Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-03-07
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.


has more hindsight than foresight"
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.
Mss LILLIAN RUSSELL, in the innocence of
her hear, let out the fact that I -Judge Troy,
Of Brooklyn, has brought a suit for libel in
her name ss a speculation. Thls sort oil
thing lie too often don
TO Joseph Jefferson Is attributed the re.
mark that although the late lamented Ouch
ess of Gainsborough's hat may form a
fine background 10 a lovely face, it is a bad
foreground to a comedy.
Miss KATE FIELD, of New York, intends
to visit Colorado in May, and spend some
weeks in Denver and vicinity. To a friend
in that city abe writes: II am ashamed 10
Know SO little OF my country, when L know
30 much Of Europe" Kate is like too many
American women in respect 10 her own
country.
IT is said that Mrs. Crabtree, the mother
of the sprightly Lolita, never goes to table at
the hotels without taking her satchel with
| her, in which she carries her daughters dia-
| monds. She places it between her knees
while che eats, so that a thief would have TO
be very adroit to get the treasures from
| Madame Ia Mere.
A GENTLEMAN who once met Miss Emma
| Abbott after a performance of Paul and VIT-
| giaia, ssid to her, thinking she was unmsr-
| ried, "Please tell me how you learn 10 make
love SO naturally?" Her reply was, II keep
a little husband at home 10 practice on, so
you see / am 0W fat in the act" The young
m an departed a sadder, but a wiser man.
ONCE, it is said, a lady asked Gustave
Dore for his autograph. "Oh, madam, il you
viii! permit me-" said Dore, 81 will give you
something better than a mere signature"
Aud suiting the action 10 the word, he took
of his black craVaf, asked for a bit CT plate
powder, mixed it with water, and, with a
match for brush, painted on the cravat a
procession of gay cupids offering a neckiie to
a lady, signed it "Gustaye Dore," and handed
il to the collector.
Miss ANNA PARNELL writes 10 a friend IN
81. Louis declining TO become the almoner
of any Irish relief fund, because charity
given now will create more distress than IT
relieves. The lack OF food and impending
famine over parts Of Ireland have beeu
brought most deliberately on The country by
the people themselves, by the way in which
they have gone on paying rent, in spite OF
everything that has been done 10 induce
them to refrain from SO suicidal a course"
Miss GEORGIA NINA RowLEY, a young
! lady of aristocratic English family, and pos
sessed Of fortune, recently appeared in New
York az "Celia," one OF the principal fairies
in IoEanthe. Her family were hostile to her
adopting the stage as a profession, and she
has now finally abandoned it, and will reioin
her mother, who is travelling in Italy. Mics
Ro1ley ia related 10 the noted beauties Lady
Dudley, Lady Forbes, the Duchess Of AthOle
and Lady Mordaunt, whose mother, Lady
Louisa Moncrieffe, was first cousin OF her
father, Capt. Rowley.
THE pretty white marble building in the
rear Of Grace church, on Fourth avenue, is
Grace House, the gift of Miss Catherine
Wolfe. Ii is one OF the monuments that IL
an honor 10 its founder. 1t includes q diet
kitchen and a mortuary. The club is pro-
vided with parlors and a bathroom, a library
and reading-rooms, and a classroom, with
games Of chess, backgammon and draughts.
Its privileges are designed for both sexes,
who may be temporarily in New York or
residing in lodging or clearinghouse. Mics
Wolfe has set the fashion 10 many things In
|, New York, but in nothing better than in her
i, wise charities.
The New York Journal has a long and de.
tailed account, giving figures and dates, OF .
contract between Mrs. Langtry and Mr.
Frederick Gebhardt, by which he becomes
| her manager next season, and is to build q
theater for her in New York. The percentag;
she ia 10 receive; the length Of the seasor
. during which she is to play; the names o
e the stage manager and press sgent-all thes'
g facts are given with great minuteness. i
= makes a very interesting story. 1t als'
= makes the Journal ridiculous. There isn't
word of truth in the story, SAYS FresHdi
Daily, and the bolduess OF the fiction is tn
"a only thing that makes it worthy Of mention
f.. aud condemnation.
The reason for the elopement OF Mis-
. Keruochan and Mr.. Pell is that the parent
l. | s. Al. v1r,n laAu uiahod har IN m ahrAal
l. with them next month and marry the Mar
quis de Tallyrand. The marquis will be re
membered as a slender, m~edium-sizsd, unst
Il ~tractiye, and not at all disIingue youn
l. Frenchman who "did" this country severa
e years ago. His style was the Marquis d
q TaIlyrand. Perigard. He was a pennies
!, diplomat, divorced from his fret wife, a
= intriguante with all women, and everywher
made fun Of US as a nation OF bn1ooni
IN laughed at his hosts behind their backs, an
has published, or intends 10 publish, a boo
on his observations while here.
Miss MARGARET EMMETT, daughter {
Thomas Adds Emmet, and niece of Robel
l. Emmett, the Irish patriot, died a. the age
10 ninety years, on Friday, on West Thirty
or seventh street, New York, the residence {
her niece, Mrs. Whitloc6, surrounded by th
a' surviving members of her ~distingHishe
e. family. She was the last OF the Emme
who were born in Ireland. Her fathe
Ia Thomas Adds Emmett, was kept in prise
:. in Scotland for three years alter the execl
al ton of his brother Robert, aud at this tin
re his daughter Margaret, the deceased, was
prison with him. Ga his rele- Sc he went
Paris, and waited for Napoleon to go TO Ir
y land and take possession of the countr
nc Finding the French emperor insincere, !
came 10 this country with his family, az
AZ was at the head Of the New York bar I
he many years.
nd THE affection between stsge lovers is off
!, so we'll acted that no one suspects the re
nc feeling which exists bstween them. 4 writ
he says he knew two actors Of the opposl
ID sex who positively disliked each other, b
,os were forced by their parts into the NJ
Q devotional tenderness Of conduct. Onenig
nk when he was playing at love she was to 10
OF into his arms. Being a true artist she d
her work with energy, and between speech
he muttered: "You need not swallow m'
She replied, "You are too bitter a dOsC
While holding her in fond embrace, wrapp
ng in delicious transport, he growled In a VIII
nat per: "Don't lean so hard against a maj
ar. With her head in tender repose upon
=. breast she retorted: "You are paid Tor no
q" ing me, and ] intend you shall earn yo
yer salary" They never made up and ne'
sis m.rried. She married another actor, a
OOl | Cllq5 Sill 10 tue 0AoiAhC va NhC Ia "
,ot whom she plays.
Miss FLORENCE ~BoUCIcAULT, who
UT pesred recently al the Gaiety Thester, l.;
put don, is not a daughter of Mr.. Dion Bou
ins cault; she is his niece, being the daughter
Of his elder brother, Mr.. George Boucicault,
Court6eld Gardens. She is a tail blonde,
" handsome appearance, and made a faTors
on impression in the modest role OF La
ing S~heerwell," in The School for Scandal ]
NON lady ia about twenty-three years of age, a
is married 10 a Mr.. Kirby. Tn young
uu' daughter OF Mr.. Boucicault is preparing
Why Join her father in his profession. But me
rich while she will probably be under the wIui
Mrs. Kendall, who desires her first appe
ance should take place in the ST. Jan
Theater. Miss Nina Boucicault hopes
lor- succeed her mother on the stage. 1t was
the her Mr.. Boucicault wrote the part OF "E
Carew," the girl-hereine OF the Amdddn.
is a pleasant episode to watch the old
ioAs thus teaching the unfedged ones how 10
and ---
war Remarkable Phenomenon,
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