Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-22

Colorado. receives salary Of $4,000 a rear
the largest paid to atty woman Official ID
the west.
Christine Nilsson, the Countess do Casa
Miranda, bought Watteau's "Diane au
Balm" recently sold Mt auction In Paris. for
100000 francs. The picture had been pre-.
viously offered to the Louvre museum fol
100000 francs.
Tho Baroness Adolph dc Rothschlld at hef
Brittany villa in one OF the walls OF he's
boudoir has a sliding panel OF plateglasst
through which at pleasure she can see Into
her COW palace, where the animals feed from
marble hangers, and are MIXED into silvei
pals.
Mrs. Phoebe Hanaford Is an original inter-
prefer OF scripture. The thirteenth verse
OF IL Kings, XIII, says: And | VIII wipe
up Jerusalem as man wpeth dish, wip-
ing 1t and turning 1t upside down" Mrs.
llanatord says this plainly means that In
those days men were engaged In menial
work,
Mrs. Werner. a New York Quaker, Is
threatened with expulsion from her church
because she has been made receiver OF the
estate OF liquor dealer. She has inti-
mated her intentions in the matter by say
ing that IL tho Friends expel her 1t Will
be easier to find another church than an
other reccivership.
Three young Indian girls have recently
completed the course for trained nurses
in the Philadelphia hospital. Miss Phoebe
Hood one of the young women, is the
daughter OF Pawnee chief Miss Kate
Greenod is OF the Wyandotte tribe, and
Miss Lily Wind OF Canada belongs to the
tribe OF the Ottawas
Mrs. Clayton w. Carson OF Chicago,
leader In her set young, handsome, talented
and fascinating, has become new star in
the armament OF rifle shots. Mrs. Carson
has made a great record not only in the
grounds OF several gun clubs. but on the
North Dakota prairies. where she has bagged
flying fowl with astonishing success.
At Andover, Me-, there lives a real daugh-
ter of the revolution, Mrs Catherine Mont
gomery Poor. She is sc years old. Her
father, John Alexander Montgomery, was
volunteer and afterward an officer under
Washington, and at the close OF the war
he received ring from Washington as
token of recognition for meritorious con-
duct. At Hyde Park, Mass, there Is an
other real daughter" Mrs. Adeline Could
ing. Her father, General william Iildreth.
died at Concord in 1918, when she was
years old.
Mrs. Labouchere some fifteen years agd
was known as the beautiful Henrietta Hod-
son, an actress skilled in the best traditions
OF the old English stage. She won her
fame chiefly at the Royalty and at the
Queens theater, an old-fashioned house In
Long Acre. Miss I5odson was little more
than a child when her rendering OF the
part OF Ariel in THE Tempest" gave her
leading position among the younger ac-
tresses of the day. Her great part was
that of Lady Gay spanker in London AS
surance."
Louise Truax Hiboard is a most remark
| able little lady of l3 years who bids fair
to rival the noted Anna Shaw as
whistler Her talent was discovered by ac-
cident about three years ago. and since then
she has delighted many audiences In Chicago,
Detroit Washington, Baltimore and Phila-
delpha She has, naturally, been much IN
demand for social gatherings and in this
| work has won golden opinions, not only by
her birdlike notes, but by her modest and
unaffected manner. The little woman be-
| longs to one OF the oldest families in De-
troit but has recently gone to New York
with her mother in search of fresh laurels.
Mrs Inez Sprague the second wife of Gov
crnor Sprague OF Rhode Island. is achieving
such success with her vocal music that she
will no doubt, become more famous than her
predecessor, Kate Chase. The present Mrs.
Sprague is a very beautiful Virginian, be-
longing to one of the Il. II. VS.. AS
a young girl she was quite accomplished,
singing we'll to her own accompaniment.
Some two years ago she had her voice tried.
and by the advice of a master, went to
Paris to have her voice cultivated. She ap-
piled herself assiduously with the best OF re-
suits Her voice has a marvelously long
range, with full middle register, and great
dramatic power.
Mrs. A. l.. Haskell mayor OF the town
of Gaylord, Kan, the only town on earth
ruled by women, has so well managed tho
place that she and her assistant officers
govern that It is out OF debt-which Is
more than can be said OF many places
ruled by men. At the last election Mrs.
Haskell received two votes for every one
that was cast for the male opponent who
ran against her. Her husband is banker
and stockowner, and she has the most
frapdOm could ask She is n
democrat ard makes her talks very prac-
tical and to the point. She is the embodi-
ment OF good health and is very attrac-
tive woman. She dresses well and knows
the advantage of a good gown to catch
the people.