The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-12
PERSONAL.

PRoF. CHARLES LEE SMITH Of Johns Hopkins
University has been elected to the new chair Of
history and political science ct the William
Jewell College, Liberty, No.
JACOB kahn. a Cleveland shoemaker, claims
that he has invented. and viii have in operation
in sixty days, compressed air motor that will
propel street car twenty miles an hour at a
cost Of cents
TIE PICTURE Of Editor Stead Of London, which
he has printed in his review, shows him as a
man who looks as il he were more skilled in
business than IN literature He is sitting at his
MS DISK. pen IN hand. and his Oh forehead has
the hair Wen brushed back. The eyes are the
most striking feature. the mouth being hidden
behind a Inustache and beard.
The Baroness Althea Salvador, whose letters
from Paris TO American newspapers have made
her quite well known, is an accomplished musi-
can end her salon is one Of the most charming
Ia fars- she Is a tall and slender blonde, quite
pretty and always elegantly dressed. The bar
oness IS an American girl, being a defendant of
an old New Hampshire family.
3. P. HUTCHINSON. the big Chicago grain
SPECTATOR. is about 40 years old. In all his
mental characteristics be is a yankee of
yankees, shrewd and unyieiding in a bargain
and most unconventional and democratic in his
ways He is tall and spare. with snarp features,
and, as result of his abStemious mode of life,
ne is the equal of men thirty years his juniors.
Mrs. STANLEY has not once been ill during her
stay in America She is very fond of fresh air
and keepS the temperature of her room at 500
Every day she takes a long walk. She thinks
that American women are more hospitable than
tne women OF London aud the cities of tue
British isles, but the English girl is better
Nhen you get acquainted with her. She is a
little stiff aud distant at first, but improves
after she has thawed out"
MRS. NJ. FRENCH SHELDON appears to be thor
oughly in earnest in her intention of going into
the heart of Africa. She expects to reach IAN
zibar ia February. Procuring guides, interpre.
tiers ana supplies there she will enter the Dark
Continent ct Mombassi, and from there she will
MAKE her way to the mOuntGin and lake OF Kill
amaJaro, distance of 100 miles from Zanzibar
Mrs. Sheldon's object in undertaking this ad-
venturouS journey is to study the domestic hab-
Us OF the black men and black women. Then
me VIII write novel about them.
THE ENGAGEMENT of John Jacob Astor, only
son and heir of Mr.. and Mrs. William Astor, of
No. $50 Fifth avenue, New York, to Miss Ara
Willing, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Willing OF Philadelphia. is an assured fact and
the engagement will soon be formally an
nounCei. Mr.. Aston is about "a years of age,
tall and slenderly built, with blue eyes, fair
hair and mustacho. He is the youngest OF the
FAMILY His two sisters are Mrs. j. Coleman
Drayton and Mrs. Orne Wilson Mrs. Astor Is
the acknowledged leader of New YORK society,
and her son is considered one of the leaders
among the younger set Miss willing who
tiful blonde. with fair hair and blue eyes. She
il we known in New York society, having at
tended all of the assembly and patriarch balls
since she made her debut.