New-York tribune., 1880-02-16
PERSONAL.

Mr.. Ernest Longfellow. who is now in Paris has
been made one of the Executive Committee Oh inc
Boston Art CluD.
Mr.. Preston Powers intends it is reported. to pre-
Gent statue of his father, Hiram Powers, to the
Iatter's native town of Woodstock, w.
oneeu Victoria, it is reported is cut to the heart
bv the Radical talk in Canada, and has in conyersa
tion more than ouce recalled the pathetic declara.
ZION of Oueen Mary when she heard that CaiaiS was
cut of from her hlnguOnl'
Mr. Alien. the American accredited as Hawaiian
Minister to the United States, appeared at the re-
cent diplomatic reception decorated like his peers.
Ne wore across his chest the tawaiian graDn cros'
of kniahthood and its broad Glue RIBBON.
The late Martha SOmeryille, daughter OF the
%,,ous Mary Somervlle, has bequeathed Sl2, ooo
70 the British Lfeboat Institution, for the purpose
of forming aud maintaining on the coast hfe-ooa,
station in memory OF her InotneI' IL was ''A'
wise aud wOmanly Deneiacuoh.
Tho tsrl fair aud fragile-lOoking Princess
blanche d'Oreans. is going 10 marry the Prince dc
Lime who. although notof royal birth, is allied to
.oyoral reiqning families. Princess Blanche is the
socond daughter of the Due do Nemours. and is the
1regnent companion of her father IN Paris socie.y
She is the only remaining unmarried grahouausn'ei
of Louis Philippe
Mr. Robert L. Taylor, of Tennessee, is described by
wash,noton correspondent of The Journal Of In
dianapolis as having won his way to Congress III an
| Ornbeus-hke manner. He simply iddled. Aftei
| ina oot his nomination he put his fiddle under MS
| arm and started forth upon his campaign am1ns
| tba mountalneers of his district, MAKING lew
enseches and causing his violin to breathe out sui
! more persuasive music .
| The daughter Of Spotted Tail, tall. ungainly
| vouuv woman of eighteen, is studying in the Gov
ernment. School for Indians at Carlisle Barracks
Penn. She has lately married the half-Oreed inter
nrater employed at the barracks and when sent 70
| So some scrnbbiug the other day her lordiy nus
band interfered. His wife was OIL rOyai pioou, ns
| remarked the daughter or ehleI, anu ne "an'eo
| her 10 learn only what the wnlte laaies no.
Richard Wagner is quoted as writing to Herr
NohI who dedicated to him The Letters o,
pootbovenv. You must have known what you
vera doing in dedieating this book to met you
must have known that you would offend tna'
! Ioroa cIass who constantly labor TO I'M
| rass the public with the idea that despise
pnr npscal classics. Neither can you De ignorant
of the reasons sought in support OF tnis Ioohsh o
Ton therefore accept yoar dedication as decla-
| ration of opinion, and offer yOu my best tnahKs.
El,zabeth of Austria is one Of the most cultiva-
rod sovereigns III the world She draws beautifully
IA GOOD musician and speaks huently all tine IAN
oroges of modern Europe. She is fond OF literature
and among her attendants has readers In various
languages. to whom she enjoys listening. one
"a not very popular 1t is said, among the
,S,;os 90 tho court circle since she has no taste
| For ANAL chatter and fashionable amusements
| Sba amuses herself with her drawing, emDfol1ery
r,d,ng and last but not least In playing Win nei
httIa daughter Valerie, for whom sue mas an aimos'
dolatrous affection.