The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-10-30
BITS ABOUT WOMEN.

Bertha V. Thompson, a BRIGHT vo,nc.
woman who graduated in 1892 at 4 Chica-
go medical college, was appointed , y
physician of Oshkosh, Wis, last week by
Mayor Ideson, to succeed DR.. r. n. Mint
eel, the regular city physician, who has
been suspended from duty pending an
Investigation. DR.. Thompson is the first
woman to hold the office of city physician
in the State of Wisconsin. She was born
in Neenah, Wis, and was teacher for q
few years, and then served as nurse in
hospitals before studying medicine. She
is the only woman physician in Oshoksh.
1t is fact worthy Of note that Mrs
=. b. Lincoln, of Plattsburg, Mo-, who
mas won so many medals for her whole
some bread as exhibited at several fairs,
expositions, ETC., is not a graduate of
any cooking school. Her mother taught
her to make bread when she was about IL
years Of age, and she in turn has taught
her little daughters.
Miss De Rothschild, who is one of the
cleverest lady horticulturists, has col
lection of roses valued at $50, 900. The
rose is the favorite flower with all the
great Rothsohilds of Europe.
Mrs. Mckinley prefers Secretary Por.
ter's5b black horses for heromorning drives
and has discarded her pairSof bays. Mrs.
Mckinley will visit Missouri next month.
A young girl, an ardent admirer of
Nine. Melba, at u reception given for the
latter was so completely overcome when
it came her turn to have word with the
prima donna that, blushing crimson and
looking up with a sweet smile, she MUIR
INJURED: 'You sing. I believer"
The Duchess of York has ordered a
magnificent embroidered dress from the
Poor Ladies' Work Society of Ireland. It
will be begun at once, as it can be d.
vided and given to different embroider-
ers. 1t will be of rich white satin, orna-
mented in diamond and silver. The
dress will cost $500, and will be made up
by Dublin rirm.
Mrs. Brown Of Auchmithie, Scotland,
is the Oldest postmistress in Queen Victo.
ria's service. On the introduction of the
penny post she was appointed first post
mistress of that town, an Office which she
still holds Although in her. ninety SEQ
ond year, she possesses all her faculties,
and is able to attend to the business of
her office without spectacles.
The Queen of Servia, who has been
spending the summer at Biarritz, was so
unfortunate as to lose some more jewels.
1t will be remembered that,sh lost dia-
mond ring last year. This time it was
parure of diamonds. A few days later an
advertisement appeared in the local pa
pers to the effect that if the jewelry were
returned to the Queen she would present
it to the poor of Biarritz. Two days af-
terward she received her lost or stolen
diamonds by post, accompanied by a
sheet of coarse paper, on which was
scrawled in printed characters: 81 shall
be curious to see If a Queen can keep her
word" The Queen did keep her word,
and presented the restored trinkets to the
Sisters of Charity, who started man.
moth subscription list, and a poor little
seamstress in some way became the fortu-
nate possessor Of the jewels.
Mrs. N. Honsinger and her daughter
Maud, of MissouIa, Mont, are employed
by the State Department. in draw
ing township pIats OF the different land
offices.
Mrs. Leila Seton Wilder is one of the
leading women in the State of Alabama.
She is the owner and manager of "Wilder
Place." on the Tennessee river, near
Decatur. Wilder Place is one of the finest
plantations in the South, containing, as
it does, 1000 acres of rich land, part of
which is under cultivation. The re-
mainder is heavily timbered. Mrs. Wilder
is widow, and heavy tax payer. She
manages the entire plantation and EN-
ploys over hundred negro laborers who
raise abundant cotton crops. III
California has added many to the list
of renowned women, and among them
are the KIumpke sisters. There are four
of then-Dorothea, one of the chief work |
ers Of the Paris observatory Anna a |
portrait painter in Boston; Augusta. a |
physician in Paris, and Julia, one of the |
most brilliant pupils of Ysaye, the violin |