The Tattler

THE TATTLER. Mrs. Whitelaw Reid is devoted to psycho physical culture. Mrs. Parnell is busily engaged in writing the life of Charles Stewart Parnell, her deceased husband. Miss Kate Irwin Wheelock of Wisconsin has a peculiar vocation, as by profession she is a teacher of whist. Mrs. Kenneth McLeod of Elk, Sanilac county, Mich., has been 20 years a maid, 40 a wife and 40 a widow, and is still hearty and can sing Gaelic songs and repeat Bible verses. Mrs. Clara Erskine Clement Waters, the author of many admirable works on art, is a resident of Boston. She is somewhat past middle age, of stately figure and is a favorite in society. Horace Greeley Perry is the remarkable name of a young woman who boasts of being the only woman editor in the state of Minnesota. She is also the youngest editor, being only 21 years of age. Miss Elizabeth Banks, who was once private secretary to the British minster of Peru, is going to try the persuade the woman wage earner that domestic service is preferable to shop and factory work. Mrs. Winnaretta Singer, daughter of the sewing machine man, who was recently divorced from Prince Wilfred Scey Monthbeliard, has just been married to another prince, Edmond Melchor de Polignac. The two wealthiest heiresses of America are the Rockefeller sisters, Alta and Edith, the unmarried daughters of the Standard Oil king. These young women , should their father die tomorrow, would each have an inheritance of $35,000,000. Lady Duff-Gordon had a most unique pet in the form of a large green snake. So thoroughly had the creature been tamed and trained that it would wind itself round her ladyship's waist and rest its beautifully striped head upon her shoulder. The Countess of Warwick, better known as Lady Brooke, is as much admired on the hunting field as in a ballroom. Tall and slight, the fair huntress looks almost her best in a long tailed, double breasted coat, showing a suspicion of white or color at the waist and on the lapels. The thoroughly English appearance of Lady Henry Somerset gives little hint of her French ancestry. Yet her great-grandmother, Mme. d'Etang, was one of the maids of honor of Marie Antoinette and the Chevalier d'Etang, was a devoted adherent of the unfortunate queen. Miss Helen Nicolay, daughter of the Lincoln  biographer, is one of the cleverest amateur artists, and her delicate little landscapes are always well hung and honored at picture exhibitions. Miss Nicolay is also an invaluable assistant to her father and helped with the seven times read proofs of the Lincoln biography.