The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-01-14
FOR EIeN PERSONAL AND OTHER
49, GOSSIP.

F 1871
The queen dowager of Bavaria has conceived
the plan that all Catholic queens aud expresses
should signify their sympathy for the reverses
which have recently befsllen their sister, Isabella
Of spsn, by inviting her TO spend some time at
their courts. The proposition. however, does not
seem to have met with much favor at the hands of
the august ladies.
benevolent citizen Of Brunswick, Germany,
supplies blankets to the poor during the winter
months. They are stamped to prevent their being
pawned or sold, aud are returned In May Of every
year. The system has been ia operation six years.
and not blanket has been lost.
Rachel's brother, Raphael Felix, manager of
the theater Of the Porte ST. Martin in Paris, hiss
failed for eighty thousand francs He lays the
blame at the door Of George Sands, for whose
new drama, Z" Cadio.n he spent very large sum
of money. The drama proved a failure, and Fe.
lix was unable 70 meet bis engagements. He
could not even pay the galleries of his actors and
actrt sses.
HoTtense Schneider is exceedingly sensitive. A
somewhat harsh remark uttered to her is certain
TO bring tears to her eyes. The stage manager OF
the thesfer where she is engaged now Is exceed
lngly pleln-spoken man, and, therefore, intensely
dlsliked by rhe actresses. 'Do you know" said
Horiense TO him recently. at rehearsal, where he
found fault with her acting, " that you are ike an
onion" An onionw exclaimed the stage man.
ager, in great surprise. eyes, an onion,n contin-
ued N lie Schneider, "for you wiring tears fromme
at every remark you make !"
At q supper party, at which Alexander Dumas
IT., was present. the lady Of the house called upon
bim ID the name of the other guests, to say some
thing brilliant and witty "Pray do So Mr.. Du.
mas, she said, when he did not seem 10 listen 10
her, say something witty-that is your business
you are dong so every day." "Ah." replied Du.
mas, "f you look upon the matter in that light, /
an ready to do nrovided all the other guests
give as, Likewise, a specimen of their business
fray. slr, be continued, turning to ansrtillery
on1eer, sitting on his LEFT, commence and ire a
cannon shot. II will be my turn nextlv
The excavations of the Emporium Romanum,
at home, under the direction of Baron Visconti.
are constantly bringing TO light new treasures of
art II is impossible 10 give an idea of the nm
per OF Dlocss OF rare marble of every color found
10 THIS quarry of antiquities. which has surprised
tnose who entertained the largest conceptions of
sns sa.i nagnncence OF ancient Rome. Already a
sniDlent quantity is uncovered to adorn city and
construct The facades Of several hundred palaces
and every day adds to the heaps.
IL 10 proposed in Mexico to abandon the pors OF
vera oInz' which - exceedingly unhealthy and
dangerous, and 10 transfer the comm rec of the
city to Anton Lzardo, some fifty miles further
south, where there is an excellent anchorage sud
sslubIous site.
It is said in Paris that the three most graceful
and handsome ladies' at the Imperial Court. Mad |
anne de Gallifet, Madame de Pourtelas, and Mad. |
anne dc Mefternich, have only too much reason |
to complain Of the inddelity Of their husbands.
=. victor Hugo has written the following letter 10
n, AiIeo slrven, who had ssked If he was really
gong TO start paper " A false report. nv dear
rlend. have, as you know, pledged myself
never TO cooperate with any French politicsl ps-
per, untll American, or. at least, English liberty
ofevahs u France. The word Emperor ex.
'ludes me, as the fact Empire exiles me.
cordial shake-hsud. VIcrOR Hrco ;,
gentleman IN London fell IN love with Dor.
RAFT OF beautiful girl which he saw in a photo.
'rspher's saloon, and declared he would make the
,rlglnal bis wife. " You cannot do sou replied
he photographer, for she is only a sefyant.ii
lie vowed that this should make no difference.
At last i was agreed that the gentleman should
line at the photographers, that the girl should
gait upon him, and that be should thus have an
opportunity of seeing whether bis admiration was
tep enough to stand the sight of his goddess in
ap end apron. 1t stood that test aud very soon |
he servant goddess became the wife. The rels-
lon OF this story 10 London paper IS ssid to
ave already caused several pretty serVsnt girls
otter their faces TO photographers.
Great Britain is after q new colony An Ausfre.
an company has bought rights in the Feejee
stands, and thousand emigrants have settled,
atives disspprOve Of these proceedings and have
tracked the settlement killing the coloDists
'nerever they can reach them.
Queen Nict0rla's own illustl ati0us of her book
re feaiiy We'll executed. She draws ceverly, as
gS4EHsg As RsRRG Gsss Of p FFggss a We
tues are getting tired Of these royal puoca.
ons, but the masses Of the people ere not The
leen draws much better than she writes but the 4
Professional critic feels fettered in her case ana
impatient with the rules of strict forbearance
hich custom dictates. &
The last discovery Of pre-. historic remains was d
some caves in Portugal. Thousands of bones I,
men and animals were found, ali more or less
oxen and scraped. They were the remains of
e feasts OF csnnibals. There seems to have
zen no proof Of any extreme antiquity
The Chinese and Japanese possess voices of low
'wer, feeble compass, whining in tone, AMI hsv.
2 metallic twang. In India and Burmsb. the
nee 10 not powerful, but shrill, soft and femi.
ae that CT the inhabitants Of the bills is more
inha ~
e european nations possess strong, powerful.
norous, clear voices. The Germans possess the
lst powerful voices in Europe. but not ss pow.
ul as those Of the Tsrtars. Sir Duncan Glib, :,
IT, has made these observations.
ISABELLA took advantage of the sale of the -,
chess de Mofny's (Sesto) jewels to dispose of :,
ne OF her own diamonds.