Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-22
Feminine Nnfrs

Mrs Russell Sage still has her diploma an
! graduating essay, which she wrote over nf;,
years ago.
Empress Augusta Victoria has insisted tina
money subscribed for statue to her father
| the late Duke Frederick OF Schleswir-IIol
stein, shall be used for charitable purposes.
Miss Gertrude Pearson Jackson carried of
the highest honors at the annual commence
ment exercises Of the College OF Physician
| and Surgeons in Boston
Mrs Mahala Thompson of st. George Me.
| would be worth thousands OF dollars to SOM
vender of patent hair renewer IL only she ha,
| been so foreseeing as to use such article.
Mrs Elizabeth A. Reed of Chicago ha
| been elected a member OF the Royal Asiati
| society of London. this in honor of her sue
| cesstul work in Hindu and Persian literature
The Wesleyan college at Macon. Ga. claims
| to be the first college in the world to confer
a diploma upon women. In lSi0 this college
conferred a diploma upon Mrs. Catherine
Brewer Benson.
Miss Gertrude Dwyer of San Antonio wat
| crowned Gertrude the First. Queen o.
Texas" at the May festival in san Antonio
She has gone on a royal visit to President
Diaz, in the City of Mexico. and it Is sqit
that her majesty is to negotiate and obtar
some valuable commercial privileges for hpl
rative state
Harriet Prescott Spofford owns and lives in
quaint old mansion on Deer island, near
the old seafaring town of Newburyport
Mass. 1t stands on the rock, Tapped by the
sea waves. Here an ideal existence is led
by herself and her husband. Mrs. Spofford
is famed for her hospitality her rose garden
and her housekeeping
Princess Theresa OF Bavaria, a maiden
lady of mature years and as eccentric in
her appearance as in her behavior. has eX-
plored all South America, as well as un-
known parts of Siberia, her services to the
cause of geography having won for her
honorary membership of most of the geo.
graphical societies of Europe.
The cross of the Legion of Honor is asked
for Duchess Dues by the citizens OF
Nalence. where her monument to Emile
Augier has been set up. They recall the
fact that one of her sons died while in serv-
ice in Africa, and that the other is also a
soldier The monument Is the one which the
jury'refused to admit to the Champs Elysee
oalon.
The aged mother of Joaquin Miller, the
poet Of the Sierras, who has lived with him
on the heights back of Oakland, Cal, for
many years, is slowly recovering from a
stroke of paralysis. and It Is thought she will
survive Mrs. Miller. though 81 years old, is
strong and active. She lives in a pretty
little cabin only a few rods from similar
cabin in which Joaquin dwells. She is an
object of tender regard by her son, who
never permits tourists or curiosity seekers
to annoy her.
Mary ]. Holmes lives at Brockport, N.
Y, and Brown cottage is bower of flowers
from spring till frost The house is low and
rambling, with broad. cool piazzas. and the
writer of fiction and her popular husband,
Daniel Holmes, the lawyer delight in lavish
entertainment. Mrs Holmes has been a
great traveller and she has innumerable
pieces of bric-a-brac, furniture and souvenirs
from Egypt, Constantinope and Athens. She
is a famous gardener
Kate Douglas Wggin Riggs occupies
"Quillcote" way up in Maine. 1t is roomy
dwelling surrounded by fine big trees. Acres
of land surround IT and there is an apple