Omaha daily bee., 1896-06-07

| genuine double skirt be adopted is n mattel
now discussed along with the question o
| cousin, the wire hustle or French tournure
Feminine Notes.
Miss f. s. D'Avgdor has translated into
English DIR. Herzl's valuable book entitled
| Palestine for the Jews"
Mrs. U. S. Grant. Mrs Sartorls and the
| daughter CT Mrs Sartors have learned Ia
ride the bicycle, and the three generations
are enthusiasts already.
Mrs b. North, the widow Of the late distin.
! guished Colonel North, has received letters
of coincidence from the prince Of Wales, the
khedive Of Egypt and the king of the Bel.
| CLANS
Mrs Henry NJ. Stanley, like many English
woman, wieds a telling influence in the eec-
! tions. Her husbands success In politics and
ssat in Parliament is largely due to her tact
/ full and persistent efforts.
The czarna of Russia recently donned
| bloomers when she prepared for descending
| a mine. Hence the advocates OF the Divided
| SKIRT Dress Reform association are announc.
! ing that she is one Of their allies.
The queen has appointed the prince Of
| Wales and the duke Of Connaught knights
! of the Grand Cross of the new Royal
| Victorian order. She has just sent $50 to the
National Blind Relief ASSOCIATION.
! Lillian Russell maintains her record for
enterprise. She is the first actress to ad-
lisicn. This is simpler than assimilating
new husband, and in Liilian's case it is
| much more sensational
Mrs. b. f. Young of Kentucky Is the
only woman in this country who has ever
won the nautical distinction Of receiving
license as first mate. She is 80 years
old, and has been with her husband on the
Ohio and its tributaries for twenty-one
years
Mile. Irma Komlosy is a distinguished
flower painter, and teaches the art to ladies
of the royal house of Austria. Miss Helen
Goulds ardent admiration for orchids and
lilies has coused her to employ Mile Kom-.
losy to paint her collection of the t.oicest
SPECIMENS.
Or. Alice Luce of Auburn, Me-, has re-
Gently received from the University of
Heidelberg diploma comforting the dstinc-
tion of NJ ID. The examination was oral
and lasted two hours. After the exercises
DR.. Luce was rendered a reception at the
home of one of the professors.
Mrs Minna Thomas Antrim is soon to pub
lish her clever book, "a Woman of That
Description. In IL Mrs. Antrim has but
Philadelphias well known men and women,
their characteristics and appearance being
described accurately.
Mrs. John M. Clay owns the Henry Clay
farm in Kentucky. She has such a tender
feeling for her stock that she has provided
animals on the place by leaving each $50
in her WILL so that they may receive good
care till death ensues.
Miss Ruth Lawrence, the versatile daugh
ter of Judge Lawrence, writes clever and
graceful short stories and magazine articles.
Miss Lawrence's amateur acting recitations
were a few seasons ago the delight of the
circle in which she moves. Her father has
shut down on all such histrienic exertions.
The Countess Hartenau, widow of Prince
Alexander OF Bulgaria, has written to the
German papers declaring that the story of
her engagement is without foundation The
countess has been living recently in Frank
fort-on- the Main. She first met Prince Alex
ander when she was member of the opera
of Darmstadt. She has one son.
DR.. Eliza NJ Mosher of Brooklyn, who Will
enter upon her duties as professor of hygiene
in the University of Michigan in the autumn, |
has had thorough medical training in this |
and Europe, and for some years |
has had a successful practice in Brooklyn: |
She is the first woman professor to be called |
to the University of Michigan
Miss Martha Hichborn, daughter Of Chief |
Naval Constructor Philip Hichborn, has re-
Gently come into possession of an interesting
colonial specimen. 1t is a desk that was IN
the possession Of the Hlchborn family at tne
time of the Boston tea party. Many years
ago it was taken to Sandy Point, Me-, by an
ancestor and has only lately been shipped |
to Miss Hichborn's home in Washington.
Mrs. Phoebe A. Hearst the widow OF the
ate senator from California, made great
preparations to attend the coronation OF the
var NJ Russia at Moscow She rented
handsome residence in Moscow, engaged
special train from the wharf at Havre to tho
,ity and invited Mr.. Bayard, the American
ambassador at London, and his family, 10
accompany her. But Mr.. Bayard was unable
o accept the invitation, and the journey
vas abandoned.
Mrs. Burton Harrison is the New YORK
ociety woman who receives the highest
rice a word for her literary productions.
lila was built. so It is said, with money
eceived ss, for her writings. Mrs. Harrison.
Tirginian by birth, related to Lord FAIRFAX
nd half of the F.. F. VS. down there, is
. nor novels of New York society-"The
'neIomaniacs" and "Sweet Bells Out OF
'une." Mrs Burton Harrison is just now
aking in the gayeties of the London season