The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-07
FACTS FOR THE FAIR.
Jenny Lind Is fiftyei ght.
Lydia Thompson disagrees with DIR. Cros-

JGHliy l4tuI ~ lltty - sho'
Lydia Thompson disagrees with DIR. Cros-
by.
The Princess Clotilde usually wears pink,
and once upon n time the Princess Eugenie
sent her twelve silk bonnets for a present
The bathing Costumes OF Long Branch
bellies are said to be simply bewitching"-
while they're dry.
There seems to be some doubt Of the truth
Of the report that Bernhard Is building
pair Of slippers Of Talmage.
Young ladies birthdays come only bienni-
ally after they are %, and often appear with
even less frequency.
Her royal hghueas the Princess Of Wales
PLAYS ninepins, her own liveried pages attend
ing the alleys and setting I'D the pins.
A lady OF Narragansett Pier has two French
rnodistns in her suite, both Of whom she keeps
constantly employed on her costumes.
Nonresident diynps, on their vacation trips
aud In search Of hard earned rest, are doing
all the preaching ut the fashionable watering
places. Home churches closed.
Prof A. NJ Loomis, the Yale mathemah-
clan and astronomer. is master or anuse-
mentS at Orkney Springs, where ne Is spend
ing the summer.
Among the equestriennes at Long Branch
who attract the most attention are Miss Mary
Anderson, Miss Bernstein and Mrs. z. Fl.
Kingsland.
Three beautiful brunette swimmers, known
as the seq ngfnphs, are the passing sensation
At conservative and unconstitutional Old Point
Comfort.
The Widow Oliver says she is DESTROYS Of
having her fac. engraved on postage stamps,
SO 1t will occasionally be pressed BY mems
lips.
1t II said that the untimeIy decease Of the
Infanta Maria del Pillar, OF Spain, was has
tened by eating an ice while suffering from
slight cold.
1t is getting time to put mp hanging baskets
against which yon can hang your head when
sou get up during the night to open WIZ
dow.
The Boston Globe believes that young men
will marry more readily when young Ladies
to not dress so tXtravagantly. we add, ana
act more sensibiy.
A woman staying At Saratoga dresses alto
Qether In lace. The other women console
themselves by saying that her father was q
lace manufacturer.
st. Aubin, the singer made her fortune and
her reputation solely on the strength OF me
pretty foot when first enabled her to take the
part Of Cinderella ia Isonard's opera.
Evelyn Wedrick, q Memphis girl, seventeen
years Old nur5ed two families through the
yellow fever, and then died herself, She had
always seemed unusually timid, and was very
retiring Ill manner.
England has another midsummer society
sensation i'm the piOpemeut Of Kate Vaughan
with Col Wellesley, an attaehe of the Eng
Iish legation at st. Petersburg, who has aban.
doned his wife and children.
"A Cane MAY chamtermaid gained $3.50 quite
easily the other day One OF the ladies', OF
whose rooms she had charge, accused her OF
stealing and When she found out her mis-
take apologized and gave her the sum mem
toned.
Charlotte Cushman's villa, at Newport IS
full Of curious antique furniture, which she
collected in Europe, and which was never IN
packed in America until long after her Geath.
1t is beautiful aud quaint, bat it is constantly
falling to pieces, anti II cftaks and cracks as
ii thousand ghosts We're in 1t.
That was a beautiful idea In the mind Of
little gill, who, on behoiding rosebush, on
| the toprnost stem OF which a rose was fading,
whilst below and around II three peae{ 9 Il
crimson buds was just unfolding their
charms, at once and earnestly exclaimed TO
her brother: s'Sep William, these little buds
| have awakened in time 80 kiss their mother
| before she dies. "oma-5s .~-aa
| The son of the late Charles Fechter is said
| to Ne 4 clever young man who Is deYolng
| himself to law instead OF the stage. Ills Sis
/ tai II liz. Marie Fechter, the prma donna, is
/ described as an excellent young woman, woo
| mas been carefully brought up by her mother
AMI VINO has many dramatic gifts. one Il
| pretty. slender ANA graceful, WITH Sparkling
| black eyes and delicate features.
The actress Rachel once obtained from a
/ friend old gnitar which she displayed Id
/ her hola0ir, aud, telling an admirer that It
was the humble instrument with which, when
a child, she earned scanty pittances a pool
| street singer, the gentleman became the pos
| SCISSOR OF the relic tor 81, 600 francs. But, un
! fortunately, the former owner OF the guitar
calling on the purchaser, recognized the IN.
! strlTnent and told him the crcum stances
| On Rachel afterward being informed Of the
! denouempnt of her speculation, she calmly
and smIlngly observed: Poor ! How
furious he was.
| IMpoRrANT.-When you visit or leave New
| York City. save baggage expressage and car.
| RAGE hire. and stop at Grand Union Hotel