The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-06-26
PERSONALS ABOUT LADIES,

Miss Olive Risley Seward the amiabl
adopted daughter of the late Secretar
Seward, is reported to be writing nel
book.
Mime. Albani has been safely delivere,
of son and heir to the head of the fami
ly of Gye. Both infant and mother ar
doing we'll
Mrs. Potts, who left Philadelphia OF
May 18th to walk to New Orleans ant
return in five months, on a $4,000 wager
was reported the other day one hundred
miles from Atlanta on her downward
course. She is confident of winning.
Mrs Mackay, wife of the bonanzs
king, now residing in Paris, contem
plates giving a dinner during the month
where the menu will be, as usual, en-.
graved on silver, but, in addition, with
the portrait of each guest artstically
fitted in.
The Princess Louise, attracted bv the
manifold beauty of Canadian timber,
has conceived the idea of making q
mantelpiece Of simple but beautiful de-
sign, inlaid with a variety of woods. This
has been finished, and the Duke of Ar
gyll admires it very much.
Mrs. August Belmont and family are
at Newport. The Gazette states that the
death of Mrs. Belmont-the widow of
Commodore Perry-will cause post
ponement OF the entertainments intened
at the Belmont mansion this year.
Mrs. Agnes Hall, of Boston, ended her
life on "Wednesday evening by taking a
dose OF Prussic acid. A female friend of
hers had been arrested, and Mrs. Hall
was to be the principal witness against
her The fact that She had to appear as
a witness so preyed upon her mind that
she concluded to take her own life.
Empress Augusta's recent visit to Eng
land is said to have been with a view 10
quarrel between Queen Vic
torla and her daughter, the Crown
Princess of Germany but the gossips de-
clare that the mission didn't mend mat
ters, Tor The Queen started for Balmoral
and left the Empress at Windsor Castle.
Miss May Morris, the seventeen-year-
Old daughter of the poet, artist and up-
holsterer, is said to have been the charm
ing model from whom Mr.. Burne-,Jones
drew the head of his Galatea in the
series OF pictures now exhibited at the
Grosvenor Gallery. Miss Morris has in
herted much of her mothers wonderful
beauty, and has aIread served Rossetti
for several lovely portrait heads.
The Empress of Germany at the cele-
bratiOn of her golden wedding wore a
dress and train Of gold color, with a tiara
and necklace of brilliants. Queen Vic
toria sent to the imperial pair gift of a
majOlica plateau about twen-
ty-four inches in diameter. The ground
work is composed of gold of such richness
that the painted cupids and flowers scat
tered over it look as if they were raised
on background of beaten gold.
Pretty little Mile. Marie Van Zandt's
debut as Gamma" in London reminds
divers critics of that of Patti seventeen
years ago, and some of them are not back
ward in saying that the young lady is to
be the famous prima donna of the future.
4N'iS' an I%ailut lids CHARMING ana
promising voice, and if her health can
endure the strain of hard work she will
probably fulfil these agreeable prophe-
cles. She is a remarkable pretty young
creature, with an expressive face and a
bright coloring, but she has amost fragile
and delicate looking frame.
Lottic Elliott is a skipping-rope dan
Ger of the burlesque stage. She went
across the Continent with the Victoria
Lotus troupe, and on arriving in San
Francisco was unable to collect $500 due
her for salary. Frost & Davis, the
managers, were to start with the com
pany for Australia Lottie got out a
warrant for their detention, and the
steamer was thoroughly searched, but
they were not discovered. They had dis
guised themselves as coal heavers, and
were working at the coal bunkers until
the vessel got to sea.