New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-15
PERSONAL.

Miss Whituey's statue Of samuel Adams will DO
ready for unwilling on It's pedestal opposite Fan
euil Hall on July f. The model. whica Is lAloA adj
| nired, will be sent to the foundry this week.
The record of one Of Miss Nelson's days proves
that the work of an actor Is not easy. On recent
Saturday IN Boston, she went to the theatre at two
in the afternoon to play ROsqlind She not
able 10 return to her hotel until after SIX, and ia
less than hour went back to the theatre To Flay
inOgea for three or four hours.
The Rev. James Freeman Clarke, who Is now
seventy years Old is an lndefatigabe worker lie
writes new sermon every week. and gets up early
Sunday morning to put II on paper. accomplishing
most of the task before breakfast Then lac lectures
a great deal, writes constantly for magazines and
ncWspapcrs. aud can always be depended upon Tor
poktical speech lie mas just gwen course of lee
lures on &" The Religions OF the World before the
Lowell Institute.
Miss Bertha Won Eillern. the pedestrian, is said
IN bove been adopted as a daughter by a wealthy
couple in Boston, who take her into the best 90
cety and are permitting her 10 study art Tho
money which she earned by her Professionalism
several thousand dollars-is IN the bank. where it
was deposited three years ago Her adopted mother
took her home immediately upon the completion "
her walk in Boston.
NJ. de Lesseps is quoted by The ST. Louis Post ~
saying that he heartily approves, without restric-
tions of any kind, of the Monroe Doctrine. 1t is
iust,D he said; 1T is right. Nobody must
try to combat 1t. In it lies the safety Of
the American people. | have always held to
if. You know that | have been dipOmatist. |
remember perfectly what Canning wrote 10 Monroe.
so tnat when speak of the Monroe Doctrine 80 de-
cldedly Won will observe that am not talking from
the inpalpable substance of information gathered
i'm reading current newspapers: lhe Monroe
Doctrine - not mtringed upon in the least by the
building OF the canal"
Mr. Julian Hawthorne will perhaps not thank his
brother-n-law Mr.. 6. p. LathrOp, for the criticism
ol his latest work which appears in the shape of
extract from personal letter in The Commercial Of
Cincinnati 81 was greatly excited tho
first half of the book" says Mr.. Lathrop and
while reading that felt that Julian Hawthorne bad
made his mark beyond doubt. But it broke in the
middle. There was dull. sermOnizing stretch, and
the latter half made to seem improbable, was
uneyenly written and fantastic In the last two
chapters the story picks up again. have always
Thought Julian Hawthorne had great talent possi-
bly genius and this book shows a TenarkaOle adj
vance IN skill. The next one should be complete
success"
Victor Hugos sprightliness was exhibited at ths
sumner given in honor of his birthday the other
svening lie wcpt with true French emotion over
the enthusiasm of his friends; he heartily embraced
Mile Bernhardt, who recited some verses at himt
,a made a pleasant speech; then he went home to
Passy IN a cab by himself and, 1t was observed put
ON no gieatcOat, old he Is In hls speech he
made some mention OF the French Press wnich
must have hugely pleased those members attending
the supper. THE French Press" he said is one
of the masters of the human mind. Its task 10
dally: its work colossal 10 acts at one and the
same time aud every minute on all parts oil the
civilized world"