The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-06-24
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new play "Wild Wave" at Indian
apolis in July.
| Miss Pacheco, California congress
mans daughter, is one of the bellies ol
Washington society.
| Miss Mackey, daughter of the bo
nanza king, is said to be engaged tC
Prince Pierre Bonaparte.
Little Nell, who starred several years
ago as "The California Diamond" il
living in retirement in New York,
Harriet Beecher Stowe, the authol
of "Uncle Toms Cabin" celebrated
her seyentieth birthday on the 10th
inst.
Minnie Hauk has gone to Europe,
on tour Of pleasure, though she will
probably appear before the foot lights
in the principal cities.
The Massachusetts, Legislature has
enacted that women may practice as
attorneys at law, subject to the ordin-
ary rules of admission.
Gushing Newport correspondents
have already commenced to write nom
sense about Ida Lewis, much to the
disgust of that nautical heroine.
An elegant dinner was given in Gin
cinnati last week by Mrs. Governor
Stevenson in honor of Miss Ella yioles
of New Orleans N. 0. States.
Mrs. Fletcher Harper has opened her
Seashore Cottage, at North Long
Branch, a.summer resort for working
women, established by Mrs. Harper
several years ago.
Sarah Bernhardt has closed an en-
gagement at the Vaudeville, Paris,
where she is to receive 940 per night.
Her new husband may well feel proud
Of her ability to take care of him.
Miss Belle Braden has recently been
elected, for the second time, treasurer
of the Wanesburg & Washington rail
road, Pa. She also acts as paymaster,
making the regular trip over the road
in the pay car.
The galaxy of "stars" to appear on
the boards Of the Royal Italian Opera,
London, during the present season. is
as follows: Adelipa Patti, Christine
NiIlson, Emma Albani, Pauline Lucca,
Alwina VaIleriA, Minnie Hank, and
perhaps EteIka Gerster.
Among the gifts presented to Miss
Annie Foster, daughter of Governor
Foster, Ohio, upon the occasion of her
marriage recently, was one from
Mrs. Garfield, accompanied by the sen
timent, "May you be the queen of
marriage-a perfect wife,"
Mrs. Mary Ann Grier, a very veal
thy lady, who died at Pottstown re-
Gently, wiIIed $1,000 to the Presbyte-
rian Board of Home Missions, $500
each to the Presbyterian Board of
Foreign Missions, the Presbyterian
Board of Publication, the Board of
Education of the Presbyterian Church,
the Presbyterian Ministerial Relief
Fund, Compittee on Freedmen, Gen
eral Assembly and American Tract So
ciety, besides several other charitable
institutions. To the Philadelphia Or
phans' Society she willed $4,000.
A GALLANT SIsTER.-While Sister
Agnes, of the House of Mercy, Clever,
near Windsor, was making arrange
ments the other day with cottager's |
wife at Dedworth for the reception of
a little invalid boy who had been
brought from London, she was in
formed that the child had fallen into a
pond near at hand. Sister Agnes, who |
is an excellent swimmer, without wait
ing for an assistance ran to the place,
and, finding that the boy had disap-
peared, plunged into the water and,
directed by the air bubbles rising |
among the duck-weed on the surface,
fortunately succeeded in rescuing him
from being drowned London Tele-
graph.
"The awfully jolly girl" has been
as the latest and perhaps
most appalling English type of her
sex. "The other day in Richmond
Park" writes a correspondent of the
Pail Mall Gazette, | came upon three
or forr of these epicence creatures who
we're perhaps awful enough, but were
by no means jolly. One wore a mans
scarlet cricket cap. All had their hair
cropped close, and all four carried
heavy walking-sticks. On inquiry !
was told that at Brighton and else
where it is quite common for young
ladies' to go about with walking-stioks
and a conyict's crop. Who are the
men that these poor girls imagine
they can attract by this ugly mas
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