Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-10-13
INTERESTING INFORMATION.

Miss Frances Wizards physician says
that she will PROBABLY be unable to IN
dertake speaking engagements for a
year.
India has but one oma filing an
editorial chair. She is Miss Alice Good
all, who conducts the SimlG Guardian.
Queen Victoria insists on her small
grandsons wearing Highland dress
when they are with her. Even the lit
tie girls OF the Duke OF ~Connaught
wear plaid kits, Scotch caps, and short
jackets when they are under the eye OF
their roval grandmamma.
The Baroness de Wartegg Minnie
Hauk) lives with her husband in Wag-
ner's old house, TribSchen, on the Lake
OF the Four Forest CantOns. This is
the house occupied by Wagner when he
was a political exile in Switzerland, and
there he composed Siegfried.
The appearance OF a ladies' eight on
the Thames has attracted considerable
attention. The craft in which they
row is a light one, and the members OF
the crew are all neatly attired in white,
with ties and hatbands Of Leander GER
Use. The rowing Is said to be remarka-
bly, good, and spectators wax quite en-
thusiastic over the time" and the
"bodY swing" Of the fair featherers Of
oars.
England seems to be quite as pro-
gressive, II not more so than America.
Professions to which American women
have scarcely turned their eyes are be-
ing rapidly taken possession OF by their
English sisters. There are, for eX-
ample, more than 5000 women garden
ers in England. Six women are said 10
be engaged in town drainage service.
The Archduchess Rainier possesses
some pearls Of unusual beauty, but
which some time age showed signs Of
Losing their brilliancy. They were
what the experts call ell" and, as the
only cure, the pearls will have to be
again submerged in their original ele-
ment, and remain 10 the sea for several
years. For this purpose divers have
built a sort Of cage Of rocks in the Ad-
riatlc sea, opposite the chateau Of Mira
mari In which receptacle the pearls will
ID put for their long bath.
A curious present has been sent to
Queen Victoria, who, while properly
grateful, IS considerably puzzled how
20 dispose OF the donation. 1t consists
Of a happy family Of a lion, lioneSs, and
TWO cubs sent 0y the Sultan Of Zanzi-
bar. They are said to be still OF the
steamer awaiting her Msjesty'S pleas
ure Perhaps after the Queen gets
used to the shock Of having this sudden
introduction Of new members of her
family she will feel the pleasure which
the lions are awaiting"
Camille d'Arv.lie was born and edu-
Gated ia Holland, ard is proud Of the
fact that she came from the old Am
sterdam instead Of the new. Still she
is gIad that she made the change, and
to DO quite as much American
as Dutch. Those who have seen her
only on the stage will be surprised to
learn that she has a son at the military
school at Sing Sing.
One Of the college girls who have
''gone in" for philanthropy as praetised
by the College Settlement Association
has been gathering statistics on what
people eat. This summer she has
pushed her inquiries among the natives
Of other lands who have been sojourn-
ing in the Midway Piaisance. During
the coming winter three fellowships
will be established for studying the
lives OF the tenement classes in Boston.
One OF them will be filed by Katharine
Pearson Woods. author Of The MetZe-
Shoemaker.