Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-25
PEOPLE OF PROMINENCE.

QUEEN VICTORIA Is three-ScOre ana Ten anu
all the small share of womanly beauty she ever
possessed is swallowed up by condition OF fat
amounting almost to obesity.
Mrs. c. P. HUNTINGTON, the wife of the
railroad millionaire, for good luck wears pair
of yellow garters buckled with fine topaz, set
with diamonds. If money is q blessing she has
it most abundantly. 1t did not come by luck,
however.
PAUL DU CHAILLU, the author aud traveller,
is small, round-shouldered man, about 50
years old. He is far from good-looking, but
has a vivacity Of manner and brightness In his
conversation which make the listener forget
his want of good looks.
ROBERT BRowNING's familiar form will be
missed at London dinner tables, for he was one
Of the most inveterate diners-out during the
fashionable season. He was devoted to society,
especially American society. His converse
ton was perfectly delightful-not inscrutable,
like his poetry, but bright, clever and fasci-
mating. During the last London season he
looked the very picture Of robust health and
seemed good for at least ten years.
LADY LONDONDERRY, whose exquisite rose
and white loveiiness time has not the heart to
despoil, attributes her youthful freshness to
the practice of spending one out of every ten
days in bed. She sleeps until she wakens nat
urally takes a warm bath, and goes back to
bed again, where she partakes Of q light break
fast, remaining in bed, resting until in the
evening, while her maid reads to her light
novel At she puts on her dressing robe and
has her dinner served in her room, and reclines
on her sofa until 10 o'clock. She will not allow
anything to interfere with this programme.
HENRIK IBsEN, whose works are the last
literary craze of London. Is 81 years old. For
25 years he has lived self-imposed exile from
his native land. Norway He leads solitary,
wandering life; no land calls him master; no
home calls him its head. He goes into no So
ciety, and takes nothing with him in his wan
derings. Although his poetry has many ad-
mirers, he has no friends, and wants none. He
began life poor as an apprentice to an apothe-
cary, spending his spare time writing tragedy
on the subject of "Catilina," which he printed
At his own expense, and was glad to sell as
waste paper in order TO buy bread. Ole Bull
gave him position in his theater at Bergen,
where he remained for i've years. In 1854 he
left Norway and began his wandering life
which he will probably coAtinue as long as he
can.
wHITELAw REID, editor Of the New York
Tribune and Minister to France, made his first
success in journalism as a waT correspondent
under the signature of agate" After the
war he wrote an elaborate History of Ohio in
the War;" which attracted the attention of
Chief Justice Chase, and he invited Mr.. Reid to
accompany him on his Southern trip in 1856 an
account of which hewrote. The Chief Justice
introduced him to Horace Greeley, who made
him his secretary and managing editor Of the
Tribune When Greeley died in 1872 Mr.. Reid
succeeded him as editorin-chief. He married
the daughter of the millionaire. D. o. Mills.
AS Minister to France Mr.. Reid lives in lux
urious style, paying $4,000 year for fur
nished house. He is 81 years old, tall and hand
some 1t is reported that he is already tired OF
living abroad and that he will return to New
York next year.