Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-02
ABOUT MEN AND WOMEN.

Rsmery!, the great violinist, has been
touring through South Africa. he is
said to have had no less than 10000
worth Of jewels given him by admirers
the wide world over.
They have started the story that Bald.
win, the &c ronsut, now making himself
famous in London bJ dropping from bal
looms with parachute, is none other
than Lulu, who used to be shot ont Of q
cannon,
Missouri, is the father of twin babies who
took the FIST prize at the Kansas City
baby show. The prize WAS mush bowl,
AID he Is prouder Of Ii than Of his Demo-
cratic majority.
N. Rohei, the Russian petroleum
EKEg," gave breskfast recently at b.
K6tm in honor Of the Czsr which cost
S25 eco, and he presented the Czsrine
with diamond bouquet holder OF the
value Of $4,000.
Miss Louise Glyn, religious editor OF
the New York Herald, is about to marry
Mr.. Mcintyre, financial editor OF the same
paper. Il will probably irfuse religion
into the finance and finance into the reli-
gion OF that paper.
John G. Whittier recently wrote to s
yourg friend who had asked advice: az
would advise no young man to depend
upon poetry. A profession or trade is
needed" In OTHER words, young poets
should say nothing and saw wood.
Lige Hslford, The presidentselect's sec.
Rotary, is man of marked piety. He is
8 Methods: and something OF an ex-
horter. la his early career as g journtl-
ist he distinguished himself as q re porter
Of executions in IndianR. George Hard
ing conferred upon him the title of
"Ranter Around the G,llows," which he
bore with honor for many years.
Postmaster General Don NJ. Dickinson
is said to be supsrstitious on the subj act
Of white horses. This ma7 be due to the
fact that his whiskers have Q reddish
tinge. At sll events, he holds the belief
that the sight Of white horse always
brings him bad luck. He says that he
never saw so mauy in his life as on cleo.
ton dsy, and by night he felt Convinced
that his psrty had been beaten, though he
had heard NO returns.
Mrs. Harrison, the wife of the presi-
dent-elect, Is thus described by an ex.
uberant correspondent. "She is small,
probably not more than five fee! two, and
has plump figure. Her dimpled fingers
display her marriage ring snd three diss
mopds Her sleeves were tight snd plain,
showing the outlines of j fitely moulded
arm, snd enSmeled gold bracelets clasped
the fair wrists. Her eyes are large and a
soft brown, snd her hs,r contrasts be .uti
fully, being gray. Her mouth Is the
right s.zs for beauty. She wears 5 soft,
fluffy bang and her hair coiled low on her
neck"
Thomas Hardy, the author of "Under
the Greenwood Tree" Of other
books as clever, and Of
various others not SO clever, lives
near Dorchester, England. His dwelling,
which he calls "Max.gste," Is = red brick
house Of his own designing. II is about
Z mile distant from the humble cottage
in which he was born. Dorchester is
presumably "Css.erbridge." Mr. Ha1dy
Is 9 plesssnt-lookirg man, small OF
stature, with rounded brow ana full
head. He wears s carefully trained
Eizsbsthsn beard, and dresses very
neatly.
Ssys the Hartford Conn Times: 1.-THE
heslth CT Mrs. Hsrrle: Beecher Stowe is
til such that she goes nesrly every day
about the house. At one time, five or six
sweeks ago, 1t was feared that she would
Esurvivs but few hours; but she hiss so
much improved since then tba. In every
smother perso Her mind has somewhat
failed during the isst few months; or, st
least she does not manifest all Of her old
OH ri Dat o- To-,
respects is so much improved that she
may live for good while yet, though she
is feeble, physically, as compared with
her condition year or two ago"
Miss Ethel Sprsgue, daughter Of Kate
Chase Sprzgue, is preparing for debut
upon the professional stage. She is
Escarcely seventeen years Of age, but is
very pretty, bright and intellectual, and
possesses remarkable vitality and phys
zeal development. More than ali else,
she is refreshingly natural and unaffected.
She has long cherished Q longing for the
stage, and her mother, who heartily ap-
proves her desire, has given her . COM
prehensive education peculiarly adapted
TO the exlgencies Of the dramatic profess
sion. In elocution, however, Miss
Sprague has received only such training
IS her mother could herself give her. She
WAS educated abroad by private tutors,
and is now studying at the LJceum The.
ster School Of Acting.
A bicyclist rival Of Thomas Stevens Is
Mr.. Hugh Callap, Glasgow clergyman,
who, after wheeling from Paris, entered
ConstsntinopIe on October 1. His route
lay over France, into Alsace BY Belfort,
along the Rhine from Basic to Constance,
up the Arlberg Pass to Innsbruck, over
the Bremen Pass, through Carinthis by
Villsch, and Carniols by Lsibach, through
Croatia by Agrim, and down by the Save
TO Semlin and Belgrade. From Belgrade
he rode down Servia to Nisch, over the
mountains to Prot, thence into Bulgaria,
through the Drsgomsn Pass to Sophia,
over Traisn Pass to Philippopolis, snd by
Adrianople and SIlvris into S.Rmboul. In
all about 1880 miles. He caught the fever
in Servia and lkY Ill Of week in Sophia.
His intention Is to proloug his journey
on through Asia Minor into Syria and
Palestine as far as Jerusalem. a.