The record-union., 1891-05-17
PEOPLE WHO ARE TALKED ABOUT

An OId sweetheart OF john T.. Calhoun
is living at the age of 81 in the Eome for
aged gentlewOmen at Washington.
Professor Eissenweller of Geissen
| claims to have discovered the bacteria
which produces badness by destroying
the roots of the hair.
Meissonier had an abiding hatred for
Americans. Though they bought his
pictures with generous hand and paid
| excessive prices for them, his detestation
was bitter and Outspoken.
Theodore Tilton lives in comparative
quiet and obscurity, in Paris, and gains a
moderate income by literary work. He
is said to have given up all desire for re-
turning to this country to live.
Ex-King Milan of Servia is engaged to
marry a French lady whose fortune is
estimated at 100000 francs. If the
French lady We're as sensible as she is
rich she would see Milan in Jericho be-
fore she would marry him.
Weakness rather than strength has
always seemed to be most prominent in
the character of Prince Ferdinand of
Bulgaria. Just now his esthetic mind is
said to be feeding on the vanities of per-
sOnal adornment, his silk gowns, lace
shirts and diamonds being only portions
of the gaudy costumes with which he is
dazzling the Sofia public.
The new manager of the Grand Opera
in Paris is NJ. Bertrand, who has directed
the Varieties for more than twenty
years. Judic, ChaumOnt, Hebron, and
Granier are among the performers whom
he has introduced to q Partisan audience.
Some doubt is expressed as to whether
his past experience is the best training
possible for his new position.
To the feet of beautiful steam yachts
owned by wealthy New Workers is now
added the Corsair, built for J. Pierpont
Atn-r hn hov j
Philadelphia Thursday. She is 23S feet
long. She will rank with the Nourmahal,
Atlanta and Alva, respectively owned by
Bennett, Gould and one Of the Wander
bilts.
King Otto of Bavaria was 43 years old
last week. A cablegram from Berlin
says that the frequent rumors of the
Kings death are founded on nothing
more serious than the intervals of stupor
to which his Majesty is subject. The
coma lasts from ten to twenty-four hours,
during which the patient Is totally un-
conscious and presents every appearance
of death.
Apropos of Phillips Brooks and his
elevation to the episcopate, says the New
YORK San, it may be worth while to re-
call the wlttlcism perpetrated at the great
Bostonian's expense by Henry Flanders,
upon the occasion some years ago when
DIR. Brooks was under consideration for a
Dishopric. "Who is Phillips Brooks ?''
asked an innocent Philadelphian. "Oh,"
said Flanders, "he's an Episcopalian
with leanings toward Christianity
Secretary Fosters wife is described as
sweet and gracious woman, with wavy
gray hair and an intelligent and hand
some face. She has lovely family and
their home life has always been particu-
larly delightful. The Secretary's family
consists of two daughters, both excep-
tlonalIy handsome girls, and fully equal
to the demands OF any society. Their
beauty is in striking contrast, one being
a blonde, the other brunette.
The young Emperor of Germany now
has no less than three thrones. One is
the old-tashioned affair of the days Of the
King of Prussia, another was furnished
for the occasion of the Princess Victoria's
wedding, and now third appears, to be
used only when his majesty appears as
supreme head of the united German
Empire. This last one is erected in the
white hall of the German SchlosS, and its
canopy is of yellow silk and gold brocade
into which the imperial eagle is beauti-
fully woven.
1t is announced by the Paris Temps
that the King of Greece is about to eStab-
nsh national subsidized theater at
Athens on the same lines as the Theater
trancals. The Greek Minister in Paris has
applied to NJ. Jules Claretie for inforna-
tion on the subject, and the administra-
tlon OF the Comedie Franchise has already
responded to the appeal. The collection
OF DEGREES and regulations is most inter-
estlng one, and extends over two hun
dred years. 1t includes the famous de-
cree OF Moscow, and the latest document
is the order prohibiting the performance
of "Thermidor"