The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-23

the great philanthropists mantle has
fallen, though the public knows but
little of her wide charities.
The love of Berliozs life was an
Irish woman, an actress, homely as
could be, they say, but with such a
power of delineation in Shakespearean
roles that his heart was completely
taken. They were finally married.
Mrs. Paret, the wife of Bishop Paret,
of Maryland, is a friend of the birds.
She is trying to form a society in Balti-
more. the members of which will be
pledged not to wear any feathers on
their hats except ostrich feathers.
Watts. the English painter, has,
with his wife's aid, made himself a
beautiful home at Guildford. The
house, quaint gabled structure,
stands in fine grove of Scotch frs,
and is charming within, with black
carved oak. rich stained glass and
harmonious colorings. The ceiling of
the great living-room is the work of
Mrs. Watts, and is done in bas-relief
designs. Mr.. Watts, although nearly
eighty years old, and but recently re-
covered from a severe illness, enjoys
everything with the freshness of a
boy, and is as enthusiastic about his
work as though he were just at the
outset of his career.
direct descendant of the AlgonquinS,
is at the normal school in Oswego, N.
Y. She is penniless, her mother is
dead, her father is a dipSomaniac and
there are no relatives or wealthy
friends to aid her; nevertheless she is
determined TO have an education, and
has managed to pay her way so far
and to clothe herself as well by hard
labor of all kinds and at all times.
She is completing her course, but
works as hard as ever in order to put
by something with which to educate
her youngest sister. After completing
her studies in the normal school she
hopes to enter some medical college
and become a physician.
Mrs. H w. R. Strong, of Whittier, is
known as the woman fruit grower of
southern California She has the
largest walnut grove in the world
owned by one individual. She has $50
acres of walnut trees in full bearing,
and in other kinds of nuts and fruits
she has been equally enterprising.
Mrs. Strong lately read before the
state board of trade paper presenting
the value of pampas grass and the
pomegranate as California products.
From the pampas plumes growing on
either side of the avenue on her prop
erty, 500 feet in length, she has re-
allied from $4,000 TO $4,000 per annum.
She pointed out that pampaS grass
makes the finest bank paper known,
and can be used for many other pur-
poses. The pomegranate makes jellies
and syrups of superior quality, and its
rind yields a large amount of tannin.
She thought this fruit, if generally
cultivated. would prove a great source
of wealth to the state.
A dozen years ago there was
slender, graceful student at Queens
college, in London. When anyvAe
asked the clever young woman what
she intended to do with all the classics
and mathematics she spent eight hours
a day acquiring. she replied, enthusi-
astically: Il intend to become the
finest mathematician in Great Britain
"Ah. but you will marry some day."
her friends would argue, land then
what's to become of your Greek roots
and pons asinorums? They will do
you no good in discharging the cook
and curing the Group But 1 shall
never marry, replied this studious
English maiden. II shall take the
senior wrangleship instead of the
VOW. and a professors chair
instead of a housekeeper's chatelaine,''
and her learned instructors would nod
their heads in approval and say: "Ah |
but what brain for mathematics she !