The critic., 1891-01-06
PERSONAL.

Mary Anderson Navarro and husband
nIc sIcnding the winter at Bournemouth.
They expect 10 visit America in the spring.
A satire ON Ward McAllistcr and his
aristocratic following was produced In
New York this week. II is called REILLY
and the 900, and contains song which
threatens 10 become as popular as Annie
Rooney"
Sara Bernhardt has been sitting to VI.
Clairiu for q medallion portrait, in which
she wears the crown ol Cleopatra Minia-
turists are copying the print, which mp
pcared in n French Journal ON ivory to
fill orders from United States jewelers..
Senator Farwcll has snccringly referred
to the President as Little Bonnie"
Which one of Farwells friends has the
President refused to appoint now?-Cttc-
idad Leddc'.
Mrs. jefferson Davis, il is said, has re-
ceivod Si5,C0 subscriptions for the life OF
her husband.
Mr. Charles r. Bonapartc of Maryland,
IN ardent civil service rclormcr, Is
prandncphew Of Napoleon the First.
Mrs. Cleveland will probably accom-
pany her husband TO Philadelphia ON the
occasion of the Sth Of January banquet.
They will be the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
L. Clarke Davis.
Sir John Millais' cycsight, which gave
him good deal Of trouble and threatened
to interfere with his painting has i'm
proved. He has given himself the ad-
vantage of q very long rest and his general
health is excellent
A new novel by Naldcs, the Spanish
novelist whom Mr.. llowells has so de-
seryCdly praised, is to be published very
shortly by the United States Book Com
pany. The translation, which is by Clara
Bell, is authorized by Naldes himself, and
will appear in New York simultaneously
with the publication Of the original in
Madrid. The story is called scum" and
is n vivid picture of modern society life
in the Spanish Capital.
Mrs. Burton Harrison. author of "The
Anglomaniacs," contributes to the New
York critic Of December % a study of an
"amusing old volume describing the adj
ventures of Cherubna de Willoughby,
heroine in vogue half century ago"
The book was written by an Englishman
namod Barret, who sought to laugh out
Of existence the Clarssas, Camillas and
Evelinas of our grandiathers as Ceryantes
bad made ridiculous the fictional heroes
Of chivalry so popular in his day.
Valentine Mott devotes his spare time to
collecting snufr-boXes and miniatures.
Some of his snuff-boNcs are worth 81 900
apiece. He keeps his collection shut up,
and very few people see it, Miss Lazarus
is very fond Of buying gold snulf-boxcs,
but she gives her boxes to the Metropoli-
tan Museum of Art. Walter Hoe collects
rare porcelains. His collection is one of
the largest in the country, and a great
many Of the pieces are said to be almost
priceless. Brayton Ives is another cOllec-
tor of bric-a- brac, with fondncss also for
very fine books. DIR. Walter Cooper of
Bridgeport is fiery and enthusiastic col.
lector of pipes. A pipe was recently sold
in London for 81 900. Mr.. Coopcr's coll
lection is the only one that can possibly
end in smoke without the collection being
damaged.
The Marquis of Breteuil, the French
nobcman who is to marry the daughter
New York Yacht Club, is now in his i3l
year. lie was educated at the Saint-Cyr
military school, and after serving nine
years as u cavalry officer resigned his COM
mission to enter political life. Elected
member of the Chamber of Deputies
from the Department of the llautes-
Pyrenees in 1877, he was defeated in 1881,
and again elected in 1885 and 1880. The
Marquis, who is q small slender man, be-
tngs to the Tory ring of the Conserva-
ives, and hObnobs with the Prince of
Wales and other English swells.
The following Is list of the most prom
inCnt professional volinists now in this
country; Franz Kneisel, the first violnist
Of the Boston Symphony Orchestra;
Madame Camilla urso, Miss Maud Powell,
Leopold I.ichtcnbcrg, 0yide Musin, Max
Franko, and Franz Willczek.
And the following is list of the most
prominent professional pianis;s now in
this country: Rafael Joseffy, Fannie
Bloomfield, Alexander Lambert, S. b.
Mills, William Mason, Carl Baermann
Adele Aus der Ohe, B. j. Lang, III. G.
Tucker, Adele Marguiles, Franz Rummel
Constantin Sternberg, Emil Liebling, Au,,
gust liylested, Julia Rive-king, Conrad
Ansorge, Carl Faelten, A. Il. Parsons, f.
Won Inten, f. Brandeis, A. NJ. Bagley, Il.
NJ, Bowman, John Bayer, Etclka Utasse
and Max Vogrich.
Frederick Deitz of Golden, Erie County,
Pa, enjoys the distinction of having been
one of the handful of Union soldiers who
surrounded CARROTS barn, near Port
Royal, Va, on the morning of April p,
lS65-that historic barn in which John
Wilkes Booth, slayer of Lincoln, stood at
bay. Mr.. Deitz will be 50 years old ON the
23d of next April. He has been farmer
at Golden for nineteen years. He be.
longcd to Company Il of the Sixtieth New
York Cavalry and was in Virginia when
Lincoln was assassinatcd.
The director of the Observatory at
Pulkova, in Russia, has sent Il vase to
Professor Simon Newcomb, the Superin-
tendent Of the Nautical Almanac Office in
Washington, d. c., as an evidence of the
value set by the Observatory staff ON the
services Professor Ncwcomb has rendered
to science by his studies and writings.
The vase has been sent through the State
Department, and will be presented to Pro-