The morning call., 1891-09-05
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT,
De Lesseps has nine children.
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De Lesseps has nine children.
Astor's daily income is $4,000
Mr. James Russell Lowell left an estate
valued, all told. at $4,000.
Governor Russell of Massachusetts, is ac-
Quiring fame now as tennis player.
John Penn, who has just been elected to
the British Parliament, is descendant Of
the great William Penn.
Mr.. Blaine's fortune is estimated at $780,
Geo. friend of his says. and much of it is
invested in railroads and mining properties.
Nellie Arthur has developed into a fine
looking wOman with superb figure. gori-
Gus dark eyes and charming. unaffected man
ners.
The only foreign cadet at West Point, 1t
is stated. is twenty-year-olds son of General
1sidore Urtecho, Communicated Chief of the
Nicaraguan Army.
Patti doesn't "reminisce" very rapidly.
She dictates an hour on her memoirs, pores
over the typewriter matter and then, as
like as not, tears it up.
Governor PattisOn of Pennsylyania still
monopoizes the unique distinction Of being
the only Governor of any State in the Union
who has been kissed by a lovely woman to
win wager.
Harriet Hosmer has in her studio at
Rome plaster cast of the clasped hands of
Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning
This cast was made by Miss Hosmer in
Rome in 1853.
DR.. Alice Bennett, the resident physician
in the wumen's department of the Pennsyl-
vania State Insane Hospital. boasts that she
knows by heart the name and the ailment of
every one of the 900 patients under her care.
William Morris, the English poet, artist
and socialist, affects Singularly shabby
and unpicture>que attire. He may be seen
in Oxford street. in London. wearing an old
black slouch hat, an ancient sack coat,
baggy trousers and blue flannel shirt.
,John G. Whittier is so modest that his
niece, who is preparing biography of him,
has found it very difficult to obtain any aid
from him In her work. His strength is
gradually falling, and lie is forced TO give
UP the long walks which he formerly took
Count de MOntebello. the new French En-
bassadcr TO Russia, is grandson OF one Of
Napoleon's paladins, the fearless Lannes-
''the braveSt Of the brave" his master called
him-who began life as a dyer's apprentice
and died Duke of Monticello and a Marshal
of France.
The Shah of Persia's account of his re-
cent travels through Europe has been pub
lished in an elegantly bound volume in the
Persian language. copies of which have
been sent to the various potentates and
dlgntaries with whom his Majesty became
acquainted.
James Russell LowelPs house at Cam
bridge, "Elmwood," was built by an old
Tory merchant, whose property was confis-
Gated early in the revolution. 1t stands
near the entrance TO Mount Auburn Gene
terry, and from its windows there is a beau
tiful view OF the Charles River and its
meadows.
Mrs. French Sheldon, the English ex-
plorer, suffered greatly from her trip into
the interior OF Africa, and is said to be but
a shadow of her former self. She was not
only i'll, but at one point in her journey one
OF the bearers of her palanquin slipped. and
she was precipitated down rocky EN- bank
ment into river, receiving severe bruises
and being nearly drowned.