The morning call., 1891-05-01
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

Dan Rice is organizing an old-time one
ring circus.
Mrs. Levi P. Morton and her daughters
will pass portion Of the summer at Carts
bad as usual.
The Prince of Wales thinks his sister, the
Empress Frederick. the cleverest woman he
ever met.
John 1.sdu Breuin, ChicagO's million
aire hardware man, was French Cana
dian by birth.
Mrs. Walter Damroch will pass the sum-
mer with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James
G. Blaine at Bar Harbor.
General Albert Pike owned the largest
meersehaum pipe in the world, and he knew
how to operate il without materially cutting
short the span of his life.
Sir Charles Dixie is very fond of fencing,
and in one of the rooms of his London
house he has choice collection of old
swords and handsome rapiers.
Ex-senator ingalls, carries in his pocket
as a souvenir 10-cent niece which he says
is the very last piece of money received in
the final payment of his salary.
Thirty years ago James A. Bailey, the
multi millionaire partner of z. L. Barnum,
was a bell-boy in Cincinnati hotel. AS he
was at the front then, SO he is now.
The new Earl Granville is a pale-faced
lad of 10. He is at present a student at
of Lords until be attainS bis majority.
Edith Kingdom, who is now Mrs George
Gould is prettleT. roster and more bewitch-
ingly attractive than ever, and is the chief
charm of the palatial home she adornS.
Lucas Paez. an aged resident OF BARGE
Iona, Spain, is the head of family of 279
persons. He has thirty-nine living children
sixteen daughters and twenty-three sons.
Jay Gould gets his name from Chief JUS
tee Jay Of New York. Mr.. GOuld's father
was a country magistrate, whose adj
miratiOn for the Chief Justice was I'M
bounded.
Neither Detaille nor Lefebre, both of
whom were candidates, was elected to
the vacant seat in the French academy of
Fine Arts in MeissOnier's place, but Jean
Paul Laurens.
1t is favorite pastime with Mrs. Cleve-
land in the summer to mount her horse and
eanter across country. She always wears a
black haDit and derby hat with riding gloves
of reddish tinge.
Charles Tappan, who built the famous
New York Hombs prison, is still living in
that city, at the age Of %. lie has seen the
metropolis grow from town of less than
100000 Inhabitants.
Samuel E. James of Kittanning, Pa, a
veteran of the Two Hundred and Sixth
PENNSYLVANIA Volunteers, is the poSsessor
of the key TO the main door Of the old Libby
IIiSOu u IllcDuOBu.
Judge E. r. Hoar, tie Senator's brother,
is the leader of the Boston bar. He is past
20, but still carries himself with erectness
and his step is elastic. He is the father Of
young Congressman HOar.
Isaac Pitman, the father of photography,
considering his eighty years of life, is in
deed a unique man. In his habits he is, as
cetir, for neither wine. beer or spirits, flesh,
fish or fowl passes his lips.
Master Dounaud Bently. aged s, and Miss
| Ella, his sister, aged Z, of DonaIdsonyille,
La, are the youngest newspaper people on
record. They edit, print and publish q
| little sheet called The Delta.
Henry Hart. one of New York's railway
| and steamship magnates, is over so years Of
| age, a bachelor, of small stature, rugged
| build, and is as active as a man of 80. He is
said to be worth over S50000.000.
| Senator Edmnnds is only 81 years of age,
! but he looks as if he had weathered many
more winters. He appears quite feeble and
| worn out, and his tail, bent form ana white
beard Indicate an old and weary man.
Grant Allen, the English novelist and
| essayist, is thin aud intellectual-looking
man of As. His eyes are light blue and his
hair gray. He was born in Canada, but
has passed the greater part of his life in En-
| gland.