St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-29
ABOUT WOMEN.
Women Who Are Winning Fame
and Fortune at Home and
Abroad

Women Who Are Winning Fame
and Fortune at Home and
Abroad.
One thousand American girls and
women are now studying art in Paris.
Miss Olive Schreiner is, it is said, busy
on new novel, in which African farm
life and London lite are skillfully inter-
woven.
Mrs. Tel LON, a highly educated Jap
ancse lawyer. of Toxic, is to open a
school in Japan for teaching the native
women OF her rank.
The queen regent of Spain will shortly
send Nj. Carno: the collar of the Golden
Fleece-an honor extended to each of
his predecessors.
The crown princess of Sweden and
Norway is all enthusiastic amateur pho
tographer, and has taken over 5000
views during her journey in Egypt.
I The Ducness of Bedford and Lady
Henry Somerset will read papers on
Temperance as 1t Affects Women of
the Upper Middle Class at the church
congress.
Mrs. Elizabeth Plankinton, of Mil
Waukee, has offered to build and fur
nish working girls boarding house for
the Women's Christian Friendly Soci-
ETY. in that city if the organization Will
maintain it.
Miss Marian Reynolds has gained the
! Tails gold medal of Trinity college,
London, tine Benedict exhibition has
been awarded to Eleanor NJ. Shuttle
worth, and the Reeves exhibition to
| Bertha Acworth.
Nine. BertauX has not met with su c.
| cess in her candidature to the chair left
! vacant III the Academic DIES BeauX Arts
by the death of BonnassieuX. NJ.
Premiet appears to have received the
n aiOrity of votes.
| Mrs. Harriet NJ. Plumb, of New York.
has patented an invention to keen cars
supplied with fresh air without the an
noyance of cinders. which has been in
use on the local trains between San
| francisco and Oakland for several
weeks, and is practical and satisfactory.
| Bloomington has had for eighteen years
woman superintendent of schools, Miss
5. T.. Raymond. During her regime the
ScnoOl facilities have been greatly en-
larged. no eXtravagant debts contracted,
and no hint of scandal attached to the
management.
Marie Conrad-Ramio, the favorite act
| reSS OF the Court theater in Munich. who
has already published shorter stories
! uHuer the titles PaSSlOnSDlumen' and
"Helldunkel," has now written novel,
''Landluft." which is very fayorably
criticised by the press.
Princess Edward of SAKE Weimar has
consented to become patroness of the
hobin society, all organization which
arranged breakfasts last Christmas dav
for 10000 poor London children, and is
now asking funds to enable sickly little
ones to be sent into the country for q
weeks holiday.
Mrs. Ellen l.. Knox, who has success
fully conducted the Reporter and West
ern Reserve Farmer at Cayuga Falls
u. since the death Of her husband last
year, will go the coming fall to Knox
vile. ILL.,, where she will assume the
duties of matron of school for bows
in connection with a college at tha
place.
Her majesty conferred the order OF
Victoria and Albert on the Marchioness
OF Salisbury. There are four classes OF
the order. Members of the first anc
second classes are all crowned heads OIL
princesses of blood. The third class is
made up to large extent of duchess
dowagers, but includes also such well.
known names as Countess Spencer. the
Duchess OF Buccleuch and the Mar
chioness of Dutferin and Ava. The
fourth class consists almost entirely OF
"bed-chamber women" and maids OF
honor.