The sun., 1893-02-05
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THE sun. SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 5. 1893.

duties. plain dressmakine. and are willing to
DO ANYTHING they can to assist those to whom
hold Is III or when the children are sick. whom
guests appear, and complications arise. the
new Sister q Mercy comes In and assumes the
the domestic machinery gets readjusted. To
thu, tired housewife they are veritable Sisters
the com munity than clustered nuns, spending
their days In prayer and penance.
There is no accounting for tastes In this
topsy-turvy world. New York woman wears
ring in which is set in a circle OF damon
her first baby's first tooth. A London lady Of
high degree wears set In the jewels Of her
bracelet tooth extracted from the mouth OF
uses the akin of once favorite horse as q
hearth rug for her boudoir. and has q defunct
table ''' ''' q" ''n'l''n' y" "'' "''i'"
The young women OF Vassar are rehearsing
the "Antigone" OF Sophocles for public pre-
sentation In Poughkeepsie. Students OF Greek
will be pleased to learn that the young women
will make use OF the very latest theories in re-
gard to the Greek stage and drama. and
the arrangement OF the Crack stage. which
oxford savants have been discussing 40 ex-
ful import for us all once It be definitely deter
mined how the Greeks staged their dramas.
Is sha ha. s 1tens
where the "Antigone" was written. no women
were allowed to appear on the stage at all
1t 10 extremely courteous in the English
Queen and her daughters to send MS their
Offering to the Columbian Fair specimens OF
their handiwork. The Queen sends a bit OF
linen spun and woven by herself and some
sketches and water coors. Princcss Chris
Jersey knitted by herself. A richly carved
Ghnir on her own handiwork Is sent by the
executed specmen: OF of beaten 5 BRASS work A TO
show the technical handicrafts taught In the
the obar hFe % %sts
ily; SO much talent and such comm enda BILE
industry are not often found In the American
One OF tho women in Washington dis
tinEuished for intellectual gifts is Mrs. New
comb McGee. daughter Of tho noted astrono-
mer. who has tho honor OF being the second
eStoa OF the As
She was grad uated in medicine % from the sto. Co.
Johns Hopkins Hospital She has visited with
her father all the great observatories OF
on his geological expedit ions. on one occasion
tnekH making the TRIP from New Orleans to Hen
are numerous and profound.
Women ambitious for the ballot and their
supporters agree that the greatest enemy OF
equal suffrage is the man whose wife sup
ports the family while he loafs about the
saloon.
Rosa Bonheur's house at Fontainebleau is
alive with pets OF all kinds-dogs and sheep,
even horses ana goats. creatures famous for
beauty or pedigree. remarkable for variety OF
species. or simply faithful companions and
friends.
Miss Louise Aldrich Blake OF England has
achieved the highest distinction as a student
in medicine ever won by woman. She has
taken double first" in the examinations at
ming. but by systematic. perseYering work
throughout the entire course.
Nine. Brochard. sub-superintenden Of the
Lemon Hospital. has received the ribbon OF the
Legion Of Honor for faithful service during
the cholera epidemic. She is such difident
woman that she could not at first be per-
ceaed the red ribbon beneath a fold Of her
dress. insisting that she had no better right
than those around her to be singled out for
the honor.
A great controversy has been agitating the
Milan Pathological Society concerning the ad-
mission OF women One great and famous doo-
tended that women members in the society
would be scarecrows to ali mature and studi-
Gus men who seek to be far from the world
and its distractions. while for young men their
presence would be perilously attractive.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton says that the first
Pilgrim to set foot on Plymouth Rock was o
woman.
prominent woman doctor OF Birmingham
goes her rounds on tricycle. In neat and
pleasing dress equally suited for the sick
room or the saddle. In Boston suburbs wo-
len 60 calling and shopping on safeties.