, 1877-02-25

| OF each year, to spend the greater part Of MS
time in Paris, where, it is said, he intends soon
| to build a superb hotd. In physique he is man
Of IS years, large, well-built, Of an elegant
and distinguished presence. His eyes arc steel
| blue, firm, and severe In look; his nose Is pro-
nounced, chin prominent, every feature brcathes
| of resolution. He wears his mustacbc lc TOM
bante rAmcricainc, "-and, let me interpolate,
! chews the left end OF 1t necessarily. IA perfect
| gentleman in his attire, careful and elegant
without eclat, Mr.. Bennett Is haberdashed
| solely by Poole, the Dusautoy OF London,
who numbers among his patrons nearly all the
English aristocracy."
| This last is an extremely important point,
knowledge Of which will possibly do much to
restore Sir james to his former place
| in fashionable society. There arc
| other characteristics and facts which
| tue French editor, with great delicacy and
thoughtfulness, omitted to mention. He wisely
| confined himself to what the head OF the Herald
| Paris bureau dictated, aud SO made very pleas
ing picture Of our great duelist. Truly onc has
need to go abroad to be written up and apprcci-
| atcd. There arc q few othes men in this cot1u-
try WHO would do we'll to pack their trunks and
travel to the editor Of the Figaro for a charac-
ter, we're his own or his recommend worth any
thing. At any rate, they might 60 to Paris and
stay there; perhaps grow up with the Republic.
THE orHER PRINCIPAL.
One duc1ist is thus happily disposed of In the
"capita1 of the world" The other is about to
dispose Of himself by matrimony. He will do
exceedingly we'll for pcnniless young man, as
his bride-announccd is Miss Stevens, Of Fifth
avenue, a belle and heiress. The marriage did
not grow out OF the duel, but rather will occur
in spite Of it. There is still a difference OF
opinion as to the propricty Of Mays action, SO
far as any opinion survives; but there is no
question that May is a dashing young fellow, of
winning manners and aristoeralic family. So
ciety has short and convenient memory, and
the guests at Mrs. Stevens elegant receptions
and dinner parties are not likely to make any
ill-naturcd comments. Mrs. Stevens, By the
way, is one OF the very few ladies' who have
done anything to make the social season worthy
name. In company with Mrs. Astor, Mrs.
Riecs, Mrs. Pell, and Miss Wolfe, who have
given balls, and dinners, and tea-partics, she
has devoted herself to rcscuing society from
total nothingncss. The fayoritc entertainment
Of the winter, and q very mild form OF Gissipa-
ton indeed, has been tho afternoon teas, with
cotillions to remove any wakeful effects. But
even these have been rare, and now-Lcut.
A1NEE's LOST TERRIER.
Though her physicians certified that Aimee's
cold would not permit her to sing for night
or two this week, many persons will cling to
the belief that the favoritc actress was more Ill
from the loss Of petit CHEN Didi, than from any
other Cause whatever. The notice Of the sad
fact WIS thus publicly given.
G5fl REwAl:D-LosT on SUNDAY, FER 1a be
sIpL(O tween aud O'Clock p. utacE4 md tan
s5f @ sps Sn bss f55 f. siT i Mss ssss
Two or three days passed, but nobody with
Didi in hts pocket applied. All the papers ten
dcred sympathy and description of both
AiMec's woes and dog. He was really too
small to be found without spectacles, aud the
cantatrice grew toward despair. 1t looked very
much as ii Maurice Grau would be obliged to
close the Eagle, since Aimee would hardly care
to live without Didi, and the prospects of
re.aining the four pounds and a half Of
terrier seemed gloomy. The Grand Dukes
were disappointed, and ruin was at hand
sure enough when the Ssn came out with
poem on the subject. At this moment of su-
prcme Importance Didi WAS restored. Aimee
recovered with remarkable rapidity, mud the
opera-bouHe world moves again. See what the
smallest dog may do, by losing himself simply.
The closing of the Eagle would have ruined q
manager, thrown a very bad company out of
employment, and have done more miscellaneous
damage than the failure Of heavy banking
house.
THE PEE1Ls OF LOVING.
4 case containing seeds enough to grow
| large tree Of warning recently came to light
! girl Of 16 ran screaming down the
street, pursued by q large man with
| large knife in his hand. a policeman captured
the man and knife, and discovered that the
former was about to kill the girl with the latter
1t was love story, though Of peculiar charnc-
ter. The large man, who is sailor, had known
Miss Clabby since her childhood, aud seemed to
| think this made her his by some sort Of right.
A year ago he insisted she Should marry him,
but the mother insisted otherwise. The pleas
| ant mariner then fired at both mother and
daughter, without hitting them, and went to
sea- On bis recent return he renewed Ills pos
sibly charming but certainly dangerous suit, and
I proposed to guard against rcpulsion through
| the agency Of Il bowic-knifc. i tasty promise
to marry was followed BY run down the
street SO soon as the chance presented, with the
| result as ab0Tc stated 4 few more determined
! lovers OF this stamp are needed to check the
| prevalence Of hcklcness and flirting, aud per-
haps to assist the State by services at Sing Sing.
| TUE TURNS OF FORTUNE.
/ That charitable institutions should receive
! $500, 900 and over Of money made IN the gam
| bling business is not an usua1 occurrence, and
has caused considerable comment. ''Matt u
Dsnser was as we'll known 4 character here as
mike" Mcdonald Is in Chicago, though
| Of rather better reputation, it there
| is any ''bctter'' about it. He died
year or two ago worth over half million,
which he lett to lis wife and daughter The
| wife died soon after, and the daughter was sole
heiress Of the fortune She WIS an estimablc
young lady, educated ana cultivated, having
! possessed every advantage She was Of pious
mind, and devoted church member, making
for herself large circle OF friends. short
time since, after brief illness, Miss Danser
followed her parents. On opening her will, It
! was found she had provided for her relatives
! with some 100000, and hail distributed the
| balance Of her fortune, S3S5,000I among thirty
or more Of tho charitable aud religious societies.
Nor we're the bequests made without the most
careful discrimination. Miss Danser had made
it the study Of her life to know who most need
ed her aid. She had visited among the institu-
tions, and sought able adrico from others. It
is we'll said that few dcriscs ct money to bcncy-