Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-15


and the crowd poured from the cars. the
young man had quite recovered and the
society girl had an opportunity to see that he
| was not in the least intoxicated. The swell
youth may have been reminded of many
| things by this episode, if he is at all capable
OF distinguishing the paltry from the noble
| feminine character.
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE's SORROW.
President Ella Dietz Clymer, OF Sorosis.
| shows me letter from good old Emily
| Faithful, and it contains something about
two women of far more account than any
| hundred in New York society" Miss Faith
full writes of Florence Nightingale: "She
completed her seventieth birthday this
| week. but grievous sorrow overshadows
| the cordial greeting which every woman
would like to send. Her sister, Ladv Yer
ney, with whom she has for years made her
home, was on the day fyllowing taken to her
last earthly resting place. Among the flo-
raj tributes sent was wreath of everlasting
blooms bearing the words, 'In remem-
brance of my sister, beloved and mourned." 4"
Her loss will be a terrible blow to Miss
Nightengale. Sir Harry and Lady Verney
have for years shielded her in every posi-
BILE way from everything which could dis
tract the invalid from her self-imposed work,
or cause her the least anxiety"
Writing of Stanley's afianced bride, Miss
Faithful says: THE sensation Of the
moment is lndisputably the pending mar
rage OF your gallant American Stanley.
with Miss Dorothy Tennant. The one thing
needlul to complete the interest of the pube
lie In the intrepid, iron-willed explorer has
now been supplied. With all Mr.. Stanlev's
heroism and perseverance, it was impossible
not to feel that the one touch of nature
which makes the whole world kin was lack
ing.
TENANT PoR STANLEY'S HEART.
But now this is all changed. The heart,
which, upon Stan!ey's own admission, has
been vacant for 20 years, has at last found a
charming tenant, if one may be pardoned a
feeble pun, and the romance of his life is
rounded off in fashion delightfully."- appro-
pirate enough to satisfy the most sentimental
admirers OF the great explorer. If it be true
that the engagement between the courageous
journalist and the clever artist really existed
before Mr.. Stanley started upon his last ex-
peditlon, nothing in fiction could easily
exceed the pathos and absolute sensational
ism of the actual situation.
The brave traveller was more than once
reported dead, and was undoubtedly often
within an sce of death, and all the time the
lady to whom he had become betrothed was
waiting news of her lover. Even In their
work there is something sympathetic, for
while Stanley was exploring the Dark Con-
tinent OF Africa, Miss Tenant was throw
ing some light upon the gloom and pathos
OF the dark continent of London, painting
the life of our street arabs with tenderness
and force, and doing something on her part,
as her lover was on his, to disperse the
shadows OF degradation and ignorance, and
let in the light of higher civilization.
THE WHOLE WORLD INTERESTED.
1.-THE wedding of this celebrated couple
will be the event of the season, and from
now until July, when the marriage takes
place, we may rest assured that it will be
constant topic of conversation in all circles.
Miss Tenant is an artist of marked ability.
She is also very happy with her pen, and
can paint word pictures OF the saddened,
gray lives of the London poor that are not
less direct in their purpose than her we'll
known painting. Above all Miss Tennant
Is gifted with singularly sweet disposition
and most tender heart, and that these
graces are mirrored in her face one need
hardly add, for has not that been made
familiar to us all in Sir John Millais' we'll
known picture eyes or Mop" as we'll as
by other distinguished Academicians again
and again?
''It is fact that Mr.. Stanley's brave and
loyal comrades are only less lionized than
their chief himself, and that they may prac-
cally marry whom they like. This is. per-
haps, something of an exaggeration, but it
is plain that lions are no longer fearful
things among ladies, and that it is certainly
not necessary nowadays for even the biggest
of them to reveal his identity, and tell them
plainly that he is Snug the Joiner"
CLARA BELLE