Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1896-11-05
GOSSIP ABOUT WOMEN.

Among us II is not only womans duty
to please she does 1t by instinct; the tiniest
girls do 1t unconsciously, says Nine. Tn.
Benton in the October Century" Just
watch them as they walk in the avenues of
our public parks; they have all the unstud-
led grace and ease of real women, and, in
deed they fully suspect that approving eyes
watch them as they skip the rope, for CO.
quetry, which Is much more subtle and
more delicate than Irritation. less direct, too,
in its aim, Is innate with them. They are
not ambitious of winning the admiration of
boys of their own age; they look down with
disdain on such admirers; they aspire to
please big people In their intercourse with
little playmates there is a great deal of
ceremony. Nothing could be more amusing
than tho manner of little girl who having
come to the conclusion by the general APP
pelrance of another little girl that she is
worthy of the honor she is about to confer
on her, finally asks her to play at hide-and-
seek If some brave young person walks
up to the group of players with the time
honored phrase, "Mademoisele, will you
allow me to play with you?" a sharp and
comprehensive glance at once decides either
the reserve or the warmth of the reply.
Matters would hardly take a different form
in a drawing room in the case of a more
serious Introduction. The gestures, the
bows the little looks, the smiles, are copies
of their mamma's, and yet they are all per-
fectly natural in the sense that they are
merely following their own nature, with
out trace of that self-consciousness that
puts on airs" of any kind. This Anglo
Saxon quality of self-consciousness in both
its good and bad points is incompatible
with the French temperament.
The princess of Wales has hobby for col
Letting clocks, and she now has more than
100, in variegated sizes and styles. at San
dringham house. where they are kept run
ming little fast TO please the prince. This,
however, is an od-time custom. The finest
collection of clocks in the world Is said to
be at buckingham palace.
very good story is told about Prince
Nikita of Montenegro, showing how proud
he Is of his large family. Although 1t oc-
CURED some years ago 1t becomes again of
interest now, since his beautiful daughter
Helena will soon marry the heir to the
throne of Italy. Some years ago an Aus
tran official travelling through Montenegro
was invited by the prince to dinner dur
ing his stay at Cetinje, The conversation
driftCd to the resources and products of the
small country and the official remarked
that, according to statistics he had gath
cred there was very little or no export of
the products of the country. ooh, yes" re-
piled the prince I'VE do not lack desirable
things which forei. ;ners gladly take from
us" And what are they?' asked the
proud and happy rejoinder.
The emperor Of Russia has conferred the
Order of st. Catherine upon the duchess of
Connaught This is the second order in
Russia and is for ladies only, the members
being expresses, queens, princesses and la
dies of the very highest rank and disttnc-
ton. 1t was founded by Peter the Great
as a memorial of the services rendered to
him by his wife during the war with the
Turks. The empress Is the grand mistress
and the members wear a broad pink ribbon
with silver border. to which is suspended
an image of st. Catherine, and on the left
breast Is worn silver star with a white
cross on red ground. The queen, the
princess of Wales and the duchess of Co
burg all have the Order of St Catherine.
story Is told of a young lady who found
a package of love letters that had been
written TO her moher by her father before
they were married The daughter saw
that she could hive a little sport and read
them to her -nolher, substituting her own
name for that Of her mother and a fine
young man for that of her father. The
mother jumped up and down and shifted
her feet and seemed terribly Disguised
and forbade her daughter to have anything
to do with the young man who could write
such sickening and nOnsensical stun to
a girl When the young lady handed the
letter to her mother to read the house be-
came so still that one could hear the grass
growing.