The sun., 1893-10-01

Mrs. S. G. Holden has introduced dental in
spection into the public schools OF Detroit
A Chicago woman Miss Kate Kane. is going
to run as an independent candidate for q
Judgeship OF the Superior Court. She has se-
cured over 5000 names to the petition she
will file with the Election Commissioners.
Princess Maud OF Wales is particularly fond
OF assuming al alias and dropping some OF the
red tape OF royalty. Every year she goes to
visit her former governess. who lives in Devon
shTs Awsy !hS senSs & insists on
treated as member of the family.
A Philadelphia school teacher. who has Just
returned from an enjoyable month spent in
study at the Edinburgh Summer School, de-
cares that the entire cost OF her trip. including
ocean voyage with living and study In Edin-
burgh from July 81 to Aug. ~. was between
Sl2o and $3.50.
There are eight women Coonels in the Ger
man army. They draw their swords but sell
dom. it is true. but they make up for this by
drawing their salaries with unfaling regu-
Dowager Empress. the Princess Frederick
Charles OF Prussia. the Qu-en Regent Sophia.
duchess Of tonnauGht. laugh Il tho Duchess Of Edine linz
bursh. and Queen Victoria o. England.
Tn in Eastman pton. Mass. the telegraph
suit is that the people OF Easthampton receive
their dispatches with promptness unhin-
dered by marbles dog fights. or baseball. The
Elfl IL teu-year-olu Elsie cough. who works
snbon m orIs an h,s ,It " o'nr tr%net Iy 20 to
Gle: the other. to become telegraph operator,
Two Kentucky girls have set about finding
out the popular fancy in the matter OF the ma
tional flower. They are running booth near
the y onans building at the Worlds Fair and
are receiving votes on the question At present
corn is way in the lead. with the suntlower as
poor second.
Il consider the American young man splen-
did institution. He is easier in his manners
than the EnSlishman and more chivalric"
says Miss AnneSley kenea!y. the English
Judge OF awards in hygiene ut the Fair.
well-known woman's rights champion has
founded a school for fencing In Paris, CON
dition OF membership is that the pupils place
their swords at the service Of woman's eman-
clpatlon. They, intend to be able TO defend
OF the rules is that the members conduct their
practice secretly. that the persons with whom
they may have to fight duels may not learn
their methods.
Mrs Zelia Nuttall has at Ia at solved he gina
Of tho Mexican calendar. which Won Humboldt
and many other great scientists have work ed
over in vain. Years OF work had trained her
mind to the task of unrayslling this mystery
OF the calendar stone. Her conclusions have
been accepted rs final by the Arch;polOgihtJ
aud astronomers. and she " i'll soon publish mn
elaborate work on the subject
The women OF Iceland have had municipal
suffrage for more than twenty years. They
are now eligible to municipal Offices
Though the examinations at Smiths College
have been unusually severe this year and
many failed to pass, the entering class mum
bers 2IO which is 30 larger than that ot last
year. The whole number OF students at the
college is more than 500
Texas is the only State whose special cele-
bEatIon at the Worlds Fair has been presided
over by woman. The reason is obvious. for
It was the Board of Lady Managers that raised
tho money to erect tho bLlldlng after the Leg
islature refused to apprnprate II, And after
the opening address ot the President Of this