The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-12-14
PERSONS AND THINGS.
News NeSss Complied Frsn tho "Tin.sv
Exchauges

THERE are more folks than the audience
to be looked cut for by the actor and one Of
the worst Of them is the manager who has a
fondness for seeing how the piece looks
from the front. This Ia the sixth different
makeup I've had on In a week. :" exclaimed
tne leading lady in one OF the companies
In THIS city few nights ago. when |
'ook the part used ordinary grease paint,
put ine star didn't like the smell OF that
"hen ne had 10 embrace me- and so he sent
me complete outfit Of English pant. The
manager saw this the first night used it,
ana declared that IL was too dull. 80 ! had
10 get French grease paint. Then the man
agcr thought that was too bright, and |
tried something else. Tha; wouldn't do
either, and so have been kept experiment
ing with one kind Of paint or another until
now Pm down 70 common yinegaire rouge
and French chalk"
STRANGE case Of suicide occurred IN
Louisville Sunday night. George Winter
korn was married at the age Of seventeen.
and though not yet twenty-one was the
father Of a thrce-year old boy. His wife
was devoted TO him, and did all in her pow
or 10 make his home happy, but Winter
korn bewailcd his early marriage, and the
hardness Of his lot. His father had left a
good estate, but the step-mother remained
IN possession, resisting q suit by the chill
dren to recover portion Of the property.
IRON is rapidly increasing in its use for
houses. You can buy a complete iron house
at the manufacturers and have il sent any
where in pieces. A large number Of iron
villas have been sent from England TO the
Riviera and put up there upon plots of land
purchased or leased, with the provision that
when the lease expires the house can be
taken away. 4 comfortable house can
readily be- built in a month. The price Of a
room measuring twenty by thirteen feet is
about $3.50.
MUNICIPAL politics at Memphis are red
hot. President lIsdden, Of the taxing dis
trict, is candidate for reelection, and il
is charged in the public prints that he will
use thepOlice. part Of the fire department
and the one hundred labOrers employed on
the union depot excavations 10 carry his
nomination at the primary election. The
dDDc0i demands his answer 10 the charge.
and offers him space 10 reply. Mr. W. ID.
Bethel is Mr.. Hadden's opponent.
THE woman who bought paper Of nee
dies when she was married and set up
housekeeping, and forty years after had
used only half Of them, NAV have been
relative of an ArOOstOOk man who moved 10
while ago. He sent back
the other day for his cap, which is forty |
four years old. and which he had left be-
snd. lie said he felt lonesome without it, |
STEWARD MCKDf, Of the White House,
mas proved great success. He is not as
sensitive as Hugo Zieman and understands
he Harrison family's wants. One Of his
sreat achievements lies in his preparations
4 fried apples and cream-a dish much rel
shed for lunch by the President and Elijah
Ialf0rd.
iGNATIUs DONNFLLY is said to be dis
appointed man. lie had confidently ex-
ected that the world would accept his Ba-
oman cipher at once and shower upon its
iscoyerer the wealth and fame he longs for.
Bat instead Of taking DOnncly seriously
he world is inclined TO look upon him as a
rilliant humOrist
1HE average Chinese editor may not make
money rapidly, but he cannot complain of
ny lack Of excitement. The Pekin Gdzcue
tates that during the 1000 years Of its ex-
'tence 1900 Of It's editors were beheadea by
be orders Of various Emperors.
NEW ORLEANS, Mobile, and Pensacola
re working TO secure the proposed South
IN navy-ysrd. The Senators and Repre-
antatiyes from each Of their States are
Torking for their constituents, but those
OF interested seem TO think New Orleans
as the first chance.
QUITE a sensation was created in Mil
'aukee, Wis, on Monday by School super-
ltendent Anderson, who ordered all the
rhools closed in honor Of \. II. Schatten-
erg. the school board secretary. who killed +
imself when deficiency in his accounts
'as discovered {