Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-01-26
DAUGHTERS OF EVE.

The ST. Marks railroad In Florida is re-
ported to have a lady conductor.
Mrs. George Quintard Is worth some S.
10000, left her by her father, tho late
Charles Morgan.
Miss Harriett 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 bivalve-
a veritable oyster Patti.
Sarah Bernhardt is conducting things with
q high hand in Egypt. Her bills at the Gus
tom house for articles purchased already
amount to over s1S,0OO
Mrs 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 a singularly sour tenn
pered and disagreeable woman Her temper
at dinner was SO nagging that the husband
got into the way of dining at q cafe.
A poet is allowed heap Of license; but
when Mrs Kershan, Of Cairo, threw hot
water on neighbor who made fun Oh her
rhymes, the judge said that license had gone
beyond the limit
Some days after the imperial railroad acci-
dent, the czarina wrote to her mother Of
herself and her husband, 1--WE still have big
black and blue bruises all over us, but they
are Of no significance"
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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 monument to her.
The richest child In America is little May
Sharpless, now but 0 years of age. She is
the daughter of late member of the great
dry goods house Of Arnold, Constable & Co.,
and she is worth $4,000, 600 in her own name
and right
Mrs. William Gammell lives in Providence,
but is almost as well known in New York us
in her own home. She is the richest woman
in New England, her assets footing up some
Si4 600, 900, made 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, the 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 the Crimean medal, which Queen
Victoria personally pinned ON her, is still liv.
ing in Toronto. She was nurse in the Crimear
war and was shot through the knee in @
trench before the Redan.
Lady Randolph Churchill danced twice
with her host, Col. North, at the latter.
wonderful ball in London. Pages in Seven
teenth century costume presented each guest
with 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. Sht
Is one Of the most princely entertainers il
, New York, and with her husband owns al
estate in Scotland, where they go each veal
to spend the summer months
There are 5000 women in the government
departments at Washington. Before the wal
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. Their
are a good many women getting salaries owe
$1,000.
A French woman who is endeavorng t
found schools for girls in Algiers divides tn
proposed studies into two classes, neutral
and "active." The neutral includes reading
3 writing, photography, arithmetic, histor,
and moral philosophy. That is just wher
the.modern Frenchman is most likely to pu
moral philosophy.
Miss Candy, who is to marry tho Duke O
Newcastle-who, by the way, is no relation
to the Duke Of Nocastle who comes to til
! United States so often-is the daughter of q
officer who once served with the khedive
; troops in Egypt Capt. Candy was familiar
ly known as Sugar" and his magnifcen
uniforms made sensation six years ago i
Cairo, city which is not easily astonished.
POINTS OF ETIQUETTE.