The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-05-18
Personal GOSSIP.

Miss Leclercq is said to be one Of three sis
ter whom Fechter found ballet dancing In Lon
don eleven years ago, and whom he has since
carefully educated to her present high pc
sition.
When the Fifteenth Pennsylvania cavalry
entered the Town of Dawson, Ca, in the spring
of 1866, among those who welcomed them was
a negro woman whose appearance denoted e1-
treme old age. Impelled by Curiosity, one OF
the .sboys" rode up to her and asked: "How
old are you, auntie ~ well, chile" she re-
piled, ~ don't 'zactly know how old is, but
was here when C'lumbus cum y
The Boston Advertiser says: Miss Elise
Holt is certainly the best burlesque actress
England has sent us. She can dance better,
sing with more shades OF expression, and de-
liver the chaste but sparkling dialogue OF Eng
lish burlesoue with greater effect than any OF
the Lydia Thompson troupe. The first reQuls-
lte for a burlesque actress is impudence, and
this quality, rarifed and condensed, Miss Holt
possesses 10 such an extent that all the efforts
of her rivals in the way of winking, egling,
kicking, and that form Of bowling popularity
known as comic singing seem quite feeble and
inefficient"
Bismarck is a tall, elderly, awkward per-
son, clad in military uniform. with the star Of
authority hung upon his breast, and plain
sword dangling ungracefully beside his long
legs. His face is curious mixture Of humor
and sadness; it is IN perpetual unrest, the eyes
sparkle and burn, and the lips are now COM
pressed, now wide open with an air OF humor-
ous satisfaction. He is bald where Uncle Ned,
Of famous memory was, and down his fore
head. noble with the development Of genius.
run two deep furrows which, when contracted
into the snarl OF thought, give him an eX-
preston as wicked as Machlavel, as crafty as
Mephlstophiles
"A curious story is a1oat about the Baron
James de Rothschild having sat for his picture
some years ago, to AIRY scheffer, in the char
acter of bcggar. 1t is added, to complete
the romance. that chance visitor, seeing the
baron in the artists studio made up for sit
ting, and, believing him TO be what h" ap-
neared. sljpped o louis into his hand. The
pretended model took the coin, kept it invest
ed for ten years. and then sent back to the
donor ten thousand francs as the accrued prof
it. with a note 10 the effect that good action
always brings good fortune. A distinct corro-
boration from the giver of the louis, published
in respectable Paris journal. alone prevents
this tale from being incredible.
The Paris correspondent of LEtoile Beige
writes: "The Empress Eugenie is positively
growing DID, and, despite the pains she takes
to conceal the traces OF years. everybody can
see that her face is furrowed with wrinkles,
and that her hair is growing very thin What
adds. perhaps, TO the unpleasant impression
which the appearance Of the Empress now
makes is the bad taste which she displays in
regard TO her costume She still dresses as il
she were only twenty-five years old. The
Princess Mathilde displays in this respect by
far better taste. Her costume is strictly in
keeping with her years, but Madame Eugene
cannot vet accustom herself to the unpleasant
fact that in six years she will be an old lady ol
fifty. Her vanity and her unsuccessful efforts
to conceal the ravages of time are the subject
of many amusing epigrams in the salons hos
tile to the court of the Tuileries.n