Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-06-02
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Japan boasts female stevedors.

There as said to be great scarcity
of unmarried women in California.
There is great increase in the
number of women journalists in Japan.
1t is one thing to discard crepe, and
quite another to Ego out of mourn
ing"
Mrs. Wolcott, wife of the United
States Senator from Colorado, is noted
for her charities.
A gallant French critic calls Shy
Sanderson, the singer, "a beautiful
niece of Uncle Sam
More women marry between the
ages of twenty and twenty five than al
any other time of life.
The Empress of Russia's physician
when in attendance upon his august
patient receives fee Of $3.50 day.
Walking, riding and fencing, the
women physicians say, are among the
best gymnastic exercises for women.
Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox, the poet
ess, is said to have one fad in matters
of dress, and that is for Empire gowns.
In lifting sick woman, say q nurse,
always put the arms beneath the pill
low instead of under the patient
back.
There is a greater excess Of women
in the population Of the District Of Co.
lumbia than elsewhere in the United
States.
Miss Helen Bradlee, of Boston, has
given $50, 600 to add to the comforts OF
women patients at the Mclean Asylum
in that city.
Doctor Mary Putnam jacob has
been elected Chairman of the section
on neurology at the New York Acade-
my of Medicine.
Queen Victoria has not worn corsets
for many years. Princess Beatrice
follows her mother in this respect and
has also discarded the corset.
The infant daughter of the Duchess
of Fife has already entered upon her
duties as a philanthropist. She has
joined the Children's League of Pity.
Nine. Brochard, superintendent OF
the Lemon Hospital, of Paris, has re-
ceived the ribbon of the Legion OF
Honor for faithful service in nursing
the sick.
The Literary Ladies" of England,
wi ose annual banquet is one of the
events of the London season, have
properly changed their official name tC
the Women Writers"
A new fellowship, worth 5000 a year
has been established at the State Uni
versiby of California, and Miss Kate
Werts of the Oakland High School,
has been selected for the place.
One pd the dentists of New York il
Olga Beymann, d. d. s., Western
girl, young and pretty, with aristocratic
features and the intelligence which
comes from education and travel
Walter Damrosch says that Miss Mary
Louise Clary, of Louisville, who re
Gently made her debute in New York
has the most beautiful and powerful
contralto voice he has ever heard
Nine. Albani designs her own oper
attic dresses, which cost on an average
from 5000 to $500. She has ward
robe for over twenty operas, some o
which require several different dresses
The King of SPANS aunt, the In
fanta Eulalie, is said to be an indefat
igable sportswoman. She hunts inces
sanity, drives four in hand, anc
dances like young girl, though she ii
forty-two.
Mrs, Lyn, Stephens is the only
woman who has ever presented {
cathedral to religious community. L
stands at Cambridge, England, is dedi
Gated to Roman Catholic worship anC
cost $500, 900.
Governor Pattison, of Pennsylvania
has appointed five women as notarieI
public, his first nominations under tn.
new law regarding that Office. One o
them is Miss Hills, manager of tn,
Harrisburg Telegram.
Two hundred women are prscticins
dentistry in this country. A Southern
young lady. Miss Anna Yokum, wa,
graduated from the Alabama Colleg.
Of Dentistry at its last commencement
and was valedictorian of her class.
Mrs. G. Fl. Green is Secretary of the
Society of Cliff Dweller Archaeology
of America, and has proved her right
to her office by the discovery of ar
ancient piece of cliff pottery designed
after the pattern of Maltese cross.
The Dowager Duchess of Sutherland
was sent to prison in London the Other
day on contempt of court. Several
years ago she spent several months il
America. She is very handsome wo
man and has dazzling complexion.
A movement to erect a statue tc
Queen Isabella of Spain has beer
started by several society ladies of New
York, headed by Mrs. O. Van EtteI
Mack. The intention is that the statue
shall stand at the Eighth avenue en-
trance to Central Park, facing the statue
of Columbus.
Mrs. Irene Sheridan, daughter OF
Major General Rucker, United States
Army, and widow of General Philip
Sheridan, still lives in the residence in
Washington which was given TO the
General by his Chicago friends. She
devotes her life to the training of her
four children.
AS result of newspaper contest, q
woman was found in Boston who can
wear a shoe No. IL (childs size) of A
width, u inches in length and 2i
inches in width at the broadcast part OF
the sole. The winner is young lady
twenty years old and four feet eight
inches in height.
At the graduating exercises of the
WOman'a Medica1 Colleoe of Eiftv