The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-21
Personal.

SENATOR QuAY's SON says his father won but
two bets on the election. One was a silk hat
which he couldn't wear. and the other box of
cigars, which the other fellows around the head
quarters smoked for HIM.
MISSIONARY WALKER, describing his bill of fare
in Central Africa, says he occasionally has white
ants as a delicacy and likes them very much
though il takes some time to get over the feel
ing OF repugnance which ants at first excite as
an article of diet.
GEORGE GoULD's NEW BORN son. who is now
but few weeks old, is said to bear striking
resemblance to his grandfather. Although he
is a much smaller baby than his year-oid
brother, he already shows signs of restless
energy, and he has the keen near-together black
eyes OF the famous money king.
EDWIN Booth and Lawrence Barrett are to
be entertained at Tuxedo Park by Pierre Loril-
lard and other members of the Tuxedo Club
This would seem to emphasize Mr.. Lorlard 3
declaration that Mr.. X. Belew was not excluded
because of his profession. Mr.. b. will probably
admit that the other two BIS are actors to some
extent.
THE MARQUIsE TAFFINI D'ACCEGLo of Italy
considered one of the beauties of King Hum
bert's court, was formerly Miss Wickersham of
Philadelphia. Her husband, the marquis, is a
lieutenant general in the Italian army, and q
man of wealth besides being the twenty first
inhertor Of his title. sister Of the mar
chioness married a brother Of ex-President
Gowen, of the Reading road.
JOHN L. SULLIVAN has become great reader
of late Having devoted his life to science il is
remarkable that he should turn to light fiction
for amusement He tried to read THE Quick
or the Deadg' not long ago He thought by the
title that 1t must contain at least one chapter
on prize fight. He gave up the book after
the hrSt few pages and asked a Boston
friend if he knew what language Amelie Rives
wrote in.
GEN WILLIAM SEWARD, the son of Lincoln's
Secretary OF State, lives in the Seward home
LOT A anlaa MAJ 1..,slN
by his mothers father in 1916, and is surrounded
by pleasant grounds. The library, with looks
out over wide sweep of lawn, is filled with
mementoes of the late statesman, whose son
still sits at the desk upon which his famous
father wrote the most, and probably the best of
his numerous speeches.
Football is as healthful recreation as usual
this year. Corbin of the Yale team has car
buncle on his left arm, Wallace has an abcess
on his lip, Stages right eye and nose are badly
bunged ur, James has q cut on the head, Gill IS
on crltches, Rhodes IL a temporary wreck,
Graves has n severe wound on the head, Pixies
which gives him a great deal of pain. The two
other players are in perfect condition.
MAYOR FILTER Of Philadelphia, talks freely Of
the doodle raised for the republicans in the
Quaker city. He says that he called meeting
OF business men at his office, contributed $4,000
and appointed subcommittee TO collect sub
scrptions from the various trades. He limo
Gently remarks that ut was represented 10 the
manufacturers that the money so expended
would return TO them in their business" He
asserts that Thomas Dolan. John Wanamaker,
A. j. Drexel & Co.. Harrison Frazier q Co.,
Hamilton Disstou, John and James Dobson and
). V. Williamson gave $4,000 each, and that
altogether Philadelphia raised not le than
100000 for the republican national committee.
ANENT Mr.. Chamberlain's marriage, the Pail
Mol Gazette has this to say: THE advent Of
an American girl into English society at first
was curiosity. It soon became portent. IL
is now assuming the dimensions OF menace.
Before long 1t will be recognized as calamity.
or all forms Of competition there is none so
deadly MS this. We can stand our farmers being
ruined by American corn We can listen un.
moved 20 the walls Of graziers made bankru t
by the influx of American beef. But the Ameri-
can girl Is too much. Already we hear the muir
pur and the drawing room growl of the despair
ing Belgravian mother, who sees, season after
season, American girls swoop down upon the
most eligible partners and cut our native girls
out before the very eyes OF their distracted
parents"