The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-04-30
PERSONAL.

President HARRISON is physognomst He
has great confidence in his ability to read char.
acter through the expressions of the human
face. There is a fascination for him in the pur
suit Of this theoretical science.
Mrs ELLIOTT r. SHEPARD proposes to erect
in New YORK large seven-Story Fl e-proot struct-
ure and present il TO the Young Women'S
ristian Association, to be used as a lodging
house and home for workingwomen.
Miss LIzzIE BANKS ofsSt. Paul, Mimi has
been ,eected as private secretary by Mr., Hicks
minister to Peru. Sue is a plucky lutte woman
no Las mad a hit as newspaper writer il
the orhwest. President Harrison lady type
writer is the first OnS ever employed at the
white house. and Miss Ban Ks is believed to be
the first laly secretary ever taken abroad by
United states minister
MIR. GLADSTONE, in acknowledging the receipt
Of a book on divorce, writes to the auth jr In
Cana a: "Rehecti n tends to confirm me in
the belief that the best basis for law is the iu-
dissoluo,lity of christian maria ge-thau is 20
say, TO have no such divorce or severance a.
allows remarrags. Short Of this, think il
hi shly probable hat the Canadian syste n, of
which | hal not previously been aware, is the
best, as being attended with the least dangers .
ONE Of Boulanger's closest adherents is an
American ne yro who acts as the great agita-
tors valet. Tie negro'S name Is Jules Simeon,
aud he was born a slave IN Louisiana about
forty years ago. After the war he wandered
northWard, aud reaching New York became
OOdy.Seryaut to a wealthy trenc lman who wa
traven 10 this country. Jules returned to
Paris With his employer aud quickly added 70
his knowledge OF the French tongue the most
polished metropolitan pronunc alton. He has
been IN Boulanger's servi = only two years. In
spite Of the provrrb. Boulanger seems 10 be a
! hero 10 his present valet.
A PLEASANT STORY is told at san Francisco OF
the wife OF the Mexican president The Span
lsh Opera Company recently found Itself IN dis
trsSs 10 that city. Il seems that one OF the
musicians was something of poet and he had
dedicated some verss once or twice 20 Mad
anne Dia1 she vas very much p elsed with
tue com Jlimeut and told MIN IL she could ever
s.r lim in anv q ficu " she would be hap
I DO lt He recalled her promise aud asNe
r II she cou asst the p or opera iople to
20 back 70 Mexico. Immediately a tel gram
ca ne from the nud lady al hori2ln them 10
os sent home at her expense, said to be some
5000.
or the late Sidney Bartlett, of Boston, il is
told that he Understood his own value and
represented It IN his bills. Ga one occasion a
client called on him with "A lolg bill of lie MS
which hAd been Sc HIM, the total OF which
seemed TO him very larSe. Mr.. Bartlett. said
the client. "luis seems a very large DILL "AhF'
ali ar Bart EFT. wit his uifusive smile, as h0
hook I'd the glasses over his nose. 'iet me see IL
please" as " asking favor. tlr. Bartieti ran
his eye carefully uown the pages until tue iuA
figu rs were reached. when he politely returned
IL. "tndeed 1t Is. said re. IN the same suave
tone. The clients hopes aros. 1T So ms to
me, NJ. Bartlett very large bill,' sai the
client. AAaiu the eyeglasses were replaced
tne hand extended Tor the bl th 81 care
ful scanning process took pace the bill was