The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-12-02
OUkLADY ARBRDEBk.
what q Southern Woman 10 DONG '"'
Her Sisters.

Mig TaVTOT
80. Snntborn states OF the Union what
tbe Countess di Brazza ana Lazy hpeL
dsan ave achieving for two foreign coul
tries. But she is unknown 70 neWspapea
fame or general interest,", except -'
wide circle of women tollers' .,,i,,r,,,
4 life work may 90 on unassulllihey
under orr ewes for years and attfact 10
attention. but when IofelSHet ,tdI n,1
the same idea IL is extensively duN v, 49,
LADY Aberdeen and the Countess OIL bi aZ
N have done much for the interes. "
women bread winners in Ireland anu ia
Italy. but this philanthropic America"
antedated them. , hrouo,,t ND
she is a Southern woman, otougnt W
ia know the cunning art of her nelSnpoIS
ana companions with the needle: VII,
When Miss Taylor came TO New VOTE
to live she was on intimate terms li.,,o -
friendship with many wealthy Women
month after month paying small Tor
times for imported articles that require
fna needIework such as costly trous-
seauy. babys layets, satny napery, ever
fine bed linen. The OUTPUT ns u NE Hsei TavIor
saw that there was a demand tnal me
South could supply and she MADE hei-
self the connecting INK IL, .bo
Whenever fine sewing was needed, Ine
order was nut into Miss Taylors hands;
she wrote TO her Southern friends, Sc
lected and sent the materials. ana the
garments were Forthcoming az nan 'he
expense of an imported outht. -,..
in her own heme. probably out IN the
country, the work was easy-tor these
women of the old South use the points
OF fine cambria needles with the pro
ficiency of French nuHS-and comfortable
incomes were derived therefrom.
Miss Taylor used discretion and sent
only TO the best seamstresseS anu tnose
who put intelligence and graceful reUhe-
ment into the work. ,
needle-worker who is in need is sure OF
finding a bit to do sooner or later. Cen
terpieces, doilies, handkerchiefs-aH go
down to Dixie to be returned 10 grace thc
fancy of fastidious Northerners.
When a Southern girl shows unusual
aptitude but no training for such EN-
pioyment, Miss Taylor raises money to
perfect her as q mediterranean.
Miss TAYLOR is "A sweet-faced woman,
still Young but with soft, gray hair, VINO
would be Very much surprised If YOU told
her she had done great work in providing
"A genteel, beautiful employment Tor nun
She flies about among her friends, hap
py and busy, with her work and her
rooms-which are called The Distah
are piled with letters, linen, lace and
silks that are To 90 into the Southern
country, to come back coverings for mill
ionaires' babes or some millionaire's dln-
ner table.
A peachy complexion like that Of a
young girl, was possessed by the Marquis
de Crequy even to the close OF her long
life. She died al the age OF ~ ana Tor
the last forty years lived almost en-
tlrely on orange. She often ate dozen of
them for breakfast.
Vassar Colleges A. instructors will in
clude this year II Of her own alumnae,
some of whom have been added this year.
These are the instructors in mathematics,
Latin and English, and the assistant IN
biology.
Plans for the proposed women's build
ing at the Atlanta exposition have been
submitted by Miss Mary \. Cannon and
Miss Alice j. Hands, two senior students
OF the New York School OF Applied De-
sign for Women.
The National &wcman's Suffrage" AS
ISOLATION Will hold its usual convention
in Atlanta from January 3lst to Febru-
airy 9th next.
An lmpetuous young father in New
York hastily enrolled his newly born
girl as zone male child" Our marriage
laws are not as strict as the French or
in time this might have been followed
by complications. French law governing
marriages requires straight record of
each individuals identity from birth TO
marriage, to make sure that it is marry
ing the right persons. The other day a
man and a woman presented themselves
at the Marie. Everything was accord
ing to rule, all the official documents
were in readiness. When these came to
be examined the brides record OF baptism
had set her down as zone male child"
There could be no going behind the re-
turns. The Mayor refused TO perform the
ceremony. and the despairing couple went
off to consult a lawyer as 10 how the
bride could substantate her sex in the
eyes of the French law with this record
against her
Miss Balfour, niece of Lord Salisbury
and sister of Mr.. A. J. BalfOur is one
of the few European ladies who have
yet ventured as far as BuluWayo. In
South Africa. She was entertained by
the spectacle of n Matabele war dance,
which had been arranged by Dr. Jameson
the Administrator Of Matabeleand The
affair was conducted much after the
fashion of the Zulu war dance-much
motion and gesticulation accompanied by
Characteristic native minstrelsy.
Rose tinted celery is novelty Of the
market Mixed with clear white and set
In a nest OF tender, green lettuce hearts
covered with golden maypnaise 1t adds