Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-04-06
THE TATTLER.

A woman who has achieved success as
an aYt Illustrator is Mrs. Clara Isabel
Dodge of Brookline-
Mrs. Lempke, the cooking expert, is said
to WELD the basting spoon as gracefully as
a conductor does his baton.
Lady Henry Somerset employs two sec
retaries, who are busy ten hours a day in
replying to her correspondence and who
have to be diligent then to keep it within
bounds.
Mrs. Smith, n 100 year-old lady of Grant
ham, England, docs all her own house
work, nurses an invalid nephew and sells
potatoes which she has planted and dug
up herself.
Lady Harberton, the apostle of dress re-
forms in England, is the wife of the Wis
count of that name. She is described as
ga weird looking lady, who parts her hair
ON one side, scorns corsets and belongs to
the Pioneer club.
Countess Constance Wachtmeister, one
of the most prominent of living theoso-
phists, is dignifcd woman of middle age
and is by birth an Italian. Her English,
however, is faultless and her vocabulary
varied. Her title is Swedish.
Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher, when she
was first married, made, washed ironed
and sold shirts to neighbours stablemen
in order that she might earn some money
to entertain certain delegates in a manner
befitting her rising young husband.
In the voting by the readers of Woman,
the English journal, to decide who is the
"most popular woman in the United
Kingdom outside of royal circles the Bar
oness Burdett-COutts led the list, with FL
len Terry second and Mime. Patti third.
A home where all unfortunates can find
help has been established at the east end
of London by the Duchess of Newcastle.
This is called st. Gertrude's home. The
duchess has taken up her dwelling in this
quarter that she may devote her life to the
needy.
Much rivalry is said to exist between
Mrs. o. H. p. Belmont and Mrs. Bradley
Martin in the matter of balls, and the ped
igree of each is matter of speculation. Mrs.
Belmont never was in the best Mobile So
ciety Her family was not an F. +. NJ.
one OF the first families OF Mobile.
Emma Eames-Storey began cultivating
her voice in her fifteenth year, and her
daily, faithful practice and study have
placed her where she is. She is an excep-
tionally thorough student, and when she
is not working on new scores she is per-
fecting those she has already learned.
Mrs c. F. Watts, the wife of the great
| artist, is very expert in molding. She has
decorated the ceilings OF Gimnerslease, the
| beautiful Surrey homo of Mr.. Watts, with
charming designs. Over the doorway she
has placed u finely modelled rose to convey
| the old idea of sub rosa as to the sacred
ness of conversation.
Mrs. Amelia Young, the sixteenth and
| favorite wife of Brigham Young, the Nor
mon leader, is still handsome and well pre-
served, ard so well has she managed the
! liberal estate left her by her husband that
it has doubled many times i'll value, and
| as result she is now one of the wealth.
est women in the west.
Signora Cousino of South America, the
richest woman in the world, has copper
and silver mines that yield her an income
| of 500, 900 per month and coal mines
| that net $50, 600 n month, while her stock
farms produce more revenue than all her
| mines put together. She also owns fleet
OF steamships and immense bodies of land.