WOMEN'S WORLD.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XCIX, Issue 11593, 31 May 1898, Page 6

WOMEN'S WORLD.

“Canteebttbt Times.”] The daughter of. the beautiful Lady Hastings received £IOO,OOO worth of presents from her bridegroom, Lord Uxbridge, upon her marriage recently. Lady Henry Somerset is of 'French ancestry. Her' great-grandmother, Madame d’Etang, was one of the maids of honour at the Court of Maine Antoinette, while the Chevalier d’Etang was a.devoted adherent, of the unfortunate Queen. Marriage at the English Church :in. Russia is an expensive thing. The clergyman’s fee is £lO, the chon - demand £2 10s, the organist a similar sum, whilst £2 10s is required for lighting the fires and gas. In the Russian Church, however, a priest will marry you for just what you can afford. Mrs W. Desmond Humphreys (“ Rita ”) is a- native-of Scotland, but spent-the early part of her life in Australia, and the ten years she lived in Sydney is described in “ Sheba.” She Eves in London, and during the twenty years that she has been an authoress she has .published about forty books and short stories. The Women’s Colleges at Cambridge do not seem to have suffered much from the refusal of the .University to allow the lady “wrangler” to be distinguished by the title 0f“8.A.” The report of Newnham shows that'the numbers keep up, and names are already, being entered for 1899 and 1900. It is worth noticing that among the present students are two or three whose mothers were Newnham students before them, while seventeen foEow their sisters, and in some cases many as three members of the same damEy have entered the college. Miss M.- E. Braddon, the novelist, is an authoress whose plan of life might well be copied by younger and more aspiring .writers. . She,never allows her pen work.to interfere-with her home life, and her home, a > beautiful old Georgian mansion, testifies to her good taste and her skill as a housekeeper. In. her own “ den ”an odd piece of furniture is a sofa which is dedicated to the dogs of the establishment. Of these there ■are two, a black poodle and a fox terrier, both of which accompany the distinguished authoress on her long walks. ; The Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava is doing most exceEent work in India. The fund which she established not many years ago for supplying medical aid to Indian women has grown to such an extent that-during last year no fewer than 1,527,000. native, women received attention either in hospitals ox in their own homes from lady doctors. There are now in India 103 hospitals and dispensaries under the charge of a staff of 28 ladies whose names are on the “ English Medical Register,” 70 lady assist-. tant-surgeons, and 70 hospital assistants, most of whom are native women educated at the Indian nnversities.

Another Royal artist has “arrived.” The Princess Voldemar of Denmark,-the eldest daughter of the Due de Chartres and the sister of Prince Henri d’Orieans, has exhibited publicly at Copenhagen two hundred and thirty water-colour drawings, the work of her own hand. Prom her childhood Princess Marie has shown a decided-taste for painting, and before her marriage had the advan-

\ tsge of instruction from the best masters ini Paris. Since her residence in the Danish capi-j I si she has worked hard and acquired consider able mastery of technique. Her pictures dejil! for the most part with still life, and are tol b> sold for the benefit of the poor. . . ■ The only woman who has ever yet been, allowed to practice as a lawyer in Tennessee is Miss Lutie Lytle, who has recently been! admitted to the Bar at Memphis. Missi Lytle is only twenty-three years of age,,.and! was educated in the public schools of To-J peka, Kansas, afterwards working in a; printing office for a while. Later She was] successful in her application for the post ofi engrossing clerk in the Kansas Legislature of ; 1891. After studying for the law she gradu-, ated last summer from the Law Department of the Central Tennessee CoEege, at Nash-1 villo, and has now been admitted to, the Ba::. 1 Miss Lytle’s father was at one time a slaves, 1 hut he is now a wealthy man, 1 ■ . ■ ■ • A distinguished Japanese .scholar and diplomat gives his countrywomen the highest praise.' Writing to ah ‘ English magazine lately, he said: —“ By those who hav&idjoH® them they have been pronounced the best part of Japan. They have been described aa gentle, graceful, beautiful and seif-sacrifioi ing. Not only in those gentler virtues, but also in . some " sterner.' aspects of life, the Japanese woman has shown time and- again- what she is made of. * * * As the mistress of the family she has !is much real authority in the family as her Western sister. As a mother she is paid great deference by her children, in society a lady is always treated with -respect.” , . ,■