New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-19
PERSONAL.

days i'll Chicago, on private business.
The Rev. DR.. Henry NJ. Storrs, of Brooklyn has
finally decided not to accept the call of the State
Street Congregational Church, of Portland Me.
Professor II. A. Rowland, of Baltimore sailed for
Europe last week to join the International Electric
Commission at Paris.
Paul Hamilton Hayne will be present at the OPEN
ing of the National Women's Christian Temperance
Union Convention, at Louisville, KY on Wednes-
day next, and will recIte his poem, "The Sunny
South" composed for the OCCASION
At the Methodist Episcopal Conference at Ithaca,
on Monday, was celebrated the ffteth anniversary
of the entrance into the ministry of Bishop Jesse T.
Peck, and the Rev. Messrs. f. ii. Stanton, James
Irwin and ID. w. Bristol.
In becoming a member of the Institute of Paint
ers in Water Coors, the Princess Beatrice follows
the example set by her sister Louise who a men,
Der of the Royal Society of Painters in Water
Colors, and actually exhibited q portrait at the
Grosvenor Gallery last season, and by her eldest
sister Victoria who, while Crown Princess of Ger
many, has NOT thought 1t beneath her dignity to
DIN the Institute of Painters in Water-ColoTs and
exhibit publicly several of her works.
Charles ROgier, Belgian Minister of State, has
recently celebrated the completion OF his ifteth
year OF Parliamentary service, amid national con-
CALCULATIONS and great public demonstrations.
When the Belgian Revolution broke out he was an
editor ut Lege lie at took leading part in the
national movement, and ever since has been prOmI-
nent in Belgian politics. As Minister of Public
Works he had the honor of signing the decree
ordering the construction of railways in Bel gium
the first built on the continent of Europe. To him.
more than to any other man, Belgium Is indebted
for her motto, IL mon fart la force" and it was
his wish always, that the union Of the two political
parties, formed GuIing tine Revelation, might be
maintained. AS a Liberal. he has always inclined
to the side of moderation and is probably. after the
King the most influential and popular man In the
country.
Bonnat, the famous French painter is a solid and
muscular little man, with broad shoulders, a mass
i've head, and strongly marked features His dark
ha,r is brushed back from broad, high forehead,
his black beard is only slightly marked with silver
and his black eyes sparkle with that vivacity pecu-
liar to the Basques lie is neither a wit nor brill
liant talker, but esteemed true friend and an
excellent and amiable man. He is forced to put on
full dress and appear in society every evening the
victim of his models. But he looks as if being
socially victimized agreed with him. He has an
elegant studio. The walls adorned with tapestry
falences, Venetian mirrors and rich works of art
On the mante is his own bust, by Chapu, between
massive silver and goId candelabra. 10 the right
dals covered with green cloth. on which stands n
chair upholstered with blue velvet In that chair
have been sea ed HERS Hugo, Grevy, and French
statesmen and American milliOnaires mnumerable,
to have their counterfeit presentments placed Oh
canvas ny DOulldl ) WOnuelIul skill.
Adrian Maquet, the learned locksmith" of
Marty, France. is fortunate in having Victorien
Sardou for neighbor and friend, for to that cir
cumstance he owes the preface which the dramatst
kindly wrote for his book, LES Seigneurs de Marlyp
and to that preface he owes his fame for without
it the attention of the literary world might never
have been attracted to the book itself and its humble
author. Now, the locksmith who was few weeks
oUO al unLu
ceiving visits from Paris journalists and men of let
ters who describe with graphic exactness his poor
dwelling, his gray hair, his horny hands, and are
eager TO publish anything ne may tell them about
himself Certainly he has added another name 10 the
list of famous wor kinnen. For thlrty-iive years
his ruling passion has been the study of local his
tories and and antiquities. In time he has become
most expert in decipherng ancient manuscripts and
inscriptions. Meanwhile he has had to struggle
against almost ablect poverty. Now, however, he |
is likely to receive an appointment from the French
Government that will free him from the hndranUes
that have hi,herto kept him from pursuing his !
chosen study as fully as he desired.
OF all Scandinavian men of letters. none. perhaps
wider, deeper influence than Dr. |
Georg Brandes, whose name has become familiar |
in many lands by his personal association with |
cadng thinkers and writers In England France |
md Germany, his manfu contests with eccesasti- |
,a preudices and his persistent efforts 10 introduce
modern ideas into the hide-bound universities of |
he North. Ten>years ago. after determined |
struggle, he obtained the nomination to the chair
If Literature in the University of Copenhagen but
vas rejected at last through the influence of the
bishop. Since then he has been living
D Berlin and the university char has renamed
At last, however, a committee of pri-
rate citizens has been formed, and has raised /
enough money to assure DIR. Brandes comfortable
alary for ten years, If he viii return to Copenhagen
W resident lecturer on literature at tho University.
Although tho salary thus offered him is not nearly
" large as the one lie receives at Berlin he has
accepted the proposition, and will begin his first
course of lectures in Copenhagen about Christmas
leXt. There Is room tor hope that the influence of
lis thought and scholarship will aid the progress
ears expire the Church viii offer ms opposition to
lis occupying tho chair that has long boon await
ng him.
CHICAGO. Oct. 1S.-The Plymouth Congregational