Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-03-16
Personal.

ana - light that = strong man could
hul.i nlm on tine palm of the hand.
\ fashionable nyerc1Ht Of th0-" days
was liz. til" ul.tcl OF the present. and
had I;rg, side packets with flaps over
them "Barnun wore one al these.
Tom relates. and | conld get III on"
Of the Iawk"t-. and by doubling my
self up ~nugly the flap would conceal
me IT was IA favurtc trick uf Bar
NUNS to put me III his pocket aid
apIpar in the hall about the
time for ol,nning our entertainment.
He would call for ne, affecting to h"
surprised that ] Wa, not on tn" plat
foru. and then | would RESPOND.
Here i am. olr. emerging from the
pocket Alas. how | have grown
since then, He and his wife have
grown 80 mach they are no longer
curiosities. They have opened Il
lnLeeiiul III Chicago. and advertise as
a;tractioHsa par oi mldgets one third
of their own size
Mr.. Dana, If the New York Sun. is
SAID by Il correspondent Of the At
lanta t'on.tIt';iiua to be- worth 81
O0U.UUu outside al hi, newspaper
stock
The Baroness BGrdett Coutts gave
this year a New Years dinner to 500
of her tenants. and afterward person.
ally presented il gift to each one.
Edwin Booth appeared i'll Berlin
as "Iago.' The house WAS crowded
He was recalled after every scene.
De Nivo. the ilnpressario. states
that lie offered Patti S45,0OU for nine
concerts in California. He received
Il telegram from Signor Franct:
Patti, agent. saying that she coul'
not accept. as she was obliged L
leave New York for England.
Nine Patti proposes. according t.
report, from Paris. spending the
summer in England, to he followed
by Il tour on the Continent. beginning
and ending at Paris, after which She
will positively retire from the stage.
combining herself thereafter TO gratu
| itoIis performances for charitable plr-
| poses.
For quarter of Il century Mrs
lydia Maria Child and her husband
lived without servant i'll then
humble and pleasant home i'll Way
lan,S, Mass. Once. relates Zion's
| Hcuid. when he said to her. Il wish
for Your sake. dear. was as rich as
Crnsus," she responded. "You are
Cirsus, for YOU are king of Lydia.
Nilsson Is one of the few amiable
prina donnas. On her way to San
Francisco, she sang freely wherever
people assembled. and without any
show of condesccnsion, seemingly
happy in being able to please them
Whlle crossing San Francisco bay on
the ferryboat. the passengers crowded
around her, and she gave them
Home, Sweet Home and WAY
Down Upon the Suwannee River.
One the train she frequently enter
tanned the passengers with vocalism
Mrs. A. L. Stewards elegant new
mansion, which was erected at a cost
| vi -l,tNN,bNHf. SttiIiS w w IllOIt tiI
burden than aplcasure to its mistress
Living alone in the midst of an army
Of servants. she is IN constant dreao
of being stolen by ruiiians and helo
for ransom. and the threatening and
begging letters which she receives dc
not make her existence more agree
able.
George ". Perkins, who died re
Gently. was the youngest bank Presi
dent in New York, being only 3!
years of age. He worked himself tt
death. and left a fortune of $1,000.
00O. which seems Il poor compensa
ton for dying at 30
Alt is reported III Paris that Saral
Bernhard has lost the eighty thou
sand dollars which she earned in tn,
United States 1t is said that sh,
loaned the money, with promis,
probably of big interest, to the hea,
of gambling house. That she may
return to the United States in searcl
of another bonanza is hinted.
John &. SAKE. the poet, is still al
invalid at his sons home in Albany
His disease is neuralgia, accompanied
by chronic dyspepsia, causing mucl
pain and physical emaciation. Hi
mind, however. is nnimpaired, and h,
reads much and talks as brilliantly a
ever.
There is no man." said JOIN
Grcenleaf Whittier, on his seventy
fifth birthday. 'who ought to writ
much after he is seventy, unless, per
haps. 1t may be DIR. Holmes. H
ought to write from now until he j
one hundred. He is charming il
everything he writes, and there il
such wonderful variety in his worl
that it seems pity he should eve
stop"
The Roman correspondent of tn,
American Register says that tn,
greatest female singer in Italy to -da,
is an Amcrican-Alice Urban. He
maiden name was Fleury. and sh,
halls from New Orleans. No on,
draws such houses i'll Italy.
Governor Butler has introduced
new system of receiving visitors a
tho Massachusetts State House. Hi,
latest predecessors in the Executive
Office had all callers shown into ;
large room, where they sat III rows OF
benches. and the Governor passet
rapidly along the lines, disposing OF
them as quickly as possible 1t wa.
thought that in this way each person
could be made tn see that the Gov
ernors time was valuable. and wonlt
therefore excuse his brevity. Blu
Butler has the knack of getting a
the pitch of visitors errand quickly
and of shortening the interview with
ont giving otfcnse. Callers han,
their cards to his messengers al,
nearly everybody is shown in w:thou
much delay 70 the private office
where ne can talk without other an
ditoIs