Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-22

but II is varied in so many ways by the
trimming that there seems to be unusual
diversity in the cut OF sleeves. The close
coat sleeve with a short, full pun at the top
appears In many OF the latest gowns, but the
present style OF sleeve Is so comfortable that
Il will require time and persistent effort to
Gust II from favor.
Feminine Notes.
The Princess Beatrice is now engaged in
publishing a volume Of her own musical COM
positions.
The woman's department Of the Atlanta
exposition is visited daily by $1,000 people
who attend the women's congresses.
Queen Amelia of Portugal often accom-
panies her son, the young King Carlos. when
he attends the national sport. bull fighting.
Miss Marie Tempest is an adept at chatting
dish cookery. Her repertoire in the oyster
line includes serving up the bivalve in
twenty-cne different styles.
Meiyli SHE, which means Mary Stone, and
Ping Yung Cheng are two bright Chinese
girls who are studying medicine at the Uni
vers,ty of Michigan.
Sarah Bernhardt's latest fad is ceramics.
and she has mastered the art from the
fashionins of the clay to the firing in the
oven with the enthusiasm of a girl of 16.
The empress of China has a passion for
jewels. 1t was formerly Illegal for Chinese
women to wear jewels, but the present EN-
presp persists in her fancy for precious
stones,
The comtesse Of Paris has received the
Order of the Bienfaisance, conferred upon
her by the Spanish government for her as
distance to sufferers during the floods at
Villiamaurique.
Lady Mary Hamilton Douglas is only IL
years old, but she is one of the greatest
heiresses in the world. She is the daughter
Of the late duke Of Hamilton and received
from him her large fortune. afrording her
an income Of about 5000, 900 a year.
The mother of the king Of the Aehantees
has been enthroned as queen Of that great
and powerful African nation. The war party
having deposed King Prempat, placed his
mother upon the throne with all heathenish
pomp and festivities.
The dowager empress of China has shown
herself favorable toward the building by an
American syndicate of a railway from tide
water to Picking. China, a distance Of 200
miles, and is said to have used her influence
with LII Hung Chang In regard to the matter.
Mrs. Harry X. Tetsuka, who was the first
Chicago girl to marry a Japanese. has her
drawing rooms adorned with p%ortieres over
200 years old. brought from old temples in
Japan. Mrs. Tetsuka uses the chopsticks like
a native, and is especially fond of japanese
cooking.
Rachel Elan. who lately died in Chicago,
had lived in that city for over sixty years.
Fifty years ago she mad advocated the flying
OF nays over SCHOOL houses, though lUlp AFTER
her patriotic efforts first suggested it, yet
she lived to see the stars and stripes float
ing over every school in her adopted city.
Miss Grace Sheldon. who was the only
American woman representative OF the press
at the international convention in Bordeaux,
France, states that lady journalists who eX-
pect to attend the convention at BUDAPEST
next year should review their French, as that
is the accepted language of these meetings.
Queen Charlotte of Wurttemberg recently
had a thrilling experience. While she was
going to the theater the horses ran away,
throwing the coachman and groom off the
box. The queen mounted the box, bent over
the dashboard, secured the trailing lines and
pulled the horses back upon their launches
until help arrived.
Frau Anna Seuron, who was for many years
a governess in the family of Count Tolstoi,
has now written a book contradicting ideas
of the celebrated. novelist and philosopher.
She states that mis- brotherhood of mankind
was all on paper. When a serf appealed to
him it was the naughty master and the de-
pendent peasant.
The organization of the national council of
women is spreading and it's president,
Hannah G.. Solomon of Chicago, has been in
vited to address the Illinois Federation of
Women. If ever there was any doubt of the
success Of the new woman" movement the
cooperation Of Jewish women removes 1t. 1t
is the Hebrew instinct to make things go.
In Wyoming county, Pennsylvania, the