The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-22

OF 1t to be quite surprising, and his progress is so
rapid that his friends actually expect his paint
ings to attain celebrity on account of their
artistic value, Independent of the dexterity
which produces them.
IT is a cheerful reminisceuce to bring TO mind
just now that Immediately after his coronation,
which took place under most happy auspices s,
the late Car Alexander Ii asked one of his
maids of honor in attendance how she enjoyed
the ceremonies. sob, so much. your Majesty"
she replied; 81 hope we shall have another
sOon."
Thu graduating class of vassar boasts two
types Of perfect beauty, Miss Mabel Zoos, from
Cleveland, o., a tall, slender, well-rounded
blonde with a wealth of chestnut hair drawn
back and fastened with a tight roll showing a
high forehead and Miss Sharpe, from Wilkes
barre, Pa, who has a singularly handsome face,
large expressive eyes, and a mass Of dark brown
hair curling over a perfectly shaped head.
MR. W. b. THOMPSON, Superintendent Of the
Railway Mail Service, Postoffice Department.,
was married on Tuesday afternoon, in Chat
tano0ga, Tenn, to Emma, daughter of d. NJ.
Key, formerly Postmaster-general under Presi-
dent Hayes, and at present United States judge
for the district of Tennessee. Both of the par
ties are we'll known here. Miss Key is spoken
OF as a lady of rare accomplishments and amia-
BILE disposition. The groom is a favorite with all
who know him.
1T may be OF interest to know that Marquis
Tseng is forty-three years old, in physique slight
and slim, his hair coal black, with mustache and
beard: He has ecarcely any whiskers. His
features are irregular in repose and not striking,
but are quite the reverse when he is speaking.
When his attention is aroused, his eyes sparkle
and he is full of intelligence. He speaks two
languages, Chinese and English, and is ignorant,
or pretends TO be ignorant, of French. He
always employs an interpreter with Frenchmen.
The death is announced of the Duke di Ripal-
da, the owner of the famous Fornesla Palace at
Rome, the walls of which are adorned with some
OF RaphaePs finest frescoes. The Duke was not
one OF those who can trace back their ancestry
to the time of the Crusades, His beginnings
were, in fact, of the humblest. He was for a
long time a scullion in the kitchen of Marshal
Narvaes. an occupation to which he eventually
added that of barber-in-o ordinary to his master.
In this capacity his good looks and graceful
figure attracted the notice OF Queen Christina,
and she took it into her head to adopt him as
her protege. He evidently turned his oppor-
tunities to the best account, for he died a mil
lionaire.
LAUNT THOMPSON, of New York, has been
chosen as the sculptor of the statue of General
Burnside that is to be erected in Providence, Il.
l. Mr.. Thompson, who is of Irish nativity, was
u pupil OF the sculptor Palmer, in whose studio
he worked nine years, Among the full-length
statues he has already executed are those of
General Scott, at the Soldiers Home, Washing
ton; General sedgwick, at West Point; President
Pierson, at Yale College, and the "Color Bear
er," at Pittsfield. Mass; and he is now at work
on one of Admiral Dupont, to be SGT up in Wash
ington. The Bryant bust, in Central Park, New
York, is also one of his works. The equestrian
statue OF Burnside is to be of bronze, on a gran
lite pedestal, and it is to be finished in time to be
unveiled on Decoration Day, three years hence.