The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-14
PERSONAL.

Mr., GLADSTONE gets through his extensive
correspondence without the formal aid of a sec
rotary.
IT is BELIEVED at Berlin that one result of
Emperor Williams visit to Rome will be a mar
riage between bis majesty's youngest sister,
Pr ncess Margaret, and the Prince of Naples
They will have an opportunity of falling in love
with each other when the Empress Frederick
goes to I'aly next winter with her daughters
The Prince of Naples was born in November,
1869, and Princess Margaret in April, 1872.
AMONG the Washington debutantes of the
coming winter will be Miss Nellie Bayard, Miss
Garland, Miss Grace Black, daughter of Gen.
Black: Miss Harlan, daughter of Justice Har-
Ian; Miss Quay, daughter of Senator Quay; the
Misses Preston daughters of the Haytian min
lister: Miss Wilson, daughter of Col. John NJ
Wilson; Miss Thompson, daughter of the Cali
fornan representative, and the Misses Fuller,
daughters of the chief justice.
A NEW STORY illustrative of Mrs. Ceveland's
democratic amability comes from the east.
just as Mrs. Cleveland left the train which
brought her to New York she stopped for
moment to look at the engine, and, looking up
at the engineer, smiled and nodded her thanks
to him. The engineer bluShed and took off his
hat as the lovely little mistress of the white
house thus honored him. The President laughed
at this evidence of the thoughtful consideration
that distinguishes Mrs. Cleveland.
PEOPLE who have heretofore evaded the pro-
nunciation of the distinguished Russian
painters name may start in with perfect conf
dence on the following basis: V-shagin, with a
heavy and pronounced accent on the shah. :"
This is the way the painter himself pronounces
it, and he ought to know. He looked rather
weary after his weeks work in New York
super intending the hanging of his pictures.
Many of them are more than 20 feet long, and
proportionately high. Some of the rugs are
30 feet in length, and there are tapestries of
great size Mr.. Verestchagin has personally
superintended the entire arrangements. He Is
a tall, broad-shouldered man, with Lofty fore
head, aquiline nose. sharp hazel eyes. and a
long, luxuriant brown beard. He has been
soldier as well as an artist.
LONG JOHN" WENTWORTH took his seat in the
House OF Representatives Dec 4, 1913, and was
not only the youngest, but the least experienced
of all the members, never having been at the
capital OF his state, nor seen any legislative
body in session. His congressional record en-
braced every crisis in the slavery agitation, be-
ginning with the discussion respecting the pro
priety OF annexlng Texas, and ending with the
adoption of the constitutional amendment
establishing the equality of all persons before
the law. His Illinois colleagues in the Senate
and in the House were all new members. None
Of them, he thought, had ever seen Washing
ton before, and he had but passing
acquaintance with two of them. He was, in
view of his frontier residence, placed on the
committee on territories, and was the only
northwestern man on IL. He had TO be the
mouthpiece of all the settlements in the wilds
of the great western section. As the infant of
the House, he had intended TO assume the role
Of modesty and profit by the speaking of 9TH
ers. But on the ninth day, before any OF his
colleagues had said Mr. Speaker he was in
formed by Senator Breese that the latter in-
tended that day TO announce the death of Sena-
tor McRoberts, who had died in vacation, aud
as he lived in Danville, in the lecturers district,
he must announce the death in the House. He
had never seen Senator McRoberts, and knew
but little of him. but he hurriedly gathered
what Information be could to make himself
ready to speak on Senator Breese's resolutions
when they were transmitted from the Senate to
the House. Thus his con Sressional career be-