The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-03-14
WOMAN ano
SOCIETY.
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her home, will be married to Prince
Eugene OF Sweden II he can gain the
assent of his father and arrange to resign
his right Of succession to the throne Of
the Bernadottes, as his elder brother.
Oscar. did some years ago, when he made
morganatic alliance. Prince Eugene
ID q painter Of some note. who has lived
IN the Latin quarter fer some years.
Madame Maurice Sand. who died not
long ago spent many years in arranging
the correspondence Of her famous mother
in-law-a correspondence which is soon to
be published. There are thousands Of
letters. many Of them from the most dis
tinguished men of her time, and the
desks, cupboards and shelves of George
Sands house are filled with them. The
Chopin correspondence was burned by the
novelist herself and the Du Musset fami-
ly obtained an injunction from the court
forbidding the de Musset correspondence
to appear.
The Investigations OF the Department
Of Labor begun a few years ago, in re-
gard to the relative employment of men
and women in this country. brought out
some interesting statistics. Among other
things 1t was found that a rule men
received 80 per cent more than women
for the same class Of work. From 1885
to 1896 the number of males employed
increased go per cent, and the number
of females 50 per cent; 30 per cent. Of
the women working were single. as COM
pared with 70 per cent. at the time OF
the previous census y
The Russian Princess Dermidoff has
achieved considerable of a reputation as
a traveller. She has stalked chamois
in the Caucasus, caught $50 trout in a
single day in the Big Laba, journeyed
across Asia to Japan and through Kam-
schatka and experienced numerous excit-
mfg adventures in various lands.
Mrs. Fenwick Miller, one of the foreign
delegates to the recent woman's rights
convention at Washington. is an example
OF feminine industry and perseverance,
She studied medicine in London at the
women's medical college taking the first
class honors In all the seven subjects Of
study in that Institution. and also attend
ing the practice in several hospitals, both
in London and in. Paris. As II was not
legal at that time for women to practice
in England. she took up literature. At
% she was elected q member of the Lon
don school board and served for nine
years. Lecturing and writing has occu-
pied most OF her time. She has been
an ardent advocate of woman's suffrage
for years and for some years edited the
suffrage newspaper. the Woman's Signal
She has contributed to most of the
prominent English papers and written
books on physiology. the woman's move
ment, a Life Of Harriet Martineau" and
"In ladies Company"
2 Mrs. Anna Conover, formerly an Ameri-
can actress. who has been the soul OF the
campaign for preventing cruelty to Paris
cab horses, has been officially listed for
decoration with the cross of the Legion
Of Honor
An exchange says: A scrapbook that
will probably be valued as an heirloom
in the family of its maker was recently
exhibited among a collection of curios.
The book was begun twenty-five years
ago. and contains samples OF all the
gowns worn by the originator during that
time. Near these are pasted pieces of
the dresses worn by her daughter. who
will ultimately possess the book and con-
tinue the family record.