Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-12-02
DAUGHTERS OF EVE.

Mra Malone tips the beam at IDS
Ella Wheeler Wilcox is devoting herself 10
works Of charity.
Lady Sandhurst is the first woman upon
whom the freedom Of the city Of Dublin has
been conferred for 800 yearx
Miss Louise Phillips the we'll known writer,
has fallen heir to $225, 900. a portion Of the
estate OF a deceased brother.
Miss Amelia B. Edwards is descended from
the older branch Of the Fitx-Gerald family,
whose head is the Earl Of Leicester.
A Miss Lsggett has been appointed assist
ant overseer to Normandy township, North
cumberland, England, in the place of her
father
Mrs. Helen Oiney Kirk, the wife Of the his
torian, and the author Of Margaret Kent"
h q slender little lady with Q fine brow and
expressive eyes.
Bertha Marks, who has been playing the
piano in London with Sarasate, is called
1.-THE finest pianist who has appeared since
Essipof and Menter."
Gabrielle Greeley, tho only surviving mem
her of Horace Greeleys family, lives ct
Chautauqua with trusty servants and leads
almost the life of a recluse.
Nine Beg Woska Is organizing a large
chemists and druggists establishment at
Warsaw, Russia. the entire staR of which
will be composed Of women
Mrs Helen Campbell, author Of prisoners
Of Poverty, has taken charge Of "Womens
Work and Wages new editorial depart
nlent in Good Housekeeping
Harriet Beecher Stowe Is an honorary
member Of the Authors club of New York,
aud the only writer Of the gentler sex con-
nected with that organization.
The richest woman in Wisconsin il said to
Be the widow of Alexander Mitchell, late
president Of the Milwaukee and St. Paul rail
road. She is worth several millionA
Mis Emma Cons, who has devoted her
whole life to works Of practical benevolencs
In London, enjoys the distinction Of being
the nrst female alderman in that city
Mrs U. s. Grant has been favorably men
toned a. the successor Of Mira r. B. Hayes
In the presidency Of the Woman's Home Mis-
sionary society Of the Methodist church.
Mime. Henry Grevills announces that the
old home of George Sand, Nohant, is now
for sale. Mime. Dudevant's bedroom and
study still remain exactly As she left them.
Mime. Marie, who was the nurse of Otto Of
Bavaria when be was child, In the only per-
son who can now bring . CLEAN of intelli-
gence TO the face Of the unfortunate mad
king.
Among the able women socialist writers Of
London is Margaret HARNESS She 10 slight,
with pale, mobile face, and . rapid, eaer-
getic manner. has an independent income OF
her own, and is generous, enthusiastic, and
strongly individual
Ais Yabel Echegursn, daughter OF The
Spanish consul at Masatlan, and the richest
heire~ on the Pacific coast, u just II. She
has . well matured mind, considering her
youth, reads great deal. and naturally Il .
dne conversationalist, caring more for the
profouEder discussions than for the frothy
nothings which pass in q ballroom or . .etsl
A-tete
Mrs. Amelia B. Cantor Ericsson Barley -Por-
ter Ferguson W hite Martin Considine- Tentsr
Is the full name of resident of tho Black
Hills, Oak. She is now living with her ninth
husband. Four Of the former ones are dead
and four have been divorced She has no
children living. She is now but q. and 10
eouely woman who has managed out Of the
estates and alinaony Of her husbands to accu-
muiAte quite q comfortable fortune