The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-02
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The women OF the Philippines may not be
able to smell a rat" with the frequency OF
their American sisters, but in other lines OF
smelling they are much moro accomplished.
By a mere sniff at a handkerchief which has
been carried nv an acquaintance they can tell
who the owner is; Their, ~favorite caress ia to
take a good smell Of the cheek of the loved one.
Any little souvenirs Of absent or deceased
friends are smclled instead OF kissed.
Fire hrigades manned" by women are not
in England. There is one at Cir
ton College. where the students have their own
brigade and appliances. Several Of the hos
pitfalls have separate briRades of the nurses and
OF the male attendants. and the nurses are said
to be much quicker than the men. At HOllo-
way College there is u brigade. formed of the
at work in less than a minute. Several estab.
lishments in London having large corps of
women employed have fire companies among
the employees.
The Princess Of Wales seems to have been a
good deal OF a mascot. at any rate to the
eight bridesmaids who attended her at her
wedding thirty-six years ago. In the Ian
guaGe of an English paper. the whole of those
ladies' are still alive. and nothing unusual has
occurred to dim their happiness. although on
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her daughter Princess Victoria. is now cruising
in the Mediterranean on the Osborne.
The Duchess OF Marlborough. who was Miss
Consuelo Vanderbilt. is expected to do some
elaborate entertaining in London during the
season which is about to open. She and her
husband have taken Arlington. House, which
is one of the famous mansions OF the big capt.
ipSu l, father, Mr. William K tanderbilt.
has given her half a million dollars to be spent
on entertaining In her town house.
An English gill had a sad experience re-
Gently. She bought part Of her trousseau on
credit. saying that her father would pay for it.
When the bill reached that gentleman, how
ever. he said he knew nothing about 1t and
refused to pay il. There has been so much
trouble about, giving credit 10 married women
should be n register in which husbands who
will not be responsible for their wives debts
can enroll themselves.
Nine. Lilli Lehman. who is a vegetarian.
says that her daily bill of fare is about as fol-
lows: A glass OF milk at $50 A. NJ. with a little
rye bread and sometimes fruit at noon, vege-
table or rice soup and a plate OF vegetables; at
4P. NJ. cup OF milk. and at 7 O'Clock. some
Now and then during the day she eats fruit.
When she is to sing at night she takes a plate
OF rice at noon aud eats nothing more until
after the opera, generally about midnight.
She says that when an old friend comes to see
her. as Teresa Carreho. for instance. they take
a glass of beer together, but she very rarely in
dulges even in SO mild a dissipation as that.
According to the Sketch there is a lodge Of
women Freemasons In France. About fifty
years ago certain Masons who belonged to the
Feminist movement in France proposed to
admit women to the order. The project was
defeated by a small majority. but in 1882 q
lodge near Paris initiated the leader OF the
Feminists. Nine. Maria, Deraismes. The au-
thorities dissolved the lodge. whereupon DR..
Henry Martin took up the side OF the women.
He decided that nv founding a new "obedience''
it would be possible to organize q feminine
lodge, so In 1894 seventeen women were
initiated by Maria Deraismes, The lodge has
lodges have been organized at Lyons. Eouen
, md Zurich. The meetings are conducted like
those of the men, and. so the Sketch says,
there are no Masonic secrets not known to
the women"
Awoman who has Just returned from China
says that the first impression she received was
OF the beauty Of the country and the rudeness
OF the men. They would hustle a lady Off the
pavement" she said. land as for making way
for her. that never entered their heads. China