The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-01-15
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PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Miss Frances Power Cobbe, author
Of many books and one Of the ablest of
literary women. is. at the age Of seventy.
hard at work both as writer and a re-
former. She is full Of health and vigor.
which she attributes to hcr simple diet
and regular habits. and rives much time
to the Antivivisection society in Lon-
don, of which She is president.
The Crown Princess OF Denmark Is
famous for being the tallest and wealth.
lest Princess in Europe. Her stature is
absolutely gigantic, being over six feet
two, and, 50 far as ler fortune is con-
cerncd. She inherited Sl5.00O.ao0 from
her maternal grandfather. Prince Fred
erick of the Netherlands. besides the
entire wealth of her father. the late
King Charles of sweden.
The two portraits Of Lord Tcnny-
son are thus described by the Athe-
naum: Both are husts, bare-headed,
life-size, nearly in full face: the eyes
are looking slightly downward. and
some of the upper part of the head is
seen. These are among tie best like
nesscs for which we are indebted to Mr..
Watts, rich in all the resources Of his
palette. his sympathy and skill.
One lady in Boston has given Mr..
Angel. president Of the american Hu-
name Society, money to supply every
car-driver in Boston with a copy of
BLACK Beauty" Another lady in New
York has done the same for the car
drivers of one Of the principal avenue,
A. inI
all the drivers and stablemen in New
port with the gentle gospel Of this fas-
cinating book.-Thc Student
Queen Victoria had two love affairs
before she married Prince Albert. Lord
Elphinstone handsome young Scotch
man. was her first flame. Both were
deeply in love, but reasons Of state for
badc union. shortly after this Vic
toria fell in love with Lord Fitzalan,
handsome and dashing young fellow,
who. however. seems not to have re-
ciprocated royalty's passion. lie at
tempted TO marry harmaid and this
cured the royal lady of her passion.
81 notice. said an English Glad
stonean now i'm New York. that people
here speak Of the short remnant Of
Gladstones life. But when / saw
Gladstone last summer he looked as
though he had the stuff in him for ten
years Of work vet. and he can do more
business at this time than most men
who have not lived half his years. /
would not be surprised if the tree-chop-
per of IIawarden should be leader in
imperial politics till the close of the
nineteenth century"
old Mrs. Tom Taylor. widow Of tho
dramatist, is one Of the finest amateur
pianists in London. She is very small
and quite feeble, but it is quite wonder
ful to see her hobble across drawing
room to the piano and moment later
charm and hewitch every body by the
sad. sweet and almost timid melodies
she will play. Her eyes are 50 weak
that she could not read the music If il
was on the rest. and - She plays from
| memory. or else ilnprovises. taking her
own mood for the theme
| Mrs. Henry Ward Beccher grows
| more beautiful as advancing years and
| growing feebleness take possession Of
her. She sits III beautiful bay win
uOW SIiIOuIlsiId nA blItlS aiIti lioWcTS,
and dreams Of the days when She and
Henry. We're struggling along in lit
tie Western village. trying to keep the
pot boiling and the sermons written.
But those were long-ago days. Every
publishing firm in the country has asked
her to write the life of her dead hus-
band. but owing to her poor health she
has refused them all.