Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-14
PUBLIC PEOPLE PARAGRAPHED.
NINE. PAULINE LUCCA is i'll.

LUCCA Is
In order to provide against the sale or neglect
of the little graveyard at Rochdale where his
own remains and those of his family lie, John
Bright recommended in his will that his sons
should set apart the sum necessary to maintain
the ground becomingly in perpetuity.
THE Empress Of Russia, like her sister the
Princess of Wales, never wears high crowned
or large brimmed hats, which, indeed, would
be unsuited to the delicate type of her beauty.
Everything must be small and neat and com.
pact, whether hat or bonnet Her favorite col
ors are.pale blue and mauve.
A DELICIOUS story is ''going around" anent
Mr.. 1rving's and Miss Ellen Terry's visit to
Sandringham to play before the Queen. 1t ap-
pears that all was going beautifully with the
Merchant of Venice"-Her Majesty seated in
'front.' stick in hand, and all attention-until
Miss Terry's time came as Portta to deliver
her great speech about Mercy" But the
Queen quite mistook the usual pause for some
sudden failure of memory, began prompting
her quite low, 1.-THE quality of mercy" etc.,
but Miss Terry did not take the cue, and Her
Majesty then repeated rather more loudly and
enoouragingly, "The quality of mercy is not
strained" This was almost too much for Miss
Terry, but with violent effort to suppress her
twinkling merriment she controlled herself
and gracefully accepted her cue.
SAYS the New York San: An illustration of
how some syndicate stories are prepared was
strikingly afforded by a recent conversation
with Chief Engineer Gearing of the City of
Paris. A few weeks ago story was sent all
over the country by one of these bureaus pur-
porting to give column interview with Mr.,
Gearing in which he gave no end of ideas and
Toe he oF
ship to cross the Atlantic in five days It was
even signed with his signature. 'Ar that I
ever had to do with that" said Mr.. Gearing to
a recent visitor to the great steamer, twas that
one day a man came in and said ne intended to
write an article about a fve-day ship. Ah,'
said I, that is big problem. It would take
over $1,000 horse power That was all ever
said or had to do with the article in question:
II was fraud.
In the Parnell Commission Court the other
day q youth was engaged in making some
sketches for an illustrated paper, and behind
him stood burly gentleman, who might have
been taken for a county magistrate. The lat
ter watched the young artist for awhile, and
then, touching him on the shoulder, ventured
to observe that this and that and the other
points of the sketch were not exactly what
they should be. The artist simply replied by
inquiring: "What do you know about it," The
gentleman persisted in kindly and persuasive
criticism. At length the youth, convinced
that, after all, the criticism was just-indeed,
the gentleman had himself taken the drawing
block and made the necessary alterations with
his own hand-remarked, "Well, you do seem
to know something about it, certainly" add
ing. Are you on any paper?' mo-" answered
the gentleman, ~ am not on any paper, but 1
do a bit of painting now and then. Ny name is
John Millais"