The San Francisco call., 1898-02-06
IN THE WOMAN'S WORLD.


known as Christine Nilsson, the famous opera singer, figures as complainant in a bill filed In the Circuit Court under the burnt record" act for the purpose of clearing a record of title held by her to property in Hyde Park. She purchased the property in question more than thirty years ago. The property is valued at
 Mrs. Minnie Cushman, a white woman teacher in the Fort Shaw schools, has been married to Garrott White, a full blooded Piegan Indian. The bride is a daughter of c. c. Bateman, chaplain at Fort Belknap, and formerly of Fort As Sinabofne.
 The friends of Mrs. Theodore Thomas tory in the election of Mrs. Uhl as presi- dent of the Federation of Amateur Musi- cal Clubs.
 It has been decided by the County Court Appellate Division, that a wife cannot sue her husband for assault and battery since in the eye of the law the husband and wife are one.
 body of Mrs. Grant has been placed be- side the. receptacle that holds the re- mains of General Grant in the tomb in Riverside Park.
 Mrs. Maria N. Buckman of Boston is secretary. of the Egyptian exploration fund and editor of the Biblia, an au- thority on all archaeological matters
 Mrs. Gladstone has just celebrated her eighty-sfxth birthday. The elder of the two daughters of Sir Stephen Glynne she vas Tas married to MT; Gladstone on July 25, 1SS9. Her sister. Miss Mary Glynne, on the same day became the wife of Lord Lyttelton.
 The Princess Ena of Battenberg, whose first birthday was October "A, 1887, Is the nearly 300 years.in fact, since the birth of the ill-fated Charles in the year 1900. Prince Donald of Battenberg is the first royal prince born north of the Tweed since in these children appeared in the world in October.
 The wife of the Grand Francais." M. de Lesseps, spends the greater part of the year at La Chesnage. where her husband died She receives a pension of s24 900 a year frem the Suez Canal Company. vited to stand for election as president of the Women Writers Club of London. in succession to Mrs J. R. Green, who has held that office for 8 year.
 A young English lady, who has not long been in Bengal, has decided on becoming a Yogi, or Hindoo nun. She has already put on the ocher robe and has planned out India, the main object of which is the spiritual regeneration of Hndooism. which is at present in a somewhat low state.
 Sister Mary Ellen Ellis whose death in England in her eighty-second year Is re- ported, was almost the last survivor of the devoted band of Roman Catholic sis- teIs Wno accompanied F1orence Nightfn- gale to the Crimea On her return to England Sister Mary was attached to the Hospital of St. John and St. Elizabeth. in Great Ormond street, London. In the present jubilee year she was decorated by Queen Victoria with the Order of the Royal Red Cross, in recognition of her services to the wounded in the East
 Though always elegant and perfectly dressed the Princess of Wales by no means errs on the side of extravagance Her Royal Highness has been known to wear a gown three successive seasons when 1t suited her and remained fresh and handsome.
 The Natural Foot Society," IS gaining ground in China. Chinese ladies who have associated themselves with modern mo- tions are among the leaders in the new been opened in Shanghai where no girls with bound feet will be admitted, and only daughters of upper-class families may enter. = =.