The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-03
INTERESTING INFoRMz 1IoM

One. seventh OF the land owners in Great
Britain are women.
There are thirty women registered In the
post graduate department at Yale. Last year
at this time thcre were twenty-three.
The. following Inscription Is, found on
French tom bstone: Sacred to the memory, OF
Mile -: died April 2. 1854. in her S1s
year. She never looked her age"
The hereditary throat trouble which IL fast
reducing the Princess OF Wales to the stone
deaf condition OF her mother. the Queen OF
Prin~ess M sS N Wales whose Weakness OF
the throat will. 1t is feared, impair her hearing.
It would be a pleasure to know Miss Smith
Of England" better. She is described as the
protector Of inexpensive homes for gentle
women" Among these desirable places are
some small furnished cottages 1s low as Sl.29
the impecunious sentiewomen OF England. she
will he more than welcome on this side.
Up in Maine the other day n certain landladT
and her cook made a remarkable wager A
mill near the boarding house was being fitted
to a height Of 1913 feet. The cook bet that she
could climb the staging around the chimney.
agreed to try It, and il she succeeded the land
lady was to cook the sunday dinner. II was
way S Of ia fhe dswD Of the su saSbss
the cook climbed boldly to the very top.
Mrs W. ]. Baird has won for the third year
in succession the county medal for the first
prize three over in the Sussex chess problem
tournament. Already this year Mrs. Baird has
won six first prizes and two second In each
OF the competitions she was the only woman
plaving. Besides her successes In chess Mrs.
Baird has, during this past summer, won hve
prizes at archery.
A new school OF medicine for women has
been started at st. Petersburg. to which the
State contributes $4,000 roubles annually.
The course at the school lasts four years. but
years as well in ais for women and chill
dren before presenting themselves for the
bnal examination.
Mrs. Lewis widow Of Prof. Lewis OF Cam
bridge. Eng and. with her sister. Mrs. Gibson.
has returned from her second visit to the
Monastery OF Mount Sinai. Mrs; Lewis is IA
miliar with Greek Hebrew. and Arabic. The
monks at the monastery permitted her TO eT-
anime six chests full OF manuscripts in their
Possession. and she and her sister brought
away photographs OF almost all the papers.
Mr.. Beerbohn Tree. the English actor. hasa
four-year-old daughter who has fondness for
snakes She keeps a pet snake In the house
to the intense sorrow Of the maids. Now. how
ever. she wishes to enlarge her dunno retinue
by the purchase OF apony She told her iather
can't AFFORD to give you one Just yet" Then"
said the child with great severity. why don't
you act better and get more money!
Mr. James Payn has been telling some
strange stories OF why and how people have
themselve photographed. There was tho
maiden. for instance. who wanted to soften
the heart OF an offended lover. and therefore
had herself dressed In grave clothes and pho
tographed in coffin. Unfortunately the
shock was too much for tho mental equilib-
rum OF her lover. 40 she was worse of than
before. MIR. Payn also tells OF young man
who made himself as ugly as possible when
facing the camera. and explained that ho
wanted to break of his engagement.
There are very agreeable perauisites IN the
life OF royalty. For example. the Duke and
Duchess OF York have accepted a present OF
three handsome pairs OF skates from the Me-
tropoitan Branch OF the National Skating As
ISOLATION. OF which his Royal Highness IL Pres
ident. Two pairs are adjustable figure skates.
the sole plates Of which are OF solid silver. ele-
gantly engraved with the royal crest, the white
rose. and a suitable inscription.
Sarah Bernhardt has acquired two strange
pets in the shape of n couple OF iaguars. They
are not yet past the kittenish age. but are al
ready beautiful creatures with formidable
claws and teeth. Nine. Bernhardt has a pas
sion for wild animals. and thinks she would
like villa in some geological garden.