New-York tribune., 1884-02-18
PERSONAL.

II is expected that Mr.. Beocher wiltso to Europe
on lecturing tour in the spring or early summer
| It is over twenty years size Mr. Beecher was in
/ England. where he made many stirring dresses
| upon tho War.
charitable benefit performance of "a Scrap Of
Paper" was given last week in Trenton, n j., by
wel-knOwn society people. The parts were taken
by Ms. Washington 4. ROebling Mrs. Lewis
Perrine ir the Misses Coleman Hewitt Bishop and
Sharp. Mr.. Barker Gummere, ir., Mr.. :. X. Gum
mere, Mr.. H. +. J. Porter, Mr. J. A. RQebling and
Mr. X. Coleman. Mr. Lewis Perine, r., was stage
manager.
The silent Won Moltke." it is said. was once
seated in a railroad carriage with his aid-de-camp,
when another officer, crowdng past him to get ont,
said Pardon me-" and few moments later, com
lug in and passing his chief again, again said Par;
den me- whereupon the. Field Marshal annoyed
at such prOdgal waste of verbiage, turned to hls
his aide aud growled, That chattererw
Representative land Senator-eectl Blackburn. Of
Kentucky, was once stumpng his district in COM
pany with bis opponent AT one meeting he spoke
first and charmed the audience by the manner
rather than the matter OF his remarks. Then tho
other man got mp and turned the tide of popularity
with single sentence, in which he hkened Mr.
Blackburn to the swan, that beautiful bird, which
glides along the perfection of grace, and dips ana
curves in lines OF beauty-but only draws an inch
or so OF water"
The late Cardinal BiliO one of the youngest
but abest and most influential members OF tie
Sacred College. At the conclave of 1873, held on
the death of Plus * he was brought forward as
candidate for the char of ST. Peter, and though he
ntinated that if eyen elected he would decline tho
formidable honor propose 90 be conferred upon
INN. several votes we're recorded in his favor, and
the Romans had latterly regarded him rs possible
successor to Leo Kill, who frequently consulted
him Oh the spiritual direction of the Church.
Augustus Alexandra Dumont, now dead at tho
age of eighty three, one of France's most
active artists. He moulded the fine figure of % Ihs
Genius of Liberty" which seems TO be about To
take fight from the top Of the column in the Place
de la Bastille and the more famous statue of Ma
pOleon ILL., placed in 1863 upon the VcndOne
Column His father, grandfat her. and great grand
father distinguished sculptors, and his mother,
a COypel, came Of famous sculptor talnlly aiso,
but he left no children, and thus Is ended great
artistic line
OfMiss Elizabeth Beach, one Of the victims of the
wreck of the City of Columbus, a writer in GdHg
nanfs Messenger savs "Mss Beach came to Paris to
study French. Her personal attractions and her
intellectual gifts made for her many friends. But
the charm of her grace and culture crowned
by p spirit OF earnest, happy, all-peryadng pety
which was irresistible Wishing to perfect herself
in the KNOWLEDGE and practice Of the French Ian
quagc she secured as n teacher of the best pro-
fessors in Paris. He was an nbeeyer, but at once
beeame interested in her sincerity. As subjects for
French conversation he asked her to recount 10 him
ANYTHING that had most interested her She listened
attentivclyt to Pasteu Bersler ana one MONDAY
morning repeated all that she could of his sermon.
The professor Interested, not only In the IAN,
guage but III the matter, asking her where she had
heard that. The third Monday he was sui more
IMPRESSED. and exclaimed, | must hear tnaJ
preacher for myself. He did so not only once but
many Zines, and became a changed man."