The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-04
ABOUT NOTED WOMEN:

ABOUT NOTED WOMEN:
In civilized countries the average age at
which women marry is 23lh years
Muzzles are used on refractory women
in the provincial pen!tentiary at Cologne.
Mrs. Rachel Cantor, who at 81 is staying
at the Forest Home in Philadelphia, Is
said to be the oldest living actress.
One of the first women to register in
Wichita. Kan, was Mrs. Harriet Nc
Murray. a giddy girl of 1l5, who knew
Thomas jefferson.
Down to the present century part of the
marriage ceremony in Hungary consisted
In the groom giving the bride kick to re-
mind her of her subjectlon.
The widow of General Anderson, who
lives In Washington. treasures as n saCre l
relic the famous flag which was on Fort
Sumter when the rebels attacked II.
In Siam the first wife may be divorced,
but cannot be sold. The other wives may
not only be divorced, but sold in open mar
ket. The men who buy them are also sold.
If Hetfordshire. England, girls are lucky
enough to find pod containing nine peas
they lay II under n gate and believe they
vii, have for n husband the first man that
passes through 1t.
According to Mrs. Burton Harrison, n
GIrton girl remarked not long ago that
the woman question would easily be
solved If we could only have three genera.
tions of single women.
Ladies' who kiss their pet dogs arc
warned by no less an authority than De-
Megpin, of the Paris Academy of Science.
that the little beasts are one of the great
agencies in spreading disease, especially
consumption.
Dhnubal Tardoujec Bnnajee. on Indian
woman, carried off the first prize In The
Bombay Association of Artists. She went
to Paris to complete her studies and one
of hor pictures was accepted by the com
mttee of the salon.
At church fair in Glasgow. Scotland.
forty females engaged in n towel-wosh-
ing contest for prizes The quickest
hands had their towels washed and hung
in about three minutes. and the prizes
were NIL won by single women.
In 1870 the census reported only seven
women stdnogrnphcrs in the United
States. Nov the number of persons earn
ing their living by typewrltlng and atc1-
ography Ia estimated mt more than 10000,
of whom two-thlrds are women.
Rejane commands a higher price for hcr
talents than even favorto prmh donna.
According TO excellent Paris authority,
she receives 81, 600 eSery performance. and
in addition her manager pays her expenses
and provlds her with n maid and dress-
maker.
The literary women In New York nro
taking to public reading of their own
works as n means Of increasing their IN
comes and their fame. Kate Douglas
Wiggnn, Ruth McEnery Stuart. Mrs. Bur
ton Harrison and Edith Thomas have re-
Gently read their stories and poems In pub
lie.
Agnes LORNA. who is considered In Ger
many to be the best exponent of the part
of Nora In Ibsen's 'Doll's House." has
made most successful debut In st.
Petersburg. SO enthusiastic were the au-
dlences that the piece was performed
three times instead of once, and every
seat was booked beforehand.
In one district of Bohemia the girls 30
into n field of peas and make there gar
land OF FIVE or seven kinds Of flowers all
of different hues. The garland they must
sleep upon, lying wuth their right eur