The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-13
PERSONAL.

THE dollars in the Alger barrel are making
great clatter as they pour out of the bung- hole
Mr.. GLADSTONE has struck on the picture bust
ness. He declares he will never sit for another
portrait.
GEN. w. T. SHERMAN finds himself locked in.
That cruel wretch the rheumatism fiend has
turned the key on him.
Mrs. RIGNoLD, who died a few days ago at
Birmingham was the first actress to take the part
of Hamlet She tried it fifty years ago.
DEPEw ENTHUSIASTS have raised a rhymed
slogan in behalf of their candidate 1t runs as
follows: After Blaine, whoi Why, Chauncey
NJ. Depew."
ADMIRAL HoRNBY says that England would re-
quire at least 1856 cruisers to protect her mer
chant vessels from the enemy's cruisers, and
that she has but fortytwo.
Mrs. JAMES SHERIDAN knowles, widow of the
celebrated playwright, whose death was an
nounced some three weeks ago in London, made
her appearance as Juliet in New York in Au-
gust, 1884 Her stage name was 'Elphinstone."
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON says James out
ranks Howells as tho greatest living American
novelist. This, of course, is of the "tckle-m
tclle-you" order. James pulled Stevenson in
the April Century, lauding him to the seventh
heaven
THE archbishop of Paris has refused to allow
Verdi'S requiem to be given in Notre Dame, on
the grouna that ladies of the opera would sing
afterward cardinal, some years ago invited a
whole Italian opera troupe engaged at the old
Theatre Royal to sing in the cathedral choir,
and five shillngs was the entrance fee. Even
doctors of divinity disagree.
THE latest mot concerns Dumas and a play
wright Indigenous to American soil and endowed
with genuine American "cheek" He wrote to
Dumas asking if he would colaborate with him.
Dumas, piqued at his temerity, responded ask.
ing, How dare you propose to yoke horse and
an ass togethergn To this the undaunted play
wright saucily replied, "IIow dare you call me
p horsegn an answer which so fetched Dumas
that the collaboration is already in progress.
THE VANDERBLTs spend enormous sums on
furniture, bric-a brac and artistic decorations,
but comparatively little on jewelry. Not one
member of the family cares for gems except as
an accessory to the toilet, and while the women
wear costly and beautiful diamonds they have
not among them rare stone, flnely-cut in
taglio, or an ornament representing any original
taste or disCemment. The AStors, on the con-
trary, own one of the finest collections of gems
in the country. and the late Mrs. John Jacob
Aston was a connoisseur whose Judgment was
respected by the trade Her purchases were
always made on conditions of the utmost
privacy.
THE maiden name of the late Nine Rouvier
was Noemie Cabot, but ON arriving at young
womanhood she assumed the name of Claude
Vignon." She was says n Chicago Tribune
writer, remarkably beautiful and attractive,
but kept her virtue and her name intact. She
Salon, and was esteemed TO be n rival of Rosa
Bonheur. Under the famous Pradier she
studied sculpture, and did such marvellous work
that he exclaimed: The pupil has surpassed
the MASTER" She also wrote some clever
novels which were hailed as the tokeus Of new
era in literature. Her salon was thronged with
illustrious gatherings of poets, painters sculp-
tors and authors. But In the midst of all this
shlendor she met one day man known as the
Able constants. He was really Elias Levi. a rene
gade jew He had professed christianity and
become a Roman Catholic priest. Then he had
renounced his VOWS and become professor of
occultism." II was at this time that she met
him. Something about him-perhaps his as
sumed mysticism, perhaps only his striking
animal beauty-fascnated the romantic girl
and she became his slave. They were married.
and then his true character appeared. He set
up as a fortune-teller and magnetic healer,
and wanted to use his beautiful young wife in
the basest manner as decoy TO attract
patronage. From this she revolted in disgust
and left him. But it was too late Her place
in the world was lost forever. SO she took to
various shady ways. For time she was one Of
| the most successful of Louis Napoleon's secret
| service agents. When NJ Rouvier married her
| she was still beautiful. He married her for
love alone, and they we're always deeply de-
voted TO each other But even when he became
minister, society did not forget her connection
| with the exprlest, and refused to recognize
( her.