The critic., 1890-12-23
PERSONAL.

Sir Arthur Sullivan has put the finish
ing touches 10 his grand opera, "lvanhoc,h
and in five weeks il will be produced at
D'Oyly Carte's new theatre.
Mrs. Shaw, the American whistler. has
achieved decided success at st. Peters
burg. Even the cold-hcarted Russians
could not resist the pucker of those rose
bud lips hSchca0c.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Cowles of Beloit,
Wis, have begun the sixty-scvcnth year
of their married life. Their sixty-sixth
anniversary was on December o. Mr..
Cowles is eighty-seven years old; his wife
is year younger, and she does her own
work.
Frederic Remington has written for
Hdpci'S Wcckiy for December 2i an arti-
Gle on the rise of Indians as irregular cav
airy, in which he proposes change for
the better in the present system of control
over the red men
During the recent crisis in London over
the leadership of Parncll in the Irish Par
liamentary party friend called OH Mr..
Gladstone, expecting 10 find him "catiug
his heart out over the political crisis.
Not a word was said of politics by Mr..
Gladstone. He was found reading Scott's
bride of Lammermoor."
Baron lIirsch is the grestcst philan-
special office with u corps of clerks for the
management Of his plans. lie has given
S2,000,u9O for instruction in Galicia. lie
has offered Sl0,000000 for the public
schools Of Russia ON condition that no dis
tinction shall be made in the application
of the fund rs to race or religion. The
offer was declined. He now proposes to
transport to the River Plate half million
of Russian Jews.
Tho snnctta nT tho Families nf tho m a,r-
enne scouts at Fort Supply includes Mrs.
Short Nose formerly Miss Piping Woman;
Mrs. Big Head, formerly Miss Short
Face; Mrs. Nibbs, formerly Miss Young
Bear Mrs. White Crow, formerly Miss
Crook Pipe; Mrs. IIowling Water, form
erly Miss Crow Woman; also Mrs. White
skunk, Mrs. Sweet Water. Miss Walk
High, daughter of Mr.. White Calf and
Miss Usage, daughter-in-law of Mr.. Hard
Case.
A strange story is told by Mrs. Hannah
Schomers of Chicago, who was recently
married and has been noticeable for her
beautiful, long iaxen hair She says an
unknown man forced himself into her
flat while she was alone and dealt her a
blow which left her unconscious several
hours. On recovery she found her hair
had been cut off close to her head and
was lying on chair near by. A small
and Mrs. Schomers both think money
was not the motive of the deed.
General Robert Il. Lees birthday, Janu-
ary 10, is now legal holiday in Virginia.
The proper celebration of the day is now
under discussion among the Confederate
veterans of Richmond, who expect to have
a military parade on the anniversary and
make the occasion an imposing one gem
orally.
The only picture in parnell's dining
room is a lifesizc portrait of Commodore
Charles Stewart, father, of Mrs. Della $.
Parnell, painted by Sully after his victory
over the British navy on the big lakes.
There are some Chippendale chairs and a
sideboard made to it the alcove built for
il. III any one were to reproduce this
room in America he would not regret 1t,
and for that matter the whole plan of the
house is very lovable and is a good model
for country house anywhere.
An Atlanta lady who knows her well
says of Mrs. Custer:
Though by no means a society woman,
and permanently saddened by the sad
death of the general, she frequently yields
to the opportunities of friends and goes
forth to become the life and soul of the
circle that she chooses to enter. Two
classes of society hold ont welcoming
hands to this gifted lady. The literary
world, on account OF the excellent books
that she has added to their libraries, and
the social world, because her name and
family entitle her to enter its domains
ut is said that Mrs. Custer suffers
acutely in writing of her own and her
husbands war experiences. Each pen
stroke brings back the past as vividly as
If days, and not years, had intervened be-
tween it and the present. After an even
ing of such scenes with her dead hero and
love- Mrs. Custer retires to her room to
walk the floor till morning light"