The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-23
Personal

MRS HENRY WILLARD has a grown up
daughter who Is pretty enough, old enough and
sufficiently finished intellectually to be pre-
scented to society Spiteful people say that
Mrs. Willard is too charming, too young and too
handsome to bring out her daughter just yet.
At the recent reception given by Mr.. and Mrs.
Willard in New York their bright-faced daughter
stood just behind them, and as guest after
guest passed their hosts after making their
salutations, the clever young girl put out her
sbapely little hand and said: How do you do
I'm Miss Willard, you know. I'm so glad to
meet you"
astonisaed his hearers at Eastbourne by a pro-
posal To introduce dancing as O form of social
recreation in popular religious and semi-relg-
Gus clubs, the right re 'ertnd prelate himself
Offering to lead off the first dance He went
step farther and urged that the church should
not object to cards and billiards at working
mems clubs and Institutes. He did not think
that this would lead to gambling for money
The bishop offered a still more remarkable
opinion on the question of recreation when he
said that on some occasions as an alternate
necessity of circumstances he would
so1ner close a church than a workingmen's
club.
Ex-Gov. McCREERY of Kentucky, during his
nine years service in the United States Senate
saved $4,000 from his salary, and won a reputa-
ton for economy which Is slllI talked about at
the capital There was a cheap hotel in GEORGE
town whose rates were some 81 a week for
board and lodging, and here McCreery lived.
He would walk from this place 70 TIE capital
and back every day, thus saving a dollar or so
a week in car rare and his personal expenses
were insignificant. None of his salary went to
hackmen. to florists, to Wormley or Chamber
lain; he never played poker and never went to
the theater, and when he Quit congress
he had enough to live on for the rest
of his days
THE London Times was hoaxed a century ago
nearly as badly as in the present instance by
clever gang of forgers, who RJtup bogus edition
of the French utsbbe l. Ec.dir. at the time rec
ognized as an authority on matters of interna-
tional news. The paper contained what pur-
ported to be the text OF treaty OF peace be-
tween the French republic aud the Emperor
of Austria. A~copy was got iuto the hands OF
the correspondent Of the Times AT Dover, and
from him. went 90 London, where the alleged
treaty was published in the Times, and was
such good aud unexpected news that the stock
market went up with a rush. IL was several
days before it was. discovered that the paper
was forged edition, AMI had been cotton up
by London SPECTATORS TO bring about boom
in stocks
AN told that Ward McAllister's wife was A
Miss Gibbons, whose family owned and occu-
pied the beautiful, spacious old homestead now
known a. the principal building n Drews Sem
mary at Madison, n j., says the New York
Graphic, The house, whicn stands in tile midst
of what was once the lovelest and most nowery
of gardens, is a splendid old mansion built in
colonial style. Tue broad portico reached by q
few wide shallow steps runs up to the roof,
which Is supported by enormous flute white
columns. The big front door, with its ponder
Gus brass knob aud knocker, is broad enough TO
admit a coach and four, and il. as well as the
winding stairway and every door in the house,
is OF solid mahogany now black as ebony and
rs polished as plate glass The broad entrance
hall, which runs straight through the house is
hoOred with big blocks of black aud white mar
BILE and IL would easily hold the entire house
where Mogui McAllister now resides.