The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1894-06-15
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

Lilly Langtry, the actress, claims
to be only forty y-onc years old:
Women gardeners nre in great de-
mand in England and Germany.
Butterfly bows-ssx very popular thi'
season, and are sessssn almost every
thing.
In Holland au attempt is being
made to pass bill allowing women tc
be elected to Parliament.
Mrs. Cleveland, wife Of the Presi-
dent, dresses her hiir in the style
known as the "Dians knot"
The Baroness Emma Sport, Of Nor
way, is said to be the best known wo-
man painter in northern Europe.
Queen Victoria haa sixty pianos at
Osborne, Windsor and Buckingham
Palace. Many of them are hirel.
A useful novelty i'll the way of
| powder puff lis mounted on long ivory
stick SO rs to enable one to powder thu
back of the neck whom withouta maid.
Rosa Young, a direct descen liant OF
one of the Pitcairn mutineers an |
woman of more than usual intelligence,
10 "i'thS hiS'o's VI 'h"r T. ieS'hh Al
colony.
The first woman to be elected n
| member of the Yacht RaciuS Associa-
tion Of Great Britain is Miss Mabel
Cox, of SOUTHLAND Non, who owns the
cutter Ficra.
Madam Marchesi. OF Paris, is the
most famous vocal teacher i'll the world.
She has trained nearly all the great
singers of this generation, including
Melba, Calve and Games.
The Jewels of Nine Tetrazzine, tho
most famous pfima donna in South
America, were recently seized for
debt, when it was found that all the
gems were made Of paste.
Touues Are greater fnvorites with
the Parisicnncs than ever, but they
also arc larger and sit down more
close:y on .he head. %He pretticst
are entirely covered with flowers.
Miss Baker, who is professor OF
Greek and Latin al Simpson Collega,
Indiana, is only thirty-tSo, m it is
said that when she WAS fourteen she
translated one OF the plays of E E'chylus.
Miss Charlotte NJ. YonSe, the En;-
lish writer, is tau AMI inclinal t,
stoutness. Her lair is whitc-she is
now in her seventies and she has
large dark brown eyes that are full of
expression.
1T is said thet the Khnlive's mother
has picked out as .. bride for her son
the Princess Maine, daughter Of tho
Sultan Of Turkey, who was born in
1876, and is said to be beautiful and
highly cultured.
The new grades in swivel silks are
in great use for afternoon dresses for
the coming season. They are OF hand
some quality, they quickly shed dust,
do not wrinkle, and are pronounced
absolutely fast color.
The Empress Of Austria has n pa
thetic dclusion. She fancies that her
unhappy sou, the Crown Prince Ru-
dolph, is still baby. A big doll has
been given her, wnlcH she fondcs an
keeps constantly by'hnr
Satin ribbon, three inches wide,
folded to the width of the ordinary
collar and fastened Mt the sile in n
saucy butterfly bow, is change from
the shirred velvet collar, that has re-
ceived the approval Of Mamade In Mo lc.
Miss Alice f. HAYDEN, OF Madison,
Wis, has distinguished herself nu
surprised her neighbors by shooting
big wildcat. Miss Hayden, although
n fragile Eastern girl, handles rifle
with the ease an skill of an old hun.
ter.
The Princess Beatrice closely fol.
lows all the topical songs, and after
dinner at Balmoral the Queen fire.
uuently listens to II medley OF popular
airs played by the Princess, who in
all theatrical matters is thoroughly up
to date.
The estate Of "rrinccss' Kaiulani,
according tc lssc report of her trus.
tee, Is not very extensive. 1t consists
OF something like l>ushel of jewels,
some sugar stock little real estate
and n snail interest i'll tho property
left by her mother,
ga Contest Of Silence is the novel
entertainment to be given by tho NOM
bcrs Of II woman's sewing society in
indianapolis. Last year the first wo-
man to speak was quiet for only three
minutes. The winner held her tongue
for nineteen minutes AMI twenty
seconds.
Mrs. Susan Stewart Frackleton, Of
Milwaukee, Wis, has attainel great
distinction as potter. She is Presi-
dent of the National League of Min.
Cral Painters, and is tho author of q
work which IL used rs text book at
the South Kensington Art Museum,
London.
The Empress Frederick has induced
Berlin societies o. amateur photog-
raphers to cooperate IN bringing
about an international exhibition of
photographs by amateurs in 1895.
Her Majesty has undertaken t. DO
patroness, and has requested Princess
Henry to net as her substitute on the
committee.
a blonde requires n softer shade Of
green than the brunette. Too bright
q hue would give to the fair haired,
fair skinned woman u swallow washed
out look. But 1T is we'll to know that