Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-02-05
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Refer Jackets grow in favor.

Albany, N. Y, has two women doc
tors.
Palmistry is said to be a growing
society amusement.
A large Methodist church in Detroit,
Mich, has woman as assistant pastor.
Eleven of the general fellowships of
Chicago University have been won by
wome
Fifty thousand per annum is the
marriage dover of the young women
of the Vanderbilt families.
There are 100, 900 more domestic
servants in England this year than
there were ten years ago, but it is said
the quality has not kept pace with the
quantity.
Mrs. Hicks-Lord, of New York, has
a Sevres set that once belonged to the
Empress Eugenie. She also has n set
which was given to her by the Sultan
of Turkey.
So enthusiastic botanst is tho
Duchess of Cleveland that she has
gone herself to Cape Town, South Af-
RIGA, in search of additions to her al
ready grand botanical collection.
Nothing can go on plaid in the
way of trimming but velvet and black
Braid, and the less of that the better,
and nothing on the skirt. The largest
plaid is to be made up on the bias.
One lucky member of the $50"
the inner circle of Gotham's 400, has
an imported collarette consisting of
one entire sable-legs, tail and all, with
really and truly diamonds for the eyes.
Mrs. William Thaw, of Pittsburg,
Penn, has presented tract of 100
acres to the city for park. She stipu-
lates that it shall be called Lyndhurst
Green, and reserves the right to build
II public fountain on it.
Miss Gertrude Mitchell, of Liver
pool, eighteen years of age, has
achieved the first place in all England
and Wales in the examinations for the
Queens scholarship. Her position was
gained over 1850 competitors.
Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris has re-
ceived n large increase of income since
the death of her husband. She was
already rich, as her father in law, at
his death three years ago, left her an
income of $35, 900 year and the Lon
don house.
Florence Nightingale has just cele-
brated her seventy-third birthday.
For many years she has been confined
to her house by constant ill health.
She makes her home with her brother.
in-law, Sir Harry Vernon, in Devon.
shire, England.
Queen Natalie, of Servia, instead of
constantly bewailing her woes as for
merly, has decided that there is some.
thing left III life, and the other even
ing appeared elegantly dressed ut
ball given in Mentone in her honor by
Mrs. Meller, an American.
Women as we'll as men are eligible
for the vacant Professorship of French
just advertised by the University Col
lege of Wales, Aberystwyth. By the
college charter women are competent
to serve ON the Board of Governors,
Council and Senate at Aberystwyth.
Mrs. Jennie Atchley, of Texas, has
800 colonies of bees, devoted entirely
to queen rearing. She is the most ex,
tensive breeder of queen bees in the
world. She is thirty-eight years old
and has eight children, with whose
help she doesa all the work in her apiury.
The will of the late Jane Holmes,
one of the richest women i'll Pittsburg,
Penn, among other charitable be.
quests, gives $40, 900 to the Trustees OF
the General Assembly of the Presby.
terian Church of the United States,
and $4,000 for the relief of disabled
ministers.
Nine. Fateno, wife of the new Jap
anese Minister to the United States,
says 81 like American dress, all ex
cept the corset, but / find it extremely
difficult to grow accustomed to it, In
Japanese attire it is easy to sit on the
floor, but one cannot do SO gracefully
or comfortably in American clothing"
Princess Maud of Wales is particu.
larly fond of assuming an alias and
dropping some of the red tape of roy
atty. Every year she goes to visit her
former governess, who lives in Devon
shire. Always the sensible princess in
sists on being called "Miss Mills" and
upon being treated as member of the
family.
Moire antique in the faintest tints is
among the newest fabrics for evening
wear, some of which are patterned with
almost invisible dots, calling for black
velvet or other rich black fabrics for
garniture. Shot moire is as beautiful
as it is novel. Shot satins are exhib-
tied with small flowers scattered over
the surface, the flowers in natural col
ors, the changeable grounds family re-
flecting their tones.
Miss Laura Yorke Stevenson has the
reputation of being Philadelphia's
greatest woman scholar. She is the
curator of the Archaeological and Pal
eontological Museum OF the University
of Pennsylvania, and to her energetic
labors is due the fact that these muse
ums take their high rank in the muse
ums of the world Miss Stevenson is
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