Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 25, 1887, Page 11

\~ . i - IN THE FEMININE DOMALN, The Richest Woman. in the World—XMrs. Oleveland's Popularity. BOME RICH ANERICAN WOMEN, Women in Editorial Chairs—Mrs. Donnelly’'s Rebuke—A Female Real Estate Agent—Delva Lockwood's Candia Too Much of A Muchness. The quecrest of all fashion’s frealks, The very freshest of her “‘fads,” ‘That takes talent to its bent, n1 takes the dollars of our dads, It is the craze that now demands, That everything a gitl may wear *Blust match, unto the very shade, The tucked-up masses of hier hair. Or be 1t gold orbronze or brown, Or be it twany, tan or red, tler zown, her gloves, her hat, her hose, Must match the hair that’s on her head, Or be her locks a raven black, Or what the French call blonde eendree Her tout ensemble must coincide, Or she is “counted out” to-day. DIIA\| nnlulre Ibnlm her tresses bright Fashion must somehow follow suit, And, willy-nilly, toe the mark. But when by some encarnadined, Concatenation you're nrpnll e Altho’ a christian, you will wis] ‘T'he red-haired girl had been born bald. Rich American Women. Washington Post: Hetty Green is credited with being the most of a cavital- ist of her sex in the United States. Her wenlth would foot up from $35,000,000 to £50,000,000, I suppose. She .inherited $13,000,000, married $1,000,000, and has made the rest by surowd finunciering. Another clear-headed woman is Miss Elizabeth Garrett, who must have $20,000,000 or more and who knows how to take care of it. She was her father's private secretary for years and under- stands Baltimore & Ohio stock as well as anybody. Miss Garrett is not as rich as she would be if she were less charitable. She never flings money away reckles but expends larger sums with discrimin- ation and good sense on educational and thilumhronic prajects. Mrs. Mark Hop- ins is ricker than Miss Garrett, though her neighbors, the village folk, are less enthusinstic about her than they used to be before she put up a_ high fence or Chinese wall about that $2,000,000 palace of hers at Great Barrington. Mrs Hop- kins is not worth less than $30,000,Q90 or £35,000,000 probably, and she,too,is noted for her chari Mrs. Emily H, Moir,the heir of the Morgan vroverty, pays the largest personal assessment of any woman in New York, and Mrs, Sarah H. Green comes next to her. Mrs. John Jacob Astor hasa tidy sum of from $7,000,000 to $9,000,000. Rich New York widows estimated from 41,000,000 to 5,000,000 abound, and there are some hundreds of unmarried women under thirty who have from $100,000 up- wards in their own name. Mrs. W. E. Dodge has invested her money well and it amounts to £6.000,000 perhaps. Com- modore Vanderbiit's widow has some- thing more than double what he left her. Mrs. Robert Goelet and Clarkson Pot- ter's widow are not poor. Miss Mav Callendre must be worth a million. ‘The Misses Leary and the Misses Furniss, of Fifth uvenue, have large incomes. Miss Adele Grant, who has been starring 1t, with Miss Winslow for foil, has $700,000 or more. Mrs. Langtry has got above the $100,000 mark. rs. John Minturn has money. Miss Grace H. Dodge has a fortung of her own. Mrs. Frank Leslie must have $1,000,000. Mrs. Hicks-Lord has several millions. ‘There are some married women in New York who have private fortunes. Mrs. Whitney has plenty of money and will have more. Whitelaw Reid got his money h D. O. Mill's daughter, and Mayor Hewitt Lis with Peter Cooper’s daughter. A rich New Englander is Mrs. Sutton, of Peabody, Mass. Heér husband left her #5,000,000." She has made it not far from $6,000,000, She has not had a happy life, for the one son on whom she set her heart broke his collar-bone half a dozen times falling from ottomans and chairs, and finally broke his neck falling from a Shetland pony. She has endowed a magnificent reference lhbrary room in the Peabody library, founded by George Peabody, and ber boy's mcture, framed in gold, hangsonits walls, Mrs. Fred- erick Lenoir, of Springfield, is another rich Bay state woman, owning perhaps 4,000,000, Agassiz's daughter, Mrs. Shaw, of Boston, is made wealthy by her husband's gifts, and supports great num- bers of frec kindergartens. One of the wealthlest Baltimore dames is Mrs. Hutton, daughter of Thomas Winans. She has $12,000,000 or more. Mrs. Sarah McEvoy, of Chie:n%o, has half that, perhaps. Mrs. C. H. McCor- mick, of Chicago, has about that much. The Drexel sisters, of Philadelphia, have some. millions apiece, and the widow of Tom Scott, the railroad presi- dent, had $4,000,000 or $5,000,000 left her bF her husband. There are dozens of rich Philadelphia widows and some good catches among the heiresses. Miss Ellen Erven, for instance, hasa big income. Miss Lillan Reeves and Miss Helon Rives, late scttlers in_the citv of broth- ly love, have not less than §1,500,000 apiece. Mrs. Disston Las a great deal of mon Washington is nota city of rich women, but there are several who have $1,000,000, some who have more than that sum. It would be hard, indeed, to find a city in the United States which has not women whose property lists reckon up good sums, Major Burke's wife of New Orlenns, and Mrs. Nicholson, editor and owner of the Picayune of that city, are rich southern ladies, and Miss Celeste Stauffer, to whom Tilden left §100,000, is one of the prettiest and brightest young women of that city a3 well. Murs, Alvinza Heyward, wife of the San Francisco capitalist, has $3,000,000 which her husband gave her in her own name. Her married experience hns been a checkered one. She married Heyward not long after he began life with $100 and his freedom suit, and was left behind 1n Miunesota while her husband went west to look for gold. She did not hear from him for a pumber of years, and 1t is re- ported that he said she never would have heard from him if he had not struck it vich. He got down to his last dollar, borrowed from Flood or some of the bonanza men to put into a mine that for sowe reason he had taith in, struck pay- dirt, divided up handsomely with his kenefactor, and all went merry, though some of the younger men have heaped up bigger piles since. Heyward doesn’t believe in_extravagance, 8o he launched his son with $50,000 only when he came of age. There are a number of cattlp queens who have made monnf. Mrs. Henry C. Meredith, of Cambridge City, Ind., has mherited a famous stock farm from her husband, who in turn received it from General Sol Meredith, his father. Mrs. Meredith is an authority in her business, and was the only woman present at the annual meeting of the Indiana Shorthorn Breeders' association at Indianapolis a few weeks ago. Mise Anne Thomas, of Billings, Mo., has a big ranch and two aying mines near Butte City. Mrs. ogers, the Texas ranchwoman, has ade a million, Mrs, Bishop Iliff War- ren, who got her money from Iliff, the Colorado, cattle king, is a wealthy woman. She manages her ranch per- sonally, and shows excellent judgment. Prima donnas one takes for granted. Patti gave. a million francs to M. de Caux to get rid of him. Lucca gave a good bit to her Jusband. Nilsson pen- sioned Rouzeaud "and Gerster has pen- sioned Gardini, Prince Ferdinand's Mother. Modern Society: ‘“‘Prince Ferdinand's mother,’” writes a correspondent, *'a re less, intriguing and busy old lady, with mmense handle to her face and blink- ing eyes that don’t dare tolook straight- forward lest they should reveal the “managing’ soul behind them, is r:mslng prayers to be offered up for her son’s sake at all the lady chapels of Upper Austria, and is sending a gift to Lourdes to secure the protection of the virgin of that shrine for Ferdimand. She has great confidence in Marien Zell, a holy place up high in the mountains on the road from Vienna to Trieste. Pilgrimages were made to it by her mother, Queen Caroline of Naples, who was at once the most debauched and most superstitious woman of her time, and by her great. grandmother, the Empress Maria The- resa. Prince Ferdinand’s wealthy moth- er, who adores her youngest son, is pre- pared to Iaunch him as a sovereign in a wanner beseeming his rank. Women tn Editorial Chairs. Indianapolis Journal: It would make a long list simply to enumerate the ,names of wonien who sit in the editorial chairs of magnzines. Mrs. Mary Mapes Dodge went from a successful literary career to the office ot St. Nicholas. Ella Farman Pratt takes an occasional part in making up Wide Awake. Of the fashion periodi- culs there 18 no better edited publication of any kind in the country than Harper's Bazar, of which Mrs. Mary .. Booth,and in her absence Mrs. S, Jonant, has full control. Jennie June has a half owner- ship in Godey's Lady Book and is su- nreme in the editorisl room. Mme. t has bullust retired from the business control of the magazine bearing ber name. The widow of Poterson, the Pl elphia publisher, has taken Peter- son’s Maguzine into her own hands, both editorially and financially. The Ladies’ World pays the woman at its head $5,000 a year, and the new dress reform maga- zine, Dress, if Mrs. Jennie Miller will al- low it to be classed with fashion publica- tion is in part owned and wholly ~ managed by its editor, who if putting a good deal of fresh talent into its early issues. Mrs. Laura_Holloway edits the Home Library Magazine and the Woman's Argosy. new Chicago ventures, which promise large success. Mrs. Jos phine Redding edits two decorative art magazines very ably, and the housekeep- ng magazines are in swarms. Of a more serious cluss of publications,Mrs. Martha J. Lamb has increased the circulation and made the reputation of the Magazine of American History, and Miss Jeannette Gilder commands unlimited respect for her work oun the Critie, Philanthropic ublications of all sorts are in feminine hands. Edward Everett Hale's Lend a Hand 18 largely directed by a woman.and the list, not of women who supply m ter for departments, but who are in edi- torial or business control, or both of periodicals of some size and standing could be prolonged at some length. Many of the large publishing houses say thut women make the best readers of manuscript, and the same guaiities that make feminine talent available there to- gether with some tact and business judg- ment, make good editors of them also. Their periodicals almost invariably are good business properties, and are nicely adjusted to the exact clientage they are meant 1o redach. Jennie June says women like editorial work, and editorial work thus far seems to like them also. The Richest Woman In the World. Washington Past: It is settied, 1 sup- vose, that the Dona Isadora Cousino is coming to New York as soon as the sea- son is fairly opened this winter. If she does the city will have a sensation and one of a sort that 1t appreciates, The Chihan money queen never does anything by halves. She proposes to take Fisio: furnish it as few houses in New York have ever been furnished, and it is in theair that she means tb show New York how unlimited cash can entertain. She can teach a lesson or two in that art if she tries. She is a learned prof money fetches New York every me. ‘The Senora Cousino is something more than the richest woman in the world. She has one of the biggest fortunes held by either sex—possibly the largest one on the western continent. She is, unless the last season or two has faded her greatly, something of a beauty. She has a great deal of an eccentric and not a little of genius. She has astonished pretty carly all the capitals of Europe In their turn, atd she cannot rest on her laurels with- out astonishing New York, too. The Dona Isador is not much short of forty, but she ks younger. She is rather above medium height and dresses to look tall. Her figure is graceful, but her big dark eyes are her taking feature. Her skin i3 a Spanish brown with a dash of red under it, and she has quantities of dark hair. She is ona of the best-dressed women in the world in an imperial sort of way, and with a daring use of color. I doubt 1f there is a private jewel collec- tion to equal hers.* She wears more stones at a time than is usual with peo- ple who haven’t so many and who liye in North American latitudes. No more business woman exists. She inherited cattle, married mines, and now a widow, has gone into about every money making enterprise in which Chili, the most progressive of the sonthern re- publics, has engaged. She is the biggest real estate owner in Santiago and Val- varaiso. She has furnished the capital for manufacturing enterprises, She has started art potteries. She has built a railroad and runs two lines of iron steamships. Sout American fortunes are hard to estimate, but many people have put hers above $200,000,000. "Money mul- tiplies fast in her hands, for her eye is everywhere. There was & young man, & son of one of her cousins, "I believe, whom she sent to a New England college some years ago. South Americans, by the way,have a fancy for New England schocls.” The young man was fairly clever, very good- looking, not at all studious, had plenty of money, anid was a great favorite, Shortly after the beginning ot a term he left school abruptly, sent abroad, so the tale went, by a whim of his rich relative. Some magnificent rubies that she had many times coveted had been offéred for sale and had gone on the market without her knowledge. He was to hunt out their buyer, trace the gems and get them for her at any price. The rubies were some of Eugenie's—it is odd how the ex- empress's gems, laces and poodle dogs turn up everywhere—and they were in New York before he reached the other side. A would-be swell dame had pmd a good many thousands for them, and the scion of the southern princess posted back again, got an troduction to the house, flattered the good l:u‘l!y. told her the predicament he was in, oftered her a choice of all the jowelers' stores in cre tion at any figure, and, in short, got the rubies, delivered them in person, and saved his prospects in life and Dona Isadora's good graces. There are two slender, graceful daugh- ters, somewhere in their teens, who will come out in New York, and high times are ahead. Mother and girls speak the purest English, as all Chilians do. The senora is a tropical creature, aud, if all tales of her are true, subject to cyclones. Mpra. Oleveland's Fopularity. Philadelphia News: The most sought after person in this city this week will be Mrs. Grover Cleveland. There would be no swerving of any line frora under her portrait if it hung across the strect. There would be no “‘offensive partisan ship” displayed to her by anyone of any party. Her wholesome, sound and sin- cere disposition, her acute intelligence, her charming face, added to her position as the president’s wife, make her a per* sonage whomn uuriom can admire, Not since Dolly Madison charmed peo- ple by her cute ways has there been a “Lady of the White House,” who has so generally been popular as Mrs. Cleve: land There have been others who have shown more interest in polities there huve been others who have rh\\‘mi more of & ‘‘stage queen” character, but hers is the most American personality that has appeared before the publicin the same position, She deserves all the adwiration she has received, for she has been uniforml courteous, agreeable and attractive to all classes without distinction. Mr. Cleve- land will be welcome this week in this most repubiican_of American cities on account of his office; but Mrs. Cleveland will be welcome for her own sake, for she Iin A typical American girl of the best kind, Belva Lockwood's Candidate, Belva Lockwood, the late presidential candidate of the woman suflrage party, was up to the white house the other day. Belvais what you would call a fine look- ing woman, and, it 18 said, makes a great deal of money out of her law practice here. When asked whether she would run against Cleveland again, she repli with a laugh: “To quote several illus- trious examples, ‘I am out of politics’ justnow. The woman suffrage party will be 1n the field, however, you can depend uvon that, for we will never give up the fight until the wvictoryis won. Now I think that we ought to nominate the most popular woman in the cuumr{ in 1888 for president. I have been looking over the list of candidates, and I have come to the conclusion that Mrs. Cleve- land is that woman. Nominate Mrs, Cleveland for president and we will sweep the country. She s my candidate, and [ shail ot run against her for the nomination,"” A Female R>al Lstate Agent. Chicago Herald: There is a very clever real estate agent in this city. Sho is dis- turbing her male competitors almost as much us that other bright lady, the in- surance agent, who, when attacked for doing business for an unlisted company, turned savagely upon her ungallant as- sailants and quieted them by thr i to hoist them with their own petard. lady real estate agent, Mrs. Case, makes a specialt y of furnished houses and, somewhat after the fashion of that clev- t of all Chicago business women,Mrs. riet Hubbard Ayer, turns her Jarge society acquaintance to a very prolit- able ‘use. To find a good tenant for # handsome home all furisffed is « diflicult and delicate duty. The malo agent iu his office is little fitted to prr- form it satisfactogily. The lady real es- tate agent does her business in the par- lors of her' patrons; finds from the gossip among the fashionabie ladies of her ac- quaintance the plans of pretty nearly all the desirable people in town,.and not only picks up business' duting ‘this bou- doir gossip, but often actually closes it. Mrs. Cases idea is not only a novel one bit looks sensible and practi Women really rent the homes, especially the furnished homes. Tho very best per- son to solicit the business ought to be a womhn with a fashionable acquaintance, and the very bést place the parlors of the dames who™ will preside over the home when it is accepted. At any rate, the lady real estate ngent 1s & success, as big a success almost as the lady insurance agent, and the Iatter is the best known woman underwriter in the country. HONEY FOR THE LADIES, Aovron fronts are again &, feature In skirt making. The correct agony for young Iadies at pres- ent Is amateur photography. he redingote and the polonaise are the fa- vorite styles in street costumes, An odd brooch is a crocodile’s head of tur- quise, with jaw and eyes ot diamonds, Long waists, short skirts and full blouse fronts are the features in little girls’ frocks. A pretty novelty in ladies’ card cases is the insertion of a tiny watch in one side of the case. Sailor suits for both boys and girls are shown by manufacturers of children’s gar- ments, ‘The competetion among dressmakers nowa- days seems to be which can devise the worst looking sleve. ‘Two of the foreign doctors kissed Mrs. Cleveland’s hand at the reception of the medical congress. Quilted shawls are in stvle, but people of fashion think thateven Venus would not look well with one on. A Maine woman keeps 900 specimens of candy in her house. She must have had heaps of tafly in her time. It was a Vassar girl on _her way home who asked of the conductor, “How do you steer the locoinotive, anyhow? Undressed Suede zloves are still the pop- ular and fashlonable wear with toilets for morning, afternoon and evening. Amy )appearing on the piazza wi lemons)—Ada have you got a squeeze —0nly Gus, and I can’t spare bim. o In Singanore, if a lover can catch his adored in a canoe race he can marry her; hence the expression, cauoebial bliss. Even handkerchiefs embroidered in gold are brought to mateh the gojd-trimmed gowns that are so fashionable this season. Miss Mary Lveson, of Columbus, Ga., s a life insurance agent who makes thousands of dollars annually. She always has the last word. A wowman of Bay City d'sguised hersalf as a man and clerked in & store for a year, and obtained admission into the Knigats of Pythias. Lace shawls have had their day, but can still be fdShionably utilized by a hittle ar- rangement as charming hoods™ for wear to and from the opera. Bustles are no longer worn by people who can afford to pay skilful dressmakers. Bouf- fant effects are now obtained by springs or reeds set in the dress itself. ‘I'he greatest surprise a woman is ever sub- {’Bt‘lml to is when she almost unconciously rushes a fly from the back of her neck and finds it a fuzzy caterpillar two inches long. New belts are displayed, made of cotn sil- silver inantique devices, bronze and leather of various sorts. These have chate- laine attachments or pouches to correspond. Ivory satin trained robesare still the favor- ite gowns for brides, but lace tabliers, pearl panels, diamond ornaments and lon: tulle vells make up the ensemble of the bridal toilet. Camel's hmir shawls are coming into fash- ion again for the reason that the manufac- ture has practically become a lost art, and hey are gettiug 1o be exceadingly hard o ob- ain. 1t has become fashionable to be healthy, and women are learning that small waists and tight carments will not permit the free action of the heart and lungs, without which good health is Impossible. ‘The fourteen-year-old daughter of Absa- lom Baker, living in Wicomico county, Md., is now Iin the forty-seventh day ofa f: 8he lies in an_unnatural stupor, and only be aroused by the agency of an electric battery. “Of six young ladles whose education at Vassar cost $10,000 each, five married one- horse lawyers and have to give music lessons to make a living for the family, The other one is still single, but leaning foward a country parson on a salary of $320 per year.” The new Shetland tweeds and Irish bla: neys or homespuns, woven by hand from un- dyed wool, are the best of their kind, Noth- ing can be more comfortable or suitable for atraveling autumn dress, and they wear 8o well that their original expense is very soon repaid A newstyleof pocket handkerchief isof white linen batiste or silk muslin, scalloped out and embroidered on the edge in color, while on one corner Is a square of colored batiste or muslin_ with the Initials, mono- gram or crest of the wearer in white knot stiteh, A unique bodice is made of wire and cotton over oiled silk. ‘The idea is U@ wet the cotton and cover the bodice with natural flowers— violets or pansies—which the moisture will keep fresh for a whol® evening. There is, we believe, only one woman who has as yet dared to don the thing. The only flowers the bride of this season wears is & small corsage bouquet of orange blossoms, and a singla cluster of the saue on tue skirt. Her bouguet is of natural flowers —of course white roses, orai blossoms, lilies of the valley, white jassamine, stephan- otis, and othes wue blossoms, in & uamnj of maiden hn;{ férns, being the correct flor: offerings for shiel a purpose. Feather turbads are shown again with the crown indentéd, the brims close and high, the shave long And slender, oftener than round, and thé whole made of the tips of pheasauts’ or doves teathers, with aigrette in front of the same, thickly massod. Others Are smoothly covered with Klnss* vlumage, slightly shaded in all the new fashionable coiors to mateh the costume. A Dalton, Ga.,lady is the owner of a breast pin which cur.osity collectors would no doubt give a good sum ‘to possess. The pin is of great antiquity, is oval shaped and made of the purest old yellow gold, and within a cir« cle of diamonds of the brizhtest lustre isa lock of Gieneral George Washington's hair. It is said a most tempting sum was once of- fered for this pin. Stripes ana plaids are & marked feature of new woolen materials of all gaalities, as ell as of fancy plushes and velvets. ‘I'hey are seen In a larger partof the “suitings” im- ported for entire costumes, and are the fa- vorite designs for fabrics to be combined with plain woolens. The Hungarian stripes in- troduced in the spring are repeated in richer and mots varied autumn colorings, and are now preferred in larger blocks and stripes. ‘The following from the London Times of September 19, 1707, is some:what jocular in her style: **An hostler's wife in the country lately fetched 85 cuineas. We hear there is 10 bo o sale of wives soon at Christie’s. We have no doubt they soon will go off_well.” In the same journal for December 3, 1797,it is recorded that “‘at the last sale of wives there was but a poor show, though there were plenty of bidders. One alone went off well, being bouzht by a Taylor,who outbid eight of his competitors.” ‘The shape of autumn wrappings change but little, axcept that the coats and garments are cut several inches longer, Wraps with turnunder or sling sleeves are worn, vet whatever may be their general style or di- mensions nearly everything in the shape of a mantle, whether very 1ong, Short or @rming only a short eape has these sleeves, Besides the short wrap with this kind of sleeves, which will be worn this autumn there are Jackets having a close fittinz back and front tor a foundation and then added sling fronts lovseand flowing a trifle, longer or _shorter than the iight inside fronts, which show like a vest between the sling portions. White will be very generally worn durinz the autumn, ‘U'nere are many desirable white materials in the warket. Fine serze, cud- dali cloth, albatross, veiling and similar fab- rics are to be worn on all semi-dress occa~ sions. ‘Tho high novelty in white goods is a very fine Priestily Henrietta clotn, "It is of exquisite texture and is contidently com- mended to ladies of taste as a most desirable addition to the present assortmeut of white dress goode. It is espocis suited to youn s ladies, misses and girls, for dressy wear with lace and ribbons, It cleans perfectly and without any of the shrinkage or harshness which is s0 objectionatle in all materials heretofore used. - - ACTRESSES AND THEI FANC S, Aimee dotes on Skye terriers and orchids. |)Ix\uxlu Harrison prefers poodles and pan- sies, Modjeska talks broken English to a parrot and dotes on American flowers. Ada Rehan has a penchant for Iarge dogs, wild roses. columbine and heliotrope. Sarah Jewett loves birds, aud whether in orout of the house always has a bunch of cut roses near her. A bunch of fresh violets can always be found upon dressing table of Maria Roze. Her p?‘! is a Skye terrier, Clara Morrjs can be seen any fine day, when her heafth permits, skirting the woods around Rivefdale, mounted on a spirited horse followed by her faithful dog. Helio- trope and white Hyacinths arve her special tavorites, Rose Coghlan qets other people’s babies and pug dogd whie surrounded with the brightest and ' gavest flowers that the dens produced, Mlfiz not a bit of a pessi- mist, the sprightly Rose has no present uso for “immortelles.” Mary Anderson’s pets, while at Long Branch. Were a fing Kentucky thoroughbred, which she managed with an_ expert's hand, and an Alderney cow which she fed with cake and apples. Heliotrope and white carnations divide her horticultural taste, Lotta’s affections are divided between a parrot and & pet monkey, and it has been iinted that many of “‘Musette's” borrowed their coloring trom the of her favorite pet. Lillies of the valley always finds a firm friend in the versatile Lotta. Adelina Patti has a thorouglbred Skye that can do almost anythimg but talk. She bays fabulous prices tor the privilege of tak- ng the favored animal around with her, and feeds him on the most dantiest dishes that the most expert cuisine can furnish., Honey- suckles are her favorite flowers. Fanny Davenport, who during her vaca- tion has been turniug her attention in a large measure to domestic affairs, churning butter, ete., bestows much attention upon her horses and’ dogs. She has a pug which is the envy of the protession. Marechal Neil roses are favorite features in her toilets. Mrs. Langtry devotes her time and atten tion more to quaint and uncommon spec mens of the human race than to the brute creation, as her Japanese factotum clearly indicates, La France and Mermet roses eiicit the admiration of the *“Jersey Lily,” who 15 also not averse toa knot ot pansies, Christine Niisson, previous to her mar- riage with the count, bestowed most of her caresses upon a miniature specimen of a Maltese Kkitten, whose silver bell tinkled as an _echo to the melody of the Swedish nightingale’s voice. In all bouquets of her selection will be fonnd the pure Nepheta and Baroness Rothschild roses. Maggie Mitchell, who loves everything lovable, devotes much of time to her hor: dogs and talking raven, and makes a special pet of the chieken which has grown old in Fanchoa’s service. She hasa small Shetland pony that walks into the house and oats from the mistress’ hand whiie at the dining table. Her handsoma cottage at Long Braunch is adorned by rare tlowers, which grow in great luxuriance. —~—— PIETIES, 1f we are to have wings in the hereafter we don’texactly see how we®are to get our clothes on. A religious contemporary asks, *How shall we get young men to church?’ “Well, if the horse cars are not running we thinka pony phwton or dog. cart with two horses driven tandem could do it. “Sir,”” he said to the editor, as he laid a tract ubon the desk, **L am seeking lost souls and—" *“Our ‘Lost and Found’ column is whatyou want. Five lines or less twenty cents for each and every Insertion, After a brother had made a fer ata class meeting in 'a Methodist Episcopal ehurch tho other evening his wife put new life into the meeting by rising and sayin “Brethern and sisters, that man—my hu: band—is a fraud; hehas no more religion than a Cannibal; he hasn’t spoken to me for the last two year Then her voice was drowned by thel¢ader’s as he began a prayer. Fifty-nine ladies of the ballet have, itis said, forward to the bishop of London (Dr. Temple) an indignant remonstrance against his statement—in a_ letter which he lataly addressed to the Rev. Mr, Headlam of the “Church and Stage Gould”--that when lhe{ are performing they display an improper laxity of costuime. ‘I'nis they call a *“‘mon- strous and shameful cl o be “absolutely false. nd night, mamma,” sald little Frank, s he put bis Little brown head on the pitlow. Mamma stood at the door, just ready to go down stairs. *'Geed night, mamma, Will the little small voico I near:in fthe night hurt ?” +No, my darling.” “It's God's voice, isn’t it, mau " Yes, my darlinz,” *The dn’t he, mamn d s ' its God'sy voice that uuder the window last t prayer re,” and declare it scat, A preacher who held forth in $t. Paul in the early days, in closing up his prayer one Sunday asked the Lord *'to comfort the af- flicted, heal the sick and raise the devil.” The congregation was, of course greatly dis- composed, ‘and even the good old deacon found it hard to keep a straight face, Horri- tied by his lapsus linguie, the minister in the mean time made matters very much worse by correcting himself in the words: *Oh, Lord, we aid not wean raise the devil, but raise the deaa,” A small boy not far from Boston was the other day gulity of some outragous mischief, which Le performed alone in a closed roow, but which was quickly brought to his door. When his mother remonstrated with tie youth he met her reproof oy the bold asser- tion: . You didn’t see me do it?” “No.”’ she replied solemoly. “but God did,” *Well,” the urchin relorted with an air of contemu- wous superiority, *1uess God ain’t going round giying away all he sees in this house.” PICKERING MEMORTAL CRURCH Why the Name Was Bubstituted for the First Mothodist. A QUAINT AND ABLE PREACHER. The Life and Labors of Rov. George Pickering, a Noted Giant of the Early Days of Method- fsm, At the last session of the quarterly con ference of the First Methodist church the nume of the church was changed to that of Pickering Memorial church., A general inquiry has been made by the friends of the church as to the reason for the change. Rev. George Pickering was one of the early and most noted Meteodist preach- ers among those giants of the early days of Methodism. He was bornin Mary- land in 1769, converted at eighteen years of age in St. George's church in Phila- delphia, commenced preaching immdi- ately, but joined the confercnce one year later, and continued his work for fifty seven years, preaching until a few weeks before his death. From 1796 until 1846, the timo of his death, a period of fifty years, his work wus principally done in New England. He was one of the lead- ersof the chureh, and fully identified with all the interests cf the church, both temporal and spiritual. For sixteen years he was presiding elder, for nine years a missionary and much of the time over a a district including all of Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Ver- mont, except the district west of the mountains. [t was immense work to travel in those days over such a stretch of country, four times annually, with no better means of transportation than pri- vate conveyance. Those long journeys were made in the ly days on horse- buck, fording rivers often swollen by freshets, climbing mountain passes in mid-winter and frequently sleep: mg aijone in . the dense forests. The log cabin was then the home of many settlers and religious services were held in these, nnd often in pleasant weather under the spreading trees. But the work was undertaken cheerfully and pros- ceuted enthusiastically. —'The men had a message for their fellolv men, i must be carried to them at all haz The compensation of a preacher was so small that it scems almost ridiculous in this day of large sglaties. Mr. ¥ i way of giving the amount of his salary was characteristic and shows the sacrifice submitted to in their ecalling. He said their salaries “were $64 per annum, if you could get it,”’ as this small amount was often only partly paid. Mr, Picker- ing in his fifty years of service after his marriage, was absent from home n prosecuting his life work, t least forty yoars. He only gave ten years of half a century to his family and his own rest and enjoy- ment of the famuly circle. of the few men who have B office of bishop, none other, we believe, except Wilbur Fisk, the founder and first president ot Wesleyan university at Mid- dletown, Conuecti As a preacher he tvas perhaps best known, though he spoke on all subjects and was one of the most active in all cducational matters. often raising large sums of money,for those days, to build up the struggling institutions of methodism. Wherever he preached,until his work was done,large crowds followed him, and the simple announcement of his name would crowd any house of worship. His intense earnestness and gentlemanly bearing won all hearts, not only those of his own denomindtion, but his popularity ex- tended to all Christians of all denomina- qu tions. His style was “sanctified humor’’ awakened at once the attention of his audience, and his brevity insured the closest interest to the end of his discourse. His fortune left him by his father consisted principally of slaves, but he refused to receive them or any profit from their sale or labor, and they were freed. This was long be- fore the anti-slavery excitement, but he learned for hmself that man had uo proprietary rights in his tellowman. Dr. Abel Stevens, the historian of the church, says of him: ‘“George Pickering was a rare man in all respects. Any just delineatiom of him must comprehend the whole man, for 1t was not his distinction to be marked by a few extraordinary traits, but by general excellence.”” He says again: “‘His character was full of energy—nover wavering, never impuis- ive. As a statesman he would have been secure if not successful; as a military commander, his whole character would vé guaranteed that contidence, energy, discipline and sagacity which win victory more effectually than hosts. Had he lived in the days of the Roman common- wenlth, he might have competed with Cato for the censorship; not so much however, from his rigorous construction of the morals of others, as by the rigor- ous perfection of his oswn.” His home was the seat of the most unbounded hos- pitality. It was for years the church for all the surrounding country, and the Mecen of the Methodist itinerant after long and toilsome journeys. The writer counted at one time over four hundred preachers who had made his house their home or resting-place. (‘unfi gated there, at first because it was a home - deed for the weary and worn toilers, and subsequently because they wished to pay their respects and enjoy the society of so remarkable and venerable a man. Mr. Pickering enjoyed at s death the distinetion of being the oldest eflcctive Metnodist preacher in the world. Dr. Stevens closes his biography by saying that he was a ‘‘perfect gentioman in manners and appearance and liberal to all christians. Such was Georgo Pickering—pure in character, laborious in life, triumphant 1 death.” Mr. Pickering was the father of Mrs. George W. Frost of this ciiy and the grandfather of Mr. George P. Bemis, also well known he; A short time since Mr. Bomis erceted a very costly and beautiful monument to the” memory of Mr. Pickering and his wife and family 1n the cemetery in Wal- thum, Mass,, and he has donated $5,000 to the new church on condition that the church is named after hig grandfather, George Pickering Bemis, whose name he bears, and he will double his subscription conditionally, if other amounts are raised to complete a sub- stantial editice that will be an honor to the church andan ornament to the city. Mr. Bemis has also given a memorial window to the Seward street churen, v. Mr. Savidge), besides other beni- tions to other struggling churches and societies in the eity. It is thought that this will secure the construction of a church costing at least $75,000 ana pos- sibly $100,000. 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