The sun., 1893-08-13

to $4,000 year.
Miss bod. tn" best of English women tennis
| players won the West OF England champion
ship when she was only 10 years old.
The birthday of little Queen Wilhelmna. Of
Holland. on Aug. 81. will be celebrated with
magnificent illumnations.
For the first time in the history Of public
dinners woman has responded to the toast.
The Army" The occasion was dinner in
| response was by Miss Loch Superintendent Of
the Indian Army Nursing Service.
At Copenhagen young woman who seized
a thief and held him until the police came
was presented with diamond brooch and
| tiatterng letter OF thanks from the Director Of
Police. and received an offer Of marriage from
II well-known journalist; Women thief catch
been suggested that It would bankrupt the
Police Department to attempt to reward them
all, not to mention eXhaustinG the supply OF
] marrageabe journalists.
An English woman has employed thirty five
| poor Irish women since 1885 in making n copy
OF an old piece of Bayeux tapestry The linen
and silk wero woven and dyed specially for 1t.
1t is DOT inches long and 20 inches wide. con-
tains 62:3 men. POP horses. sos other animals.
besides innumerable birds. trees. and flowers.
The original was also made by women.
| Matilda Of Flanders and her court having
| worked long time on it.
Some time ago. in India. large tiRress
killed the beloved husband OF tho eccentric
Lady Dormer Then the tigress. In her turn
was also killed. Now the bereaved widow is
bringing the head and tail Of the defunct ami
NAL homo with her.
Mrs Harriet Ruth Tracy's inventions in the
Liberal Arts building at the Worlds Fair in
clude fire escape. models OF a safety pas
senger elevator with automatic platlor ms. and
n rota shuttla for tha lock and chnin stitch
The German Empress rides daily on her gem
tie saddle horse. accompanied by her husband
and the little Crown Prince. Occasionally the
party is Joined by Prince Eitel Fritz. hut he Is
too venturesome rider to be pleasant COM
pRnon for his royal mother. whose nerves are
no longer so steady as in the days OF her girl
hood. when she WAS one Of the most fearless
riders in Germany
At one of the grand balls in Paris the pres
ents distributed at the cotillon were rustic
hats in coarse straw trimmed with ribbon and
flowers. and filled with fresh flowers Each
doubtless a curner-lot deed in some places
would have been less costly gilt
A forget me- not luncheon is now given by
the bridesmaids of an engaged young woman
In honor of her approaching marriage. The
decorations are all OF blue the guests wear
posies of the forget me-not dear to lovers.
and the flowers at the feast. all in blue are ar
ranged in hearts and true lovers knots
JIM. Barrie recently presented the prizes at
the Dumfries Academy. where he was formerly
pupil Among other things he said: :" I re-
member one prize got which had rather dis
astrous results. 1t was awarded by the girls
OF tho school by DitbiscHe. to the boy who had
the sweetest smile in the school. The tragic
thing was that my smile isappeared that day
and has never been seen since"
An English woman living near Oxford has a
large lake in the grounds Of her residence
and, as she is an expert swimmer. she prac-
tiscs every day. At the end OF the season she
gives series of competitions lasting a week.
About forty French women have been dec
grated at different times by the Government
The first was Sergeant Virglnie Ghesuuiere,
who fought in tho wars OF the empire until she
received wound which led to the betrh yai Of
Of n the Legaa Of onor and Mme Dssnoy
the traveller who affects masculine attire,
wears her rosstte sats in the 5uttonhols Of her
polean III. in 1852.
This is from Oskaloosa. Ia.: A graduate of
the Normal School applied for a teachers cer-
tlacate at the Mahaska Institute. Among tho
subjects on which she was examined was
physiology; and tho care o. the teeth came
thls pIece u q Sadyiee; f "Thf ,,foeth should be
WiehSAou vi o''oi e"S' hNu'
Some favored guests took tea tho other day
with the oldest lady in London. Some Ameri-
can readers may not know that tho "Old Lady
of Threadneedle street" is the accepted Eng
lish name for the great Bank OF England but
SO II is. The Governor of the Bank lives In the
building, and tho other evening his wife gave
a reception. There is a quiet little garden
within the bank. 1t was once burying
ground. but on the evening in question was
gay with fountains. howers and illuminatons.
II Is said that some OF the guests rather an
tcipated finding decorations of red tape and
n menu with bank note sandwiches. and lars
OF golden ingots instead OF sweetmeats.