Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-02
Feminine Notes.

Mrs. St. John, wife of the ex-governor o
Kansas. has been appointed one of thu
Board of Regents of the State Agriculture
college.
Nine. Sara Bernhard has finished a bus
OF NJ. Sardou, upon which she has beer
working for many weeks past. The like
ness Is said TO be striking.
Miss Bird, a woman missionary in Persia
at a meeting recently made addresses to 35i
Persian women In one day. She addressed
about 100 women and children at one time.
Lady Henry Somerset ~contempIates erect.
ing a heroic figure Of Christ out of doors in
the heart of DuXhurst, her temperance vii.
lage in England. This is commonly seen in
other countries, but entirely new to the Brit
iSh Isle.
The czarina OF Russia has made another
gift toward the fund for residential quar-.
ters for women students at the st. Peters,
burg Medical Institute for Women. Hell
last donation was 0 5000 rubles.
Mrs. Russell Sage has two handsome Nal.
tese cats named Malta and Melita. They
arc great pets and have the run of the house
from top to bottom. Mrs. Sage has had
them since they were kittens.
Lady Henry Somerset is giving lectures,
illustrated by stereopticon views, upon THE
Industrial Farm at Duxhurst, Reigate." She
is constantly receiving letters from distin-
guished bishops and divines commencing the
excellent work.
In France women have a monopoly on
bookkeeping In restaurants and cafes. They
are well paid and have few expenses, their
meals being furnished by the restaurant and
a plain black dress being all that is required
In the way OF toilet during working hours,
After twenty-five years of hard work at the
Vienna opera and elsewhere, Frau Materna
has asked for her pension, on the ground
that while she Is still able to sing selections,
a whole opera Is too hard a task for her.
The pension she receives amounts to $3.50
forms.
The women do not possess full suffrage In
Kansas, but they secured more public offices
in the last election than did the women Of
Utah or C~olorad0-twenty county superin-
tendents Of public instruction and all the
officers from mayor to chief Of police in two
cities.
The will OF the late Lady Wallace shows
that her personal estate was valued at over
So, 700, 900 and the net value was 81, 500, 600,
exclusive of the So 900, 900 art collection which
she left 10 the British nation. Lady Wallace
made several large charitable requests and
remembered her friends literally.
Mrs. John b. Henderson of Washington,
ID. C., wife of the ex-senator from Missouri,
in addition TO being a prominent social
leader OF Washington, is a talented artist, a
great beauty and a champion OF woman suf-
frage. To her is accredited the statement
that the majority OF women of official cir
cles of Washington are of the same opinion,
Mrs. Agnes l.. d'Arcambal OF Michigan is a
philanthropist of rare merit. In Kalamazoo,
many years ago, she visited the Jail and the
state prison. In 1872 she began work for
discharged prisoners. and secured a library
for them, e~nlisting the school children Of
her city to earn money and buy books for 1t.
With their help she gathered 500 volumes.
Later she established a home OF industry
for discharged prisoners, which has proved
OF great value.
Nine. Patti, who is a wonderful housewife.
has a perfect passion for linen, Her cup
boards are among the wonders OF Craig-y-
Nos. With innocent coquetry, Caroline. her
faithful seryitreSs OF thirty years standing.
has tied up the beautiful sets OF sheets aud
pillow cases and towels and table cloths
and napkins In pink and blue ribbon. with
little upstanding bows, 80 the cupboard,
when opened. resembles a flower garden.
Mrs. W. NJ, Marsh Of Groton. N. Y. is
the only woman waose signature appears