Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-15

N"st~s
The wife OF Senator Stewart avows her
Intention o. chaperonlng party 70 The Alas
kan gold helds next spring.
Johns Hopk rs university this year be
slowed the degree Of VI D. upon woman.
Miss Mary Packard Of Bayonce. y J.
Miss Helen Gladstone will undertake the
opening ceremony in connection With the
hotel =. wc--s1 students which has Bees
crested al Bangor. near Belfast, ireland.
Miss Mary Howe. wbo sang mos; accept
ably 10 Boston during The past year, will
sing al the Church q the Epiphany. Walnu;
hills during the summer months. she Is one
q the mos. talented % Cincinnati vocal
ets.
queen Victoria has conferred the deco-s-
tion o; the Royal Red Cross upon Sister
Lc-is2 Wc:soc Tullch - re army nursery
service. In recognition Of her services tn at
tending the sick and wourded In Egypt from
1884 10 1896.
Mss Sadie Li1nan. formerly % Cinoin-
natl. but now q PHILADELPHIA Is trained
nurse in one Of the large hospitals there.
deep sorrow te.l upon her life and she leii
her old home aod recently entered upon lhtr
professional nurse career. she is a bright.
attractive youcg Jewess-
Mrs. wsrreo Neal Of Neal Mich has re-
/ gently Been .pfo.1:c- -cpcty game -t'dec
for Grand Traveree county. MIS-. Neas has
I done active work In promoting the pro;ec-
1 bright. plucky, attractive little woman, full
I OF good sense sad energy.
: Mrs. Mary Hunt Of Porkupoag. Ne, though
/ - years OF sge, does all the planting. hoeinC
/ and harvesting on her place. takes care OF
/ her cows. Cultivates a flower garden and at
tends 10 fruit orchard. Last year she
! shingled The roof Of her house and painted
| the house without assistance.
Queen Adelaide. widow of Dom Miguel.
| king Of Portugal has taken the VOWS at the
! convent OF the Beus6!ctines at Schemes
! France. after having passed through a no.
/ vitiste Of one years duration. Queen Ade-
iside was born IL Frsncony on the Sd OF
/ April, 1881 and was married 10 1851 20 King
I Miguel. She is the mother Of seven children.
Miss Helen Wilder. one OF the most popu-
! lar young women In society in Honolulu
I has received comm ssIon as a humane OIL
1 Ger from the attorney general as q recogni-
! tion OF her perseverance in relieving the
/ surerinTs Of dumb animals. Miss Wilder
| is the first woman who has held this posi-
| tion in the Hawaiian islands.
Three Of the Inost popular women lsotur-
| ers-those who give pheasant drawing room
tslks-are Mrs. Ssngster, Miss Repplier and
! Kate Upson Clarke These three women
! are all prominent as literary workers and
/ in their lectures have great charm Of man
| ner, combined with very general knowl-
! edge Of social and political events Of the
! present.
who studied medicine in this country, taking
| the degree OF NJ. D. is now in charge Of the
Siang-Hu hospital al Foo-Chow. and story
| is told Of e coolie who wheeled his blind old
mother 900 miles on barrow 10 take her
TO the woman doctor. double operation
for cataract was the result, and the old
woman can see a. well as ever.
Nile. Lucie Faure. the daughter Of the
| president Of the French republic. is most
| decidedly religious in her propensities.
| by her. though her gentle grace never
| aroused the ire OF modern stheistic Paris
At La Haine, where her father loves to take
his holiday. mademoiselle is well known and
/ well beloved.
In Z recent voting contest inauEuratei by
! the periodical Womsnk!nd the ten women re-
! ceiving votes emitting them to the highest
! places Of honor IN America were. in the or
/ der named: Harriet Beecher Stowe. Fran
| ces Z. willard Martha Washington, Clara
] Barton. Susan B. Anthony. PocAhontas, Mol
! lie Pitcher, Elizabeth Csdy Stanton Louisa
| May Alcott and Julis Ward Howe.
! Mrs. Torn Hnshi. the wife OF the Japa-
| nese minister. is said 10 be possessed Of &
I charming personality When she settled in
/ Washington she laid aside her gorgeous
! sllken Powered robes, ana is now rarely
| seen in her native costume. She is four
| feet ten inches in height with abundant
| dark hair, soft brown eyes aud clear. rosy
| complexion. She studied English with q
! tutor and proved herself apt pupil.
In the Indian village on the banks Of the
I Minnesota river about one mile downstream
from the city Of Shakopee, lives band Of