The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1894-03-09

SlClan TO the Empress OF RUSSIA when
in attendance upon his august patient.
Boston statistics show that fifty
seven girls under seventeen years of
age were married in that city last year.
The Queen of Afghanistan has de-
cided to adopt European dress. Her
husbands pocketbook won't find this
Ameer trihe.
Mrs. F. G. johnson, of Nebraska,
has made fortune in apples. She is
one of the best authorities on pomol-
ogy in the West.
Ellen Terry, the actress, told n
reporter that the progressive woman
''is more in danger of wearing out
than rusting out"
Lady Griselda Ogilvie, youngest Sis
ter of the Earl Of Airlie, has, like the
Dnke of Su!herlend's sister, become q
professional sick nurse.
Actresses are compelled to paint
their faces before they go on the
stage, or the lights would give then,
the appearance OF ghosts.
Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox, the poet,
does not hesitate to acknowledge that
she has consulted scores of people
"gifted with occult powers.
A number of Salem (Oreson) women
have formed "rainy day club. ~
They advocate short skirts and other
dress reforms for muddy weather.
Never roll glove. Pull it oil
wrong side out, instead Of by the fin
gers. Smooth out the fingers care
fully and lay the gloves straight in a
box.
Mrs. Kenneth Mcleod, Of Cross
we'll, Mich, has celebrated her CEN
tennial. She was twenty years maid,
forty years wife and forty years a
| widow.
Women do not know it, but it is a
fact men hate til , "petticoats" on din
ner candles, which often burn and
give a scorched paper flavor to the
viands.
A figure that lacks breadth at the
shoulders is greatly improved by a
short, round waist, bib sleeves that dc
not fall below the elbows and wide
revers of lace or silk ruflles.
Cotele, heavy corded bengaline,
is used for capes and coats and for
| the sleeves of velvet and plush coats
| Sometimes it Ia used for the sleeves of
seal coats, but it seems out of place
| there.
Women are proverbially slouchy
about their shoes, bit of the toilet
that men notice first. Heels should
be kept straight, buttons on, and soles
| even, to the very last. Untidy shoes
will spoil an elegant toilet, Rusty
shoes are disgrace.
| Mrs. Cornelius Stevenson is one OF
the leading authorities in Egyptian
archaeology in this country. Sho was
one of tho judges at the Worlds Fair
and is now lecturing in the East on
Greek art.
Moorish women have ono custom
that commends itself to womankind in
enlightened lands. 1t is point o
honor among them never to know theil
own ages. They have no birthday
celebrations.
Mrs. Hetty Green, the sharp Wal
street financier, goes about habitually
in IN attire that could be matched any
where for twenty dollars. She is shy
and looks queer, but is described by
her landlady as a star boarder.
| Mrs. J. Pierrepoint Morgan is crel,
tied with the intention of erecting
monument over the unmarked grav,
of brave Molly Pitcher, of revolution
ary celebrity, which lies near Yves
Point, adjacent to the Morgan countr,
seat at Highland Falls on the Hudson
The awful craze for originality seize,
young Englishwaman week or 81
ago, and she had "novel" wedding
AS bride she wore riding habit AM
"bowler" hat, and carried hunting
crop instead of n bouquet. Her at
tendants wore covert coats, spats, re-
waistcoats, and white polo ties.