The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-05-25
NEWSPAPER NoToRlETY.

Personal Mention by the Press-Whst
the Paragraphists Say of People.
Mr. Henry Labouchere calls Lord
Salisbury lone Of the weakest Of man.
kind"
The French academy has awarded the
grand prize to Carmen Silva, the queen
of Roumania, for Lies Pensees dune
Refine,
Mr.. John Boyle O'Reilly has set out on
n canoeing voyage through the Dismal
swamp
The empress Of Russia is said to do q
great part of her household sewing. and
as she has houseful Of seamstresses, it
must he that the latter are principally
employed in ripping out the august lady's
needlework.
Sir Morell Mackenzie, though not
musical himself, is warmly interested in
vocalization and everything pertaining
to the human voice. He never accepts
fee from a professional singer, but
doctors free of charge the threats Of all
public vocaists who apply to him.
Sir Edwin Arnold-for he was knighted
early in the present year-the interpreter
of 1.-THE Light of ASIA to the English
speaking world, is not often to be seen in
general circles in London, but may be
found almost any day in his sanctum as
editor of The Daily Telegraph, busy
enough. with his working cap on, in the
administration of that great daily.
"Our buildings are fairly papered with
elocutionists' signs" New Workers said
to Mrs Harriet Webb, when she started
to establish herself there as a teacher,
seven years ago. 1--WE will build on an
other story with merit, laughed the fair
and plucky western girl. Today she is
famous as a reader and a teacher, and
stands in the front rank among teachers
of the art of expressing ideas through the
person.
Nine. Romero, the wife of the Mexican
minister at Washington, is said to have
no superior among the ladies of the capt.
tai as an entertainer. She was one Of
the first ladies of the diplomatic corps to
remove the barriers of exclusiveness that
hedged in that circle, and invitations to
her receptions are always greatly in de-
mand. Nine. Romero is a daughter Of
an old Virginia family and is fluent
converser in English and Spanish.
Mr.. hansen, well known Norwegian
athlete, is about to make the attempt Of
crossing the vast snow fields of Green
land on snow shoes. A wealthy Danish
merchant has supplied the money for the
unique enterprise, and Mr. Nansen has
received many applications for permits
sion to join him. Many persons in the
Scandinavian countries are condemning
the undertaking as foolhardy and desper-
ate, but Mr.. Nansen and his party-all
picked athletes-believe it will succeed.
Mrs. Gould, wealthy New York
widow, has a taste for railroad enter
prises that seems to go with the name.
She subscribed the necessary funds to
carry on the work of construction of the
Covington and Macon road, and person.
ally watched the progress of the work
until the last spike was driven. She had
a construction engine at her command,
which she has been known to order out
at night that she might watch the men
working by torchlight Mrs. Gould is
said to be under 40, and has daughter
who is just 1G.
One of the interesting figures of New
York has been Miss Hampton, of South
Carolina, a daughter of Gen. Wade
Hampton, who is now assistant in the
surgical ward of one of the hospitals.
Miss Hampton has taken very thorough
course of training as a professional nurse,
and it is her plan, when her studies have
been completed, to open school for the
instruction of nurses in the south, and
supply, if possible, new field for work
for the southern women. She is slen-
der woman, with 1.-the figure, dark
hair, and colorless but healthy COM
plexion. She is entirely devoted to her
work, an enthusiast in it, and woman
of exceptional endowments.
Mrs. Florence Kelley Weschnewetsky,
the sweet faced labor reformer who lee
tured against child bondage in New York
city in the Central Labor unions hall,
not long ago, is the wife of Polish
nobleman. She is also the daughter of
Mr.. Pig Iron Kelley, the champion of
the high protective" tariff. Mrs.
has had more romance
in her life than most young women of
her social advantages and good looks.
Some years ago Miss Kelley, who had
already mastered the mass of statistics
which compose her fathers working IL
brary, together with John Stuart Mill.
Adam Smith and all the books she could
find on political economy. went to Ger
many to pursue her studies in social sci
ence and entered the University of
Prince Weschnewetsky, of
Poland, was a fellow student. He and
Miss Kelley, who had been writing very
letters to American news
papers to vary the monotony of her
studies. fell in love with each other, They
studied love and philosophy together and
hen got married and began practicing
hem.