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Show THE WOMEN OF TO-DAY [TODAY] <br><br> There are three Japanese lady students at Vassar. Miss Edmonia Lewis, the colored sculptor, has sailed for Europe. A Philadelphia woman owns the largest colored diamond ever brought to America. There are now fifty girls among the students of Cornell University, and thirteen of them are freshmen. The Empress of Austria has a large riding school attached to her castle. She loves to watch the training of vicious horses. One of the two ladies elected members of the Cambridge (Mass.) School Committee is a sister to Prof. Maria Mitchell, of Vassar College. The other lady elected, Miss Sarah Jacobs, is also an experienced teacher, and was an intimate friend of Miss Margaret Fuller. Miss Lilian Whiting, on the editorial staff of the Cincinnati Commercial stays at her post until 11 o'clock at night. She is said to look the picture of strong, healthy, fresh, young life and has proven by her work that a woman can do well on a daily paper. Queen Margaret, of Italy, is seriously ill. It is necessary to carry her when she is moved about from one place to another, and the least exertion causes her to faint away. The King, too, is in miserable health, having a most ghastly look, and their son, the Prince of Naples, is but frail and delicate child. |