New-York tribune., 1901-09-12
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Great interest In the wOmens memorial 10 Queen
| Victoria il manifest in England and the women
managers are now pushing the matter vigorously
| in hopes shortly to the required funds The
chief object of this movement, is we'll known is
! to endow adequately the Jubilee Institute for
Nurses. which was started by the late Queen. The
Na!ionai & Ofiion OF Momeh WORKERS and the Moth
erS Union nave already sent in generous gifts,
while he returns from Peterborough Ludlow and
dents in Is Oh IsctiHr Th III bi me l u,hTr OF reSl- resi-
bne nreanized m m ,n,I me noe T 6Iit 6xdo IS now
efforts, Lady Londonderry and other women OF
increase the general fund and many prominent
theatrical people will conduct entertainments for
/ the benefit of the cause.
The women OF Evanston. Ill. headed by the Ev-
anston Women's Club. have succeeded in intro
ducing a cooking and housekeeping course in the
public school system. A wealthy woman became
interested In the idea owing the efforts OF the
club that she proposed to equip kitchen and Pay
end of which period. If the experiment proved sue
cessful. she viii permanently endow a department
for domestic science in the public schools
The latest cure for badness is pronounced by Dr.
Delos Parker of England. to be nothing more COM
plieated than correct breathing In the common,
careless mode OF inhang and exfaling, DIR. Parker
believes air which is left unexpred in the obules
OF lungs ebsorbs certain impurities of the body
This is then, In turn. absorbed by the blood from
the air cells Of the lungs and has a poisonous
effect on the hair. DR.. Parker bases the proof OF
his theory on certain experiments upon living ami
mails which he has performed lie Injected into
dogs rabbits and hens the decomposed organic mat
ter that exists in respired air. On each or these
animals. after few injections a bad @ SPOT aps
bare skin grew larger till whole part OF the boo
the animals upon whom the experiments Were made
continued in apparently perfect health eating and
ceptibiy vary When the injections stopped
haling and vigorous breathing, says DR.. Parker
would prevent the harboring OF air Ia the lungs.
which proves so detrimental to the hair.
At Monte Carlo about a week ago young Ger
man named Zockinger shot himself after great
losses cards. In his room at the hotel was
found a heap of books explaining infallibe
r,a,hod of winning at roulette and rente ct qua
rante There were also many letters showing
extensive correspondence with woman who is
professional teacher of card playing. She con
Carlo endeavoring to gain pupils for her system,
and been elected m from m, Mopaeo aPae as she in
ever asserts that the doors Of these places
6res be hank frequently she arrives by train
at Monte Carlo but is invariably put into the next
She writes daily. giving advice as TO colors and
numbers.
The latest pet OF the British Embassy Con-
stantinopie Is young bear. 1t was performing
one day the quay I'm front of the embassy. and
one OF the secretaries thought IT would happier
II he bought IT, II is quite young and amusing.
but is getting rather large. The other day 1t
managed to escape and started to walk ABOUT tse
3 child but happily without doing it any harm.
When its escape known the embassy all
the cavasses In their gorgeous scarlet uniforms
went In pursuit. and IL recaptured. One Of
the women allowed IL lick her hands and
horrihed to find afterward il had taken all the
skin of II rejoces in the name of Caterira.
The Duchess of Cornwall~and York does
share the superstition that the opal is ''un-
lucky" stone; on the contrary, she is fond OF it.
and when In Australia accepted fine spec-
mems of Queensland opais. Queen Victoria, too.
had fine collection Of the lovely muIti-colored
stones particularly well set" in diamonds