The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-11


q blacksmith in his boyho
50 hardened to violent
and heat that he thouzI I6t iiotning could
affect the superb siren h Of bis physique.
But New York blast struck him IN his
vital spot one day and n was compelled
to give up the stage altogether. 0nex-
pectedly his voice came back to him, but
in such delicate form that he Is now
obliged to nurse It like an exotic.
Senator ingalls,, the dienifed president
Of the United States senate, stood ON a
curbstone in Washington q DAY OF two
ago as horse car rushed by at q rauid
rate For momen nears' chance AZ
boarding that car seei 81 as slim az he Il
himself. Suddenly. however. the Kansas
statesman placed two fingers IN his
mouth, blew sharp blast and piercing
whistle startled the calm winter atmos-
phere. Eehoing along the quiet street,
the shrin sound overlook the hurrying
car, and, as If BY magic, the conveyance
stopped ingalls, says he learned to
whistle when a boy.
Senator Evarts' house in Washington
used to be fun Of young girls. His
daughters have married of, however, and
only Miss Mary Evarts remains at home.
Miss Evarts Is anxious 70 retire from
active social life, as she finds the round
Of gayeties at the capital something Of q
bore, but her father will not permit her
to go into seclusion. He taires great m
terest in her toilets, and complains that
she does not purchase enough evening
dresses to please him. Il IS 20 seldem
that the father Of young woman in So
ciety makes such complaint, that Sen
ator EvaEts stands almost alone 10 fhis
matter.
Word comes from FIofence Of the
death Of Signora Marianna Barbieri- Mini,
who was famous thirty OF forty years
ago as an operatic singer, and was as re-
markable for exceptional ugiines as for
her artistic talent and splendid voice. In
/ the height Of her fame she married Count
Mini and retired from the stage. After
his death she married q well known
Vienna musician named Hacksnsollner,
| who suddenly DISAPPEARED, leaving her
IN extremely EtFaftened circumstances,
and abe was forgotten except By = few
faithful friends. She used herself 70 re-
late with a certain piq1ant gusto that
once when playing Norma" II the
famous duet where the two children are
presented to the heroine b. Adalgisa, a
she bent 70 embrace them, the little girl
zho persOnated one of the Children wa
50 terrified By her ugliness that she
sprang from the stage into the wings, ex.
claiming. Mother, mother, the witch 4
fherei 70 the intense amusement Of the
audience.
The combined wealth Of this remark
able family (fhe Astors) probably stands
without parallel in the world. Il has
been the steady endearor Of the living
members of the family to underestimate
their possessions IN order that they might
not arouse the TOO bitter Jealousy q that
class Of the population which looks inim-
icalIF Il hoarded wealth. For this reason
John jacob Astor has never given
. any authority for statements q his
wealth that put the figures beyond 500,
/ 900, 600. and ordinarily this sum Is looked
upon Is the limit Of his possessions;
neVerfheles Il Is a conservative estimate,
! becauss TIE family Is always buying new
real estate, as the income IN the shape Of
rents brinzs about an accumulation oI
actual cash much greater than they car
} conveniently dispose Of. But tzkinl
J 800, 000, 600 a. a basis and addifg 10 ]
the forfuneof his brother William. whicl
Is more than half as great, and the for
2 tunes possessed By the husbands Of thi
married daughters Of fhe family. theu
would be q tdtnl that could not fan shor
. Of e25o, 900, ,0o6.