Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-01-27
Get out YOUR grandmother's finery,

Get out your grandmother hnery.
1t is essentially up to date now.
Princess Maud, of Wales, has carved
n meerschaum pipe for her betrothed,
Prince Karl, of Denmark.
The Princess OF Wales has had
printed for private distribution some
songs which she has composed for the
either.
Mrs. Humphry Ward is a native of
Tasmania, and intimates that she may
some day write book about that
country.
The conversation bracelet is formed
of rare coins that form an incentive
for talk when all other topics are worn
threadbare.
Queen Victoria won the champion
plate gold medal and challenge cup for
the best animal exhibited at the Smith
field Cattle Show.
Mrs. Ernest Leverson, who writes
SO amusingly IN London Punch, is n
very pretty woman, quite young and
always beautifully dressed
Mrs. s. t. Pickard, a niece of the
poet Whittier, and the owner OF his
Amesbury (Mass.) house, is trying
hard to make the house a memorial.
1t is not generally known that thu
wife of Sir Philip Currie, the British
Ambassador in Constantinople, is the
lady known to the world as Violet
Fame.
DR.. Mabel Spencer, of Kansas City,
Kan, has been appointed official ply
sician of Riley County. She is the
first woman in the State to receive
such an honor.
The wife of DR.. Nansen, the Arctic
explorer, has appeared at Stockholm
as q vocalist, and with such great sue
cess that she is now touring through
Denmark and Sweden.
Mayor Hooper, of Baltimore, Nd,
has given $780, 900 to a college for
women in Baltimore. He is deeply
interested in the education of women,
hence his generous gift.
The college snuggery is the latest
rival of the cozy corner. 1t is fitted
up with cushions in tones of ones
favorite college, while pennarts in the
same hue are draped at the back.
Helie de Lussan, an American prima
donna. has been meeting with immense
success in the Engliah provinces. Sho
has been enthusiastically praised by
the critics for her personatlon of
"Mignon."
The best paid governess in the
world seems to be the English COVER
ness Of the little King of Spain. This
lady receives $4500 year for her
services, and attends only to the little
Kings English primer work.
In Paris many women dress their
hair after the style affected by the
Presidents daughter, Lucie t'aure.
All the front hair is arranged i'll -
loose waves, one III the middle, two on
each side, with the hair coiled low on
the neck.
There is u woman contractor and
quarry operator in Buffalo, n. Y, who
has supplied stone for some of the
most important structures in the city.
one Is une only woman VINO is an ac-
tive member OF the Buffalo Builders
Exchange.
For the first time in the annals of
japanese history woman has Through
recent degree of the Mikado) the
option of leading single life. Form
erly, after reaching certain age, IL
husband was selected for her, whom
she had no choice but to accept.
DR.. Luella Cool, an American wo-
man, who has been practising dentistry
in Guatemala with great success, is III
California on visit She is one OF IL
very few foreigners who are allowed to
practice in Guatemala, nearly all tho
others having been driven out by a
rigorous Law passed last year.
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