The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-08-04
EMINENT WOMEN.

The wife of Lord Lytton, the novelist, !
still living She led him a most unhapp.
life They separated, and she wrote
shameful book about him. She has nos
written another book called a Blighte'
Life" in which she reyiles not only him
but his son She calls her former HUSBAND
"a loathSome brute, and the present Lor'
Lytton, ex-Viceroy of India, "a miserable
hound"
The stone which covers the grave of Mis-
Nelson, in Brompton cemetery, says 1h'
Echo, has already been surrounded by now
ering plants, and covered with wreaths and
immortelles placed there BY the hands o
j loving and afectionate admirers. At the
head, pending the completion of a suitable
monument, stands simple white cross
/ bearing only the word Nelson"
The Countess Ersilia Lovatelli, daughter
/ of the Duke di Sermoneta, writes the lead
ing article in the The Roman Archaeology
cal Bulletin, describing in scholarly fashion
a bas-relief upon a marble vase which was
. found in an old wall in the Esqueline
quarter. The countess year ago lost her
husband, and took refuge from her att lctIon
in study.
Grace Greenwood and her pretty daught-
er now travelling in Italy.
A couple of years ago Miss Marie Van
sang in Cincinnati with the Strakosch opera
company, Miss Cary supporting her, Brig
holi singing tenor, Miss Kellogg applauding
from the proscenium box, and Marie Roze
throwing flowers from the balcony box.
After two years of hard study abroad, the
same young lady has just maue most sue
cessful debut at Rome, having been recalled
seven times.
Miss Braddon (Mrs. MAXWELL had step
son married lately, with much ceremony,
to Miss Wyndham, the daughter of a for
mer lessee of the Theatre Royal, Edinburg.
Mile De la Rance (Ouida) threatens ".
Labouchere, the editor OF Truth, with
lawsuit, for having described her unpleas
antly.
Mrs Ethel Lynn Linton is in quite
poor health after her recent labors. and has
been sent abroad, and is now resting in
Milan. She is a lady, it Is said, whom the
queen honors with personal friendship.
Her latest novel, which Is published in The
Bazaar, from advance sheets, simultaneously
with its appearance in England, attracts
much attention.
Madame Olympic Audouard is making
considerable stir in Paris with a lecture
entitled Love Considered in its Material
and Spiritual Aspects" She is described
as one of the most fascinating aud effective
of living lady orators. She was listened to
with the greatest interest, and was much
applauded, especially when she attacked
the grossness of what passes for love in
France nowadays and when she playfully
proposed the institution of a course Of lee
lures on love in the French schools and
lycees.
Though she has. been dust for centuries,
the bounties instituted By Nell Gwynne
still flourish with more than their pristine
vigor. Great hospitals, relief funds, a thous-
and schemes to benefit the low classes whence
she sprung, are to-day enjoyed in London
by countless thousands Of poor people,
thanks to dear little Nellie Childs and com
pany. The solid financial house which still
exists, and which, until the removal of
Temple bar, kept up their business in the
same small rooms over il in which their
ancestors transacted financial affairs before
the days of Charles H., carry away with
them to their new premises the very chair
Nell Gwynne accustomed to sit in
when she went to their rooms over Temple
bar to consult with them about the disposal
of her moneys in various charities.