The Portland daily press., 1885-02-17
Personal Paragraphs.


his tbousandth wedding.
Prof. Richard A. Proctor is lecturjng in
the SoutL on astronomical topics.
President Arthur, according to latest Cos
sip, viii start South on fishing trip imme-
diately after leaving the White House.
Phillips Brooks is talked of as successor of
the late Rev. DR.. Noah Hunt Schenck Of St,
Anne's Episcopal Church, New York
Ex-United States Senator James W. Pat
terson is a candidate for the vacant trustee
ship of Dartmouth College.
Mary Anderson in England. as in the
United States, refuses to play during Holy
Week. Her place will be filled by Nine.
Modjeska. Miss Anderson will reopen on
Easter Monday in '.The Hunchbaek.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., now judge
on the Supreme Bench of Massachusetts,
was an officer in the Federal army, and was
once left for dead upon a Southern battle
field.
Since the birth of the first Prince of
Wales, in 1884, more than six centuries ago,
the title has been borne by seventeen per-
sons, but the present possessor of it is the
only one who has lived to see son attain
his majority.
An actress is the hardest person in the
world to suit. Clara Louise Kellogg finds
fault because the dramatic cities do not
notice her new dresses, while Mrs. Langtry
is angry because her dresses make greater
hit than her acting.
Mr.. George Augustus Sala sailed from San
Francisco for Australia Friday. During his
visit to the metropolis of the Pacific Coast
he has delivered two lectures and has been
entertained at dinner by the Bohemian
Club.
Thomas Davis, an ex-policeman of Otta-
wa and member OF the Canadian contin-
gent on the Nile, few days before their de-
parture for home fired at the Shnx He
was sentenced to one months imprison-
ment.
The well-known definition of the small
boy, "Sat is what makes things taste bad
when you don't put it on.n was paralleled
at the Woman's Suffrage convention at
Salem the other day, by Mrs. Claflin's re-
mark that the ballot was degraded by women
not having it.
Il Z"Angevine June Titus and Company Fa-
Vor," is the name of man in Wyoming
Territory. Years ago mis- parents, who
lived in Maine. attended circus which was
owned by Angeyine, June, Titus & Com
pany. Mr.. and Mrs. Favor were so well
pleased with the show that they named their
infant after II.
There's Mr.. Jones, of Texas" said the
House of Representatives elevator boy to a
Washington Star reporter, che will never
get on if there are more than one or two in
the car. He is great big fellow, you know,
and l suppose he's afraid such weight
might break it down. But there's Perry
Belmont; he doesn't weigh more than
hundred and fifteen or twenty, and he won't
ride in the elevator at ALL He always takes
the stairs. The heaviest load have is when
get Dorsheimer, Tom Reed, Frank Hiscock
and Keifer all on at the same time. Each
weighs over two hundred pounds aud Dor
shelmer weighs over three hundred"
At fancy dress party given by the daugh-
ter of Senator Miller of California, in Wash
ington recently, Miss Miller were white
satin and white embossed velvet with dia-
monds. Miss Mlller's characteriwas Eudora.
The dress was Greek costume of white
cashmere with gold trimmings. The daught-
er of Senator Bayard wore dress of the
''first empire" Miss McElroy appeared as
Madame Roland. The daughter of the
British minister was striking as Madame
Pompadour. His sister, Miss Eva West,
appeared as Russian peasant. Mrs. Don I
Cameron and the daughter of Senator Pen
dleton wore costumes of the tins of Louis
XIVth. Mrs. John Bigelow was amusing
as the Associated Press, and Miss Shock Of
New York, in Greek dress with a Tyre of
roses, was the Muse of Music. Mis-. John
Davis appeared as Queen of Night.
Mr.. David Dudley Field, who celebrated
last Friday his eightieth birthday, relates the
secret of his preservation of health: "When
I was young man 1 had very severe head
aches. In 1916 bought horse, and I have
not had headache since. Every morning
arise at O'Clock; l have done SO for forty
years. / take an ice cold bath, dress my
self, jump on a horse at O'Clock and ride
for an hour. l then breakfast and work at
my house until II o'clock, when l walk
down town, a distance of four miles. re-
main at my office until o'clock, then walk
home and dine at 6. AT 1 sleep for half
an hour, after which am ready for any
thing. retire between 10 and II. have
done this for over forty years. / attribute
my hardihood to horseback riding. Have l
ever taken drink? No, sir; never except a
glass of caret at dinner. Like Pere Hya-
cinthe, must have my claret at dinner.
Whiskey, brandy, or any liquid of that kind
never touch"