The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-21
Personal.

ALBERT B1ERsTADT is at work on a large
painting of the discovery of America by Column
bus.
ROBERT GARRETT, accompanied by his phys-
clan, DR.. Jacobs, has gone TO Old Point Comfort
for few weeks.
Mr.. AND Mrs. KENDAL, the English players,
will take home with them between $4,000 and
100000 the trophies of their American tri-
umphs.
THERE are few men in public life in Washing
ton who do not complain of Mr.. Blaine's exclu-
siveneSs or his disregard for the feelings of the
people who have to deal with him.
PRINCE ALEXANDER, the former ruler of
Bulgaria, is now commander of the Seventh
regiment of dragons in the Austrian army.
with prospect of being made general within
a year.
PRINCE HENRY. only brother OF the Emperor
of Germany. is in a very delicate condition of
health. While a shooting expedition at
Corfu recently. he sustained heavy fall and
internal injuries
In memory of his wife, Thomas Nelson Page.
the author. has placed in the Moore Memorial
church, in Richmond, beautiful stained glass
window that was made in Munich. 1t repre-
sents kings daughter dispensing charity.
EUGENE FIELD writes: 'Mr Nesbitt the
dramatic critic Of the London Times made a
curious statement the other evening. We were
discussing American humor, and he said:
American humor has a sort Of stoical grim
ness, which can be traced directly think. to
the intermarriage of the whites with the abo-
riginal Indians Now, what sortlof answer is
one to make to an argument of this kind?''
THE Pope recently, for the first time since
his elevation to the pontitical chair, has gone
outside the precincts of the Vatican The oc-
casion of this remarkable departure from his
rule was to visit the death-bed of his brother
Cardinal Pecci. His presence was surprise to
his brother Both were greatly affected. The
holy father remained an hour by the bedside.
Teen, giving his final beEedictioniand bidding
farewell to the dying cardinal, he returned to
the Vatican quietly.
JUDGE LEICESTER HoLME, as private secretary
of Mayor Grant of New York, is of great help
to that official The mayors Office is not a
sinecure. The mayor performs great amount
of hard work daily, and it would be a most
onerous position if there was no one TO ward off
from the incumbent the thousand and one per-
sons who insist on seeing him about unimpor-
tant matters. Judge Holme has been Mayor
Grant S intimate personal friend and from this
association is able to answer visitors with an
assurance which an ordinary private secretary
would not have. Then. too, he is good fell
low personally, and can send away bores
without so much as suspicion on their part
that they have been turned down"
SECRETARY PRocroR has had the portraits of
Grant, Sherman, and Sheridan removed from
his room, where they hung among a lot of por-
traits of former Secretaries of War and hung
in the center panel of the wall between the
doors leading into his Office and that of the
chief clerk. Grant is in the center above aud
sherman below on the left hand of the OBJ
server, facing the late neral of the army who
saved the day at Winchester. National and
regimental flags hang in the vicinity draped
graceful " so as to form a pleasing background
of color to contrast with the white wall, which
has been given a coat of paint in order to in
sure the portraits against the bad effects of
dampness 1t is the secretary's intention to
have a number of the other portraits of his
predecessors removed from their hidden hang
ing places within the rooms allotted TO him and
placed. ike those mentioned, in the corridors.
In order TO give visitors an opportunity to see
them without having 10 invade the sacred pre-
ciucts.