The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-08-29
ALL ABOUT WOMEN
From China to Ancient Rome
Queens. Mobiles and C0mmoners.

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The Chinese do not permit their
women to be photographed-if they
can prevent it. But they get there
all the same.
Cleopatra wore her cows tail red
hair banged round her face and ears.
Mother Eve is pictured with loose
tresses playing about her brows and
temples. Salome, the Carmencita OF
biblical days, wore a bang; so did
Magdalen, the beautiful Queen Bess
and the beaux and beauties that Van
Dyke painted.
Madame Blanchi, great grand
daughter of David, the illustrious
painter of the First Empire, has just
received from the Minister of I%nstruc-
ton in Paris the badge of Officer of the
Academy. This high distinction is
awarded only TO artists of exceptional
merit. Madame Blanchi is a sculpt-
ress; her works have been twice hon
orably mentioned by the jury OF tine
Salon and of the Great Exhibition.
Queen Victoria is said to have looked
notably youthful when she appeared
at the Marlborough House garden
party? She wore black as usual, but
had frightened up her sombre attire
by the addition of a white lace shawl
and a white aigrette in her black vel
vet bonnet. There was also a white
lace covering to her black parasol.
Her Majesty was in the best OF spirits
and looked remarkably we'll.
The Countess of Novrikow, an
American literary lady and wife of a
Russian Nihilist, says that Russian
women cannot be equaled on the face
of the earth. The social life in Russia
throws the sexes constantly together,
and thus they are prepared to stand
side by side in the battle for their
rights as citizens. Heartrending
stories are told of the i~nartyrdom of
noble women in Russia, whose only
offense was the desire to see their
countrywomen free.
Mrs. Lavinia Fillmore, one of the
late President Fillmore's relatives,
celebrated her 104th birthday a few
DAYS ago. She resides at Clarence,
near Buffalo, N. y.
Miss Victorine Jeans, of Massachu-
sets, this year carried of the Golden
prize of three hundred dollars offered
for the best economic essay in Eng
land.
Mrs. Lucinda Parkinson. a Castle
main, Australia, school teacher,
used to kneel beside her husband and
ask the Lord to take him hence as
soon as possible.
Sir Charles Tupper's granddaugh-
ter, Miss Sophia Upper Cameron,
was married last week after clipping
with her lover, a young Englishman
named Christian Hamilton Gray.
He fell in love with her while she
was abroad last year. and followed
her to this country. Mr.. Gray is the
son of the proprietor of silver electric
works in Kent County, England.
The bridegroom settled part OF his es-
tate upon his bride before marriage,
and a lawyer was present to execute
the settlement.
Mrs. Grimwood has had conferred
upon her by the Queen the Royal Red
Cross, in recognition of her devotion
to the wounded al Manipur. The
decoration, which has also already
been bestowed on Miss Nightingale,
consists of a crimson cross edged with
gold, bearing the words Faith, Hope,
Charity, and is attached to a dark
blue ribbon edged with red.
The Board of Lady Managers of the
Worlds Fair want an official seal and
offer $50 and lots Of credit to the per
sou furnishing the accepted design.
Male competitors are declared, so as
to give designing young women the
best possible chance of success
A physician at Lynn, Mass, made
some remarks which aroused Mrs
Dodge. secretary Of the Helping Hand
Association of that town, and she in
I.&s1...f~ I-snI-11 l.t,. fhn,,.1 A.
streets. Ii there should be a Helping
Foot Association organized in Lynn
she will surely be elected its president.
The dilapidated headstone over the
grave of Highland Mary, in the old
West Kirkyard. has been cleaned. re.
painted and reset, and the grave
tidied up, by the Greenock Burn,
Club.
Mrs. Langtry commences another
American tour January II, Manager
Joseph Reynolds having signed with
her for the engagement. and having
the option of "L'Enfant Prologue
A new prima donna is spoken OF in
the person of the Begun Ahmadee,
Hindoo princess of the highest caste
who is not only as pretty as a Peri
but has a meZZo-soprano voice of ex
quisiIe quality and a knowledge o
how to use il to advantage which al
old singer might envy.
To Protect Fancy Pillow Cases.
1t is very much the custom of thrift,
housekeepers, when moving from th'
town into the country home for the
season, to carry along a goodly suppl
of silk covered divan pillows Dor
rowed from the lounges of the tow
house. When these pillows are in
cased in delicately tinted silk tn
hard, double wear Of the winter an
summer is apt to shortly render then
unfit for use. This may be prevente
by buying a yard or two of variousl
colored and decorated pungums, tina
can be made into loose shams an
slipped over the round or square pi
lows. Such shams not only save th
wear and teal on the pillows, and al
ridiculously inexpensive, but seem
pleasant relief to the well known pa
tern of the under silk case.-Chicag
NeUs.
Lord Byron's Pious Nurse