Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-03
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Mrs. Francis Hodgsin Burnett made
SO 900 out Of Little Lord Fountle-
roy -
Beueleaut Is latest play is called sour
Wives, - BE might have put it in the
first person singular, for he has had a
deal OF experience.
Secretary Endieott, upon his retire.
meat from the cabinet, viii be solicitor
of the New England Mutual Life Insur-
anee Company at Boston.
Lefty Lind has danced her way into the
affections OF an Australian millionaire;
and before long she viii show New York
a gorgeous wedding.
1t is semi-officially announced that the
Duke of Sutherland Will be married to
Mrs. Blair at Pensacola, Fla, on Feb
ruary 20. The wedding viii be strictly
private. It is not likely that any of his
relatives viii recognize the new duchess.
A Philadelphia paper is authority for
the announcements that Lord Randolph
Churchill will be in New York shortly
and Will pass few days in society before
continuing his journey TO Brazil, where
he will spend month or two. His wife
viii accompany him.
Mr.. George W. Childs, the publisher
of the Public Ledger of Philadelphia, is a
very benevolent man and good man to
work for. On Christmas day he distri-
huted among the editors, reporters, cor
respondents, clerks, composltors, press
men and other employees OF the Ledger
nearly $40 900.
President Cleveland was asked for a
kiss by a nine-year-old girl yesterday
and gave it readily, and sent the child
away happy. President-elect Harrison
was asked by little girl yesterday to fill
out a cabinet blank and refused, where
upon the little girl went away fearful and
sorrowful. Altogether President CIeve-
land had the best of it.
The Duches 'Uzes, French lady who
may marry General Boulanger, signs her
works of sculpture 90 Manuela after
young fellow, now dead, who made love
to her in her early glrlhood. She is mot
alone among the French women of rank
who are artists. The Baroness Nathaniel
de Rothschild is counted among the most
distinguished water color artists of the
day; the Duchess de Luynes is equally
famous, while the Princess Amedee de
Broglie is good both at porcelain painting
and wood carving. and is, moreover, eX-
ceedingly skillful at embroidery and
tapestry work Among other adopts in
needlework is the Princess Czartoryska,
daughter of the Duke de Nemours.
Perhaps the two richest girls in New
York are the Misses Caldwell, who have
something like Sl25 900 year each.
Miss Mary Caldwell, the elder, who do
mated $500 900 toward the erection of the
new Catholic University, is tall blonde
Of mignonne expression somewhat distaut
and eccentric in manner. The younger,
Miss Lima Caldwell, is a slight brunette,
vivacious aud chatty and fond of amuse-
meut. She believes in palmistry, and is
said to be engaged to Baron Sedwitz, first
secretary of the German legation at
Washington. Both are cultivated and
fond of travelling, both have had many
offers of marriage, both are under TWEEN
ty-five and both will pass the winter in the
south of France.
Miss Kate Field is now in the employ of
a California syndicate as the boomer of
California wines. Her expenses are paid
for lecture tour i'll which she will de-
liver q lecture on the 'tGospel Of the
Grape.'' Kate says she is temperance
advocate, and should be supported in her
views by temperance people. She is also
a protective advocate, as she argues
against the use of foreign wines. Kate
proposes to make a regular onslaught
upon all sorts of horrid connections that
are now consumed in America, in the
interest of the pure juice of the Califor-
MIA grape. She is well Eaid Tor her trou-
bic ana has probably struck something
better than her old field of occurring. She
will probably earn her money.
John Tyler, the son and private secre-
tary of President Tyler, still lives at
Washington. He holds the place of
: representative of thc publie'' on the
board which supeTintends the destruction
of lnutilated currency, to which he was
appointed by President Arthur and Sec
rotary Folger. Mr.. Tyler served his
father without any salary from the gov
ernment, the bitter political antagonism
of congress preventing an appropriation
for that purpose. He fought on the
Confederate side during the rebellion,
but this did not prevent General Grant
from making him revenue collector for
Florida, postmaster at Jacksonville and
district attorney. Mr.. Tyler, although
over sixty years old, is active and
erect and full of "reminiscences of Wash /
nrtOn city