The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-10-03
GOSSIP
About Men and Women.

Professor Nordenskj0ld is man Of few
words. When he got to Yokohama the other
day he telegraphed his congratulations to the
patron of his expedition, the king of Sweden;
then he sent this pithy little message to his
proud wife: Gamma Nordenski0ld, Stockholm
All we'll Adolph" Curiously enough, both
kilograms arrived at Stockholm at exactly the
some hour as they were handed in at Yoko-
hama, the seven hours which the Transmission
occupied representing exactly the difference OF
time at the respective places. Great prepara-
tious are already being made in Sweden for
the formal welcome which is to be given to the
explorer and his associates. 81 g2xs
The marriage of King Alfonso of Spain with
the Archduchess Maria Christina of Aurtria is
to take place ON his twenty-second birthday,
the 22d of November. The king is said to have
declared that he desired several banquets, re-
ceptions and state balls to be given in honor OF
his wedding and the apartments of the future
queen are being prepared very actively in the
palace Of the Plaza of De Oriente. The fetes
in November will include the usual bull fights
and illuminations. Gala nights at the opera
and principal theatres will follow the celepra-
ton of the marriage in the Church of San Isl
dro, the Oldest but one in the capital. The king
has announced to his ministers that the arch
duchess and her mother, accompanied by sew
eral Austrian princes, intended to go to Spain
from Trieste in an Austrian squadron, which
would be met by the Spanish fleet OF five IRON
clads and two frigates The future queen is
to land in Barcelona, where she will be received
with much state. The archduchess VIII be
met and conducted to Madrid by ministers OF
the crown and royal commission OF senators
and grandees.a
John Stuart MILL standing at his desk in the
India House in 1912, has been pieturesquely
described by Professor Balm who saw him
there. Mills tall slender figure, his youthful
face and bald head, fair hair and ruddy COM
plexion, and the twitching of his eyebrow
when he spoke, first arrested the attention;
then the vivacity of his manner, his thin voice
approaching to sharpness, but with nothing
shrill or painful about it, his comely features
and sweet expression completed the picture.
He always, at that time, wore the same dress
"a black dress suit, with silk necktie. Many
years after that he changed his dress-coat for o
surtout; but black cloth was his choice to the
end.
'The Emperor William" says foreign
Journal sis fair soldier, and very rarely in
deed forgets to button his coat. Nature cut
him out for a sergeant major; but as he hap
pened to be born in palace, the qualities
which in another walk of life would have
made good non-com' have made very re-
spectacle sovereign. He takes a keen interest
in military details, and has remarkably cool
head Not every one knows how narrowly
the Prussans escaped coming to grief at Grav-
elotte King William, however, retained the
most perfect composure throughout the action,
which he beheld from an excellent position for
seeing rather than acting. He even spoke
with admiration of the behaviour of the French
troops. At last an officer rode up and told
him the day was won. 'Well,' said his Males
ty, then should like something to eat
1t appears that Mile. Sarah Bernhardt did
and did not make an agreement with Mr.. Jar
rett to come to this country. 1t was kind OF
''heads 1 win, tails you lose' arrangement. If
he lady's threat to quit the Theatre Franeaise
should bring her the concessions she desired, it
appears that her construction of the contract
she signed with Mr.. Jarrett enabled her to
throw it overheard; if not, not. AS matters
stand NJ. Perrin and the thrifty Mile. Bern
hardt have made it up again, and Mr.. Jarrett
is shorn of the prospective honor and profit of
fetching the actress across the Atlantic.
Whether the manager will try to salve his
wounds through a suit at law or let the matter
go, and draw his contracts more cleverly an
other time, we have yet to see. In any case
Mile. Bernhardt has had an immense amount
of gratuitous advertising and must likewise be
credited with a degree of shrewdness scarcely
more common in her profession than her re-
marlsable histronic ability can be said to be.
How far her sharp practice-from Mr.. Jarrett's
point of view-may be said to be creditable to
the lady otherwise we are not yet sufficiently
well informed of the details OF the matter to
decare.--N. Y. Post.
DR.. Coilyer related the following incident in
his sermon Sunday " Why don't you resign?'
Garrison said some years ago to dear old DR..
Putnam of Roxbury. You are getting old
Why do you keep on preaceing?' L will tell
you, said the doctor I'm afraid if quit
preaching will have te go to church. 1t was
a natural fear. How could he stand such
preaching as he must hear who had ranked us
all as preacher? He did resign and went to
church as long as he could drag the half dead
limb after him.