New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-06
PERSONAL.

The rooms occupied by the German Emperor az
Peterhof arc known as formerly belonging " u'0
Grand Duchess Olga Nicholaeyna, afterw&ru euoou
Of Wurtemburg They are in every detail JUST as 'hey
were left by the Empress Catherine, every ar.oio -
furniture having been carefully preserved, the SIX
bangInas and tho coverings of chairs, ETC., having,
when absolutely necessary, been replaced by fac-
SMILES The rooms are small and few IN NUMBER
hut extremely rich and harmonious me oi.y uoI hd
mirror which stands IN iUht oil sGe and the in
Vulnerable toilet articles ranged on Us pro TeariSe
tiers are of the same mdte Ens anu Grandfaher'
cock-arcles which, Judging from their great NUMBER
in Russia must have been eSse Interesting pI relic
is the favorte stngroom Of the Empress Eiza ae
Pe,rovna in which nothing M mas p bsIf s,so
Tho Pow DR. Dorchester, the eminent temperance
,avocate has been invited take conspicuous part
in the International temperance conference thai Is 10
he held in connection with tho centennial cecora"o"
AT Melbourne, Australia, IN November
professor T. d. Ventura, of Boston, we'll known as
h,, reader and teacher of Italian and French, has
hecn called TO the chair Of phloOgy in the University
Of Athens Greece
Governor Marble, Of Mainc went last week to visit
the Passamaquoddy Indians
Senator ualc's wife and children have returned
from Europe to their home at Ellsworth, Maine.
BARLEY Campbell was failure as newspaper re-
porter 1t Is said because he would let his Imagination
run away with his facts ana frequent iloei S"'' wa"
the consequence.
Speaking of Mrs. Alice j. Shaw, the American
whistler The Saturday Review of London remarks
that many people have been asked out to hear her,
regarding tho whole thing a joke, and have come
awav I'm simple wonder at the unlocked for display OF
her powers They have found her sound musician
and a subtle mistress of her particular art Ihey
have found that, through her special medium, she
coud fll Covent Garden with ccstatc trs or SINK INTO
the softcst whispered notes the execution OF which
only wears of rehearsal could achieve 1t may be
fflcuIt to conceive whistling prma donna; but the
fact Is that whlstlng fine art Is worthy OF az
tentive study Those who have once heafu DIS.
Alice shaw cannot fail to realize that If whstng were
cultivated fno art by those VINO N a1uiuoa d 10
musical endowment, have strength OF vocal chord
hrbroofed palate and flexible buccal aperture lney
might be trained to take part In concert as vi many
clarIonets with effect more lhrliluB lhah tn7
most eyousIte instrumental music has ever conlufed
m and which, from its novelty alone, wouid o1 oIu
surprlsng than any concert hitherto heard, "hether
instrumental or vocal
Walt Whitman calls hts present ailment war
paralysis He says: 1t came Immediately after inc
war | was filed with emotion, with eAcitemoh',
hone and energy them l thought all America was
going to the bad II has visited me six or seven
times SINCE leaving me each time little weaker and
shaker This time has been pretty bad one.aS pad
as any of them. And then old ago andIahl lhlriheo
all make little weaker nave peen priS"t,o
i'm this room for six weeks, but we think We are soin5
to make little rally