Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-08
ABOUT SOME PEOPLE.

Mr.. Balfour, the new Tory leader in the
commons, is highly accomplished pianist
and ylollnlst.
1t is said that South Carolinian bearing
the name of Henry c. Grady bears strlk-
ing resemblance to the late Henry W.Grady
of Atlanta
DR.. S. Weir Mitchell of Philadelphia, a
constant patron of the public library, IS
said to devbur large quantities of poetry
and numerous novels.
The marriage is about to take place be-
tween John George Cox, heir to the BroX-
wood estate in Herefordshire, England, and
Mrs. Mary Porteous of New Orleans.
DR.. Depew tells the latest of his inter
viewers that he raised himself from the
business level to the plane of after-dinner
speaking by reading Macaulay's essays.
Mrs. Mackay has returned to London
from Scotland. where she spent the autumn,
and is installed for the winter IN her big
town mansion in Carleton house terrace.
Walt Whitman. James Russell Lowell,
Julia Ward Howe, Edwin p. Whipple, w.
w. Story. DR.. j. G. Holland, Herman Mel
vile and Thomas w. Parsons were all born
in the year 1919.
Nine. Nevada's little daughter Mignon,
when asked by visitor how she managed
to pass the time, said: Sometimes play
with my dolly, but usually mediate over
mammals career"
Mrs. Florence NJ. Wilde has obtained per-
mission from Judge BookStayer to change
her name for business purposes after No
vember 30 to Frank Leslie" Her hus-
band is Oscar WiIde's brother
Carruthers, a Scotch editor, looked so
much like Thacl1eray that upon one occa-
sion when Carruthers called upon Thack-
erav the maid who met him at the door
laughed in his face, because she thought
| her master in a tit of Observation-Disclosures
had come home and asked for himself.
William Walter Phelps, our minister to
| Germany. has shown his true AmericanlSm
and practical good sense by giving an OH
| cial dinner at which the leading features OF
| the menu were different preparations of
| American corn, and bread made of ID mix
ture of corn and rye -four in different pro
portions A practical illustration of that
| kind is worth more than any amount of talk
in demonstrating the food value of corn.
To any ordinarily rational person the gift
| of tomb would seem unpleasantly sugges-
| tive, even when regarded as tribute OF
affection. Walt Whitman, however, quite
enjoys the idea 1t is possibly Of his own
suggestion. Like Sarah Bernhardt' s
1
mainly upon being talked about, rather
than upon being read. Heis the one Lion,
| of Camden, apart from the marriage mills
and his tomb will be even q greater at
traction to that celebrated resort than his
| house or his gig-as long as he IS not IN 1t.
Besides, it amuses the old gentleman and
| keeps him from trying experiments with
the English language, which is great ad-
vantage.
Tolstoi's Oldest daughter, Tatiana by
| name, is no adherent to her fathers teach
ings. She is artistic and paints well and
intends TO have good time out of life. The
! second girl, Mascha, has chosen her father
mode of life. She dresses as peasant CIR
and works in the field, giving her leisure tc
working and caring for the poor. The
Countess Tolsto, notwithstanding the claim:
of a large family, finds time to attend to hel
husbands English correspondence. She
understands English well and writes i
freely The count receives letters in fou1
or five different languages and invariably
replies in the language in which he IS adj
dressed The different members of the
family are versed in the different languages
and all take their part in answering.
Manton Marble. the retired journalist
who now spends his time abroad, has re
turned temporarily to New York, Since hi
| sold his newspaper to Jay Gould he ha:
done no work OF Importance aside from
writing some ponderous essays on politica
economy and finance. He claims to hav
written several of Mr.. Cleveland's most i'm
| portant messages, and his few friends credl
him with those wonderful sentences abou
ssinnocuous desuetude" and "a condition
not theory, which confronts u.s." MI
Marbles chief distinction now is that h
plays whist better than almost any elderl.
person of his acquaintance, and from oe
cult art he derives some considerable in
come. 1t is said that Mr. Marble has com
to this country in the hope that he will bt
invited to write the national Democratic
platform in 1892.