Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-04

novel of old times in Virginia II is said
to be strong and Of the emotional type.
Miss Abigail Dodge Gail Hamilton) is at
| her sumLaer homo In Hamilton. Mass. and
has so far recovered from her severe illness
| as to be able soon to resume her literary
work.
A large majority OF the women who have
| applied for places In the various departments
| OF the municipal government OF New York
within the first half Of the year were un-
| married.
Mrs: William L. Wilson is said to take
very little interest In her husbands public
| career She Is constant Invalid and her
desire is to have her husband accept o col
| lege professorship.
Mrs. Joseph Bradley Reed. the chairman
| OF the New York city womans board for tho
| Atlanta exposition. is beautiful little south
| ern woman who was at one time famous
belle in New Orleans.
new summer home for working women
| has recently been opened at South Haven.
Mich. II is called Holiday House" and is
under the supervision Of the Lend-a- Hand
| Monday Rest of Chicago.
Another liberal donation to the Newport
| hospital comes from Mrs +. w. Vanderbilt.
She had added $1,000 to the 50, 900 already
given by her for an operating room. This
amount covers the cost of this new room now
| nearly ready for use.
Nora Hopper, whose wonderfully melodous
verses have attracted so much attention re-
| Gently, is said to be not the rare, exquisite
young woman herself a poem whom her
! admirers have imagined, but stout, COM
Portable. motherly, middle aged body.
Miss Florence Backmore of Deans
| academy, Franklin, Mass is Is years old and
| has just made successful ascent to the
| crater of the volcano of Popocatepetl There
were eight persons in the party. Miss Black
| more is said to be the youngest girl who ever
| made the ascent.
Women are now being insured on prac-
| ttcally the same terms as men in many of
the leading life insurance companies. Among
the women who carry large policies now are
Mrs. j. Sloat Fassett, Mrs, Hearst, widow of
Senator Hearst: Mrs. Hamilton Disston and
| Mrs. Jenness Miller.
Those two indefatigable London visitors,
Mrs Frances Hodgson Burnett and Mrs
| Louise Chandler Moulton. have been captur-
| ing their customary English honors this
| season. They were the literary representa-
yves OF America at recent dinner of the
New Vagabonds," mems club in London.
Mrs. Patrick Campbell, the English actress.
| is said TO claim all the privileges of genius
| even before 1t is publicly acknowledged to be-
| hers. She Is reported to be very exacting
| ana fasidious in all things theatrical reuuir-
| ing everything on and about the stage to be
Just so.' or else, like a child she won't
| play"
| In Sweden they encourage literary women
| instead of making fun of them. Fropen
Selma Logerlaf. the Swedish writer has lust
received from the king the sum of 800 crowns
| and from Prince Eugene 400 crowns as n
| royal acknowledgment of her excellent work
ana as means to enable her to take a
vacation abroad. Sometimes 1t pays to be a
subject in an effete monarchy.
Mrs. Potter Palmer is another American
woman who is at her usual occupation of
winning golden opinions abroad The London
people rave over her picturesque white hair
and her thorough knowledge of the art of
dress At tea given by the Writers club
in London, at which she was the guest of
honor, she wore very smart gown of corn
hover blue crepon, with bodice of lace en-
broidery and becoming little touue.
Miss Sarah Robinson is known to the Brit
ish army by the title of "The Soldiers
Friend" Miss Robinson has been for the
greater part of her life an invalid and thus
neeessitates her travelling by easy stages in
carriage. She was the founder of the
great Soldiers institute at Portsmouth. and
continues her generous interest in It, Miss
Robinon has written thousands of letters to
soldiers, and her booki havo circulated
through every regiment in the army.
Here is suggestion for American wives
who wish to be "hepmeets' to their hus-
bands, Madeline Bourget. who is her dis
tinguished husbands most assiduous helper
and critic, does not disdaln to aid him in
public by wearing the most charming of
frocks. The day he was made member OF
the academy she appeared in dream of a
dress 1t was Of gray taffeta. with mar
row waistband and collar of pale green vel
vet, with just a line of ceGise giving tone
and color to the costume.
One of the ambitions of Nine. Felix Faure,
wife Of the president of France is to he
come the leader of fashions for the republic.
as Empress Eugenie was for the empire
according to popular report. Consequently,
she not only dresses eXquistely but keeps
the names of her modiste and millner
secret. At the Grand PriA races she wore
costume so beautiful that the fashion papers
not only described it at length, but illustrated
1t in colors. 1t was creation of brown
SATIN, chiffon and cream lace.
Miss Graham of Middletown Conn, re-
ceiyed a Ph. b. from Wesleyan in 1889 where
she was we'll known for her excellent under
graduate work. and for her success in prize
contest During the two years of graduate
work at Yale, she was one of the two women
to whom fellowships were awarded Miss
Zen OF jamestown, N. j. graduated from
Smith college in 1892 where she made
mark as fine classical scholar She was
one OF. the youngest women at Yale, and
made her graduate work continuous with her
undergraduate college work.
Evidently the boards of managers of ex-
positions believe in beauty and tact as pow
ers quite as much they do in business abl-
ity and strength OF mind. Mrs Potter Palm
er's trumphs as head of the women ut the
Chicago exposition seem likely to be re-
peated on a somewhat smaller scale by Mrs.
James Thompson president Of the Womans
Board of Managers for the Atlanta fair. Mrs.
Thompson is beautiful woman and a society
leader with all the tact, graciousness and
brilliancy which that term ought always to
imply
Mile. Pauline de Grandpre knows more OF
the prison life of French women than per-
haps any one else in France. She lived in
the st. Lazare prison the housekeeper OF
her uncle, who was chaplain there during
the empire In the twenty-five years that
have elapsed since he died she has devoted
herself entirely to visiting female prisoners
and obtaining situations FOR them when they
have undergone their sentences. She accepts
no pecuniary reward, does not seek for any
honor and refuses to receive any money even
to relieve her proteges 1t must 20 through
the hands OF the committee.