The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-27
ERSONAL.

SAYS London periodical: Mr.. Edison has
evidently not made inquiries as to the literary
tastes OF English juveniles; the first phono-
graphic doll which has spoken in London recites
The Spider aud the Efyi' AR. EiisOn's WAKES
VIII pave 10 oe a little more up to date 10 give
satisfaction"
10 HowARD dares to Print this remarkable
paragraph in the New York Press: ''Of late
the Astor box in the Metropolitan opera house,
which was for many week the chief hiss pro
motor the biggest silly billy gabb ing disturber,
las oeel as quiet as the grave The AstOrs are
all n Europe The last sentence probably
accounts Tor the Unusual dis lay Of courage.
A CORRESPONDENT who has been staying at
tne hotel IL Cannes where Dom Pedro, ex-
emperor of Brazil, puts up" writes to deny
the reports current OF late that the mind of the
depoSed monarch has become affected by the
many Affections he has recently undergon-.
Inc eX-enperor constantly walks and drives in
the neignborhoot. and his manner, though
melancholy. is said to be composed. No re-
siraiut IS placed upon h $ actions. and to all ap-
P5arances his general health is better than it
was on his visit to Cannes two years ago.
The EDITOR Of a. leading German journal re
Gently visited this country On his return to
Germany hs said in his newspaper: Nowhere
rave 1 seen SO many beautiful women as in
America, lnclu ing even old ladies with white
mar. The native American girl, especially If of
English or Scotch descent. is tall and slender
generally blonde. with regular features and
small hands and feet. The complexion is often
pale; rarely do they have the fresh color of a
Nlennese girl. The most beautiful girl have
ever me across in my lie saw in New
York store. She was an American of Spanish
descent and OF dazzling beauty"
THE PRINcE OF WALES has recently eel the
innocent cause of cons derabe bad feeling and
acrimonious discusso on at Brooks club, which
is one of the most ancient and exclusive insti-
tutions of the kind in 10 don. rule was re-
Gently passed that members could not invite
strangers to dine in the club on Sundays and on
certain other days of the week. but. either in
tenilonally Ignoring or else unaware of the reg
ulatiol, +. W. Hamilton, formerly private
secretary to Mr.. Gladstone invited the prince
to dine at the club a teE sundays ago Severa
OF the members, INDIGNANT at this infracton of
the rules, made a complaint to the committee
ana Ihe question has raised storm in the club
lht. hamilton has since been cenSured and
warned that ths mono 1SerVance Of the rules
cannot be tolerated, even when the violation in
question Is for the advantage of the heir APP
parent
The young king of Portugal is growing ex-
ceedingly corpulent and spenetic. He displays
neither mental nor physical energy unless to
shoot in the preserves at his country seat. His
wife, who is a clever and energetic W oman, sees
MS I'M one slipping away from beneath him,
ana can 90 noihlng to avert the catastrophe
Her relations with the queen mother are ex-
ceedlngly strained. short ii re ago the elder
OF he Two royal ladies found her daughter-fn-
law engag in trimming bonnet, and bluntly
exclaimed: "Wnen allowed my son Carlos to
propose for you, did not intend he should
marry mIlliner. The heads of tae house of
Braganza, before him. have always married
Processes, aud not tradeSwomen. Your family
lost the French throne by its cheese-parin
economy. Buy your bonnets: and since you
must be stingy, be so in some other way" The
TACT is that the queen mother has been so long
the sovereign lady Of the land, without a rival
that she cannot bear to see herself supplanted
least or all by her daughter-in-law. Moreover,
sac prefers her second son, the Duke of Oporto,
and would like to see him on the throne.