Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-06-28
ABOUT WOMEN.

in q movement to promote the higher
medical education of women.
The German empress will not accom-
pany her husband when he goes swing
ing round the circles this summer.
Julia Honore Grant, the ~16-year-old
daughter Of Minister Fred Grant, can
speak Spanish, German and French.
Princess Victoria of Sweden and Nor
way is very i'll at Nice. Her condition
gives her family a greatdeal of anxiety.
Nine. Henri verle, better known as
Nine. Fursch-Madi, is temporarily in
Paris, where she mourns the loss OF her
husband.
Miss Elinor, q daughter of Sir Charles
Halle, designed the gold medal which
the geographical society gave Explorer
Stanley in London.
Miss Ethel Chase Sprague, who as was
recently announced had given up all
idea Of going on the stage. made her
debut in Buffalo and is said to have
made a hit.
AS charming as they are dainty are
the bisque thimble holders, represent
ing American beauty roses-the recep-
tacle for the thimble being in the heart
Of the flowers.
Mrs. Craviner Wood Littlefield, who
died at Woburn, Mass, May 10, was the
granddaughter of Sylvanus Wood, who
took the first British prisoner at Lex
ington in 1878.
Fanny Davenport was a witness in
Minneapolis, defending a suit for libel
against her, and evaded a question as to
her age by saying that she was twenty
years on the stage.
Miss Charme Brown, a Cincinnati
belle, can converse with fuency in
French, Italian, Spanish and German.
She also knows Latin and Greek, and is
a clever amateur actress.
The daughter Of Senator Mitchell, of
Oregon, Miss Matte Mitchell, il in
Paris, and has the reputation of being
one Of the most beautiful American
women ever seen In thatcity.
The queen Of England copyrights all
official government publications and
gives notice that she will maintain her
rights against all persons who attempt
to interfere with her royalties.
Miss Nellie Arthur, daughter of the
late President Arthur, has developed
into a beautiful young lady, with a bril-
liant complexion, large, soft, brown
eyes, and a graceful figure. Her taste
In dress IS original and effective.
Mrs. Giacometti P~rodgers, the terror
of London cabmen, is dead. Her habit
was to drive the fullest possible dis
lance for the money, pay the exact legal
fare, and then cause the arrest of the
cabman for expressing his feelings.
An elegant little coin purse for ladies'
use is made Of half a hollow sphere OF
gold or silver, richly chased and en-
grayed, which is attached to a net,ed
extension. The purse is closed by draw
strings terminating In ornamental metal
balls.
Mrs. Harrison shows the greatest con-
stantly thinking Of new modes OF enter
tanning them, says the Washington
Post. The latest bright thought is to
utilize the marine band concerts on Sat
urday afternoons.
A class OF young women meets at the
Wanamakers in Washington twice a
week 70 learn how 70 walk, 10 GO UP and
down stairs, to stand, to bow. 10 smile,
TO make eyes and dispose of the hands.
You must not be surprised or shocked,
says a Washington correspondent, IL
you find a Washington girl winking at
you; ii is ten 70 enc that she is merely
practicing the novel science ct ocular
expression.
Anna C. Bracket, who has been
searching into the subject, says that
previous TO the time OF Richard II. (l377-
1897 all the English women who rode
at all rode like men. Richard married
Anne OF bohemia, the eldest daughter
Of Charles "; emperor Of Germany,
md IL is 10 her that VIZ owe the intro
iuction Of the s~ide-saddle. IL is stated
that she was deformed and, therefore,
could not ride with ease on the usual
saddle.
A rifewomen's club has been formed
in Bermuda, and the wife OF the gov
ernor of the island is president of it.
The ladies' have a range Of their "
far enough from civilized habitations
for their shots not to hit hens or hus-
bands. There they bang away at their
bwn sweet will. They have already be-
come excellent marksmen at 100 yards
distance, showing that, though q woman
may not be able TO drive 4 nail, she can
hit a mark.
The ladies wore collars Of such exag:
gerated height that, from a back view,
only the topmost curls of their couture
could be seen, says Madge in London
Truth. This is the kind of attire that
makes spectators full Of curiosity to see
the face of the wearer. Do you not
think so2 Colonel 'Pon-my-life, whom
we met there with his daughter, could
not ~disengage his attention from these
sollsrsl 9" wonder who they sre?' II
wish they'd tarn roana" He Is SO
frankly inquisitive that n fofgives
him freely.
A lace wonder has just been brought
across the water. 1t is a unique speci-
men Of embroidery and Irish lace, spec
tally manufactured for the great exhibit
ton Of 1851, at which 1t took a first
prize. Ii took twelve girls twelve
months TO make this perfect specimen
Of the old embroidery and lace trade of
Ireland. The main design is q chaplet
Of fern leaves; entwined With the rose,
the shamrock and the thistle; and in
fine and exquisite workmanship 1t is
said to surpass anything OF the present
day. The cost was 81, 900.
With the eyes wonderful things may
be lone in the way Of modifying their
expression and improving their effect
upon the face, says the New York Sun
But no women should use I isrkening
agent for any purpose about the lids or
lashes Of the eye. 1t doesn't make the
eye look larger or brighter, as women
imagine; it doesn't suggest the work Of
nature Ia any way, for nature never
puts dark lines inside or beneath the
lids Of anybody's eyes, and it doesn't do
anything but make the woman who is
thus decorated look ~dissipated and vul-