Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-04-14

Her husband went patiently after Il, placed n
before her again carefully, PUT both hands on hcS
snouioerss loOkei her IN the eye and ordered her
10 resume her work She WAS rebetious fur 4
minute. and then broke down slightly and went q
dozen turns her violent temper once morr roe fho
better OF her suoms son. and she kicked 0
violently away Once more the husband stoldiy
uut aeterminedly brought 10 10 her feet IL was
at this point that The machine should have worked
easily Tor here her spirit broke and she was ex-
pected TO SPIN sutm ssively but unIorfunately in
kicking the machine over the last time she hsd
Knocked on the rod that connected the treadle
with the wheel Ii was a critical mouent Ths
actor got down on one knee aud hurrIedly tried 70
TX IL, and the actress made one or two erYo-,s IN
get IL 10 place but IL was imnossble. II would not
90. She made one or two futile attempts 10 turn
it with her hand, but gave Il up and looked
appealingly 1T the leading man. Together they
patched up the scene. but the effectiveness OF Is
was all lost 10y the perverSeneSs OF the spinning
wheel
THE LIONS or rHK WEEK.
The social lions OF the week in New York have
oeen Oliver Wendell Holmes ana young De Les
seps They have been seized upon violently ana
dined ana wined 10 excess The genial autocrat
or the breakfast has been at special request ae
dinners He was entertained on Thursday right
ny MIS- and Mr. John Jacob Astor, where he met
Nhiteiaw Reid. George William Curtis For1yce
Barker, Richard NJ. Hunt. Clarence Seward Judge
Choate, Gen. Bristow, and q number OF other men
who are remarkable for other things than wealth.
Young De Besseps has been entertained hy Mayor
Grace, Gen. Grant, Fvarts, ami others he IA a
mild and good natured man. and very proud or his
father. That seems 10 be characteristic OF the De
Lesseps children. have an indistinct Impression
that the great sucz canal builder or Is chili-
rem, as never saw picture o. his when lie was not
surfouhded 10y considerable group OF them.
There has been trouble In the De Lesseps family
ana IL has resulted in the mother OF all these.
children leaving the great civil engineer and her
host or young ones. IL is Father late IN life H
seems 81 me, TO make any change OF that sort
DE Lesseps Is wei on In years, and his wife Is
certainly no chicken. I should think she should
have stuck It out little longer II only TO avoid
scandal
COLUMBIA coLLsGs.
lt has been the general impression for many
years that Columbia college had more money than
IL could reasonably spend. Everybody knew that
Its property was in real estate and real estate has
gone up SO rapidly during the last few years that
III was supposed that the college had unlimited
means Its bland request for four million dollars
has caused surprise. The authorities state that
they would like to make II the first university in
America, and am Qaite sure they do so n
they had Tour millions at their command I am
afraid II won't be made the leading university for
variety OF reasons. They cannot make 1t the
first university In America because Yale. Harvard
and Princeton have a prestige that can never be
overcome, and people object TO university life In A
city as bold, bad and wicked a. New York. The
objection Is premature, however. up 10 this time
NOBODY has given Columbia the four million
dollars
THE FISH NoRTHcoTE ENGAGEMENT
Edith Fish, the daughter OF ex-Secretary Fish,
comes oi family that has always been distin-
gutshed for its patriotism in America. The Iiv-
tngstones and Keenes, her cousins have done an
important work in the history or the United
States, and particularly OF New York state ana
her connections are thoroughly progressive. IL IA
extremely odd that she should contract an en-.
gageinent with the representative or one or he
most conservative and non-;lrogressiye houses in
England. She Is TO marry Hugh Oliver NOrthcote
the son OF Sir Stafford Northcote, and viii here.
after make her residence IA England Her mar.
rfage takes place at GarrtsOn's the Hudson next
June. IL is very brilliant engagement Mlss
Fish Is an expert horsewOmau aud one OF the most
FEARLESS riders In the Essex County Fox Hunt
baf
the young Englishman first met her. Her horse.
manship won him.