The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-11
PERSONAL.

GEN. BoULANGER's WIFE was, for some years
after their marriage, noted as a beauty and her
husband was glad TO use her charms to attract
to his house his superior officers whose acmaint-
ance and favor he thus gained. She is consider
ably faded now and the brave general is in
creasingly attentive to metal more attractive "
THERE is reason to believe that Emperor
Frederick of Germany is really growing tenn
porarily stronger, Herr Angel, the famous
VienneSe painter, has been informed that EN-.
peror Frederic will now be able to sit for the
picture which Angel is to make of him in his
coronation robes. Angel will start for Ger
many at once.
SENATOR VOORHEES, recently visited the pen
sion Office at Washington, and was astonished
to recognize in a man hauling a truck filled with
documents an eX-judge once prominent in Indi
ana. stopping him the senator exclaimed:
Thunder i and an lightning 1i Judge in Indiana
horse" was promoted to place more BETTING
his former dignity
FREDERICK VILLIERs, the war correspondent
and artist of the London Graphic, was one day
buying some old helmets at a public sale, and
had n venerable cooked hat, for which no bid
could be obtained. thrown in with his purchases
gratis, When he came TO examine the hat
closely he found written on the lining, in a CON
cealed spot this entry in an unknown hand
which he believes, however, to be authentic:
This hat was given to me by the Duke of Well
ngton, May 81, 1851. He told me it was worn
by him at Waterloo"
EDWARD J. PHELPS, our minister to England
is in New York on his way back to London He
is wonderfully quiet and self possessed gen
tleman, this Mr.. Phelps, and the structures that
haze been so frequently made upon his official
and social conduct at the court of st. James
have not added line OF silver TO his hair He
returns with the same jaunty, sef-cOnAdent
feeling that he has always possessed, and there
is not a shade of disappointment lingering upon
his fine face because he failed to find that place
on the bench Of the supreme court
for which the country unanimously
considered him well worthy. He is
something of a remarkable man -Four years
ago the world outside of a few men in Vermont
and score in New York city, had never heard
of his name nor known anything about him
One day the wires announced his appointment
as minister to England, and from one end of
the states to the other rang the question, who
is Edward j. Phelpsy" He has answered that
by n straightforward performance of his duties
which, whatever may have been his mistakes
will make him place in the history of Amer-
can diplomacy,
GEN BoUIANuER's YoToRrErY has dragged
even his, barber into the prominence of being
interviewed 10 the extent of n half column
Figaro says that the would-be emulator OF Ma
polhon walks into the shop just like any
ordinary man, sits down In a comfortable chair
which is reserved for his especial use, and
awaits operations. Instantly the barber pro-
cceds to work in person, for the General is too
ny por ia person to be handed
Skilltul debutant in the historic art of
hair cutting. There is such thing as
keeping VI. Boulanger waiting while NJ. lie Golf
teur blows up" his assistants, or tries 10 press
bottle of bay rum or pot of new pomade on
q reluctant customer preparing to depart The
Caesarian hair aud beard are quickly and skill
fully cut with a pair OF scissors of the best
Sheltield steel. During the operation the Gen
eral docs not speak a word, and on its conclu-
sion he pays ten francs 20 the coifTeur and five
TO the lucky assistants, who have perhaps
turned the brushing machine or assisted in the
shampooing All this takes place at n regular
hour weekly. The same authority who Is re-
spousible for all this interesting Information as
sures us that the coffeur has fertile source of
profit aud perquisite in the hairs which have
been cut from the skull jaws and chin Of the
possible Dictator These capillary relics he
carefully collects and sells to the Generals ad
MIXERS