Omaha daily bee., 1899-01-15
Feminine PersOMals.


Among saleswomen Of New York Mrs:
Richard Croker enjoys the reputation OF
being the kindest and most considerate
shopper in the city.
Mrs McKinleys health has greatly i'm
proved since she went to Washington. In
the last two years she has gained twenty
pounds in weight.
1t may safely be said that the youngest
law student In the University Of New York
is Mrs. Franceska Haidee. who is II years
old, but has graduated from a college at
Berlin, been married year, and taken q
, trip around the world.
Mrs. Rebecca d. Lowe, president OF the
General Federation Of Womens Clubs. has
indorsed the movement of the club women
of Colorado to prevent, II possible, the Chi
cago & Northwestern railroad from discharg-
ing all its women employees, as proposed'
Countess Balsch, who died the other day
at Jassy, was the last Of the old Roumanian
nobility. She was q notorious miser, and
lived on almost nothing, although after her
death no less than 1,650,00O francs in cash
were found secreted in various parts OF her
house
Mrs. Elizabeth B. GRAMS, president of the
National Christian League for the Promotion
OF Social Purity, who recently made severe
structures on the white people OF the south
in connection with the South Carolina race
riot, says she has received numerous letters
purportng to come from negroes, containing
offers of marriage.
The death is announced OF Mrs. Mary
Macpherson, the Skye poetess. The late
Prof. Blackie met her in Skye while he
was collecting funds to establish the chair
of Celtic at Edinburgh university and pre-
sented to her silver mounted walking
stick. while she made him the Highland
plaids which he wore to the end of his
life, and one of which was placed In his
coffin.
10 Dorr ~, n
woman's college at Lynchburg. Va, made
quite q sensation by lecturlng on Some
Errors In the Education Of Girls" before the
pupils of Randolph Macon institute. She Ia
woman of advanced views and favors the
higher education OF women, and introduced
many novel IDEAS to a somewhat shocked
audience. The south Is not ready for ad-
vanced ideas
The countess Of Warwick, the noted
beauty, drives what are regarded as the
best matched pair Of white Arabian ponies
In England. She owned one and the late
Baron Rothschild another. The baron Of
fered her large sum for her pet, but she
laughingly refused to sell. Perhaps In doing
so she displayed great shrewdness, for In q
day or two he sent her his pony, saying
he could not bear to see the two separate.
Miss Lavinia Dempsey. who, as queen of
the Holland Danes Of New Netherlands. has
furnished New York more or less amuse-
ment, donned last Thursday the robes in
which she was crowned and proceeded in
coach and four, with courtiers and attend
ants to the East side, where she distributed
presents to the poor children Of that To-
calfty. The party left the Holland house
In state and paraded through the principal
streets to their destination. The AFFAIR was
called Twelfth Night celebration"
OF the late Mrs. Lily Lord Tiff OF Buffalo
the Express Of that city says: "She may
fairly be described as a prominent citizen oa
Buffalo She held one public Office, that of
member OF the Board Of School Examiners.
but she was identified with several semi
public bodies which are doing good work
In this community. She was q woman of
large brain and large heart Her Intellect
was keen and well balanced. 1t made ef-
fective her ambition to serve her fellow
women and men, That combination of com
mon sense energy and good will was bound
to make an impression on her time and her
town."