The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-01-19

Since "thc order of Shcfkat" was con.
ferred upon the wife of Minister Reid by
the Sultan an exchange suggests that
"Whitelaw will likely come in earlier of
evenings than formerly
Prince Bismarck, relates the StyaSbuy
Gdscitc, was once asked by Count En2en-
burg, formerly ilcssian envoy at Paris, to
write something in his album. The page
on which he had TO write contained the
the autographs of GuiZot and Thiers. The
former had written:
"i have learnt i'm my long life two rules
Of prudence. The first is to forgive much;
the second is never 60 forget"
"Under this Thicrs had said;
"a little forgetting would not dctract
from the sincerity of the forgiveness"
Prince Bismarck added:
"As for me, | have learnt to forget
much and to be asked to be forgiven
much"
Miss Camille Urso Harris, daughter of
the author of the "unclc Rcmus' stories,
is about to 20 to Italy topursuc the study
Of art. She is now 20 years of age and q
girl of remarkable beauty and talent.
She paints with skill and her gift at sculp-
turc is said to be amazing. one of the
figures executed by her when only 10
years old has just been presented to the At
lanta Historical Society; it represents
finished a battle sccne-an episode of the
march 70 the sea.
The Emperor Of Germany drank neat
toast ut the marriage of his sister Vic
tofia. II was this: ~ stand here in the
place of my father, now resting in God,
who did not grant that he should live to
see this day. May the blessing of our de
parted father and our beloved mother and
Of your parents turning to the bride
,.,A I nNn har ulu
as the head of the royal house. You may
always rely upon my protection and my
paternal friendship. drink the health
of the bridal pair"
Mile. Judic's latest exploit in wedding
herself to hairdrosser named iioisel, in
PREF aration for which she ordered a
sI,CCOtrousscau oflingeric, including some
mysterious articles known as invisible
night corsets and "jupons luminous" of
which the translation literally suggests
brilliant pctticoats, which items are
shIouded in mystery to the reader rs to
thdr purpose and signlication.
The members of the United States Su-
prone Court have a Whist Club, a meet
| ing Of which Justice Brown attended for
| the first time on Monday night, when
| he surprised bis brethren by his profound
| erudition, as 1t were, in that game. The
new Justice showed himself eligible for
very active membership at once.
Mrs. Charity Hathaway is the only
| woman trappcr and raw fur dealer in
| Pennsylvania. She is the widow of the
late Charles j. Hathaway, and she lives
on BeCmcr Hill, in Forks township, where
she was born in the woods forty odd years
ago. Her only son, Hiram, is Is year.
old, and she has two daughters younger
than he. Each fall and winter the Widow
Hathaway is the busiest woman in the
township. Last season she cleared nearly
$40 from the sale of furs. The animals
from which the greater portion of the
furs was obtained were trapped and
skinned by Mrs. Hathaway.
There will be given at Sherry's, in New
York, on January ~, the first Southern
Assembly. This Is a permanent organza
ton, and balls will be given every winter
The assembly will be given by number
Of carefully selected Southern men now
living in New York. The demand fol
cards of invitation has been so large that
the committee regret that they did moi
engage larger ballroom. Next winter
they propose to amend all deficiencies
The ball will be a brilliant one. The mer
the wcll-known names Of Judge Pryor
Hugh Garden, Colonel Paul, Alexander
Chisolm and John G. Calhoun. The ladic'
invited 10 be patronesses are Mrs. A. G.
Fettner, Mrs. Roger A. Pryor. Mrs Burton
Harrison, Mrs. Hugh Garden Mrs. Johr
$. Wise, Mrs. Willard Ward, Mrs J. l.
Robertson, Mrs. Fitzhugh Mayo, Mrs
John c. Calhoun and Mrs. IIaryie Dew.
Mr. William Carew Hazlitt, who con
tributes the hitherto unpublished letter
Of Charles and Mary Lamb to the AT
lantic Monthly" for February, is q grand
son of the essayist Ha2litt, Lambs friend
and has himself published Life o
amb, with letters. The new matera
with which Mr.. Hazlitt furnishes tn,
Atlantic" has some very curious letter
from Lamb. one most characteristic
note of coincidence written to Thoma
Hood, On the death of his child, afte
many expressions of grief, ends with tn
extraordinary sentence, II have won sex
pence Of MoXom by the SEE of the dea