Omaha daily bee., 1896-07-26
Feminine Notes

Mile. Blanche Marchesi, daughter OF Nine.
Mathilde Marchesi. the famous vocalist has
just given two most successful recitals in
London.
Lady Brassey, at Melbourne Australia
has just delivered her inaugural address as
president of the Womans Australian Home
Reading association.
Miss Dorothea Klumpke Of San Francisco
will be one of party of scientists who will
visit Norway next month for the purpose of
observing the solar eclipse.
Mrs, B. Fraser has made bequest to the
diocese of Manchester of s4O0 600, to be dis
posed of at the discretion of the bishop for
several small charities.
Mrs. Lewis, who prepared transcription
of the Syriac gospel in 1892, has completed
new translation of the whole text, the re-
suit of her recent trip TO Syria
Miss Paula Szalit, the 9-year-old Polish
pianist, is creating a great furore in Lon
don and will afterward visit this country.
She is said TO possess marvellous gifts in
extemporizing.
Mrs. Isaac Laurence Of New York has
some superb rings-one has two lengthwise
rows of saDphires and diamonds, five in each
row; another ring of emeralds and diamonds
is 'pinky" ring
Mrs Thurlow Weed Barnes sister-in-law
! of Mrs. Morris (nee Shepard is a great
| beauty. When a girl she lived in New
| Orleans and upon one occasion she was
| the Queen of Beauty of the Mardi Gras fes-
| tival
The duchess of Flies new mansion,
which is in process of construction, is TO
cost over 100000. 1t will be OF the Scot
| tish baronial style, of pink granite from heI
| husbands own quarries near Braemar, all
the timber being obtained from Mar forest
Mrs. George A. Smith of Glasgow who is
the wife of distinguished professor and
| who is the leading spirit in all philanthropic
| and literary movements among the women
of that city is at present the guest of the
| countess Of Aberdeen at Quebec.
Mrs. Cruger and Mrs. Frederick Wander
| bilt of New York are devoted to gloves ana
although the former has beautiful hands
| and the latter beautiful rings they are
| seldom seen, even in their own homes, with
| out gloves on, usually white kid ones of
| faultless make and fit.
| Mrs. Ebenezer Humphrey has presented to
| the town OF Oxford n. H, the original war
| rant issued by King James OF England for
| the collection of the town tax. 1t was
issued by H. C. Gray, kings collector, and is
! dated December 81, 1911. 1t will be placed
| in the public library collection.
The queen of the Netherlands and her
| mother, the queen regent, who have been
| spending month in Switzerland, are going
to reside for the next four weeks at their
| chateau near Utrecht, where they will en-
| tertain a large house party. Among the
number will be the duchess OF Albany and
the Princess Elizabeth OF Waldeck-Pyrmont
Queen Victoria, who recently had sew
oral telephones placed upon her study table
| al Windsor, did for the purpose OF com
| municatng with Lord Salisbury, the home
office, Marlborough house, and Buckingham
| palace. In a few days she Will have the
eectrophone installed at the palace in order
! that she may hear the latest entertainments
Mrs. Frank Walton. the chief engineer oi
| the recent New York electrical exhibition
| is nj
country. She has been in love with steam
engines since she first strolled into an en-
| gine room when a tiny miss in pinaforei
and long braids. At the recent electric
show she managed the two great boilers OF
| 250-horse-pOwer that ran the fifteen engines
! in the building.
Nine Patti has been showing her appreca
! ton for her dear America in very charm
| ing manner of late by her attentions to tn,
young New York reader, Miss Beapy, who
| has been enterta lining the diva with selec
tions from Ruth McEnery Stuart and othel
| writers typically American. Among thu
! literary celebrities who have been encourag
ing women from the United States are
George Eliot's husband, Mrs. Cross and Mr.
| Zangwill.
Miss Inez Sprague, a daughter OF ex-Gov
| ernor William Sprague OF Rhode Island
has returned from Europe, where she hal
been studying music, with the intention o
| appearing upon the concert stage and II
| opera, She will go 10 Harwich Mass, Il
study her repertory OF nine operas, unde
the direction of Charles r. Adams. In De
cember she will begin a concert tour o
| America and in May will sail for Milan
where she will appear in opera
Mabel Beardsley, whose fate IL is 10 b'
known as Aubrey Beardsleys sister. is
clever girl who has already gained fai
reputation actress During her shor
theatrical career she has played Mrs. Wank
lyn in John Dreams, Lady Basildon il
An Ideal Husband" and has been under
studying at the Haymarket and Criterion
She made her debut in London as Edith il
The Dearest Mama" Before going on tn
stage Miss Beardsley obtained first clas
honors in the Higher Cambridge locals
taught in a high school and was offere
a scholarship at Newman by Miss Glad
stone.
Mrs. Clara Foltz. the brilliant New Yorl
lawyer, is woman Of many interest
whose sympsthies are sufficiently wide t
include the cause OF woman suffrage and al
that implies. Mrs. Foltz however is TO
busy woman 10 follow in the wake Of tn