Show I NOTES ABOUT WOMEN I L II I The friends of Amelle Rives the novel l I 1st deny that she 1 1 < a wreck as has been > widely stated sue is living a secluded life In llo Blue Ridge mountain they Hay I lint because of poor health but because she Is hard at work on a new novel ILl I I u I Lady Mary daughter of tho late Duke o Hamilton who Is 1 one f > t the wealthiest t of Scottish heiresses will on her attaining attain-ing her majority in 1005 succeed 10 an In i como of somewhere I S about J5WOOO a year I The last descendant of John Bun van lias I just died at Lincoln England In the person per-son of Mrs T f Ic worth The lust i mule descendant died many years since j and a monument Is 1 erected to his memory 1 In Lincoln cemetery Nnw the honoreil 1 line Is extinct Mrs Keyworth was extnct itrs nearly 9 yeats of e age a c I 1 Mile Marguerite Casslnl the daughter of the Russian EmbaB ador to the United Stales Is I the only woman in the diplomatic I diplo-matic corps who handles her own automobile I auto-mobile and she rides rotund Washington 1 nt I a rate of speed that Is said to alarm her friends I > St ft Tho famous flower rrlrl of Paris who I frequently nresented Emperor Nnnoleon III with a bouquet after the Grand Prix I died recently Her name wax Isabella 1 Prlant I Shin wns the recognized flower I girl of the Jockey club also soltl lowers 1 at the doors of the Cafe Anglais when II I I that establishment was at th height of I Its fame She was always lo be found In the paddock at Longchanips on great race days I 3 a aTm a-Tm was certdnlv 1 banner nay for Clara Barton and the National Red Cross when President McKinley signed the bill whereby where-by the society becomes nn Incorporate1 body with authority of Congress to protect pro-tect Itself and restrain others To get such r bill Through Congress has been the ambition of Miss llarton for fifteen art That lie bill has never passed before wn due to inattention rather than to opposition l opposi-tion but this year every man stood rejidv to give Miss Rjirtpn what she wanted mind the measure hail overwhelming support both houses America IB the only country of the ninny belonclng to 1 lie International Interna-tional Red Cross trejitv which luul not passed measures of nroteetlon and Incorporation Incor-poration for Us Nillopnl I I Red Cross com mlltee The National Red Cross has non the poser to extend UK work by Sta Vt organizations which mav have auxiliaries Ir every country and town all tributary to tin national association and the new laws also proteet tho uublle from the people peo-ple who have for so man years mused hoI ho-I Red Cross to solicit money from the public pub-lic without authority amid without accounting ac-counting for the same The law makes rOlntnJ I this n misdemeanor liable to punishment bv Imprisonment or a fine of from N to 3300 the fines so collected to be paid to the National Bed Cross This bill now f low further provides that the society shall report Its proceedings annually to Congress |