New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-07

Queen four duchesseS at the coronation is Deihs
embroidered at the South Kensington School or
Art Eagles are the decoratio 1t is said that
the Queen has decided to wear royal purple
velvet It Is believed that the Duchess"s OF s2mer
set Leeds Beaufort and Bedford Will be chosen
TO bear the canopy
There are many rawbacks in travelling through
Africa According exchange. Miss Flora
shaw the correspondent Of The London Times
was once travelling IN that country In Il bullock
wagon The sun WAS blazing, the bulloeks were
SLOW the dust was indeserIbabl~ She was max
Ing for frontier town. where she anticipated the
comforts Of bath. ~ the entrance TO The place
Miss shaw beat. dusty and irritable found
herself confronted with the ordeal OF public re-
ception. The officials read her welcome. she Was
al civil 81. could be: ihaG kne Doltth 1oi nc
Sh. sat on tie edge OF The bed and waited Some
minutes passed. At last black servant entered
with a tin vessel in which there was something
stea ming s,izing il. Miss Shaw poured out u
milky; odorifsrous liquid shr nTnsd to the s ser
OF water distinguished cues; a point had been
witch tie fsh had JUS, been boiled
When the Waesand was wrecked short time
ago off Anklesey the Marchioness OF Ormonde Was
one OF the MESSENGERS y j. said that she would
not take her place in the boats until all the older
were safely IN and inat heI compos"re dlu
stricken the vessel was rapidly sinking
The English people fond Of telling Incidents
that Illustrate the generally democrats spirit that
prevails Ia the royal family They are now re-
lating with delight that the Kings eldest dauehter
the Duchess of Fife who is enjoying herself in an
unconventional manner at Brighton, goes shoppins
aud carries her paFHtis holiie H.. har aigh
town, She is usually accompanied ny het nausii-
ana other entertainments while they stroll down
&c the beach every pleasant day. just Ike 1ohs'
One of the most ardent rug collectors in this
city and the proud possessor Of some Of the most
valuable examples in this country. was converted
from Indifference 10 zeal by small but charming
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paid a little matter OF SO thereabonts for II
and had placed it in her library the mans ntst
TemaTk upon SeeS of should cost So
he sat down before IL with ELBOWS * On AlieTs
Jude with l a INTERESTED that he made study Of
the subject. and now exceeds his sister III fus
enthusiasm
The last luncheon OF The Household Economic
Department of the Jamaica Woman's Club. a
monthly festlviy held at the homes of the mem
hers WAS Of the vegetarian sort, and was followed
by discussion OF The pros nd cons OF meat
and nus and shees r obn Kena panH nd
Mrs j. Howard Hobbs are directors OF the depart
ment.
Mrs Laura D. Pelham. who has been proposed
as an independent candidate for alderman or the
Nineteenth Ward OF Chicago has been prominent
in women's work in Chicago for many years. She
is the president Of the Hull House Wome e Dlun:
"rranizations The women of the Hull House Club
are working hard To gain the nomination Tor their
president
Mrs Esther Herman, to whom a testimonial IS
TO be given by the cubwomen OF this city on April
10 * member Of nine mine organizations. 81
which large number philanthropic. IL Is
laid mat Mrs Herman refuses 10 keep carriage
p order tnat she may have larger amount 10
give to the poor One thousand CVercoats were
given by her during a recent winter TO as many
little newsboys. Mrs. herman has a decora:oH
which was bestowed upon her by French society
.;,in of heT btnl
The Pine Tree State Association. OF Los Angeles.
viii keep open house during the week of the fed
Grafton biennial in that city in May, in honor OF
The thirty or more Maine women who TO repre-
sent their State. Mrs. ID. G.. Stevens has offered
her house 10 the association headquarters. and
ne,nhers of the Pine Tree State hospitality
,it,ea will receive their visitors there. The
tations will extend not only to clubwomen but to
All Maine people or women who chance to be-
in fos Angeles in the week OF the biennial Mrs.
Steveuss house ia comnodous place, only three
and a half blocks from the Simpson auditorium.
where the meetings are to be held.
4SNIVERSARY OF WHITE RIBBONERS.
To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the
Eorth New-york Women's Christian Temperance
Union and the eighteenth anniversary of the
-hundl y-sixthst mission, afternoon
and evening meetings held yesterday the
mission in One hundred nd forty-sixth-st.. OF
Third-ave. Prominent speakers gave addresses,
+baro features Mrs