The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-10-15

A fem!sine novelty ii s.sIs IL an
Sixth avenue, Nsv York City, and
sssds; "Ladies' aaisass II ball dresses
and other gowns.
Mrs. Beretta Woodward. OF Coll
water, Mich, was aided by eight
great.great-grandcbildren in celebrat-
ing her recent Tooth birthday.
Miss Ellen Spencer, known AS the
first woman who taught school in Hi,
nois, died at Jacksonville recently.
lacking but triAe OF being 100 years
oil.
For exceedingly damp or warm
weather an expedient for keeping the
hair in curl is the use Of alcohol. The
hair should be wet with alcohol and
then curlei.
Few persons have ever seen Mr..
Sargent's portrait of Nine. Patti. She
never liked it, and it is hidden away
in some tIisusel corner Of her castle at
Crais-y-Nos.
Dublin, ireland, has new paper
called "To-day's Woman It is ed
tied and written by group Of talent
ed women, many Of whom are univer.
sity graduates
Queen Victoria, like many women,
is good Judge Of character, being
able to tell much about person from
the single piercing glance which SIZE
gives each stranger.
The Empress Of Japan is getting
more and more European in her ideas,
and has for some past entirely dis
carded the National dress in favor Of
costumes mad2 for her in Paris.
According to the London Figaro the
only woman in England to be admired
by the Shazada Of Afghaniston was all
american, Mrs. George \. Curzon,
formerly Miss Letter, Of Chicago.
Mrs. Eleanor Seagwick, dean Of
Newnham, England's famous college
for women, is a sister Of First Lord Of
the Treasury Balfour, and famous rs
one of the best mathematicians in
England.
\ prize of two dollars worth Of i"e
cream tickets for the first woman who
will ride a bicycle in bloomsr costume
around the public square in the even
ing is offered by the Times Of Clay
Center, Kan.
Miss Alice Ireland, Of New York,
has graduated as dentist. She
claims to be the first woman to prac-
tice dentistry in Gotham, although
there are others in various parts Of
the country.
Mrs. Arthur Stannard, better known
rs John Strange Winter. claims that
the Writers Club, Of which she has
been President slice its organization
in 1892, was the first womens press
club in the world.
The Privy Conncil Of Holland ere
beginning to look around for huS-
band for their IiCtcen-year.old Queen
Wihcimiua. She will not he allowed
to exercise much Of her royal preroG-
Gtive IN the matter.
White satin was tho principal ma
terial at the court ball at buckingham
Falaco recently, "a it has been for the
past three sessoDs-satin shot will.
gold, with pink: with silver aud with
mother of-pearl tints.
Buttons are surely growing in favor,
an.l their size is certainly on the i'll
crease. They are becoming quite 3
necessary accessory Of costume how
adays, and seriously increase the cx-
pense OF the garments.
Miss McFee, Of Montreal. las jus;
obtained the degree of Doctor OF Phi.
]osophy at Zurich. She is graduate
OF McGill University, and studied phi
losorty at Cornell and under PROBES
scr Wundi, Of Leipzig.
.i,le late Professor Huzley's sister,
Mrs. John Scott, n woGlRu oC remarh.
able intelligence anil str2" iii o. char
acter. was q resident O. Nashville,
Tenn, for mauy years. Her husband.
when Young surgeon in the British
army, was tie friend q TralGwncy
-nnl B:rDn.
4 Nohanmc;lan widow of bombay
started un pilgrimage to Mecca
recently, taking her ioweIry with her.
After landing at .Ieddah she was
forced to marry O. Turkish soldier
whom she harl never seen before nnsl
"hn disappeared in couple CT days
with ali her property:
The headdress Of the rcjgu Of Louis
XIV. were wonderfully made. They
were Irsmeworks Of wire, from two tn
four feet high. divided into tiers aud
covered with bands Of muslin, ribbons.
chenille, pearls, flowers and aigrettss.
Miss Lillian Chandler leads Al
orchestra in Boston, numbering fortys
five women. These women have thor
oughly overcome the difficulty Of the
trombone. clarionet and flute. aud
hope soon to be masters Of the horns,
trumrets nnd bassoons, which men are
uow employed to plov.
Miss Adelaide Hassc, wuo has Just
been selected by tie Secretary Of Ag'
rjculture for tue position Of chief Of
the department OF Government docu-
ments, is m expert fencer. She is
also ali expert cyclist, and if she were
m@n would GENE Under thu ciassiti-
cation of n good fellow"
4 Eurupean laly living i'll japan &C
qurea no fewer than 100 teapots Of
various patterns and kinds. Another
lady had Il hobby for collecting ben
Snats. She made a rule never to part
with one she hn,i worn. aud, when she