The morning call., 1891-09-16
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

The Queen OF SaxOny is travelling incog.
Fred Douglass, who is "a years cid, be-
lieves that he will live to be 80.
Henry b. Hyde, President of New
York insurance company, gets a salary of
100000 year.
Congressman Hatch, the farmer candi-
date for the Speakership. has one OF the best
farms in Missouri.
Charles Gaylor, the old New York play
still in the harness.
George A. Pilsbury Of Minneapolis has
presented soldiers monument TO Concord,
n. H., his native town.
y The Pope's new Private Chamberlain, J.
G. Haywood, married a rich widow while he
was newspaper writer
Moorfeld Story. who was at one time
Summers private secretary. has agreed to
write his biography for the American
Statesmen Series"
Grace Greenwood emphatically denies the
report that she is blind, and says that she
can still read her title clear to more good
fortune than has ever yet come her way.
Francisco Cortisi, the great Italian sing
ing teacher, lives alone in little villa JUS
out of Florence, where an old housekeeper
prepares his spaghetti and his wine for him.
DR.. Conception Aexandre has the honor
OF being the first woman appointed to any
official post il Spain. She has recently been
made a member of the staff Of the Hospital
de la Princess in Madrid.
William B. McCreery, United States Con-
sui Mt Valparaiso, Chile, is Michigan man
who served with credit during the civil war.
He was one of the few who succeeded in eS-
Gaping from Libby Prison,
Mrs. Ingalls, is quite unlike her TALL thin
husband in figure. She is rather short, with
tendency to stoutness. Her complexion is
fair and rosy, aud her face is animated by a
in hri.ri md Ciu
James Whitcomb Riley seems to have
made most agreea BILE impression wherever
he went in London. He was the especial
protege of the aristocratic Savage Club,
whose members feted him for weeks.
The young Duke Of Portland is horse
owner and a betting man. having at times
lost as much as S100, 900 in a day. He has
immense estates in Scotland, and is one OF
the largest land-holders in the British king
dom.
Eugene Davenport, Professor of Agricul-
ture in the Michigan Agricultural COLLEGE,
has been appointed professor of the college
which is to be established in Brazil. He is
to receive $1,000 a year, with house and
| living expenses.
Major Rathbone OF Ohio, the new Fourth
Assistant. Postmaster r-General. Is 43 years
| old, and is one Of the most experience Ell men
| IN the service. He Is a handsome fellow, a
| thirty-second degree Mason, and wide
| awake business man.
| Ex-Attorney-General Garland has written
letter to his son, Sanders Garland, calling
| attention to paragraph mentioning him as
candidate for the vacant interstate COM
| merce commission ership, and stating that
| there is no foundation for it,
Swinburne is small, red-headed and a
| bachelor. His forehead is very prominent,
| but his mouth is small ard feminine and
| his chin weak. Bis eyes are large and brill
liant. The poet is frank and courteous in
manner. but he avoids general society be-
cause of his deafness.
Frank Stockton claims to work with de-
liberation which would hardly prove tnan-
cialy profitable to writer's less known. lie
dictates to stenographer, and sometimes,
he says, he waits an hour for the right
word. In this way he turns out about a
thousand words day.
Baron Natnan de Rothschild's summer
ecsseatlon has been photography. lie has
been staying at charming place near the
Italian frontier, and on nearly every pleas
ant day he has made horseback excursions
10 plae of Interest in the vicinity, his
camera always accompanying him.
Mr. Whitney, brother of the ex-Secre
tory of the Navy and the President of
1 large Boston street railway company ba,
agreed to start out In the morning on ca