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

There are now 6S35 postuistrssses In
this country.
One Of the very favorite silks of the
season is changeable taffeta.
As 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 botanists 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 educatioh.
Fichu style OF trimming is popular for
bodices, aud indeed no bodice is con-
sidefed trimmeo without lace.
All the smart women have dropped
the train to tho 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 aud metal
braid.
Caroline Kilby Is the art decorator OF
the largest carriage building establish,
ment in New York, aud has twenty wo-
men undeI.her 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 was considered the best
horscwoman in the world. Sho still
keeps up her old love for riding.
"Good health, calm nerves, good
friends and modest opinion Of herself"
are the results OF college education to
q girl. in the opinion of MIS-. Alice Free
man Palmer.
The first international club for women
has just been started in Nice. The
fouudrcsses are few Americans, three
French and two German ladies, all of
whom are authoresses.
Donna Lastenia Larriva de Lloua, a
Peruvian woman we'll known in South
America as poet, publishes weekly
called Ell Tesoro del Hoyar (FIresido
Treasure) in Guayaquil. Ecuador.
Tho Countess Te Nurasol, Eta Hughes
and Franklin Paula, Spanish, English
and Austrian Sovernesses Of the Infan.
tas of Spain, receive each $4,000 year
for their services, besides home in the
royal household.
Mrs. Osborne, a widow, has cleared
$4,000 to $4,000 a year from her rauch
near Salt Lake City, Utah. She raises
vegetables. Lately she added a chicken
ranch and two incubators, and expects
to clear $40, 900 u year.
Becoming blue yelling 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
IN important adjunct to your toilet.
The women Of Hungary are erect, Wig
orous, with fine figures, small feet, pretty
hands, rich compilations, aud are SAID to
De among the most beautiful women in
the world. They are fond of athletic
sports and are especially graceful walk.
crS.
Miss Florence B,lgarmi is making her
inducncc felt in the way of reform, since
her return to England from this country.
She is agitating movement to dc away
with artificial barriers to the employment
of women. and to elual;ze the wages of
men and women.
In Sweden, where many bread.wiu-
mag employmcnts are open to woman, q
recent bill to the legislature asks for per.
mission to hold office as sexton in the
State Church. 4 school of horticulture
has also been lately established to pre-
pare women gardeners and florists.
Miss Mary Day, of London, has been
successful in her experiment Of taking
deaf and dun5 girls as pupils in type.
writing. Mss Day is one Of the longest
established .typewriters i'll Eng
Land: As Sc much !Eyr tEnswritins is tran
ailliction is no drawback.
Jean seiow is the daughter of
banker of Lincolnshire, and was one of a
family Of eleven children. she wrote
her first poems on the window-shutters,
closing them away out Of sight when
completed. Tier brother was the first to
secure the publication Of her poems, aud
FOUR editions OF a thous nj copies oach
we're sold tho first year. Twenty six
clitions Of the same volume have since
been published.
The little Queen of the Netherlands is
becoming personality in Europe, and
already various nuptial possibilities are
hanging over her head. Apropos of Her
Majesty's visit to Berlin it has been
pointed out that alliances between the
House Of Orange and either German or
English Royalties have generally en-
brollei Holland in war and disaster. II
is possible, therefore, that the matrimo.