The critic., 1890-12-31
PERSONAL,

Mrs. Louise Jopling is beginning q very
interesting piece of work-a portrait of
Mrs. Langtry as Cleopatra in the red dress.
The gifted painter will shortly publish q
little book ON her art, called "Hints to
Amateurs" which is dedicated to the
Princess of Wales.
1t is reported in Paris that Princess
Helene dOrleans went to Rome to ask the
Holy Father if she could become protest
ant with his sanction in order to marry
a Prince who holds q very high rank in
her Maiesty's dominions. The Pope said
"No.n
Joseph Anderson, the brother of Mary
Anderson Navarro, is now assistant door
keeper at the Booth-Barrett performances.
He looks the funniest imitation of an Eng
lish dude now in America, says one of the
theatrical sheets.
A Hungarian soldier named Joanovitch,
who was serving year as volunteer in
the army, drank to the health of Kossuth
at n banquet recently. In consequence of
his rash acth he was condemned to i'm
prisonment for four months and was de-
prived Of his privilege of serving rs q
volunteer in the army. A petition of the
Hungarian students for his pardon was
disregarded.
Mr.. James Garfield, the son of Presi-
dent Garfield, who is soon to be married.
S said to be very much like his father
He has the same sturdy frame and good
natured countenance that were such
| marked characteristics of the President.
His friends say that it is his desire in the
near future to enter public life.
Says the Hartford Post: Judge Brown
| is well known in this region. He is said
| to be connected with the family Of that
| name in North Stonington, Conn. He
| has host of friends in this State. He is
| regarded by lawyers rs most valuable
| accession to that Bench. He has always
| had the highest ambition to be success
ful lawyer and judge, and, having de-
voted himself to that one thing he has
achieved his present great success.
| Among the artists who have received
the first grade in the Legion of Honor this
summer are the painters, Il, Chartran f..
Schommer and 7. Montenard; the sculp-
tors, J. 7. Roulleau and u. Astruc, and the
engraver, Il. A. Champollion.
| Maurice Thompson is one of those for
tunate authors who can seek his own place
| to do the work, and at present he is COM
fortably nestled in ilower-covered bower
way down in Mississippi" He gracefully
writes of the spot: "As write the fra
GRANGE of roses is in my nostrils, and the
gulf waves are roaring sweetly. 1t is q
| place OF 1oyance where come every WIN
ter to work with open doors, and with the
salt breeze blowing through my ROOM"
| Chrysanthemum dances are all the rage
in England just now. At great ball in
| Birmingham the other evening, Mrs. Her
bert Chamberlain was dressed as q white
chrysanthemum in "A skirt of white silk
stiffened and shaded to represent the
petals of the flower; bodice of green silk
to represent the stem, with shaded velvet
leaves falling on the white skirt, and head
| nF ataIS tnf nf he
flower.
"Cymbeline," new opera in which
European musicians are taking great in
terest, will be produced at Naples mex
month. The composer is young
Neapolitan of Dutch extraction named
Westernout, whose work has hitherto
been confined to the production of piano
and concerted pieces. "Cymbeline" is t,
be produced at the San Carlo, which iusti
ties the assumption that 4 must be o
all the incidents of Shakespeare's play
except that Lnogen poisons herself in th
| last scene.
II is said that Yale would sanction tn
establishment of woman's annex, if tn
money were forthcoming. The frs
fellowship for woman has been estab
lished at Harvard. The incumbent will
be Miss Alice G. Fletcher, and the fund
| Wnlcn amounts 10 H3D,V0O, ana ~ IN
gift of Mrs Mary c. Thaw of Pittsburp
will be used in the furtherance of tn
Peabody Museum of American Archa
ology and Ethnology. Miss Fletcher is
continue her philanthropic and scientiil
work among our Indians.
Lord Rothschild and Lord Randolp
Churchill are among the patrons of tn
Robin Society, an English organization
which has two objects--to give Christina
treats to poor children and to send th
; little ones into the country in the summe
Last year il gave q Christmas breakfast I
5000 London children, and this year
largely increased this number. A Chris
mas card is placed under each child
plate. The breakfast consists of q lars
, buttered roll, good-si2ed currant rol
and hot coffee. The buttered roll is COZ
sumed on the premises, but the curral
one is taken away to be enjoyed subs
| quently.
The New York SIN declares that ,
Cleopatra Fanny Davenport is sincw
rather than sinuous.