New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-26
PERSONAL

General Butler will sail in hts yacht from For
tress Monroe for the West Indies to-day.
tender little trait of Dickens Is mentioned in
stoxy of the rehearsal of an adaptation OF the
christmas Carol.D In order 70 make Tiny Tina
pretty chidmore effective. Mr.. Stirling had ordered
q set of irons and bandsges for the supposed weak
do et' remember how painful it would be to many Of
the audience having crippled cniidren.
The ancient Princess de La Moskowa daughter Of
Lafitte. the banker. who died In Paris the other
day. was beyond measure pcnurious and unsmiable.
When she went ont she was always accompanied by
a maid-seryant who found these walks the most
unpleasant part of her duties and being ashamed OF
the antiquated and faded toilets OF her mistress she
would walk behind her in order not 70 nave the
appearance Of being with her.
Prince Leopold Of Hohenzolern's second son,
bow of sixteen, and the heir-apparent to the ROu-
manran throne, has been performing curious little
farce. He walked into the town OF Sttrzelberg the
other afternoon barefoot. his hair cut short and
otherwise in a most dilapidated condition. and re-
lated that he had been kidnapped at In the morn
ing taken away In carriage. and mad az last con-
trived to escape. There was an extraoruinary gen.
sation all through Germany till this ingenious youth
confessed that he had invented the whole story cuo
Of bis own hair and robbed himself of his Clothes
Csrlyles rich humor and startling paradoxes wers
the great charm Of his talk though Luttre once re-
marked that it would be curious to see how it would
90 down if he spoke English and attended to conven-
tional rules and manners. he once at q large party
addressed distinguished man Of letters in these
words: What you have been saying is the weariest
trash under the sun; 1t sickens the heart OF mon 70
listeu 10 ven And doubtless this frankness was
deserved, If discourteous.
Lady Florence Dixie. the clever young Enslisl
woman who has been sent TO the Transvaal as war
correspondent by The Morning Post. OF London. Is
said to be slightly eccentric and lover OF her own
way. She is O famous horsewoman, and when on
long Journeys always puts away her slde-sadde ana
rides in masculine fashion. Queen Victoria who -
deeply devoted to the conventional, once severely
rebuk ed Lady Florence for appearing at Coars
DrawIng-room without the required plume and lap
pets The young Lady hss never appeared at Coure
since. It Is SAID
Mr.. Edwin Booth writes TO Mr. j. 7. Ford tina
the public and the brains of Britain are with him
but the critics and many aesthetic asses consider
me antique in style, and don't like my costumsoI
they Judge an actor by bis dress and the scenery
rather than by his illustrations of character, ete.
But have no cause to complain. / never was
treated better at home by any audience than an
here. and socially am overwhelmed Dy tue stten-
tiops receive from the bestest' of good folks An
unlucky contract with my manager curtalls an on.
papement which could continue indefinitely. l
shall not return until my two years are upj al easu
/ hope not"
Plus TX. was one OF the simplest OF men, and inc
directions in his will for his burial are singuary
characteristic. These provisions said Ny body
after my death shall be inferred IN the Church OF ST.
Lorenzo extra muros, under the little vault which
is near the stone known as the gridIron which still
preserves traces Of the blood shed by the ustrons
Lsyite at his martyrdom The cost of the monu-
m.nt must not be over 400 crowns. tAbont $26Ol
On the monument shall be carved tiara and Keys,
with an inscription coucned in these terms: Ossa
ct cineres Phi p TX. SUNNI. pont. vixit an - foutl
the Sovereign Pontff Plus TX. He lived = years,
and years in the Pontifcate fray ior nlmJ
For all ba tchmeDt there shall DO deatn sheao.