The morning news., 1889-04-28
PERSONAL.

ExGov. A. NJ. Scales viii deliver the
address at Raleigh, n c., on Confederate
Memorial day, May 10, his subject being "TIe
Life and Services Of Gen, ia ues Johnston
Pettigrew" Gen. Pettgrew was one of the
heroes of Gettysburg on the confederate side.
PETER f. NosE is the Pooh Bah Of Dennys-
vile, Me. These are the offices be holds and
the 'honored' length Of service: First select
man, twenty-nne years; treasurer twenty
three years; assessor thirty one years: over
seer twenty-four years; town ageut, twenty
years.
THE ranks OF amateur actresses in London
are shortly 10 receive notable addition in
Lady de Grey, who intends essayiug Mrs.
Pinchbsck' in RobertsOns Home" the coming
season, the performance to aid deserving
charity. Lady de Grey is taking dramatic
lessons
PRINcE ALEXANDER of Battenburg, who re-
Gently married prlma donna named Loisin-
ger, Is living at mo lest house at Gratl, Styria.
tie and his bri lie are known as the Count and
Countess Hartenau Alexander is on good
terms with the HIpsburgs but he is very angry
at bis relatives of the Honenzollern family. He
hollis that the G-rman potentates have only
themselves to blame for what they call his mis-
alliance Meanwhile, he is nappy and seems
to be deeply in love with his handsome wife.
THE dinner TO ex-Consul General Waller at
the Hotel Metropoe, London, on May ., il to
he very handsome affair. Sir John Puleston.
NJ. p. will preside. Among the stewards"
are Wililm Black. Max O'Rell. Charles Dick
ems, ArcniOald Forbes, Joseph Hatton, Bret
Hlrte, Prof Hubert Herkomer. Henry irving
Justin Mccarthy, NJ. p, T. p. O'Conn0r. NJ. P,
J. L. Tool, Henri White, j. NJ Whistler. Ed
muud Yates and John Russell Young. Besides
all these comparatively unknown uen, q. W.
SmalIey will grace the banquet vita his pres
ence.
Mrs MARY f. Bryan. says the New York
Grdphtc. receives from the Munros salary of
$4,000 year for the editing OF their Fashion
Bdzd and is paid extra for her stories. The
latter are usually serials and written with the
utmoss pdity and facility of expression aud
an ease at plotting which sometimes enables
the writer TO turn out three at once. "Madge, q"
"Kdec' and Her own Sn." which are Just
completed, were all written at the same time
and the igbtning speed at which Mrs. Bryan
prepares MSS is characteristic OF this animated
little southern woman. Sh' lives with her son
on East Fourteenth street, but owns a farm in
the south, which is under superb management
and stocked with fine cattle. Mrs Bryan is
TYPICAL soutbtrner, pc e, migQonne AMI dark
,yed, with lovely shoulders and aristocratic
feet and hands. She has curling brown hair
which she wears short, dresses handsomely but
picturesquely and is frequently mistaken for
che sister Of her tail, handsome 500.
EyERyroDY IN Ccnstautuople Is talking about
the herosm Of Lady White. wife Of he British
ambassador Sue uId been suffering from an
internal umor, tor the removal Of which Dr.
Sare declared dtueerous operation 70 lie
necessary. Nitnout consulting her husband or
any one else, Lady Whit determined 10 uu-
defRo tn operation; but Ia order utt TO disturb
the carnival festivities, 10 which the Euglsh
embassy has this year taken leading part,
she said nothing oi or Intention, even TO ber
husband; but quietly put all her aiiars in order,
made her wi ], and appeared cheerful and hos
ptable as usual as The presiding splr AZ the
embassy ball. which took place on the last night
OF the carnival Toe mex d ~ Pera society was
startled by the announcement. that Lady W ite
was lying dangerously H. This was all that
was allowed o be made known. but the opera
tion had been perlorme whether success ful 0r
not was still subject Of doubt 20 the doctors
attending her ladvsnip. For three days she lay
betWe m life and death. On the fourth she was
declared TO be out Of danger, aud then the truth
leased out. The admiration excited by Lady
Whites stoical courage is unbounded among
Turkish capital.