The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-28
BUSINESS, ART AND EDUCATION

Miss Sarah G. Wsedsn' rel1 tive Of the
superintendent of the Massachusetts, State
almsnouse. in Charestown, which is 10 be
devoted hencefOrth solely to tine care Of
women and aged couples.
Prague boasts a s2oo.cGo woman's building
the gift of Madame Peskova. The structure
is the center and stimulus OF feminine az
tivities in the Austrian EMPIRE as it is the
preparatory scsool for Prague university Ii
1t hundreds Of Bohemian women prepare
themselves for life Or advanced study. The
donor was recently decorated by the emperor
Of Austria in rec ignition Of her services.
Sarah Bernhard is now about to so to Asia
at the invitation of the maharajah who has
promised her tiger hunts and Nautch dances
if she will appear in all of her famous imper-
sopatons.
Mrs. C. P. Barnes. of Louisville, KY, is the
sole proprietor, manager and buyer Of one
of the oldest jewery stores in Louisville.
There are said to be but four women jewellers
in the United States.
Rosa Bonheur has honored Miss Arna
Klumpke with permission to paint her pr
trait. Miss Klumpke. formerly of San Fran
cisco, lived for some time in Paris, where she
ranks well among painters. She has been a
frequent exhibitor at the Salon, where she cb-
tanned an honorable mention in 1885, In 1889
she won a bronze medal Miss Klumpke's
vigorous and brilliant work is well known in
Chicago, where she exhibited frequently at
the Art Institute.
Elizabeth Nourse the American artist in
Paris is an example Of strength in the weak
frame of woman" says the London Studio.
When 1t became known that the artist who
ri nup nd thn Enr 1tlxy
Meal was but girl. the world Of art was
fairly surprised. Puvis de Chayannes was
among the first to discover the talent Of
the young American, and when she was made
an associate of the Societe Rationale des
Beaux-Arts in 1895, the great French painter
expressed his satisfaction at the general recog-
since exhibited at each yearly salon at the
Champ-de-Mars, and has always been much
noticed Her fame Is moreover, steadily
and her pictures are always in great demand
for exhibitions in all parts of the world. For
instance. last year pictures from her brush
ville Pittsburg St. Louis, Chicago and Wash-
| ington."
Frau Cosima Wagner was considered one
of the most severe critics during the Wagner
season at Covent Garden, London, and her
visits to other cities where her husbands
works are being performed cause the musical
authorities to vince
Wagner himself was probably not 50 imper-
alive nor so unyie,ding where principle was
concerned Not bar of his music but this
remarkable woman knows how its creator
desired it sung or played; not detail of
the mise-en-scene but she knows all the Sc
crets of stage machinery behind it, She has
no legal right to interfere, but without a
single excepti>R the big cities of Europe have
welcomed her influence and listened to her
counsel.
When Jean de Reszke took the liberty Of
cutting different portions of "Siegfried" re-
Gently at Covent Garden. Frau Cosima quite
incidentally mentioned her disgust at the In
was in the mouth of all London ;Rt the end
OF the next twenty-four hours. "S6agfried"
has been intact SINCE
It is said that women abroad are visiting
the Louvre, and enchanted by her beauty,
have banded together to try to become like
the Venus de Milo In form.