The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-28
PERSONALS ABOUT LADIES.

Lotta is thirty-two.
Mary Walker wears cardinal silk sus-
penders. ss s.t. 4
Mile. Albani is a fine singer, but she
doesn't keep poodle. n
Miss Braddon has written thirty-fve
novels in twenty years.
Ex-Empress Eugene has concluded
that her post of duty is Madrid, not Zulu
land. The illness of the Countess Dowager
of Montijo has reminded the Ex-Empress
that she had a living mother as well as
dead son. ...,.. ,.... "a
Miss Dorothy Dix has presented to the
Redwood Library, at Newport, R. l., a
jewel-box made from timber out Of the
ship Endeavor, commanded by Capt.
Cook, which vessel lay in Newport har-
Dor many years. ,l5.a
Queen Margherita of Italy is suffering
from malaria fever at Monza, but con-
tinues to babble in politics and State mat
ters in her capacity as head Of the
Queens party" which is very power
full one at Court
Madame Carla Serena is the first
woman who has ever been elected to
membership in the Imperial Royal Socie-
ty of Austria. This honor was recently
paid to her upon her return from long
travel in the Caucasus aud Persia.
Sarah Winnemucca, the Piute Prin-
cess, is now in San Francisco, and is
thinking of giving lectures on the Ban
mack War. "You see," she says, "people
don't know much about Indians any
way, and l know lots of things that
people would like to hear" The Prin-
cess is rather good-looking woman, with
a good-natured and resolute expression,
and womanly and self-possessed manners.
The Crown Princess of Germany was,
as the child Princess Royal of Britain, a
veritable "li,tle WITCH" A certain dis
tinguished physician, who was often
called to Windsor, was always familiarly
addressed by the merry child as 'Brown."
In vain the Queen tried to induce her
small daughter to grace browns" name
with some sort of prefix. At length she
was peremptorily informed that if she
ever again ventured to make use of this
unceremonious style of address, the pun
ishment would be an instant dismissal to
bed. The physician reappeared in day
or two and was greeted by the young
lady with these words: "Good morning,
Brown, and good night, too, Brown, for
Pm off to bed," and she at once cheat a
retreat"
The Empress of Austria's life, at her
estate of Godolo, is singularly unlike
that of most Queens; large share Of
her time is spent in her stables and
riding-school. This last is large arena
connected with the castle by covered
passage, and having luxurious tribune
for spectators filled with cushions,
hookahs, flowers, piano, and three of the
largest mirrors in existence. Leading
from this apartment is ballroom; and
the Empress is described as sometimes
giving a semi-equestrian, semi-terpsi-
chorean entertainment to her guests,
when waltzes and mazurkas are inter-
spersed with feats of horsemanship-the
Imperial lady herself mounting wild
Arabian horse which has given great
deal of trouble to its trainers.
Mrs. Newton, the widow of Gilbert
Stuart Newton, the painter, is a resident of
New York city. She is a lady of venerable
age, for Newton died in 1882. Their
married life in London embraced that
interesting period Of literary, artistic and
dramatic annals between 1920 and 1880,
when Kemble and Kean were the mon
archs of the English stage; when Leslie,
Newton, Wilkie, and Turner were lead
ing painters; when the Waverly Novels
we're delighting the world; when Charles
Lamb was writing his CELIA" papers for
the London Magazine. Mrs Newton
knew Washington Irving, who had al
ready made a great reputation by the
"Sketch Book" and "Bracebridge Hail."
She knew Count D'Orsay, who was not
so handsome as tradition makes people
| believe.