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Show THE GENTLER SEX. Mme. Manclni, of Havre, France, is the largest dealer in wild animals in the world. ' ' Miss Helen Furniss, of Cheyenne Wy, T., is the first lieutenant of the only feminine fem-inine company of regular state militia in the United States. Mme. Laurin, one of the last of the vivandieres, has received the French government gold medal in consideration of her long and arduous services in field, in camp and on the inarch. Mrs. Miller, the wife of the governor of North Dakota, was once a compositor in a newspaper office, and it was while working at the case that she met the man who became her husband. Mrs. William H. Vanderbilt intends to erect In New York city, at a cost ot $230,000, a "People'i Palace," somewhat after the plan described by Mr. Walter Besant in "All Sorts and Conditions of Men." Mis Lillian Blanche Fearing, whose magazine articles and poems are well known, is entirely blind. She is a graduate grad-uate of the Union College of Law, in Chicago, and has been admitted to the Illinois bar. Mrs. Rebecca Fisher, , of Council Bluffs, la., who has become the wife of Francis Murphy, the temperance apostle, is described as "a most charming woman, wom-an, decidedly handsome, a trifle above medium height and a brunette." Mrs. Colt, widow of the inventor of the revolver, has several millions of money and lives in the handsomest residence resi-dence in Hartford, Conn, She has out of her own resources erected a handsome hand-some Episcopal church near her home. - Mrs. Mary Davidson, of Junction City, Kan., is one of the most successful silk culturists in America. She herself was self taught to a great degree, but she has written an excellent practical manual for the, assistance of other growers. Mrs. Mary Clenry Dunerenx is not only president of the New York Screw manufactory, but a practical working mechanic, who inspects all the output of her establishment, and who can turn out first class cabinet screws, gun screws, watch screws and machine screws. |