The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-10-11
THE WORLD OF WOMEN
Sketch of the Brave and
Adventurous Maria
Theresa.
LADY TENNYSoN's BISCUITS.
Mothers of Prominent Athletes
Restricting Married Women
From Being Bread
winners.
LADY TENNYsoN's BISCUITS.

women were, in times of peace, to
make the "gofio" in the simple hand
mill still in use in the island, look
after the house and help her husband
with his pastoral and field labors, and
in times OF war to follow the army,
carry off the wounded and attend to
them and bury the dead.
A Mohammedan woman cannot of
herself separate from her husband
without his consent. If she is clea yer.
however, she will take him by sur
prise at an ungarded moment, and
contrive to do or say something which
will make him so angry that before
he can exercise sufficient self control
to stop himself he has uttered the
wished for words.
John L. Sullivan's mother was a
very large, powerful olna and of
great force of character. So was the
mother OF John Morrissey, and SO was
the mother of John G. Heenan. Sui
llvan's father vas a small man, though
L have been told that he was very
strong and powerful, not only for his
1AANf "a AoA W. olLC O1Ln OOEDGbI 5
mother is alive and we'll today. She
is a large, powerful woman, and has
great will force.
Cardinal Rampolla has officially in
formed the Archbishop of Rouen that
the Congregation of Rites has ad-
mitted the first steps towards the
Qualification of Joan of Are. The
process of canonization, which is now
officially begun will last for a long
term of years.
Kate Field has been making a tour
of Ellis Island. She is studying the
immigration question.
That no married omen should be
allowed to work except at their home
duties is n OF the resolutions passed
by the socialist Congress at Tours. A
declaration was also made in favor of
suffrage. 1t remains to be seen whether
the one resolution will not counterfeit
the other, as it is doubtful whether
women, when they have the vote, will
submit to be cut off from all wage
earning employment.
Mrs. Croly Jennie June) has re-
ceived the degree of doctor of litera-
ture, and will occupy the newly Gre
ated chair OF literature and journalism
at Rutgers Women's College in New
York city.
Lady Tennyson, years ago, before
honors fell heavily, was a nota BILE
housewife. Her husband was proud of
her achievements, and once said to a
friend: "lf l can't earn our living by
poetry, Mrs. Tennyson makes q CAPT.
tai tea-biscuit. The Tennyson tea-bis-
cult can be depended o N to make us a
fortune" 81
The Austrians for the past century
and a quarter have, to a considerable.
extent, got out of the habit of winning
battles when opposed to first-class
States, but under the inspiration of
Charles's heroic and resourceful
daughter they did wonders at war
riors. Her military chieftains were
inspired by some of her intrepid
ity and dexterity, and, on the whole.
held their own against some of the
greatest commanders in Europe. She
lost dominions here and gained some
territory there, her principal loss be-
ing Silesia, which Frederick bounced
on at the beginning of her reign, but
after her forty years of sway she left
Austria stronger than she found it.
Maria Theresa was one of the most in
teresting female sovereigns that his
tory tells us about, says an exchange.
She was more cultivated than Eliza
beth of England, even after making
allowances for the advantages of
learning which Maria's period at
forded, as compared with Elizabeth's
days, two centuries earlier, and she
was stronger in intellect and grander
in personality and character. In her
domestic policy she was as progressive
and tolerant as she was vigorous and
courageous in her foreign policy.
Long before her death she foresaw
that the rising power of Prussia would
be fatal to Austrian supremacy
among the smaller German States.
and she sought to effect a union be-
tween her country and France by Civ
ing her daughter in marriage to
the heir of the French throne.
This daughter was the gay, brill
liant, but unfortunate Marie Antoin-
cite, who, in the later day, as Queen
of France, was destined to follow her
husband, Louis XVI, to the guillo-
tine. No woman has reigned over
Austria since Marie Theresa, but the
clean, vigorous and enlightened rule
| of that monarch DESTROYED mneh If