Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-06
Feminine Notes.

Nine. Sarah Grand is one Of the lates
converts among literary women to the joy:
OF the bicycle.
Nine. Rejane tells a London Interviews
she does not think an artist should attemp
being a society woman.
Oulda is certainly timely, even IL sensa
tional. in the title of her new novel "Toin,'
1t is founded on the discovery of anti-toxin
1t is said that a DR.. Jennie Taylor, thu
daughter of an American Methodist minister
has gone out to Africa as a dental mission
ary."
Miss Waite, a niece of Chief Justice Wait,
Of the supreme court of the United States, l.
one Of the residents and most earnest philan-
t~hropical workers at Hull house, Chicago.
PATHS doings in Wales, at Craig-y-Nos, are
old stories, but among her other charities tc
the Welsh it is not generally known that the
railroad that she built to run from the castle
to Swansea is used by all who wish, free OF
charge.
Mrs. Potter recently told a friend that she
had not been allowed to see her daughter
since her return to this country. She wants
her own mother to bring up the child, bui
the Potters profess not to like Mrs. Urquart's
record in that field.
With the death Of Mrs. Azenath Turner al
Manchester, N. Y, the last revolutionary war
pension of the Empire state ceases. She re-
ceived a pension of $12 a month, but this
amount was subsequently iiCTtdseu ny spS-
cial act Of congress to $50. AT the time oil
her death Mrs. Turner was SO years old.
Mrs. Margaret Sangster, the editor OF
Harper's Bazaar, does more signed writing out
side her editorial duties than any other editor
in New York. Religious poetry is one of the
fields she is conspicuous in, publishing much
OF her work in denominations religious
papers. She is a Congregationalist.
At the recent wedding of Miss Margaret,
dauohtar of Mr. and Mrs Kendall IN a son
Of Captain and Mrs. Bancroft, also of stage
renuwn, 1t is reported that Mrs. Kendall
magnifcently attired in pale mauve MORE,
oficiated energetically.' Mrs. Kendals
American audiences will be inclined to think
she certainly did.
A heavenly census is now being taken by
the Paris observatory; to count the stars the
heavens are photographed in sections. Some
Of these sections show only a dozen stars,
while others of the same dimensions show
over 1900. The work is carried on under
the superintendent of a Nine. Klumpke, q
Doctor of the Sciences"
Miss Dorothy Baird. the Trilby of the Lon,
don stage, wears a very striking costume fol
the concert scene of the play. 1t is Of cream
white crepe de chine, embroidered with
beetles wings and jewels, and falling dowr
the front are two long stole ends embroidered
in like manner; to complete the classical
effect sandals are worn instead of shoes.
Ellen Terry has had all her kith and kir
up before the camera to furnish her with pho,
tographs to bring to America. The two things
she never travels without are a tea-makine
outfit and a full collection of family photo
graphs. She puts these last in her steamer
baggage and always has them out to decorate
her stateroom on a voyage.
Mrs. Margaret Custer Calhoun, widow OF
Lieutenant Calhoun, and known to many a.
the beloved SISTER Margaret" of Mrs. Gus
ter's descriptions Of army life, has been in
vited to recite a poem on blue and Gray
day at the Atlanta exposition. Her accept
ance will mean an enjoyable performance, as
Mrs. Calhoun possesses high and unusually
pleasing Evolutionary talents.
Kate Field jestingly recalls the time she
carried an English bathtub all the way TO
Denver with her. She had an idea that the
west was In a wild and savage condition and
that none OF the appurtenances Of civilization
was to be found there. You can perhaps
fancy how mad she was when she learned
at the very first hotel she patronized that
every apartment was provided with an ad-
joining private bath. Another bright thing
Miss Field did when she visited Denver was
TO bring letters OF Introduction to people who
had been dead seven years.
The empress OF Germany fully shares the
demonstrated at the close OF the maneuvers
at Stettin recently. when she appeared as
colonel Of "the cuirsssiers Of Queen Louise"
a regiment OF which she has been the honor
airy commander for some years. In a very
soldlery uniform, a white cloth habit. with
scarlet faelngs and gold lace on collar and