Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-09
sOIial.

The Marquis of Salisbury has gone to
Cannes, France, for his health.
Felix MoschelleS, the London artist,
has opened a studio in Chicago.
Roswell p. Flower is in Washington
on the way to the City of Mexico.
Matt Morgan's art.pottery place in
Cincinnati has been sold out by the
sheriff.
Mrs. Mary Grant Cramer, sister Of
General Grant. is lec,uring in MlSsi-
chusetts.
Mr.. Moody, the reyivalist, is to be-
gin work in Charleston, ). c., on the
Nth instant.
Mark Twain has received $4,000 on
the proceeds Of four months sale Of
" IIuckleberry Finn"
Nine. Modjeska placed a wreath Of
white immortelles on the grave Of Long
fellow at Cambridge the other day.
Nr. Eyarts complains that they treat
him far from what he should expect
as the youngest member Of the Senate.
Miss Alice Longlellow gave few
days ago the first entertainment that
has been given in the classic old Craigie
house since the death Of the poet.
Miss Dawes, daughter Of the Senator,
is described by Catharine Cole as "a
fair, fuc-featured, largely-constructed
ycung woman. with a charmingly-intel-
loctual face. who has recently published
a book about What ! Know Not at
All.
Tcnnyson has written another open
letter to his many unauthorized CORE
spondentS, informing them that their
letters cam OF be answered. Hundreds
Of such epistles are daily delivered at
his home, only to be dumped into the
waste-basket unread.
Mrs. Fglantine Randolph, who died
at Washington few days ago was the
widow Of Lieutenant h. Il. Randolph,
the man who pulled General Hickory
Jackson's nose at the Alexandria VA
wharf, thus scandalizing the worship
pers Of the hero of New Orleans.
Countess Irene Taaffe. the wife Of the
Austrian Premier, is suffering from Sc
rious mental disaflectiOn. She believes
herself TO be poor, and at a banquet
lately held told her neighbor at the ia
Bile in a most earnest manner that she
would have 10 sell her toilet to give 4
dowry to her eldest daughter.
Able List has written a letter to
the London Times saying that he will
not play in public durilg the visit to
England that he proposes soon to make.
He says: My fingers are seyenty-iiye
years old, and Bulow, Saint. Saens,
Rubenstein. and Walter Bache play my
compositions much better than my d.
lapidated SELF
An interesting relic Of the Duke Of
Marlborough has just been sold in
Parasitic Bohemlan-glass goblet out
Of which the famous general drank on
the night Of the battle Of Malpiaquct.
lie spent the night in the chateau Of
Blairon, near Malplaquet, and until
now the owners of the chateau have
roligiously preserved the goblet as a
memento of the renowned chief.
Miss Chamberlain, the Cleveland girl
so much talked about, is not the daugh-
ter of a very rich man, but she is the
grand-niece Of Selah Chamberlain, mil
lionaire. 81 saw Miss Chamberlain
yesterday" writes the lOunger of the
Plain Dtaior, land do not wonder that
her beauty charmed the tired eye Of
London. Her face is soft and mild,
and in it there is a charm not to be eX-
pressed in words. 1t is long, oval,
and chisellcd in very delicate mould.
The nose isl triie large, and the mouth
eXquisitely cut and impressive. The
eyes that light up this rare face are
blue and mild, and surmounted by hea-
Wy. archcd eyebrows, while the hair
framing it is Of soft, light-brown hue
and plentiful. Miss Chamberlain looks
taller than she is, and is 1.-the and will
lowy of FORM