New-York tribune., 1880-02-22
PERSONAL.

Mile Rosa DOnheur, IN addition to the Spanish
,lecoratIons bestowed upon her. has jnst received
from tie King Ot the R'lsiln5 the Order IF Leopold.
Mr.. Bret Har has been invited by Sir Frederick
Leighton - respond to the toast Literature" at
the annual banquet Of the Royal Academy on the
lst OF May.
bandmann. the actor, who injured in rail
way accident u few days ago, has been attacked by
arvsipclas. and lies in a dangerous condition at
Dayton, ONO.
Mr.. Edward Jenkins. the author of Ginx's
Baby" "a 10 be the editor of new illustrated daily
paper n London. II is TO be of e sa'ircal turn and
IT. Parliamentary reports are 10 come through
telephone.
Lord Wentworth. the Eugii,hman whom Miss
Dudu Fletcher Is not going to marry, lives IN new
house OF q ieen Anne architecture on tine Thames
Enbaukmcnr iu Chel-ea. He IS reported TO be
great MACH regards charms Of mind and temper
Queen Victoria canuo. be made the target of
opcri-ga.,cs when she opens ParlIHment-the Off
cilis rcmorsclcsly suppress all thar appear. When
the King # the Bclgans, on "a certain occasion,
lcycl,ed his lorgnctte a. Lord Buaconsheld. while
ihc latter VJs delivering speech ~ thc House. the
noble Ioro was very nearly " put out, and the
Chamber was not 70 Little agitated.
The R.y. Dr. A.. p. Peabody, Of Harvard, now a
talwart man Of seventy is said TO have been very
Donlia. Slupsou ln b teens. His prccocous IT,
telr.tlal,, dad not interfere with his athletic
r1rtir- Uc wa. so strong and agile that ou one Of
i1s vacation ped"s .Iiau tour, ho was offered b.
farm. NiI.- 81 hc Wouu turn III ana hclP
in thc iaI'.,-t u,.d.
Florence nightingale has just lost her mother
WHO has dIeI az the venerable age of nuety-two.
Mira .ghting1lr married in 1918 the late lr. VIII
lam Edward shore. of Embey Park. Hampshire,
and of I.alur.t. D-rbysnirc. who assumed the
u,lre If NIghuugae by Royal sign manual on
iuhrrting tlc estates Of his maternal grdnd-uuclc,
Mr Peter Nightingale.
Miss Minnie Ilauk Is described as looking ex-
tremely pretty and picturesque when she dashes
pon the stage in tine last act of the Tanning OF the
Shrcy7 Pulling N her cloak of black silk, lined
with PINK. s'e appears IN magnificent dress Of
sqpphr, blue velvet. looped over a skirt Of pale
blur hrorade into which are woven tiny red and
plnk flowers. Her hat Is a iembrandt o. gray felt
bound vi gold, and trnuied with PINK ana WhIte
u>t!Icl icdiAtI5'
At the Zamacona ball in Washington the VEN
,rable senator Iamlin and the white-bearded Sena-
Tor Johnston, Of Virginia. undertook TO enjoy
Themselves n well as the young people. The
srt saw % correspondent Of The Syracuse Journal,
.. WAS made mp for the new Centennial lanccr, and
n,i.lcr thc Virginia Senator nor his partner was
acquainted with the dance. Soon the utrcacies OF
tb, movement proved too much for them. Senator
HanIlu who Is completely aH Jad in the terpslcno-
roam art became evidently ANNOYED; ana the lady,
oufk perceive the con ilron CdUScV oh Iti
pcucnce stepped ont of the hgure 10 beg another TO
f1ke hrr pince. No sooner SAID than done, ana the
dance was carried successfully through. 1t - SAID
tE,t Ullnlin ,,iI not need TO take lessons IN the
new hop waltzcs but that he can still mp the llght
fantastic toe with the best II them"
SAID Colonel Higrinson at the Papyrus Club din
ncr the other night: Il do not know why am
called rpon 10 speak Tonight unless a is because
have been having good deal of experience In these
last few weeks IN welcoming to my own home "A
lady quest. From what have learned Of her, and
She is but three weeks old, find il as much as can
do answer IN behalf OF one lady. take great
plcasurc. however, in seeing ladies present on this
occasion: have no prejudlceS to overcome on
that score. | recall at this moment one OF the
earliest occasions on which men and women thus
moi together az the table IN response to tho INVITA-
bou oi what was then called the Atlantic CIub.'
There were but two women who came. Mrs Stowe
and Miss Harriet SDoiord and asked the latter,
as we went to the table. what she ana Mrs. stowe
talked about during the long time they had been IN
their dressing room. She SAID that Mrs. Stowe had
asked her what time IT was, and she hau replied lnaI
shc dld not know
Charles Dickens wrote thus to Dir. Edmund
Caller who was about to write an article for "All
the Year Round " on Working Mems Clubs"
81 want the article emphatically to show that
trnstfulness is ut the bottom of all social nsttu-
tions. and that to trust man. as one of the body
of men, il 60 place him under a wholesome restraint
of social opinion, and is very much Detter thlhg
tban to make IA baby of him. Also. to point out
that tho rejection of beer III tins CLUB tobacco III
that club. dancing or what not IN another CLUB are
instances chat such clubs are founded on mere
yybims and therefore cannot successfully address
n,n, natI,re IN general and hope TO last. Also, to
nroye that patronage the curse and blight of AL
such endeavors, and TO impress upon the working
men that they must originate ana manage LOT
themselves And to ask them the question, Can
they poss bly, show their detestatIon otdrunkenness
heter or better strive TO get rid OF II from among
rhcn than TO make 10 hopeless disquallhcation IN
nh their clubs and reason for eXpulSionI Also.
TO encourage them to declare to themselves and
their fellow w0rkmgmen that they want social
ret and social recreation for themselves and their
families and that these clubs are intended for that
IIndable and necessary purpose, and do not need
educaion pretences or tOurlshes DO not ley
them he afraid OF ashamed OF wanting to be amused
or pleased