New-York tribune., 1883-12-18
fact he was present at the time and urged tina. I'd
increase be made.
PERSONAL.

Count GleIchen Is now making q bust Of Mlse
Mary Anderson, to be presented to the Princess ol
| Wales.
! Mr. A. G.. Heaton, the American artist in Paris ia
painting portrait of Miss Wixon Emma Nevada
| as Zora In "The Pearl of Brazil"
There is said to be less formalty at the receptions
given at the Frelinghuysen mansion than at thos9
gwen by any other high officials family in Wasbi
ington; and they are accordingly popular.
Mss Ellen II. Arthur. the Presidents daughter, ia
president of the Childrens Christmas Club, OF
Washington, organization whose object is to pro,
vide poor children with food, clothes and toys az
| the holiday season.
Professor Morse in his last lecture at the Lowell
| Institute Boston, translated number of notices
found on japanese pottery. Among them were,
{" Long life; never old; "The dew if the bamboo
makes a very pleasant sound when falling on the
leaves below " The fair wind blows, the branches
turn green, and those on the south side blossom"
lady was reproachng Mr.. William Warren at
recent reception for going into society so little.
"You ought to let us liOnize you little" she said.
"I never heard of but one man, replied the veteran
actor " who was not spoiled Dy Deihg honlzed."
And who was he ~ " Daniel"
President Hugh j. Jewett, of the New York, Lake
Erie and Western Railroad Company, arrived in
this city yesterday from three weeks tour in tho
South for the benefit of his health. His friendssay
that he has returned home better than he has been
for several months.
Lord Tennyson d'Eyncourt will find that if all his
comrades in the peerage not the cotton-spinnes
for whom generation ago he expressed such eo-
quent contempt it is because-ln the cases of soma
Of them-they are engaged in other industrial pur.
suits. The most recent noble recruits to the army
of trade are Lord Londonderry, who sells coal by
the ton, hundred-weight and bushel, and Lord
Sudely, who manufactures jam and narmalade.
The st. Petersburg correspondent of the Deatsck
Moatagsblatt says that tho Princess Dolgourouki,
widow of Alexander H., recently had personal in-
terview with the present Gar concerning the edu-
cation of her son, Prince George. Alexander III.
wanted the lad to enter NJ. Katkof7s gymnasium at
Moscow but the royal mother would not consent 10
this insisted on retaining for the Prince the private
tutors selected by his father and left the presence
of the Car in a state of great excitement.
Nine de Yanderreid who died suddenly in Paris
the other day hearing of the dangerous illness Of
favortc grandchild, was passiOnately be-
loved by Alfred dc Musset. She was very beautiful,
and he rayed nj wrote poetry about her glorious
black eyes" but she doubted the stability of his
love- declined his proposal Of marriage, and became
the wife of a wealthy Dutchman with whom she
lived happily never to regret having refused 10
bear Oi the most famous names IN French lteTa-
ture. She was tifty-Scyen when she died, and had
lost little Of her youthful beauty.
An indirect but important maker OF history was
Jean Michael Badnguet, a common mason who died
last month at Chantenay, near Paris. He was em-
ployed at making repairs in the fortress of Ham
when Louis Napoleon imprisoned there, and he
aided the latter to escape by lending HIM his
clothes his short black pipe, and his name wearing
which, with board on his shoulder, the future En-
peTOr passed by all the SentrcS unchallenged. For
this Badinguet thrown into prison, but after
the coup d6tdt Napoleon set HIM free and granted
him pension out of his private purse After his re-
lease from prison he always went by the name OF
Rudot and only at his death was his real identity
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE President will
leave Washington on Thursday for avisit TO Brook
lyn and Philadelphia. He will attend the annual
banquet of the New England Society in the former
city, Friday evening, and the banquet of the New
England Society of Philadelphia on Saturday He
will return 10 Washington by Sunday and spend tho
Christmas holidays in this city. Secretary Chand:
Ter and probably other members of the Cabinet Will
accompany the President.
WvsHISGToN, Dec. 17.LNr. John C. New, Assist
mt Secretary of the Treasury, left Washington to-
hight for Indianapolis where he will spend the hol-
lays Secretary FOlger is still confined TO his house
Jy sickness and is not expected at the Treasury De-
,artment before the latter part of the week. Assist
mt Secretary French will continue TO act as Secre-
ary in the meantime.
HALIFAX, n. s., Dec. 17.-Sir Charles Upper
las arrived here from England, and has left for
ottawa.