Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-04-02
HOME AND FOREIGN GOSSIP.

Gustave Dore is called ga hu-er of wood and
drawer of water-colors.''
A race lately came of bearing the title q The
Montreal Snow-Shoe Club Mount Royal Green
Steeple Chase
New-Orleans lawyer has married pretty
girl whom he found begging on the streets
ten years ago, and educated.
Rosa Bonheur is painting group of dogs for
the car. She paints $4,000 francs into her
pocket every year.
The game of "besique" which has been popu-
lar in this country for many years has Just
reached England, where il is rapidly becoming
the popular game.
The friends Of Madame Parepa will be glad to
hear that she has little one. Ii is her hus-
band.
The belle of a ball at New Albany, Indiana,
was recognized as one who earned her living by
begging at a street corner dressed in filthy rags
The Paris Figaro mentions that beautiful
statuette Will be exhibited at the next gallery Of
the fine arts, in Paris, wrought by the hand of
the talented prima donna, Mademoiselle Nilsson.
The latest in Paris fashion is the .. Conference
hat" an Astrachan fez, with the beak and eyes
| ofan imperial eagle in front, and Grecian Dor
ders all round.
A gentleman who has just tried to master
velocipede states that he succeeded in maintain
| ing position on top half of the time During
the other half the machine was on top of him.
gentleman pauper was taken before one of
the London police magistrates charged with de-
stroying the clothes given him to wear His ex-
cuse was that they were not fit for gentle
man. to put on. He was sent TO prison for a
month.
An Iowa editor takes pains to tell his readers
that he has had an introduction to a Young lady
from Ohio, whom he mentions by name and saws
she SIS all sorts ola lovely girl, sharp as frosty
morning, full Of tricks as a deer. and happy rs a
whole flock of snow-birds Welcome -
Four daughters ola wealthy Berlin banker
were lately married, on the same day, to four
brothers. The wedding festivities were very
simple, and the sum which would have been
spent If the weddings had been celebrated in great
style was given to the poor.
\ Paris correspondent overheard the following
conversation in the Cafe Anglas ''Whata pref
iy woman ~ (''Quelle belle femme y ''Yes
she IS charming aud that monsieur. is it
her husband - "Oh, no. replied the friend.
slpping his absnthe; Il should say certainly
not, for have seen them driving very often, and
indeed they were at Baden together " Don't
you 20 out so often with your wife. or YOU will
get talked about, was the advice lately given by
one Frenchman to another.
It costs from s2l00 to S2i0O week to run a
large first class West-end theatre in Londcn. II
is said that as a rule the receipts are much be-
low the expenses but when a lucky hit is made
the deficiency is made up. Average dramas usu-
ally cost from $1,000 to $500 apiece. or from
SO to s25 for every night they are acted A good
burlesque costs from $3.50 to 5000, while farces
are not worth more than $50. Sometimes the /.
author receives instead of gross sum a percent
age on profits.
The latest Partisan idol is a pretty Spanish .
newspaper girl. Half a dozen papers. or more.
Of high literary and political pretensions have /
referred to her from day TO day, describing her .
appearance, manners, morals, and history She .
Is already rival Of Isabella. the flower girl in
popularity. Her name Is Mile. Gabrielle de IA
teTne Her photograph is selling rapidly, and .
the crowd around her paper stand has given rise
to a complaint against the girl as a nuisance.
\ yexation of fashionable life: "a lady on
taking out her peaeh-blossom grosgrain 10 wear
for the second time to an evening party. was
to find about the body and shoulders
the marks Of warm, perspiring and not over
clean large hand Some one in Waiting had
left his impression in such manner as to ruin
her pale, rich dress. How to account for it she
could not determine till She thought ofan elderly
nurse in the house who had a young daughter
quite fond Of going to fremen's balls and the
conclusion was that the mother had privately
borrowed the fine dress. without leave. for the
girl to wear, and returned the dress to the ward
robe. The lady could never wear the dress again
so She took it to a pawnbroker and sold it,