The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-01-17
PERSONAL.

The Duke of Marlborough has invested
100000 at Glasgow, Va. Heretofore the
Duke has been spending his American
wife's money instead of investing it.
Lieutenant Allen G. Paul of the Navy,
n brother of Mrs. William Waldorf Astor
is seriously i'll of pneumonia ut the st.
George Hotel, Brooklyn.
See Fuiii, q beautiful Japanese lady, the
wife of New York merchant, died
Tuesday. She was an elegant and edu-
Gated woman of great refinement, and
was only 80 years old. There are now
only two other married japanese women
living in that city.
1t is believed that Governor Russell of
Massachusetts will restore to the State SUI
premc Court Bench William G.. Endicott,
whom Mr.. Cleveland took thence for IA
Secretary of War. This was done in the
case of the late Judge Devens, after he
bad served MS Attorney-General under
President Hayes.
Andrew Carnegie has become a mem
Der Of the Society Of Mechanics, with an
implied reservation that in case of n
strike he shall not be asked to act as u
walking delegate.
The engagement was formally an
nounced yesterday Of Miss Maud Jaffray,
the daughter of Howard Jaffray and a
granddaughter of II. S. Jaffray to Hollis
Hunnewell of Boston. Mr.. Hunnewell is
ayoung man of great wealth and n nephew
of Egerton Winthrop and Frederic Bron-
son of this city. Miss Jaffray is consid-
| cred one of the handsomest young women
| in New York society.
Mr.. George Harlan and Mrs. Kate Wood
son were married recently in Dyer
| County, Tenn. The bridegroom is hale
| and hearty man of l07 years, and the
bride was blushing under the weight of
| S3 summers. The groom served in the
Mexican War and the great Rebellion.
Mrs. Woodson is his fifth wife. The last
one he married in his Tooth year. The
groom IS the fourth husband Of the bride.
The new japanese Minister to the
United States, q. Tateno, who has just
reached Washington by by way of Of San 'aIsI Fran n
year-old daughter, his private secretary
and law student. The Minister talks
English fiuently, and his wife and child
are dressed in Western garb.
On Christmas Day the rector of the
Anglican Church of Woodstock, Ontario
Canada, invited the Rev. DR.. McMullen
an eminent Presbyterian Clergyman and
ex-Moderator, to preach in his church
and afterward administered the Holy
Communion to him, And now the good
churchmen of Canada are telling the rec
tor that he is a traitor, and an unfaithfuI
steward of the mysteries.
Miss May Beesley, talented young
lady, has been studying in Dresden, Ger
MANY, under the tutelage of Frau Otto
Alvsleben, for the past three winters, ant
her voice has been heard in concert ant
church in that city with unusual success
Her first rendering of Hayden's Third I'm
perial Mass is said to have produced sucf
an impression that hundreds of the audi
ence waited at the entrance of the Kreut;
Church to catch nearer glimpse of tn,
young American and greet her as sht
passed to her carriage. Miss Beesley''
voice is q high soprano Of great strength
and purity Of tone. Her middle and low
notes are said to be exceptionally stron,
for soprano. Miss Beesley has worke,
faithfully and her musical instructor
predict bright future for the youn,
singer. Frau Otto, who for many year
was the prima donna of the Dresden
Opera-Hoiise and was heard in Americ
at the Cincinnati Musical Festival of 1873
is enthusiastic about her pupil. Her
Rheinhold Becker, the composer has ais
taken great interest in Miss Beesley an,
has personally directed her in renderin
some Of his own music.