Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-08-31
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New York and Buffalo have each


three women architects.
Fifty-two hounces from skirt hem to
bodice line by actual count are ON q
recent Paris gown seen in New York.
A novel insurance company has been
started in France, with the object of
supplying girls with dowries when they
marry.
Miss Kate Smith, pretty and highly
educated young lady of Louisville, KY,
has received diploma as professional
embalmer.
A fashion in stationery for out-of-
town use is rustic paper with the
name of your house printed in rustic
letters at the top.
Lady Burdett- -Coutts is editing q
volume dealing with the philanthropic
work of English women. There is no
one who knows the subject better.
Bombay has sorosis and cooking
class. Recently at competitive ex-
animation over 100 Parsee girls cooked
long list of Indian delicacies to show
their proficiency.
The three essentials for pleasant
room, says Alice Donlevy, are space,
the opposite of crowd and clutter /;
form, the opposite of chaos and con.
fusion; and color, the opposite OF
black.
The late female candidate for Mayor
of Topeka, Kan, Mrs. Anna Potter, is
alleged to wear calico dress and
brogan shoes, while her fingers and her
ears glisten with $40, ZOO worth of dia.
monds.
Mme Ida Lane Ney, of Vienna, has
discovered new use for cigar ribbons.
She made gown of 5000 narrow ones,
with strips of plain black dress goods.
This gorgeous robe was greatly ad
mired at soiree in Vienna.
The daughters of Mrs Jefferson
Davis have decided to settle in Rich
mond, Va. Winnie will write for the
papers and magazines, and the other
daughter, who is married, will have
her household to fill up her time.
Mrs. Davis also will pass her old age
there with her daughters.
Miss Elizabeth Green, of Detroit
seems to be the representative of Ameri
can beauty in Europe just now; she is
turning Partisan heads at present,
while at the silver wedding festivities
the Queen of Italy had her nephew
sent away on military service to keep
him safe from the pretty American.
Dainty girls not only line their
bureau drawers with silk delicately
scented. but they also keep large
sachet to cover over the entire drawer
after it is filed with its miscellaneous
contents. A pretty one is of pale Law.
ender embroidered with violets, and
another of white brocade and rose
buds.
Euphra Dunn, of West Point, Ga. :,
five years old, is the youngest tele.
graph operator in America. She has
been about the railroad station, where
her father is agent, great deal and
quickly picked up the Morse alphabet
She can call up operators along the
line and talk with them in childish
fashion.
Mrs. Tyack is an English lady who
has explored what were hitherto
deemed inaccessible parts of the Him.
alayas. She is an ardent sports.
woman and has accumulated great
number of bear, leopard and tiger
skins as trophies of her skill. She is
about to publish record of her ad.
ventures.
The ex-Empress Eugenie of France
is the godmother of 1884 French chill.
dren who were born on March 16,
1856, the day of the birth of her son,
the Prince Imperial, who was killed by
the Zulus. The ex-Empress had prom.
ised to stand in that relation to the
children born on the same day as the
Prince Imperial.
Nine. Madeleine Lemaire, who is
perhaps the best known water colorist
in Europe, is said to make larger in
come than any other female artist in
the world. She was commissioned to
illustrate Halevy's "L'Abbe Con.
stsntin, for which she received $4,000,
the largest sum ever received by q
woman illustrator
Mrs. Curry, who was envied by all
the women in Washington because the
Infanta Eulslia kissed her when she
arrived at the capital, is the wife of
the ex-Minister to Spain and tho
daughter of the late James Thomas, of
Virginia, formerly wealthy citizen
of Richmond. She met the Infanta in
Spain and they are excellent friends.
Ths Queen of the Belgians is said to
be one of the finest harpists now liv-
ing. A few days ago, on the occasion
of her lady in waiting, the Countess
Marie de Limburg Stirum, becoming
. nun, she acted as sponsor, and after
presenting the postulant at the altar,
played solo on the harp, to the great
delight of the Sisters who thronged
the convent chapel.
The newest hats are extremely sim.
pie, of coarse straw and a trimming OF
flowers and velvet, while the latest re-
ceipts for a stylish bonne is ga little
lace, few jewels and much taste" A
small square of guipure fitted to the
head and trimmed with n panocha 80