New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-30
PERSONAL.

Mr. Labouchere ought to compile a new English
dictionary. A few of his recent remarks in the
| House of Commons would make good starter.
| The oath lie defines mnmbo-jumbo'; the
Liberal party is the rag-tag of finance y; and the
" bob-ta of Whiggsm" and FL Sladhl is " lem
porary accident" 1t would be interesting To hear
| his deliberate definition OF Parliamentary Ian
guage"
Mrs. Meiklcham. the only surviving grandchd of
Thomas jefferson is tall, wel-fOrmed woman,
with an omen face rosy cheeks and bright blue eyes,
looking rather fifty than seventy years of age Her
face is plump and almost free from wrinkles. Her
forehead is broad and high, partaknG somewhat of
the characteristics of her grandfather, and her
brown hair the color as Jetersons. as yet not
greatly mixed with gray, is cOmbed down behind
her ears in the good old style OF ;he past.
Governor Robinson. of Massachusetts, didn't
mean in his pronuncIamento against "worthless
curs to denounce all the canine race. " | have
dog at my home in Chicopec," he says, that |
think tho world Of Lovers of dogs all over the
country think am a confirmed dog -hater. whereas
the contrary is the fact. They cut slips out OF
newspapers and magazines and send them 10 me,
and have good-slZed scrap-boOk full Of them. l
only condemn tie vagabOnd dogs that are allowed
to roam at will, and are a nuisance to all we'll
cared-for dogs"
The late Prince Leopold regretted much that his
poor health had prevented him from making more
extended tour and n longer stay in this country.
ON his return to England he expressed great admira-
ton for those portions of the United States which
he had seen and great disappointment at not
having been able TO visit New-YOrk. lie was, by
the way the seventh of the Quceus surviving ciilu-
rem bnt really the eighth of the family II me aie
Princess Alice. the third. DO counted, buI IL IL
deemed good etiquette by court chroncleis III en-
umerating the members of royal families TO make
no mention of the dead.
An interesting figure in Washington society,
writes n correspondent, is the deatmute wifc OF
professor Alexander Graham Bell, the telephone IN
,,.rtor professor and Mrs. Bell are frequently
seen at large receptions. At such times he never
leaves his wifes side but holds her hand within his
own and she looks up in his face with chlld-like
confidence as he introduces strangers to her she,
fran, the motion of his lips, understands the name
| ond repeats il III low well mOdulated tones. Mrs.
BclPs articulation is not that OF natutai voice, nut
She readily understands all the remarks addressed
| tn her and makes suitable replies. She has shy
! manner and doubtless feels dfident about using
| her newly acquired faculty, but gains confidence
| throunll the protecting watchlulness oil her nus
band"
| Private letters from England bring news Of the
| death of Samuel Lawrence, who VIII be remem-
| bered bv mIddle-aged peopio as having spent some
five or six years here previous to the war; ana VINO
painted or drew crayOn heads OF many OF the most
| eminent persons of the time both in tins country
and in England His likeness of Longfellow is still
considered by the poets family the best ever TAKEN
! and the well-knOwn engraving hiler MS heau ol
Theckeray ia start ling fToIn It's lielEe resemblance
| Carlyle sand of him that he was the only man VINO
could draw face with any meaning IN H. since Van-
dyke and his pictures were such revelation VI char