The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-06

CHAUNcEY NJ. DEPEw is said to be the general
choice of the New York Republicans TO head
the delegation from that State to the Chicago
Convention.
CLARA LOUISE KELLOGG is reported as about
to organize au opera company. and this moves
a wicked editor with no music patriotism in
his soul to inquire: Whom will she have for a
prima DONNA
Gov FORAKER takes occasion to announce that
he is mot now, and for that matter never will
be, a candidate for tna Republican Presidential
nomination But You can't most always tell
what these Ohio men may do.
C. P UUNrINGToN says he still has the first S.
he ever ea. ned for a months work on a Con
necticut ia. m. There is a general belief that
Mr.. Huntington also has i'll his possession sew
eral dollars which he never earned
ExSENAroR JOIN b. GORDON is one of the
most iovable men, and always has his hand in
bis pocket ready to help friend. He attaches
no value to money except for its power To serve
others. lie usually thinks Of himself last.
SApIN, OF MINNESOTA, Is one of the early birds
Of the Senate. He is usually to be found at his
desk long before the opening hour, gong over
his mail lie can talk and write at the same
time. and does an immense amount of work be-
fore the session begins.
J. G. CANNoN, of Illinois. is one of the best
story-tellers in the National House of Represen-
tatyeS He has a drol humor about him that
is immensely taking, and the most straight
laced member canuot resist his good natured
badluage and quaint anecdotes.
WILLIAM W. THOMSON, JR., of Maine, who wiR
our Minister TO Sweden under the last Repubh-
can administration, is down from his backwoodS
town in Maine, and his pretty foreign wife is
with HIM. There has been a good deal of
romance written OF late about the gentle Morse
girl, who is now Mrs. Thomson, and the papers
have been describing her as a Princess wnom
the gallant New England lawyer had won even
from Prince Oscar, The heir to tde Swedish
throne. 1t is a pretty story, and it seems harsh
10 destroy il, but the truth must be told, even
at the risk of declaring that there is no fouuda-
ton for the Prince aud Princess part of the
tale. Mr.. Thomson, who was a quiet country
lawyer, was sent TO Sweden by President
Arthur, and while there fell IN love with the
blonde haired maiden. whom he made his wife
about six months since. She is not a Process
but she is the daughter of a rich banker, who is
member of the Swedish Parliament. and "a
man OF considerable influence among the finan-
cial magnates of the kingdom. Naturally he
did not care to have his daughter cross the sea
for husband. and so when Mr.. Thomson first
sought her in marriage there was an unwilling
ness on her family'S part to give her up. The
Minister was removed when the Democracy
came ito power. and he sailed back TO the Maine
woods. But he did not stay long and one day
last summer he went back to the far away
North and the pretty Swedish maiden cast her
lot for life with him.
The NAME Elizabeth Gardner figures often at
the bottom Of canvaSes exhibited in popular
art dealers windows in New York and other
Cities but the artist, although American, is
little known In this country. she went TO Paris
to study as a young girl, and has not been home
for twenty-five years. She received her train
ing from Bougereau, and has learned to Use her
brush in such manner that her pictures often
suggest her masters STYLE although she fails to
give the softHess of flesh, tones and color that
Bougereau always produces Each year she
exhibits one or two pictures In the salon, gen
orally the figure of a little girl. "a model she is
fond of. A child Of often poses for he also.
one of the many who are taught from infancy
to follow the profession of models, and who are
Bble even at such age TO sit as still for three
hours as If they were made of wood. Miss
Gardeners home is IN the Latin quarter, where
so many artists high on the ladder of fame
aud fortune or others, struggling on the very
first round are fond of living. In Paris the
studio is just as much part of an artist house
or apartment AZ his dining room or his kitchen
The studio, indeed, may comprise all in one,
with bedroom thrown in, in the case of the
struggling artist That of Miss Gardner is the
largest and most spacious of "A suite Of rooms,
not elegant. 10 be sure, but filed with quaint
Old pieces of furniture, ancient and haltwo
rugs on slippery floors, aud above ali. the
several cages belonging to rare and costly birds
a parrot, which talks French only. holds a
place of distinction in the studio. II the bird
cannot be made by her mistress to carry on a
conversation the cook and maid are called from
the kitchen, both ia spotless Normandy caps. TO
try their powers of persuasion on Polly. Like
children, Polly does not always show of "
There are never Iuore than one or two pictures
exhibited in the studio At one time, end in this
way the visitor does not go away with a con-
fused and indistinct idea OF half a dozen in his
head