Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-12-21
coss,n with and About Women.

Mrs Nohammed Webb is slight,
etLereal-looking little woman, VINO
parts her hair, prettily waved, over a
smooth. fair forehead. Her eyes are
blue and have a very sweet expression
She has quiet but altogether charming
and cordial manner, is thorough
house wife and exceedingly devoted to
her children. Mrs Webb must quite
satisfy the Mohammedan ideal OF what
wife ought to be, except, perhaps, tiat
she is little too intellectual ana 100
abstruse thinker. In summer tme
she always wears 4 white gown, very
simply made. .
Mrs. Lucius f. Burt, the reclter OF
dialect verse, never had a lesson from
an eiocutionist in her life. She is en-
tirelv self-taught, and her perfect nat
uralness of voice and expression Is the
principal charm Of her work
Miss Dudley, an English blcycllst,
holds the record for long-distance rid
inc by women, She made the distance
of 100 miles between Hitchin and LIN
coin in little more than seven hours,
or at an average speed of nearly four
teen miles an hour. This, too, in reg
uIar petticoats, and not in the new
stvle of wheeling trousers.
A woman lately returned from brazil.
tells of the curious nomenclature OF
the streets of Para. They are Biblical
or commemorative OF some event III
Brazilian history. 1t seemed TO hef
quite rreverent to be told that a desIr-
able locality was at 1.-The corner OF st.
John the Baptist and ST. John the
Evangelist streets" She went with
her uncle, who was on business to dine
at the house Of a wealthy merchant.
Everything was very gorgeous ana
lavish, in South American style, but, on
leaving she was amazed to have her
hospitable host say to her, ''if you
have any washing send it here" 1T is
a custom here, it seems, for wealthy
households to take in laundry work as
IN employment for thcil large retlnue
Of servants. cit did, however" said
the rclator, give me turn at the end
Of a formal dinner party, to be asked
for my soiled linen"
Nine. Albani the singer, is studying
astronomy, and intends, it is said, to
build an observatory on one OF the high
peaks OF the Andes.
Miss Ada J. Todd, Phi. d., author Of
the 'Nacation Club holds a fellowship
in Sanskrit and philosophy in the Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Frances Crosby, author OF ''Sa!e
in the Arms Of Jesus" and 5000 other
hymns, is "a years old. She lives in
New York and has been blind since she
was 6 weeks old.
Miss Pauline Johnston is a young
woman with long list Of claims to pub
lie favor. In the first place, she is the
daughter Of a Mohawk chief. Secondly,
she is remarkable canoeist, and spends
most Of her time from May until No
vembcr in making cruises. She writes
ceyerly, and makes fairly good income
from her articles. And lastly, she is a
poet, writing thrilling verses OF the lays
and doings of the departed braves.
The Troy Female Seminary, at Troy,
n. Y, founded by the late Emma b.
Willard, is to receive the Gift of q hand
some dormitory from Russell Sage.
Mrs. Sage is a graduate OF the seminary
and president Of the Emma b. Willard
Association Of New York. The new
building will accommodate 100 pupils,
and will be equal in beauty to the two
buildings already given to the seminary
by Louis Gurley and Mrs. G. b. V.
Quackenbush. The building will prob
ably be completed this wear