The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-22
Personal.

GEN. RoDGER JONES, who has been quite ill
for some weeks past, has much improved in
health during the last few days. and as soon as
he IS alb to stand the journey back will return
to Washington and take possession of apart
ments at the Richmond for the winter.
Mrs. CRAwsHAy, widow of the great iron
master OF Brecon, England, has placed in the
hands of William Rosetti the sum of S12 500
as prize to the woman who shall pass the best
examination on the writings of Byron, Keats
and Shelley.
THE Emperor of Russia exhibits at Copen-
! hagen an immense dinner service OF Dresden
china which was manu- .ctuTed for him few
years ago at a cost of &10,O00. There is q diff
terent scene of Russian life on every piece and
every variety of Russian uniform and costume
is represented.
PASCAL PORTER, 1.-THE boy preacher" is really
what his title claims. He is only II years old,
and he has neen preaching for two years. He
not only eXpounds the Bible text, but quotes
poetry and argues with all the force of
loglcIan. His father says he began preaching
before he left off pinafores.
Mrs. FOLSOM had as her guest for the past
week number of friends from Buffalo and
Niagara, who left Washington Tuesday for
their homes. Strange to say, their advent was
not noticed IN the local papers up to the present
date, but doubtless the coy seciusion of Oak
View suffered little from the omission.
JAMES w. ELLSWORTH OF Chicago, who offers
an annual prize of $500 for the best American
painting first exhibited in that city, has just
added picture gallery to his house. The walls
of this gallery are hung with wine-colored in
grain carpet of light weight and fine web. man
ufactured for the purpose. 1t makes an ex-
cellent background for pictures.
Mrs. POLK, who was mistress of the white
house over forty years ago, is in her 85th year,
and though more or less feeble she is in com
parativey good health In walking she takes
the arm of her maid with one hand, while in the
other she carries a gold headed crutch cane
Mrs. Polk visits bllr To pht1rcl1
every Sunday, and has not missed communion
i'll years.
Mrs JOHN S. SIMPSON of Chicago has been
travelling in Germany for six months past. She
grew very tired OF tine police inspection to which
she was subjected, and at Munich told the au-
thorities that she born in 1850, was travelling
for pleasure and would stay in Germany as long
as the police would let her. The next morning
an officer called on her at her hotel and asked
her solemnly if sha had not made a mistake
about the date of her birth. Mrs. Simpson is of
the opinion that the Germans do not appreciate
Chicago humor
JOHN +. BEAIL has recently returned to Wash
ington with his wife from "a visit TO his father
in-law at minneapolis While there, in CONVEX
sation with Presdent-eect Harrison, Mr.. Beall
touched upon the question OF church, so dear
to the hearts of all good Presbyterians, and ad-
vised Mr. Harrson's securing pew in the new
church of the Covenant. now in process of
erection, to which the President-elect replied
that he had already secured seats in number
of Presbyterian churches in Washington, as he
did not intend to confine himself to any one
particular parish.
THERE is story afloat to the effect that when
Gen. Butler was assured Of UarriSops election
he was plunged into such an ecstacy OF reiofc-
ing that he hardly knew what he was about,
and when he came to his senses he found he had
added 20 per cent. TO the price of his big house
i'll Washington, which he has been trying in
vain to sell to the government under the pres
emit administration. II is Furthermore said that
when the old gentleman saw what ne had done
be rested one eye on his notebook and raised
the other heayenward, exclaimng in a soft
voice: 1t is a providencel Let it stand"
MILToN WELLINGs, author Of "At the Ferry"
Some Day and other popular songs, says he
has no definite time for writing. he works
when the steam is up, and this is often in the
evenings. But music does not nearly absorb
his whole energy. He writes musical criticisms,
dabbles in fiction. and is a bit OF painter. He
is also an athlete, and hates the affectation of
art: That kind of hypocrisy covers multitude
of faults, he said. ~ dislike verse, too Mr..
Wellings added vigorously. "Did you ask Why"
He drew from drawer huge heap of manu-
script, with which he explained he was every
day inundated.
Mas ANNA JENNEss MILLER, who has been in
attendance at the Womau's Congress in Detroit.
has been giving reporter of the Free Press
peep at the mysteries OF a peculiar dress she
wears. said Mrs. NJ: THE dress wear doesn't
seem different from any other woman's. does IL?
But 1t is. 1t s all one piece. | wear no petit
coats, and all the undergarments are of one
piece, suspended from the shoulders The sys-
TEN precludes both corset and hustle. Petit
coats are replaced by double skirts-the same
plan as mems trousers You see, have just as
much freedom as you and yet the possibilities
for rich dresses and draper1es are reserved"