The Appeal., 1890-12-20
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

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Charlotte :Robinson, Of London, is
stEe only woman in the world who is
permitted to write s.Art Decorator to
Her Majesty" on her. card or shop door,
Miss Grace King, the popular Louis
lana novelist is young lady of twen-
ty-seven, with brown hair and eyes, a
stately figure, and attractive but rather
striking features.
|.--Mr. Gladstone has terrier which
is greatly attached to him.. It lies
| close by him when he makes speech
at or near Hawarden and often attends
church with him.
!. An organization modelled after tho
American Chautauqua Literary and Sci.
entltlc Circle has been organized in
Great Britain, under the name OF the
National Home Reading Union.
That letter sent from France which
recently reached the New Haven post
office addressed I'M Twain, Funsville.
Conn.," has finally been delivered to
the gentleman known in private life as
Samuel L. Clemens 49,
:-Alphonse Karr, the French author,
declared not long before his final ILL
ness that he rested his hope of immor-
tallty, not upon his many books, but on
some of his bon-mots, one, he*immortal
answer to the advocates of the atolitio
OF capital punishment: LET messieurs
the assassins Begin"
"A functionary in the Russian army
who has come into considerable promi-
uence lately is Jew named Baronok,
whose duty it is to spy upon corrupt Of
ficers and ferret out their stealings. He
Is known as very intelligent, honor
able and impartial man. Lately he con-
victed General Tomanowsky, favorite
of the Car
-Rudyard Kipling came by his un-
conventional Christian name in rather
romantic way. The future parents of
the brilliant novelist plighted their
troth on the shores of the well-known
English Lake Rudyard, and commemor-
ated the occurrence later in life by the
novel method of christening their son
with tho name of the place.
When the young Lord Dufferin
reached his majority his mother, Helen,
countess of Clifford and granddaughter
Of Sheridan, presented him with a sill
yer lamp and poem. He built a tower
as shrine for the lamp, and had the
poem engraved on gold tablet Lord
Tennyson, touched by the local deed,
was moved to write poem, which was
also engraved on gold tablet.
"A London weekly says that Annie
Besant is the most eloquent woman in
all &England. She is not young nor
pretty; she hasn't any taste, any money,
or any reputation, but she is better than
the whole London police force or the
House of Lords when there is a mob to
be controlled. Her face is red, her hair
is short and gray, her eyes are sad and
sunken, the grace of her figure has dis
appeared. and she is lonely, disap.
pointed, dfscontented old-young woman,
but as fierce Socialist as our own John
Most .: 49,.
Mr. Bancroft, who had hoped to fin
ish his history this winter, said to a
friend few days ago: II have laid nv
work upon the shelf ana can now only
wait for the future summons. Literary
effort has passed beyond my powers. 1
can do no more; 50 must accept the
common lot OF humanity. enjoy talk
ing a retrospective view of the events
Of the long past, but, dimmed with the
infirmities of age, the scene is without
the sharp lines of detail which younger
faculties of mind bring out in interest
ing relief" ...