Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1894 — THE FAIR SEX. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE FAIR SEX.

Mme. Minnie Hauk, who is making a tour of the world with her husband, the Chevalier von Hesse Wartegg; arrived some time ago at Singapore and sang at Johore by invitation of the Sultan, the Princess and datos, who were greatly pleased. The Sultan conferred on the prima donna and her husband the order of the Crown of Johore, this being the eleventh order Mme. Hauk has received from the hands of ruling raOnarchs. Queen Victoria's walking stick is an interesting one historically. It is made of. oak cut from the famous tree of Boscobel, that sheltered her ancestor, Charles 11, after the battle of Worcester. Asa handle it has a quaint little Indian idol, which Her Majesty received from the spoil of Seringapatam. .... i

Margaret Long is a young Irish lady who has just received the medal of the Royal Humane Society for distinguished bravely. When skating on a lake last winter a barrister broke through into deep water. Miss Long skated to the spot and, lying down on the rapidly breaking ice, threw'the end of her mantle to the drowning man and supported him thus until aid came. Chicago has a young colored woman who has been admitted to the bar. Her parents were born in this country, and she has been a stenographer and law reporter for ten years. She is proficient in German, French and music, and had a high rank for scholarship in her class. It is understood in court circles that the Queen has made up her mind not to give her consent to the marriage of any more royal princesses with subjects, for, as matters steod-after the death of the Duke of Clarence, the Duchess of Fife and her children were next in succession to the crown There were many who objected that the Duke of Fife should be thei father of their future sovereign. ' Of the thirty odd European sovereigns", Queen" Victoria alone’Mtas a~ great-grandson in the direct line of succession. Of the others only five have even grandsons in the direct line, namely, the sovereigns of Norway and Sweden, Denmark, Greece, Mecklenberg,» Strelitz, and SaxeMciniugen.

The Baroness Langcnau, of Vienna, has been much persecuted by certain Lutherans because she is a Methodist. She recently spoke at a meeting of the West London mission, which is conducted by Methodists. and presented it with a necklace worth $10,090, to be sold for the benefit of the mission.

SATIN AND CHIFFON GOWNS.

A FRENCH BATHING SUIT.