St. Paul daily globe., 1892-08-08

minister of education, Count Zedlitz. |
Now, in answer to the deputation of the |
Prussian union for public high schools |
for girls, the present minister, DIR. Bosse, |
has promised that the matter shall be |
presented for discussion in the autumn |
of this year.
The first women to receive fellowship |
at Yale are Mary Graham, graduate of |
Wesleyan, who stood second in her class
and took first honors in political science,
and Mary A. Scott, a grad uate of
Vassar, a student of Johns Hopkins and
an honor student of Cambridge, who
will study for the degree of doctor of
philosophy.
In memory of the late Grand Duchess
Paul, it is proposed to found large
charitable institution in Greece, the
| money for which will be collected by
| national subscription. The Grand Duke
Paul has sent the president of the CON-
mlttee letter expressing his great in
| teIest In the movement, together with
donation of 10000 francs.
Mrs. John w. Foster, the secretary's
wife, has contributed interesting papers
to the Women's AnthrOpological Society
OF Washington on The Ancient Ruins
of Mexico" She is devoted TO charita-
bic work, and is member of the Gar
held hospital board of lady managers,
as also of several similar organizations.
The eX-princess imperial of Brazil is
going in for COmte de Nuns Christian
democracy, and attends the lectures
that he delivers to the members of the
Cercles Catalogues, who are for the
most ''sons of toll" She acts as if she
had given up all hope of an imperial
restoration in Brazil, and does not ell
courage c0nspirators to flock round her.
Mrs. S. l.. Ballentine. of Port Huron,
Mich. has just received a patent for a
device to secure glass in the doors of
stoves and furnaces. The process of
baking in the oven can be watched
through the glass. and there is cavlng
of fuel, sine frequent opening OF the
doors will be needless, and the glass
will allow the heat to leave the ovens
less rapidly than iron.
S2r. Raffaelli, the painter whose "Su-
burban Waifs' at the Champ de Mars
Salon were bought by the Swedish gov
ernment for the Museum of Stockholm,
is going to Scotland to study North
British types. He hopes to spend a
month in Edinburgh and its neighbor-
hood, and then to go to the Highlands
with his wife and daughter. He is a
charming person. and free from pose.
Mrs. Lynn Linton is the only woman
amongst the distinguished writer's who
sign an appeal on behalf of the proposed
Shelley centenary memorial at HOr-
sham, for which local committee has
been formed; but we observe that the
committee includes amongst its men,
bers Mrs. Prewett and Miss Sadler. The
proposal is that q "Shelley library and
museum" be established at Horsham.
The Princess Margaret of Prussia,
whose betrothal has just been an
nounced, is an interchangeable equestrian.
Horseback exercise was recommended
for her by a scientific friend of the En-
press Frederick as the best means for
keeping her figure from spreading out
too much, and the blood and muscles
healthy. When she and her mother
were at the German embassy here. the
princess went out riding several times
daily as part of her anti-fat regime.
Mrs. Farrar last week assembled the
Matterhorn, accompanied by two guides
from Zermatt. During the descent the
party were Overtaken by terrific snow
storm, but as they came down with great
speed they escaped danger from this
cause. The ascent occupied seventeen
hours, and great credit is due to the
guides, the brothers Gentinetta, for their
determination and presence of mind in
the face of serious difficulty. Among
the ladies whose exploits on former Oc-
casiOns have rivaled Mrs. Farrar's were
Mrs. Jackson, who, in conjunction with
German climber, discovered a new
ute up Dent Blance. in Switzerland,
and Mrs. Maid. formerly Mrs. Burnaby,
who traverSed the summit of the jung
frau in midwinter. Last summer lady
raced two other parties-one of which
included the redOubtable Harold Tom
ham-up Mount Ross. in gale of wind
and reached the Hochste Spite first.