Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-09-26
THE TATTLER.

A largo black hat trimmed with black ostrich tips Is favnritc hcadgcar with Mrs. Frederick GchhaTd at present.
 Mrs. Nathan Straus, wife of tho New York philnnthrurist, k as charitable as her husband and quite as fond of giving.
 Gertrude Vanderbilt has had her DOT trait painted by Cnrnlus Duran, but with the pruyiso thnt it should not bc exhibited in Paris.
 Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris has returned 10 Washington, with tho intention of making 1t her futurc home. She has leased a house on k stryct.
 Mrs. TalmagC. wife of Rev. T. Dc Witt Talmagr, received not long ago n legacy of SIS, 900 from an old woman to whom she had one been courteous.
 Miss Susie Stcrlin. the daughter of a well to do farmer of Pcttis county, Mo, , k a somnambulist and was lately found to have written a very intrlligihlc letter while asleep.
 Miss Norma Munro, daughter of the latc publisher, Munro, drives some dash ing stccds, and even an accident now and then does not deter this young woman from her fnvOrite sport.
 Mime. Carnot, widow of tho latc prcsi- dent of France, has been asked to remain honorary president of tho Union dcs Fem mes de France, the largest voluntary am bulance organization in France.
 Mrs. Frank BuEnsido Is clerk to Pro- lessor Langley. head of the Smithsonian institution and National museum. Her capability for graspinR details has made her an invaluable assistant.
 Mrs. Amelia Boomer, who in 1851, while editing Il temperance paper at Sen eca Falls, N. Y, began wearing the COS. tune that is still known by her namo, lives with her husband at Council Bluffs, Ia-
 During her travels in Africa Mrs. Shel- don, the famous explorer, was once greatly embarrassed by present of 600 husbands from the local sultan. It was with diffi- culty she declined the delicate attention without giving the greatest offense.
 Mrs. Galt Smith, a New Yorker, spends every summer in Ireland, where she has quite fine castle, and in which she enter tains n succession of house parties. Her castle has no less than 70 bedrooms, to say nothing of other sumptuous apartments.
 Mrs. Gresham is the only one of the cabinet ladies who docs not maintain an establishment in Washington. Her i'll health forbids her doing this, but she and
 
 the large private wingof the hotel which they make their home.
 Mrs Julia Ward Howe does not look her age, 7o years. She has the presence, the demeanor, the expression, the voice and the step of 50. She has a handsome face, Is in vigorous health and gives heed to the art of dress. She is far more lively than arc most women at her time of life.
 According to the verdict of a jury of women, exercise on the bicycle by women is modest, becoming and advantageous to their sex."-Rochester Democrat.
 A jury of representative women have consented to sit upon the question of bicy- cling for women and have, of course, decid- ed that 1t Is, when properly used as an ex- ercise for health and pleasure, a good and modest thing.-Boston Transcript.
 It Is said that in New York and New England 20. GOO women arc riding tho bi- cycle. In view of this fact 1t is evident that the critics who object to fair femi- ninity on wheel will find their objsc- tions ovcrridden. American.
 Bishop Coxe is outvoted 6 to 1. Frances E. Willard. Kate Field, Lady Henry Som. ersct, Jeannette Glider, Mrs. M. K. w. Sherwood and Dr. Grace Peckham Murray have all written that bicycle riding for women Is not immodest. That settles 1t, of course.-Boston Globe.
 The popular verdict, we believe, agrees with the opinion of these we'll known women, and girls and women may ride the bicycle as much as they please. If thcrc are still somo prudes who do not like the looks of a woman on wheel, they should look in some other direction<