Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-05-25
GOSSIP.


A table cloth costing $500 is hand
some enough for bridal robe.
The 'Silent Ten" is the name of o
club of women at Wellington, Kan.
II you want the baby to be quite up
to date buy it a pique coat and bon
net.
The old-fashioned industry of knit
ting is now practiced with modern
needles of gold.
Miss Frances Willard is going to
England to assist Lady Somerset in her
reform work there.
Miss Theresina Labriola has gradu-
ated from the University of Rome and
been admitted to the bar.
Miss Braddon, the English novelist,
was at one time an actress, playing
small parts in the provinces.
For the young girl brooches appear
to be popular, and are set with tur-
quoises, pearls or small diamonds.
P. I. Barnum's widow, who went
abroad and married Greek named
Callias, is said to be returning homo
much disgusted with her foreign
spouse.
The late Empress Augusta of Ger
many did not permit her younger
ladies of honor to read book or go
to the theatre without her express
consent.
Miss Elsa Eachelson has obtained
Of pf
to plead at the University of Upsala.
She will be the first woman LID. in
that country.
Explorer Nansen is married to an
accomplished woman, who, after his
departure in search OF the North Pole,
quietly settled down in Christiana as
teacher of vocal and instrumental
music.
A Bostonian writing homo from
Cairo says: "Ihe Duke and Duchess
of Marlborough are staying at the
same hotel with us. The Duchess has
three rooms-one for herself and two
for her clothes"
A London newspaper says that one
OF the most amusing of the many let
ters received by DR.. Jameson recently
waa one from girl in Portland, Me-,
asking for lock of his hair and in
closing blond tress of her own.
Miss Mary w. Colkins, Smith Col
lege, '85, and for seven years on the
faculty of Wellesley College, recently
passed the most brilliant examination
for the degree of Phi. d. known at
Harvard University. Miss Calkins
has the glory, but not the degree.
Mrs. Cleveland, wife of the Presi.
don't, is taking n great deal of out
door exercise these days and can be
seen on the street almost any after
noon-usually alone-taking her con-
stitutional. She walks rapidly, with
a long, swinging stride, and wears
heavy, broad buttoned, low heeled
shoes.
Nearly hundred women have
passed the examinations of the Uni
versity of London this year in the
courses for the degree Of bachelor of
arts and bachelor of science. This is
an extremely good showing, as even
the university matriculation examina-
tion is reckoned one of the hardest in
Great Britain.
Miss Mary Lord Drake, daughter of
theme Governor ofIowa, now by virtue
of the Governors widowhood, the first
lady in that State, is blonde of me-
dunn height, with large, expressive
blue eyes and face indicating intel
lect, refinement and strentgh of char
acter. She is her fathers Secretary
and confidential adviser, us we'll as his
social representative.
The greatest bane of Queen Victo-
ria's existence is the enormous amount
of original "poetry" sent to her from
all parts of the world. 1t is all read
by her secretaries, and the best of it
submitted to her Majesty and person.
ally acknowledged. On the recent
birth of the royal grandson nearly half
ton of manuscript verse was received
at Windsor.