Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-12-06
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

SENATOR HENRY B. PAYNE, of Ohio,
has recently been so i'll as to make his
friends apprehensive.
FRANK H. CUSHING, the writer upon
the Zuni Indians, is under medical
treatment in Buffalo His ailments
were brought on by his life in Arizona.
THE private correspondence of the
Prince of Wales is something enormous.
He is said to receive four times as many
letters day as does the President OF
the United States.
HENRY c. GIBSON, who has been
elected Vice President of the Academy
of Fine Arts, is one of the best art
patrons i'll Philadelphia, and has
gallery which contains some Of the rar-
est paintings in the country.
Two of the Little Men" of Louisa M.
AlcOtt's famous book are now III the
Boston publishing house of Roberts
Brothers. They are Miss Alcott's
nephew, +. Alcott Pratt, and his brother
who took the name of John Alcott.
Busy as he is said to be, Edison always
contrives to steal little time from his
day at the luncheon hour. After lunch
be frequently spends an hour at bill
iards with Mrs. Edison, and takes a
nap. He does not work IN the evening.
Now that the project for statue of
Red Jacket in Buffalo is we'll under way,
the people of that city talk of similarly
honoring Dewitt Clinton, protector of
the Erie Canal, and La Sale, the dis
coverer, who explored the lake region
SO braVely.
Mr.. FRoUDE, in his lately published
life of the late Benjamin Disraeli, Earl
of Beaconsfeld, says: '"They came to
call him Dizzy and there is no surer
sign that man is liked in England than
the adoption of a pet name for him."
The late Mrs Astor had lace dress
which cost SIS 900, and it is stated that
another was recently sold to an Amer
lean lady for $4,000 There are num-
Der of ladies in New York who each
own laces valued at from $4,000 to
$4,000.
PRINCE EDMUND RADzIwILL, one ofthe
Catholic leaders in the German Reichs-
tag and also we'll known as an author,
has Just entered the religious order of
the Benedictines, the Abbey of BeurOn.
He will be known hereafter under the
name of Father Benoit RadZiwil.
HORACE G. KNOWLES, United States
Consul to Bordeaux, France, is the
Youngest man holding consular pos
ition in the service of this country. He
was appointed by President Harrison at
the beginning of his term, and is now
home on a vacation.
The richest professional medicant of
the country is ''Biind Johnny" of.Phil-
adelphia. He is 60 years of age and is
worth about $4,000. He travels from
Chicago to Washington, from there to
Baltimore, and ends up in Philadel-
phia, spending about three months in
each city. He has made all his money
as Il medicant.
SARAH BERNITARDT, in her new repre-
sentation of ''Cleopatra," has departed
from the traditional idea of the Queens
physique, and appears with auburn or
reddish-brown hair. That is probably
an innovation in the direction of &C
curacy, the XanthOus type certainly ex-
listing, and being highly admired in
Greece.
The return of Patrick DOnahue, the
Nestor of Catholic journalism in New
England, to the control of the Pilot, of
which he was the founder. is a journal
istic event of romantic interest. The
venerable and universally honored
man, now in the 18th year of his age,
still enjoys robust physical health,
and a corresponding degree of mental
Vigor.
A STORY has been going therrounds of
Boston to the effect that Walter Besant,
whose novels, "All Sorts and Conditions
of Men," "The Golden Butterfly"
Herr Paulus," etc, have attracted so
much attention, is no more or less a
person than Rev. Edward Everett
Hale. When seen in regard to it the
reverend literateur declined to speak
on the subject. Mr.. Besant, however,
might not be so silent if questioned.
Bringing Fathers Dinner. .