The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-11-23
THE FAIR eek.

ters Of Evs-Persouai Gossip.
Queen Victoria will present q 6us
painting of herself 70 Prince Bismarck
a. souvenir Of her visit to Berlin.
The fact that Sarah Bernhard has In
her possession 800 unread playa illus.
trates one Of the sad features Of contem.
porary life.
Mrs. Alice Shaw, the American whis-
tier. recently whistled for the Prince Of
Wales benefit. and was personally com.
plimented by him for her unusual ia
cility in an unusual feminine art. :"
Julia Ward Howe and Queen Victoria
are exactly the same age. They both
celebrated their sixty ninth birthday re-
Gently. The former achieved greatness;
the latter had greatness thrust upon her.
Queen Victoria is quite well posted on
current literature. Every new book Of
any prominence Is at once sent to her.
II she is attracted BY its title It Is read 70
her by some maid Of honor In waiting.
During the morning the queen always
listens to several columns Of The London
Times. She has great liking for news
papers.
The splendid monument to Maria The.
resa, lately dedicated at Vienna, Il by far
the finest and most costly work Of the
kind in the empire. The illustrious en-
press is represented in a sitting posture,
her right arm extended and her left
hand grasping the scepter. At the four
corners are equestrian figures Of her four
great generals, Daun, Laudon, Traun and
Khevenhueller. The inscriptions are
simple; on the front, MARIA Theresa"
and on the back, Erected by Francis
Joseph l, 1885,"
There was curly haired. baby faced,
blonde young damsel, Ellen Hutchinson,
who came to New York city from an In.
terror hamlet to try her luck as a re-
porter for the press. A few years have
passed since then, and now her name
appears on the title page Of the ten 90
tavo volumes Of the erudite work enti-
lied IA Library Of American Etera-
ture." The ponderosity of, the work has
not crushed her merriment. Her eyes
sparkle as brightly and she trips a.
lightly as of yore. We have learned in
;hese times that it is not necessary for q
literary woman to cease to belong to the
air and gentle sex.
Before her death Lady Marian Afford
eft memoranda for her daughters guild.
nee in arranging for her funeral. Among
'ther things, she wrote: II think that in
his short life too much is given to signs
# grief for the departed into happiness.
should prefer no mourning for myself,
Tut should not like to shock any ones
'rejudices on this account, and would
My set an example as restricting the
natter to the smallest compass. | think
hat Grape mourning is a cruel tax to the
oor; it is expensive and tawdry, and
asty the moment it ceases to be fresh,
nd, therefore, would wish you to set
he example by not wearing it for me-"
no Grape was worn ct
ady Affords funeral.
Somebody suggested to Mrs. Cleveland
nat it must b4 unpleasant for her never
} pick up q Newspaper withoulD 16pdjp2.l
ome account ~ her own
does not strike me in that 3
splied. If the editors think I'll eople
Ike to read about me, that is fattering,
nd it is always done SO politely. you
now. The president one day said that he
elieved he would have to let somebody go
trough the papers that was to see. and
lip out all the articles in which was y
lentioned-just as they do with juries,
believe, when trials are going on. He
asn't done it yet, however. and possibly
Q remembered what had once told him
bout schoolmate of mine. Her father
,und that she was in the habit Of read
lg particularly all the accounts Of mar
ages, Opponents and other sentimental
lings in the family paper, SO he clipped
ut all the matters of that kind before
,e got at the sheet. OF course her Gu
osity was acutely aroused by such ex-
lrgation, and what did she do but bor-
wv another copy Of the same paper
ON neighbor, spread out the cut one
yer it, and read through the holes"
The queen Of Servia the other day was
sitting museum in Vienna and per-
sted in taking her umbrella into the
lleries with her. This the man at the
nor, who did not know her majesty, in
,ted in not allowing her to do, where
ION the queen got excited, and told the
an who she was. The official refused
believe her, and her majesty, who is
It distinguished for the smoothness of
r temper. lost it entirely, and gave the
an a sharp blow across the face. On
is he cried out for assistance, and, per-
.ps for the first time in our century, q
een was arrested. The amusement Of
erybody concerned. when they discov-
ed that the lady Of the umbrella was
deed the beautiful queen of Servia, can
III be imagined. Her majesty, how
er. took the thing in good tempered
~, and admitting she was very much
named of herself for her exhibition Of
nper, insisted upon shaking hands
tn the guard Of the cloak room. and
er making him handsome donation,
oceeded with her lady in waiting TIL
,phantly round the galleries, umbrella
hand.
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