Omaha daily bee., 1896-07-05

husband. Ex-Governor Foraker, NJ 81. Loud
WAS asked whether she was willing to join
Mrs. J. Ellen Fosters crowd OF women polG
tioians In the woman's political club she
said she never Joined clubs and that her
husband took care OF all the politics that
were needed In the family.
The Princess Mele-Barese, OF Casa Mele,
is the president OF the Naples Society for
the Protection Of Animals. In her annual
report she states that the great Improve
| ment In tho treatment OF dumb animals In
that city is due TO the activity OF the So
ciety's eighteen inspectors.
Mrs. Virginia Frazer Boyle OF Memphis
has been awarded the prize OF 500 for the
best poem, to be read at the opening OF
Tennessee's centennial. There were l4S
poems In competition. and the award, which
was unanimous. was made by a committee
Of three literary gentlemen, who were ig-
norant Of the identity Of the artist.
Miss Mamie Wolf OF Willinmsport, Pa,
can beat any other trout catcher In her
county, and is quite as successful a hunter
as n fisherman. When only is years old
she killed at first shot the biggest bear
that had been seen in years. Miss Wolf is
described as an exceedingly pretty and mod
est young woman.
Miss Kate Field was SO years old at the
time of her death, This says Miss Glider,
who was one of the distinguished womRn's
friends, writing In the Critic, lis not a very
advanced age. but II one has been In the
harness without rest for over thirty years,
il is an age at which one might well wish
to lay down ones burdens
Miss Emily James Smith, dean of Barnard
college, has returned to her home on the
shores of lovely Canandaigua lake for the
summer. notwithstanding the years ardu-
Gus work. Miss Smith quits the scene of her
professional labors In excellent health,
"thanks," as she says, ito the use of the
bicycle" Miss Smith will pass the sum-
mer for the most part In Canandaigua,
where her father, Judge James c. Smith.
for many years a distinguished occupant Oh
the supreme court bench Of that district,
resides.
Mrs. Douglas of Hallock, Mimi, has been
making a new departure In feminine hero
, ism. Her claim to public commentator
was made by a~verting the ruin of the
a Kitson County bank. Mrs. Douglas is the
: wife of the cashier, whose absence, coupled
with the failure of another bank in which
he was interested, aroused public suspicion.
D business men went In throngs to withdraw
d their entire balances. and were only pre-
: vented from accomplishing the banks ruin
. by the cool head of Mrs. Douglas. who
. spent an entire day In restoring timorous
| dcpositors to their senses. .
d A picture, Of the princess of Wales which
appears in Marlborough House and It's
n Occupants" is almost the only one that
II gives this well-known woman any animation
{ or lifelike look. AS a rule, her counterfeit
d presentments show nothing of the grace
e and charm of expression with which sht
is credited by those who have seen her
l. The artist. Holland Tringham, r. b. A., had
an especial privilege in being permitted tC
make a drawing from life, and his success
~ assures those who have never seen the wife
of the heir to the English throne that sh'
has the vivacity which her admirers CLAIM
a for her.