The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-09-09

ass.y XII x <S&N8
Chautauqua hss = GUNNER SCHOOL Of
cookery. ASsy
There are now 1856 postuistsesss. In
this country. hM
One of the very favorite silks of the
season is changeable taffeta.
AS a rule, women require one hour OF
sleep more day than men.
The married wo men on an average
live two years longer than single ones.
The bigger the chou upon your high.
heeled slipper the smaller the foot will
look.
The long handled parasol is defunct,
the short, club handled being in che
ascendant.
Many attempts have been made to re-
vive paniers on handsome gowns Of var
lous sorts.
One of the botauists OF State reputa.
tion in Maine is Miss Furbish, Bow.
doin graduate.
The Constitution OF Louisiana permits
women to hold any Office connected with
public education.
Fichu style Of trimming is popular for
bodices, and indeed no bodice is con-
sidefed trimmeo without lace.
All the smart women have dropped
the train to the bell skirt aud again the
tailor-made costume is truly swagger.
Miss Maud Rittenhouse, of Cairo, ILL.,,
has received prize of $1,000 for story
from Southern Improvement Company.
A woman's chance of getting married
is calculated to be only two aud half
per cent. when she reaches her fortieth
year.
Among the vagaries of the ribbon
craze is that of embroidering ribbons of
various widths with beads and metal
braid.
Caroline Kilby Is the art decorator OF
the largest carriage building establish
ment in New York, aud has twenty wo-
men undeEuber supervision.
In England it is not very uncommon
for women to serve as vestrymen in the
Episcopal Church, but in America the
idea is not received with favor.
The Empress Of Austria when in her
younger days wss considered the best
horsewoman in the world. She still
keeps up her old love for riding.
.Good health, calm nerves, good
friends aud modest opinion of herself"
are the results of college education to
O girl. in the opinion of Mes. Alice Free.
man Palmer.
The first international club for women
has Just been started In Nice. The
fouudresses are few Americans, three
French and two German ladies, all of
whom are authoresses.
Donna Lastenia Larriva de Llona. a
Peruvian woman we'll known in South
America as poet, publishes a weekly
called El Tesoro del Hogar (Firesido
Treasure) in Guayaqui. Ecuador.
The Countess d6 N1rasoi, Eta Hughes
aud Franklin Paula, Spanish, English
and Austrian governesses of the Infan.
tas of Spain, receive each $4,000 year
for their services, besides home in the
royal household.
$4,000 to $6000a a year from her ranch
near Salt Lake City, Utah. She raises
vegetables. Lately she added chicken
ranch aud two incubators, aud expects
to clear $40, 900 a year.
Becoming blue veilingi is hardly to be
found. Occasionally piece appears which
whiteus and adds to the clearness of the
skin. You are fortunate if you can run
across it, as you will then have secured
an important adjunct to your toilet.
The women OF Hungary are erect, vig-
orous, with fine figures, small feet, pretty
hands, rich compilations, and are said to
be among the most beautiful women in
the world. They are fond of athletic
sports aud are espscially graceful walk.
er5.
Miss Florence B,lgarmi is making her
influence felt in the way of reform, since
her return to England from this country.
She is agitating movement to do away
with artificial barriers to the employment
of women, and to elualize the wages oil
men and women.
In Sweden, where many bread. win
mag employments are open to woman, a
recent bill to the legislature asks for per.
mission to hold Office as sexton In the
State Church. A school of horticulture
has also been lately established to pre-
pare women gardeners and florists.
Miss Mary Day, Of London, has beer
successful in her experiment Of taking
deaf and dumo girls as pupils in type
writing. Miss Day is one OF the longes
established woman. typewriters in Eng
land: As SO much .ypswrising is tran !,
atfliction Is no drawback.
Jean Ingelow is the daughter of q
banker of Lincolnshire, aud was one of a
family of eleven children. Sac wrote
her first poems oa the window-shutters
closing them away out of sight when
completed. Her brother was the frst to
secure the publication OF her poems, aud
four editions OF a thousand copies oaoh
we're sold the first year. Twenty .siz
editions OF the same volume have sin ce
been published.
The little Queen Of the Netherlands is
becoming, a personality in Europe, and
already various nuptial possibilities are