The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-06

Conference to be held in Washington. from F bruary F to IS. are: Mrs. Florence Fenwick Miller and Mrs Stanton Blatch, England; Miss Vida Goldstein. Australia; Senorita Huilubro, Chili; Miss Susie So- rabji India; Mime. Sofja Levovna Frined- land. Russia, Fraulein Antoine Stolle Germany. and Mrs. Emmy Evald, Swe- den.
 The summer home of Sarah Bernhardt was once a fort, and dates from the year 1750. It is situated on the Brittany coast, on a rock ledge that extends far out into the sea, where the great waves beat around its bare and sea birds shriek and circle above it. When Mime. Bernhardt is at the quaint old place flag flies from low tower.
 The wife of the great French lawyer who defended Captain Dreyfus will spend a part of the winter in Montclair, N. j.. She will be the guest of Mime. Catharine Churchill Hurry, who is noted as plan iste. Mime. Hurry's cousin. Dr. Avery woodworth, married a sister of Mime. Labori Mime. Labori was a Miss Mar guerite OKey, and her first marriage was to Vladimir de Pachmann. the pianist. She is an instrumentalist of acknowl- edged ability.
 4 girl who had been very clever at col- lege came home the other day and said to her mother: Mother, I've graduated but now I wish to take up psychology, philoicgy. bibli--"
 Just wait a minute" said the mother. T have arranged for you a thorough course in roastology, boilology. stitch ology, darnology. pathology and general domesticology. Now put on your apron and pick that chicken"
 Mrs. W. I. Treat of Bangor. Me. has among her most cherished possessions little strip of the flag which draped the theatre box occupied by President Bin- coin when he was shot thirty-six years ago. It was this flag which ripped the assassin. Booth. 70 that he broke his leg when he leaped from the box ito the stage.
 It is very distressing to learn from report of the New England Historic Ge- theological Society that most of our Amer ican '-heraldry'' is an imposition. If de- dependence cannot be placed on herald ry'' where shall we hang our trust?-Al- bany Journal
 Palmyra, Wis, boasts of the only wo- man city attorney in the United States. She is Miss Marie Anderson. Is 2 years old, and. in adii ion to her practice as lawyer. is a notary public and political speaker She got her first impetus to study law by reading Blackstone while she was convalescing from an attack Of typhoid fever.
 It is said that the mill girls at the south side of HaZleton. Pa, have fore sworn all iuxl,ries and will contribute the money they formerly spent for candy, etc. to the maintenance of a night school, which they will attend in order to get an education.
 Mrs. John Jacob Astor and other so- ciety leaders have formerly recognised Minnie Maddern Ftske as the social head of the acting profession of America by 8 public reception at the Waldorf-Astoria.
 Mrs. Ole Bull, who lives in Cam bridge, Mass, has presented the violin used by her husband to the museum at Bergen. It was made by Gasparado Di Salo in l532, and was first brought by Cardinal Aldobrandi.
 X movement to organize Shakespeare clubs throughout the world has been started by Marie Corelli. The head Stratford-on- Avon. The object of this movement is to stimulate a more intel- ligent reading of the poets works.
 There is to be a revival of George Elit, largely because the protection of copyright is expiring. ''The Mill on the Floss" will be public property in the spring and many new editions of 1t will be published.
 The engagement of Miss Katherine Taorr of Buffalo N Y to William Loeb, Jr.. President Roosevelts personal secre- tarv. was announced from Washington on Wednesday last. Miss Dorr is a daughter of MT. and Mrs. Henry Dorr nf Buffalo. She met Mir. Loeb in Albany. when he was Secretary to the Governor
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