The morning call., 1890-05-15
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT,

Louise Abbema, French painter, wears
male attire and is very much of a dandy.
Chauncey Depew is cousin in the third
degree of both Senator Evarts and Senator
Hoar.
Ethel Sprague, daughter of Mrs. Kate
Sprague. has decided not to enter the theat-
rical profession.
Miss Josephine Simon, the young singer
adopted by Mr.. and Mrs. Gladstone as a
prOtegee, is an Oakland Cali girl.
The great autograph collection of Mr.
Ferdinand j. Dreer has been formally pre-
sented to the Historical Society of Pennsyl-
vana.
Prince Bismarck has decided to make
Friedrichsruhe his future home in prefer
ence to his other estates, and has ordered
houses to be erected near the palace for his
clerks and assistants
stout, but he cannot be prevailed upon
either to take exercise or to overcome this
tendency by dieting.
The COmtesse de Paris, wife of the French
pretender, is passionately fond of horses
and great sportswoman. A few years ago
she was considered one Of the best shots in
France.
George Bancroft, who was Secretary of
the Navy for year and half in the ad
ministration of President Polk is the Oldest
ex-cabnet officer, both in age and date of
service, now living.
p
land, is mentioned as a probable successor
to Gladstone in the leadership of the Liberal
party whenever age or death retires the
present leader.
John d. Rockefeller, the Standard Oil
king, was newspaper reporter quarter of
century ago. He picks up millions now
as easily as he picked up items formerly.
The Princess of Wales nodded in drowsy
way while Stanley was making speech at
st. James Hall last Saturday night. Stan
ley can explore, but his voice is not very
searching.
John Kelley Jr., son Of the late Tammany
Hall leader, is 10 years old and is an exact
counterpart, on small scale, of his father.
lie is said, too, to be little "boss" among
his youthful companions.
MIR. Lionel Brough, the English actor
mad bad time in South Africa. In fare
well speech he told his audience that he had
lost health and money there and would be
giad 10 get away, never to return.
The only surviving son of Thomas de
Quincy Is Sergeant-at-Arms of the New
Zealand Parliament; his name is Panl
Frederick de Quincy, and he it was who
organized the New Zealand militia during
the last Maori war.
Mrs. Ann Hyde, the oldest pensioner of
the United States, celebrated her one hun
dred and first birthday at Fishkill Landing,
on the Hudson, recently. She is the widow
of veteran of the war Of 1872.
Carmen SYLVIA" the Roumanian Queen,
is said to be an illustrious epicure. She has
invented a number of palatable culinary
compositions and occasionally cooks dish
for the King with her own hands.
Ernest Lyn, the third son of Lord Strath-
more. will soon join the British legation at
Washington. He is an enthusiast in the
matter of indoor and outdoor amusements,
and will probably be a social lion at the
national capital.
Prince Charles of Lichtenstein, the latest
royal guest at the GratZ private insane asy-
lum, where there are five or six princes,
princesses and duchesses, Is a victim OF
over-sentlmentalism. He was driven out of
his mind by the disappointment of not find
ing In real life the woman OF his dreams.