Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-02

cried out: "Are there no men among
you who will fight? As for me, 1 am
but woman; but would far rather
die in my palace than yield to the
French. New York Journal
Eastern women are discussing
whether the model walking skirt shall
be five inches or six inches from the
ground.
Queen Elizabeth of Roumania has
been created Grand Cross of the Or
der of Saint Savo by the King of Ser
via, who has sent her the insignia of
the order i'll brilliants.
The first woman to act as rabbi in a
Hebrew synagogue is Mrs. Hannah G..
Solomon, who recently made her ap.
pearance in the Sinai Temple at Chi
cago, under the guidance of DR..
Hirsch.
The wife of captain of British
vessel is about to apply for captain s
certificate. She has sailed with her
husband for eighteen years, and for
seven years has carried second mates
papers.
The syndicate of the University OF
Cambridge has recommended the be.
stowal of the degree of B. A. and Mas
ters of Arts upon women, and also
decided to confer upon them honorary
degrees.
In the Medical Shool of Agra, In
dla, seventeen young native women
recently passed the examinations, and
one OF 5he number, Miss L.. Singh,
made the second highest mark in the
university.
| Women prompters are taking the
place of men in Covent Garden, Lon
don, as 1t has been found that their
voices carry better across the stage
than mems and are less audible IN the
auditorium,
All Berlin is talking of the feat per-
formed by Princess Marie Won Hohen-
lobe, wife OF the Imperial Chancellor.
The Princess is sixty-eight years Of
age, and while hunting on her estates
in Russia she killed bear.
Miss Ellen Terry, the actress, al.
ways has basketful of clothes for the
poor IN her home In South Kensing-
ton, and when callers come she pro-
duces the basket and makes them knit,
sew or crochet while they talk.
In Denmark and in Norway the
posts of shorthand writers at the re-
spective Parliaments of those coun-
tries are chiefly occupied by women,
1t having been found that women as q
rule succeed far better than men in
this form of reporting.
The supposed grave of Eve is visited
by over 40, 900 pilgrims in each year.
II is to be seen at. Jeddah, in ceme-
terry outside the city walls. The tomb
is fifty cubits long and twelve wide.
The Arabs entertain belief that Eve
was the tallest woman that ever lived.
Mrs. Elizabeth S. Calvert died
recently at her residence in Newport.
r. l., at an advanced age. She was
the widow of Hon. George H. Calvert,
Newport's first Mayor, a native of
Baltimore, and descendant of Lord
SulNClb, uisO VI ltuDSus. luo famous
artist.
The failures of women in business
during the past years have occurred
mostly from losses, and only in rare
cases from extravaganza. The lady
farmers seem the most successful, as
only twelve of their number failed.
1t Is interesting to notice that there
were fewer failures among spinsters
than among married women and
widows.
Two of the most successful American
writers OF newspaper advertisements
are Miss Mamie Hungerford and Miss
Nellie Riordan, of Washington. Both
started as typewriters, but by close
application and studying the methods
of advertisers and reading all the
various advertising Journals, they
rapidly developed into advertisement
writers, and manage their own lists of