Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-03-24
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

= $500 ~
mixtures are sold a. very low price.
George klingle. the poetess, is
Philadelphian. whose RICH. name is
Mrs. G~eorgiana klingle Holmes.
Mrs. Gladstone is eighty-oae years
old, and she possesses that vigor and
vitality. which Is 50 remarkable ii he
husband.
Signals used at night by ships at
sea were invented hv Mrs. Martha !.
CASTOR. who. nj m advanced age. is
living in Washington.
It Is generally conceded that the
most popular woman II diplomatic
circles AT WashinGtonis Nine. Romero,
wife Of the Mexican Minister.
Kid gloves for ordinary wear are
painted only the bright orera tint>,
such a. fashionable ladies wear 10
match their colored dresses. are dyed.
Mrs. Humphrey Ward is a handsom"
woman, tall ard shapely, with regular
features and sympathetic eyes. she
was brought NJ III the best English So
ciety.
Sophie Nav. the au:hor Of "nottv
DimpIe' and Little rrudv. IS Ieoov
erinc. IN Southern C~alifornis. from a
serious nenaleic affection of the eyes
and head.
A woman Of noniescript hair. con-
plexiou and YES mav wear hight color-
quite acceptably II she vii PVT q band
Of fur around her neck and at the
wrists Of her gown.
Mrs. Lease, the Kansas politician.
recently informed an audience that
her name was not Mary Allen. but
Mary Elizabeth Lease, and she wished
the world to 10 understand it.
The Scotch United Presbyterians
are e~n1eavorinc to obtain several wo-
men missionaries to go out at once to
Manchuria, where 1000 women arr
clamorIn~ to enter the Christian
schools.
Mrs. Annie S. Austin. tho newly
elected Mayor Of Pleasanton. Kan. IS
described as II woman o. more tnan
average intelligence and weighs 300
pounds. She fills the chuir of Mayor
with ease.
A woman whose neck is thin should
never try anything but the square cor
sage. The generously proportional
look best in the Y style or the oval.
Only perfectly proportional shoulders
should be barred.
Mrs. Cleveland has a Young cousin
with her for the season, Miss Nav
Huddleston. She is evidently dom,
as she would be done by aud has pre-
sented the delltante after the most
approved fashion. :
Sarah Grand. author Of "The
Heavenly Twins, is %singular!v absent
minded. One day she lost her pen and
a visitor who happened IN found her
looking after it among the Letter .s,s"
in a French dictionary.
So deep is her interest in the cause
of woman s suffrage that Mrs. Nancy
Gilman, aged ninety, recently s cnrei
100 signatures to n petition asking The
New Hampshire Legislature to Grant
the right to vote to m
Miss Alice Cooke has been appointa |
lecturer in history OF Owens College,
Manchester. This is the first time n
woman has been appoited in a univcrs-
ity college III England as II lecturer t,
mixed classes of men and women.
One gown properly made and be
coming IS OF more use than five or SIX
that have seen much wear and little
repair or care. The secret Of COOS
dressing does not lie in many toilets,
but in suitable and immaculate ones.
Mrs. Stewart, ninety-eight years old,
is IN a private almsho1sc in Glasgow.
In 1922 she danced with George ". al
II ball III HolvrooI Palace. Her uncle
was the royal ~restaurateur in Edin
burgh, and procured an invitation fol
her.
Reduced to almost poverty a woman
OF London Of good family and highly
accomplished has started a laundr,
which she calls 'Swees Lavender.
She chose this field btcalse other o.
cupatlon common to her sex are over
: crowded and afford no opportunity !,
gain wealth.
The very lates; fad in Gotham is 70
society women TO pose as models 20
the artists OF fashion magazines. The
don their new gowns and give sittinss
being paid royalty for them. TIL
money they earn thus they give t,
charity.
. Charlotte NJ. Yonge is tall and stately
= with large brown eyes, light hair an
a very strong face. Her house is file,
with books, even TO the co--ido,
!, Among her treasures are autograph le,
tiers from royalty AMI children thanh
: ing her for her writings.
4, Inc Russian turore for black an
, yellow and for furs Is now at It's hight
D Sable, ermlne and mink are the savo,
a lie furs. and as ernlne Is royal IN pric
q as we'll as IN decoration. the s!auoht4
h 81 white cats j. unprecedented. La
glass diamonds, the unframed ev
e never de.ec;s the difference.
d While all European royalty vas ra.I
i ing her obituary II the papers ooee