St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-04
MEN AND WOMEN.

MEN AND WOMEINs
Baron de Hirsch, the millionaire, is
the latest accession to the English turf.
In charity fair recently held at
Vienna in the Princess d'Aremberg'S
palace, all English millionaire paid no.
600 forms for the pleasure OF kissing
one cheek of the princess.
Four hundred Silesian lace makers
have been at work for five weeks on a
magnificent veil for the sister of the
German empress, who is about to marry
Prince Leopold of Prussia.
Lord Beaconsfield's shade, if it ever
traverses the county of Buckingham,
must be truly joyful, says the London
Truth, at the appointment of his friend,
Lord Rothschild, to the lord lieutenantcy
of that shlre-a selection which has
made the effete, pudding headed 'old
nobility and 'scOunty families" screech
with dismay.
Miss Fair. the daughter of James G..
Fair, the millionaire ex-senator. is said
to be engaged to- an assistant surgeon
in the navy, whose fortunes are limited
to his pay. Miss Fair has some $4,000
600. She is described as beautiful, with
cold, statuesque face. 1t was said at
one time that she was engaged to G..
Creighton Webb.
Beverly Tucker, of West Virginia,
whose appointment as Haytian COM
missioner has created such stir, is one
of the most familiar figures in Wash
ingtOn. He has ruddy complexion and
white hair, side whiskers and mustache.
He is a jOvial, Sociable man, fond OF
champagne and good stories. Senator
Voorhees, once remarked that he would
be glad to pay for bottle of champagne
every day for the pleasure OF seeing
'Bev' Tucker drink it."
Amelie Rives-Chanler had a strange
caller III Paris few days ago, no less a
parsonage than Louise Michel. The
nihiliStic Parisienne has literary tastes
and aspirations, and she was anxious to
have the author of "The Quick or the
Dead'' read certain manuscript poems
and pass Judgment upon them. Just
what Amelie said to Louise is not
known, but the former confessed to a
friend that she was afraid of the little
anarchiste, and did not dare to refuse
her request.
George w. Childs, whose "Reminis-
cences" in the current number of Lip
pincott's are so interesting, does not
mention in them his habitual practice
of not giving letters or cards of intro
duction to people. II rarely, very
rarely. do it; and never sign my name
to blank paper, or anything which 1
do not myself write. This is necessi-
tated by the number of uses the sigma
ture of any well-known or wealthy man
can be put to-" said he recently, when
asked for letter to one of his intimates.
Mayor Filter. of Philadelphia, has not
vet recovered from a shock he received
a few days ago. A little messenger
boy had brought note to the mayors
office and was waiting for reply. Mr..
Filter was taking his time about the
answer when the boy exclaimed:
"Hqrry up, mayor; | can't wait here
he had been struck by presidential
nomination. He looked at the boy in
amazement, then angrily, then in a
deprecating way, and finally surren-
dered completely and rapidly finished
bis note.
Sixty Mohammedan eunuchs, former
ly owned by Prince Baelb Bueby. of
India, compose the crew OF the English
steamship st. Fillians, now discbarging
cargo from the Island of Elba. at
Philadelphia. Prince Baelb Bueby is a
wealthy CHIEF living in the interior of
India. He amassed fortune trading
in ivory tusks with European dealers.
He then retired to live in luxury with
twenty-three wives. The sixty eunuchS
attended his harem. Some time ago
Bueby had to retrench, and his dis
charged eunuchS wandered to the coast
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