, and she
sent bullet pinging through her husbands
left ear.
The woman's exchanges ell over the United
States have realized handsome sums from the
Christmas season sales. The Philadelphia and
New York exchanges have been particularly
fortunate, having done a thriving business
ever since Oct 1.
Widow w a. Vanderbilt instructs her
butler TO lay different service of plate, glass
and china every time he prepares the table
for dinner. There are not 365 sets, but there
are enough to last long time before begin
ming over again
1t is semi-officially announced that the
Duke of Sutherland will be married to Mrs
Blair at Pensacola, Fla, on Feb 90 The
wedding will be strictly private 1t is not
likely that any of his relatives will recognize
the new duchess
The Empress Eugenie, as she appeared in
Brussels lately, is thus described: Snowy
hair, blanched complexion, eyes that showed
weakness, and the loose fitting gloves which
chalky rheumatism necessitates, effaced the
Eugene Of former times from the minds
eye"
Mrs Cleveland has taken 10 wearing the
Hading veil, but she has added to that article
a few clever improvements of her own. The
heavy cloud OF gauze which hangs around her
face is gathered in around the top of her bat
and under her chin The thick screen thus
made is an e.fectual protection against the
impudent gaze Of curious eyes
Natalie, the former queen of Servia, was
received with royal honors during her recent
tour At the Russian frontier she WIS well
coined by Russian officers in behalf Of the
car and czarIna- At the various towns at
which she stopped the local officials presented
bread and salt, expressing at the same time
the hope that she might reascend the throne.
4 London journal recently requested its
subscribers 10 send In lists OF the worlds
twelve greatest women The collective vote
gives Joan OF Arc the preference, there being
ballots for her Georges Sand received S
votes, Queen Elizabeth :, Maria Theresa,
George Eliot and Nine. Roland 6 each, Sappho
ana Mrs Browning and Nine de Stael 8
each There was vote for Grace Darling, !
for Mrs Stowe and for Mss Willard
a committee of Berlin ladies recently pre-
sented the Empress Victoria Augusta with
white SIX apron, on which the names of tie
empress nve young sous were worked The
empress, In acknowledging the gift, said that
she was honored BY the present, for an apron
was always the symbol of the true German
housewife. And then, putting the apron on,
she said very simply: my husband desires
me always TO wear an apron: he says ii looks
10.