Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-31

gives it very stylish air, New York
Mail and Express.
Queen Victoria's eyesight has be.
come SO impaired that she finds much
difficulty in reading.
The Queen of Denmark, although
venty-eight years of age, is still
pretty and retains her vivacity and
charm.
By vote of 13 to the Directors of
the Melbourne (Australia) Hospital
recently appointed two female physi.
clans as assistants.
Miss Ella Hepworth Dixon declares
that cigarette smoking is enormously
on the increase among we'll bred
women in England.
One of Jane Hadlng's regal gowns,
which cost her $4,000, was of rich tur.
quoise blue velvet, embroidered with
white and yellow silk poppies.
Two Chinese girls . have recently
graduated from the medical DEPART
ment of the University of Michigan.
Both have fine record for scholar
ship.
The late Clara Schumann, the plan.
ist, left diary extending over half a
century and containing much valuable
material for the history of music dur
ing that period.
Miss Mary French Field, the eldest
daughter of the late Eugene Field, is
about to make her first appearance as
a public reader. She is said to possess
considerable histronic ability.
A lady has been appointed registrar
OF births, marriages and deaths by the
city of London. Miss Kemm, the
lady in question, has for some time
acted as assistant to her father.
Nearly 400 of the Queen Victoria
Jubilee Institute nurses went by
special train to Windsor the other
evening, ana were inspected by the
Queen in the grounds of the castle.
DR.. Sarah 1. Shuey has been elected
President of the Oakland (CaI. Board
OF Health. She is the first woman in
the city who has ever been elected to
prominent Office on any of the mu-
nicipal boards.
The Duchess of Cleveland, mother
of Lord Rosebery, although in her
seventy eighth year, is an inveterate
globe trotter. She has Just returned
to London from the Cape of Good
Hope and the Transvaal.
Miss May Abraham, recently ap-
pointed superintendent of factory in.
spectors in England. Is very beauti-
ful woman of the most refined Jewish
type. She was formerly private
secretary to Lady Dixie.
Queen Amalie of Portugal has been
devoting much of her time to an
attempt to discover an anti-fat pill,
in order to stay the tendency to ex-
treme corpulence which has been
threatening to disigure her husband.
Miss Daisy Barbee, of Atchison,
Kan, was gradual ed recently with the
highest honors from the law depart.
ment of Washington University at St.
Louis, having captured the thesis
prize over thirty-eight competitors.
She was the only young woman in the
class.
Miss Amy Reade, niece of Charles
Reade, is making short sojourn i n
Oakland, CAL, where she is engaged
in writing a work upon the United
States. Miss Reade, who is great
traveller, and has just completed
tour of the Southern and Central
American countries, like her gifted
uncle, writes novels with purpose"
A pretty compliment was paid to
the Princess of Wales by little child
during her recent visit to the Mar
chioness of Salisbury at Hatfield
House. The little girl had been
promised that she should see the
Princess of Wales soon; the Princess
entered the room, and after staring at
her for while the child turned to her
mother, saying: Mamma, I've seen
the young Princess, but where is the
Princess OF Wales?"