Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-04
GOSSIP ABOUT WOMEN.


bag A. a dinner the other day Mrs. Nc
Kec told Of letter Mrs. Harrison received
while first lady OF the land. 1t ran;
"Dcar Madam; would like a present
from Washington Citty. so | will locate
on you for IT, Please send me dress pat
tern and Oiere followed list Of several
other things and please pay the express,
as have made a vow never to pay anything
on an express package. as never know what
is In 1t until have opened It," Mrs. Nar-
rison, according to the velator. was much
amused at this missiye, and "I'll locate ON
you for that" became standing phrase
in the family ever after when some object
was coveted.
Another letter received by Mrs. Harrison
ran: Dear Madam; Please send me q
piano and some sheet music. rs / have
daughter that has some talents"
The women OF fashion aud even the
actresses Of the present day can hardly
hold candle 20 the danes OF old In the
matter Ot Jewels IL We take the valuations
recorded by historians as truthful aud cor
rect. According to piny Lolita Pauline,
the wife Of Caigula, wore on her head.
arms. neck, hands and waist pearls and
cmeralds to the value OF $lGSO 900. Taus-
tina had a ring worth S20O.0 Domltia
had one for 100000, and CaeSOnia had
bracelet worth 100000. Seneca bcwails
that one pearl in each ear no longer suf-
noes 10 uuOGn q woman, lnCN must nave
three, the weight of which ought to be in
suppcrtable to them. There were women
in ancient Rome whose sole occupation was
the healing Of the ears OF the bellies who
had torn or otherwise injured the lobcs
with tho weight of their pendants. Pop
peas earrings were worth $75O0OO. and
Caesars wife. Calpurnia. had a pair valued
at twice that sum. Marie de Medicis had
4 dress made for the ceremony Of the bap-
tism Of her children which was trimmed
with $1,000 pearls and 5000 diamonds, and
the last moment she found it was so
heavy she couldn't wear 1t and had to get
another But men led in the splendor Of
the middle ages, and Philip the Good eff
Burgundy often wore jewels valued at a
million francs. When he walked along the
streets the people climbed over each other
to get a look at him. He was a moving
mass OF diamonds. The duke of Buck ing
ham wore suit at the court of st. James
which cost 600. The dress OF the mobiles
during the middle ages was literally GOV
cred with gold and precious stones.
Feminine New Zealand is in reforming
mood. At any rate, 1t is advanced" on a
number of topics. Women voters of the
colony, at a convention recently, expressed
a desire to abolish capital punishment. to
the land to create a system of
old-age pensions and to make judicial sen
fences reformative as well as punitive
bNlututly lntSe women are OF q EO-anGad
disposition Not satisfied with so ambitious
a program. they go still further in as
sorting the right of women to sit on juriCS
and be elected to the legislature. Men
are only too anxious to escape exercising
the former right. 1t would be a distinct
advantage II they could send their wives
to serve i'm their stead. Another resolution
was passed that is worth setting forth in
full: In all cases where a woman elects
to superintend a household and to be the
mother OF children. there shall he a law
attaching certain just share Of her hus-
bands earnings or income for her separate
use payable, II she desires, into her sepa-
rate account"
Before Ii Hung Chang left China for a
tour of observation of the various civilized
OF the world he instructed the
NisCount Ii Chow Chow to bring him the
sacred book OF Chinese etiquette. from
which he selected the following questions to
be propounded to ladies wherever he should
meet them:
How old are you?"
us that your own hair?'
How much did you pay for it,"
1t is simple justice to the eminent China
man to say that in all his interviews with
ladies in all parts of Europe and America
thus far visited he has never deviated from
these simple and polite nterrogations
A unique entertainment was given re-
Gently by two young Cincinnati women
who have reputation among their friends |
for making their smallest affair an artistic
success. This was In the form of an after
noon for girls The invitations were YER
bal, or very Informal notes requesting the |
guests TO bring their thimbles. But it was
very different from the stereOtyped thin |
BILE party" After everybody had met every
body else, and a little music had been en-
jOyod, one of the hOstCsses came in and
said: Now, you all are going to sew" She |
was interrupted by one of her guests, who |
arose in rebellous conformation and said |
Now for goodness sake don't tell me
were going to- sit up here and see who can |
make the straightest hem or anything like |
that I'll go home now l never could |
sew"
mo, now you wait a minute" said the !
hostess. She held tray in her hand |
Hanging around the edge were dozens of
yellow tasSels Giving directions all around |
to draw one of these" she stood in the |
center of a group of girls. On the ends of
the cord and tassels were found to be |
dainty little yellow pencils.
Next came the sister carrying another |
tray. From this she handed out little |
square linen doilies. In the corner of each |
dolly was sIein of green and OF pink |
embroidery silk, wrapped in tissue paper |
and fastened with a needle.
Now" said one of the directors, you |
arc to draw your own design and sew it,
that they had never drawn line in their
lives" they never could make up any
thing etc One young woman said she
mover had drawn anything but one of these
lacll-view cats that you make with three
lines so she proceeded to put green and
pink cat on her linen.
They were soon all working for dear life
bree-quarters of an hour being the time
allowed Tongues flew as fast IS the
needles and the young woman who vowed
bn Ip' |
,laving exauisitely on the piano The
linen squares then had the owners names
written on them and were gathered and
aiken to another room to pass under the
ayes OF several married ladies who were
appointed Judges"
While awaiting the decision lees and
,ako were enjoyed. The first prize, a
beautiful photograph frame, was awarded
o tho most complete design. The second,
, water color sketch, to the most original
The third. a pen sketch, to the most original.
york The afternoon" proved an original
md artistic success
An important order was to be executed
he other day by a Washington miliner
or Mrs. Cleveland had written down Tor an
autumn hat your own selection she
old the milliner, The hat, when 1t reached
tray Gables, was of pale green straw with
,rown dots scattered over IT, These were
mall knots CT grass. one side OF the hat
vas trimmed with stiff taffeta bows in
brown and green-loOps OF each. The
,ther side of the hat was a mass of snow
,alls nesting in green leaves The back