The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-02-19
PERSONAL.

Pasteur is n small, solidly built man,
very pale and rather sickly in appearance.
He limps when he walks. Hisface shows
in every lineament u high order of in
tellcct.
1t is believed that ex-Mayor Cobb of
Boston is dying of arsenical poisons b.
sorbed from wall paper or furniture in
his own house.
Jay Gould's daughter Nellie Is said TO
have made up her mind never to marry.
Stanley says that Edison has the most
wonderful pair of eyes that he has ever
seen in human head.
Senator Spooner say he earned his first
dollar by saving cord of wood for it,
lie sawed more wood until he earned 81.
This money he invested in pig and
enough lumber to build n pen for It.
When the sty was completed the pig was
dead.
The Philadelphia Times calls attention
to the rapid Disappearance Of our ,represeni-
dental Cabinets remain. With Bancroft
went the last of the Polk Cabinet and
with A. ii, III. Stewart of Virginia the
last of that of President Fillmore. Until
the death of jefferson Davis there were
two survivors of the Pierce Cabinet. One
now remains, James Campbell of Phila-
delphiQ, who was appointed postmaster
general from Tennessee.
Edmund Noy of st. Louis, granddaughter
of Marshal Ney says he is probably the
only descendant of the famous Marshal
in the United States. He has been in this
country for sixteen years, and after in
vCstigating number of claims Of persons
who said they were relatives always found
there were no grounds for such claims
There are but few descendants of Marshal
Ney left in France, but there are some in
Germany, where they fled to escape per-
sccution after the downfall of Napo-
leon.
Colonel William ]. Brown, a lineal de-
scendant of Stephen Hopkins, one of the
signers of the Declaration of lndepend-
ence, died on Monday at his home, sol
Herkimer street, Brooklyn. He was 60
years old and had been i'll for some time,
but his death was sudden and was due to
heart disease. Colonel Brown was born
! in Rutland, VT, and was son Of General
| \. J.. Brown, well-known figure in the
| politics of that State, He was educated at
the Norwich Military Academy. When
| the war broke out he organized q rcyi-
ment of colored men and was appointed a
Colonel, but two days before he was to
start for the front his foot was crushed in
an elevator in \. i. Stewards store in
| New York City. He was unable to fight
| after that, but he had charge of the drill
ing of troops at Perth Amboy and organ
| lIeu lnree regiments.
The approaching debut Of Miss Elise De
| Wolfe as professional actress recalls to
| everybody who associated her with Mrs.
James Brown Potter on the amateur stage
seven or eight years ago interesting anec-
dotes of them both. The rumor that Mrs.
| Potter is writing book descriptive of her
| experiences III society both on and off the
| stage, and both before and after debut as
an actress who wanted to earn her own
living, has it il now conceded produced
quite ms much stir as did Mrs. Julie CRU
gers clever diplomatic fiction.
"Ben Amateur,n in the New York Con-
tine,t, says: Preparations are being made
by the prominent amateurs of this city
for five grand productions of private
theatricals. All these performances are
to be given during Easter week, and
in the week following several more are to
be presented.
No formal announcement of the various
programmes has been given out rs yet,
but the casts have been made up and in
clude all the bcst-known amateurs.
Among these are Edward Fales Coward,
Eyert Jansen Wendell, Henry Sargent
| Blake, Albert La Montague, Theodore
| Vernon Boynton, Robert Lee Morrell,
Francis N. Saunders, G. Gordon Clea.her
and Alexander 4. Mason.
Among the ladies who have won fame
| on 'he .iihnteur stape, bliss l.iltu IToctoi
Otis, Miss De Wolfe, who is about to
transfer her ability to the professional
stage; Mrs. Daniel p. Griswold, Mrs
Oliver Sumner Teall, Miss George Ship
pen and the Misses Lawrence are the best
IN my opinion. For leading and emo
tional parts Mrs. Griswold, Miss De Wolfe
and Mrs. Teal are all that could be de
sired, whilst | have rarely seen ingenuC
or soubrette parts performed better ON tn,
professional stage than the Interpretation:
given by Miss George Shippcn.
Two distinguished Brazllians now visit
ing Philadelphia for the first time wer,
entertained at the Art Club. They wer,
Lieutenant A. Carvalho Moreira, d son Of
Baron Penedo who was one of the fore
most Of his conntry's diplomats, and V
de Leon Annibal.
II is said that the presents at the wei
ding of Miss Willing To young Astor, IN
Philadelphia ON the 18th, will amount Il
more than 100000. Mr.. William AstOr
il is announced will give the youns
couple u completely furnished house OF
upper Fifth avenue, which is estimated
by some persons to be worth at leas
81 100000. John Jacob Astor, the third
is now ~ years old. Like his father an'
grandfather, he is u man of eXceptiona
height, standing six feet two inches In hi,
slippers. He is very slender in build an(
has thin impassiye face adorned with {
small moustache and slight whiskers. Il
is said that Mrs. Astors visiting list com
prises 400 people, and Miss Willing a.
many in New York and about S01 il
Philadelphia. Invitations TO the wedding
are to be kept within 800.
Bismarck, "the barbarian" as he was
known among the French during thu
siege Of Paris, is an ardent admirer Of tn,
fine arts. II love music above all, Ia
told Max Bemcr of the Hdm6uiYer Cores
poRdeAten two weeks ago, especially
Beethoven's. House music Is my creates
delight for the trouble Of getting a Ger
tain ticket at q certain time and sitting IN
certain narrow seat in an opera house Il
not to my liking, Up to the early part ol
my tbirties, when ] met my wife, who Is
very musical, / was always sorry that
had been obliged in my student days to
omit music lessons from my course.
las gymnasiast-and to-day every one Is
talking Of the oyerwork of gymnasasts-
had daily thirteen hours of study, and be
sides the ordinary instruction an hour OF
English and French, so had TO let music
go untouched. That was misfortune fol
mo, for, like all Germans, am tuned by
nature in harmony with music. FOl
Goetho's poems ! have always felt un.
bounded enthusiasm. Even now, when
cannot sleep nights, light the lamp and
read his verses, as well as Schillers, uh,
lands $ and Chamisso's. OF the whole pro.
fame literature, Faust II my Bible
Clavigo, Stella, the Elective Ailinilies, ar,
otsympathetic,with my taste, but Goethe
IN general Is exactly 70 my mind.p