Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-10
Feminine Notes,


soon to return to her home in Washington.
| Mrs. Kruger, wife of the Transvaal presi-
| dent, is soon to have a carriage, for the
| first time.
Princess Henry of Pless has issued an ap-
peal to all English women married to Ger
mans, living in Germany, to contribute
| money toward a celebration in honor OF the
fftieth year OF Queen Victoria's reign.
Mrs. Ernest Curtius, widow OF Prof Cur
thus, the famous German archaeologlst, has
presented a life sized portrait OF her hus-
band to Yale university, which already owns
his valuable library
The Duchess d'orleans and her husband
have Just received present from the gen
erous Due d'Aumale of Paris, France. The
gift coneists of what is known as the York
house at Twickenham, England.
Queen Victoria has conferred the decora-
tion of the Royal Red Cross upon Miss
Sarah Elizabeth Orman, of the Army Nurs-
ing service for her faithful services to the
wounded at Cairo during recent operations
in the Soudan.
Miss Charlotte Dodd has just won her
fifty-sixth tennis trophy at womanfs club
in London. She recently won the "All Eng
land Championship Wimbledon" When Q
years OF age she and her sister won doubles
in the northern championship at Manchester.
Queen Victoria's coronation ring is never
out of her sight, and is worn by her every
evening II is Danu OF BOlu containing
a cross of rubies surrounded by white bril-
liants. A coronation ring is supposed to
symbolic the wedding of the sovereign with
tho nation.
The tragic death of the Baroness En-
manuel Leonino, nee Rothschild, while stag
hunting has cast her many friends into
mourning. Her horse frightened at herd OF
wild boars and unseated her. She fractured
her skull and did not regain consciousness.
She leaves two small children and devoted
husband.
Not everybody knows that La Loie Fuller
was an actress before she was dancer. She
was a soubrette and an all-around come
dienne for many years before she made the
discovery that gave her name and fame. She
st!ll recites charmingly and sings very
nicely, and for encores she gives little bits
of pantomime and limitations OF celebrities
like Yvette Guilbert.
Catherine Cole" of New Orleans was the
first woman reporter on the southern press.
Sixteen years ago Martha Fields-her real
name-went TO work, and by hard, unsparins
labor has paved the way for the easy posi-
tions held by women on the southern jour-
nails. She has done many things-she went
to Ireland and reported politics; has been
staff correspondent at Washington and has
walked across England to write up the coun-
try.
Mrs. Creighton. the wife of the new
bishop OF London, is the daughter of a
Russian merchant. She has always been
interested in womens work and women's
education. Witness her presidency of the
recent national conference, and those ear
lier struggles at Oxford in collaboration
with Mrs. Humphry Ward and Mrs. Max
Muller, which resulted in the oxford as
ISOLATION for the Education of Women. She
is a historian, like her husband
1t is commonly reported that Sara Bern
hardts mother was Berlin Jewess, but
such Is not the case. Sara's mother weo
an Amsterdam Jewess named either Kings
bergen or Magu-the family was a large
one and some of the members took the
latter name because Of their profession OF
showmen. There are dozens Of them alive
in Holland today. Saras mother went to
Paris and there met Bernhard. He was
Swiss or Dutch skilled artisan. who fell in
love with the accomplished and clever rider
and married her.
One OF the most charitable women in Lon
don, as well as the richest, is undoubtedly
the old Baroness Burdett-Coutts and al
though she is pretty well on toward the won
derful age of fourscore years and ten she
still has sufficient of the milk Of human kind
ness stored within her heart to think OF
others sorrows among her own plenty. She
has sent a letter to most of the womens s
papers In London last week. that gives some
idea OF her work and her aims. On behalf OF
the Destitute Children's Dinner society she
ventures to hope that there will be many
who will respond to the earnest petition for
speedy aid to enable the dining-rooms to be
kept open.
Misc Kate Wheelock, the well known whist
teacher, began her successional professional
career ten or twelve years ago. At first she
taught a class for nothing, but she was
Don struck by the idea that she had money
making occupation at her hand, and began
charging a regular fee for her Instructions !
Ever since then she has had all she could |
10 In the way OF conducting classes has
rayeled from place to place, wherever elias es
nave been organized, and has lately intro
iuced an invention In the shape OF a stereop-
Icon. by means OF which she is able to teach |
arge classes to better advantage. She de- |
,lares that In spite OF her long prejudice to |
he contrary. women may and do play Yhigt |
lulte AZ well a. men.