The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-07-28

DOINGS OF WOMEN FAIR.
Ouida Laments That Famous
People May Not Enjoy the
Repose of Solitude.
HOLLANDS CHARMING QUEEN.
The Story of st. Swithin-Fashlon-
able and Injurious Nerve
Tonics.
HOLLANDS CHARMING QUEEN

woodn arcritic declares that she 'looks
about seventeen" 1t is largely be-
cause she is yet a girl in spirit.
Mrs. John W. Mackay and her sis
ter, says Truths Paris letter, are the
originals of the two chief feminine
character in Ludovic Halevy's charm
ing new novel, Liable Constantine
Poor Fame! Now "Ouida" Of all
the great people in the world, says
LIE Gaulois, is declaiming against her,
with the cry of the decadent, who is
tired of life. Fame is such a nuisance!
"Ouida" laments that ''the owner of a
well known name no longer OBJ
tain the repose of solitude. Never"
she adds, in the not unsuitable col
ulnps of an American magazine, Twas
pre-eminence in art or in any career
rendered SO extremely uncomfortable
as in our time" And the worst of the
matter is, so 'Ouida" says, that this
dreadful condition OF affairs is
going to get worse before it gets better.
She is noted for the beauty of her
hands and feet, which are not only
small, but are exquisitely shaped. In
summer and winter alike this talented
authoress drives out in thin buckled
shoes, and sleeves which reach but a
few inches below the elbow. Needless
to say that the cold of her Italian
home being sharp and clear, it differs
widely from the clinging damp and
penetrating fog of the English winter.
A foreign newspaper writer says the
little Queen Of Holland is a charming
C hid, with pretty manners and a
sweet disposition. He describes her
as a well grown, handsome, healthy
girl, fair and rosy, and fond Of romp-
ing and childish games. She Is de-
voted to animals, especially to her
ponies, dogs and pigeons.
Queen Christina is doing all she can
to discourage bull fighting in Spain.
She has been seen but once in the
royal box of the arena since the death
of her husband. Notwithstanding
this decided attitude taken by the
Regent toward the national sport, bull
fighting has never been more popular
in Spain. Every Sunday the arena
at Madrid. accommodating some 49,
600 spectators, is filled to OVERLOOKING.
The torreros and espadas are over
whelmed with engagements. and the
bulls command the highest prices.
Sarah Bernhardt protests that she
cannot tell her exact age because her
dear old mother had SO many children
that she couldn't remember the exact
dates of their individual advent.
The Princess of Wales wears a COM
plete costume of cream color when in
Denmark, the land OF her birth,
where the Empress of Russia, her sis
ter. has introduced this color as the
national mourning. j.
Louise Iinogen Quincy, the New
England authoress, who is credited
with the ability to SAY more brilliant
things to the minute than any one
else in Boston," is also famed as an
untiring ped estrian and an indefati-
gable bicycle rider.
st. Swithin's Day.
Friday, the fifteenth, was st.
Swithin's Day, concerning which the
old English rhyming prediction is
made
st. swithin's Day, if thou dost rain,
For forty days It will remain; y
st. Swithin's Day, IL thou be fair,
For forty days twill rain nae mair.
The day was warm and fair, and,
therefore, the believers in the old
prophecy may expect that until
August 23 the weather will be the
same. But the old English weather
predictions are oftener than not en-
tirely inapplicable to the very differ
emit. climate of this country. 1t is
often forgotten that the southermost
part of England lies north of the
northermost boundary of the United
States, and that London Is some 700
miles nearer the North Pole than
New York.
The story Of st. Swithin is as fol.
lows: He was the Bishop Of Winches-
ter, and died in the year 1862. He was
not only an able prelate. but a man OF
great meekness and humility, and
when he felt his last hour approach
ing he ordered that his body be buried
outside of the cathedral, where the
passers-by should trample on his grave
and the water from the caves drop on
it. These lowly wishes were obeyed,
and for a hundred years or more the
body of the bishop reposed in this
humble grave. But his fame continu-
ally grew. and at last it was decided
that the remains of one 30
holy should of right repose within
the walls of the cathedral for
which he had done SO much. and then
removal was determined upon, The
day set for The ceremony was July Is.
But the day set in with such a ire
, mendous rain that the ceremony was
compelled to be postponed. For forty
days the rain kept falling, and the
monks of the cathedral finally decided
that the saint was thus manifesting
his displeasure at this proposed re-
moval, SO they abandoned it, and, in
stead, built a small chapel on the
grave. M
st. Swithin was born about the year
800 and after being monk and prior
of Winchester was made Bishop in
852 by Ethelwulf, King of Wesley.
whose education he had supervised
while his father Egbert was alive.
The son of this Ethe1wulf was the
famous Alfred the Great, whom
Swithin accompanied on a journey to
Rome, and in various other ways
served.
WHY Hagar Wore Ear Rings.
According to the Moslem creed,
says an exchange, the reason why