The record-union., 1891-02-08

that some OF us are u little careless about
our manners when we are among people
we don't know or care for.--I{iS. Tom
BToaCn, fn NeW York Star.
PEOPLE WHO ARE TALKED ABOUT.
Depew has been elected President of
the Union League Club of New York for
the sixth time.
Professor Bramann, one of the physi-
clans who attended the Emperor Fred
erick in his late illness, has been en-
nobled by the present Emperor.
Lord Salisbury is said to work fourteen
hours day. writing and reading dis
patches. Add to this the time consumed
in social duties, and he rarely gets more
than four or five hours sleep.
The widow of John B. Cough is n help
less paralytic and broken-down woman.
And yet at one time she was as charming,
CHEEKY and vigorous q woman as ever
helped husband in his life's labor.
Bishop Bowman, of St. Louis. has
passed more than fifty years in church
work. He is now seventy-four wears old.
and is in splendid health, straight as an
arrow, with constitution like flint.
Kate Chase Sprague is still fine-lool1-
| ing woman, appearing much Younger
than she really is. She is writing a life
ol hsF idtueT, ana nor Work, 1t is said,
will contain much unWritten history.
Sir Charles Dixie has accepted an inyi-
| tation from the Societe d Etudes Sociales
ct Politjques to lecture in Brussels in the
French tongue on the position of the
working classes in the British colonies.
Teunyson possesses the poets true
! fondness for old wine. His cellar con-
| tainS choice stock of ancient yintaees.
| his tavorite among them being Waterloo
sherry-a wine just seventy-five years of
age.
Francis ParEman, the historian, has
taken to gardening, and is as successful
at it as was Evelyn. He is particularly
fond OF roses. He is writing again, hav-
! ing IN great measure recovered his
| health. III ~
Hon. Charles Pelham villers is ninety
years old, and for forty-five wears has
represented the borough of Wolverhamp-
ton in the British Parliament, and he has
no salary for the job, and will nave no
pension When he retlres. 6sr
II. IL. Van Deaman, pomofocist to the
United States Agricultural Department.
declares that there are in the southern
part of California. Arizona, New Mexico
and Texas millions of acres which
can be made to produce as good dates as
those grown in Arabia and Persia.
EX-Minister Kasson walks the streets
OF Washington with as alert step and
with as general appearance of yoiIth as
characterized him when he was in Con-
gress ten years ago. He is tall, erect and
well preserved. He is a lawyer in active
practice and student of literature.
Henry Johnson, a slave with history.
who was set free by his master. Mr.
FoNall, and who waited upon Clay, Web
ster, calhoun, and other great men. and
VINO is sald to have come in contact with
| NJ W., =
ing in poverty at the age of so years in
| Washington.
Alice Wilson Pryor, to whom Guiteau
assassin of President Garfield), paid at
tenhons and proposed marriage, died re-
Gently mt Jasper, Tenn. 1t is stated that
she was of good family, and a beautiful
girl, gay and spirited, but that she be-
came a reclnse,. with shattered nerves,
after the trial and execution of Glliteau.
u The late King of Holland would never
permit his daughter to learn German. al
! though 1t is her mothers native tongue.
! NOW that she is Queen, and her own mis-
tress as well, she will probably be taught
German, as it is an accomplishment every
royal parsonage IN Europe is expected to
| possess The little Queen speaks French
| to perfection.
Helen Gardener, author of SIS This
! Your Son, My Lord ~ the novel which
is creating such furore in the East is
about 80 years old. She is really beauti-
| tul woman, little above medium hight.
| of well-rounded proportions, with an
intellectual face, deep brown eyes. full
red lips, and high, broad forehead. She
possesses radical views. and is a terse
strong writer.
Many Englishmen remain in public life
until they are very old. Gladstone, who
is over so, knew Palnerston. who. when
over so, was premier of Enlgand and
! lively as cricket. He knew Lord I.vl1d-
hurst. an American by birth. who when
over 90. was Chancellor Of England. He
knew Brough2m, who, when an octo-
! genarian, was still active in politics and as
q writer.
Mrs. Thomas A. Hendricks. widow of
/ the late Vice-Prcsident, win read paper
| before the National Council of Women
| which is to meet in Washington Febr,1,
airy 22d. Among other prominent women
| who are down on the programme for adj
dresses are Mrs. Bertha Honore Palmer
Of Chicago, President of the Board of
Lady Managers of the Columbian EXPOSE
ton, and Mrs. Herelda Wallace.
William Westall, the novelist. lives at
High Standing. Loughton, and is a Ian
cashire man. lie was born in 1895. Tn
appearance he is slight and slim. and
about feet 5 inches high, with eravish
hair, much be-wrinkled forehead. bright
| Dlue eyes, hose, q soft. silky
grayish beard which would DELIGHT an
Eastern cadi. He speaks very clearly
and emphatically. and it is evident that
he has cook deal of reserve force.
/ The Prince Gle Joinville has the rennta-
ton of being, with the exception of the
Conte de Paris, the most parsimonious
noble in Europe. He will not have extra
fires lighted in his vast and chilly Paris
mansion when he comes from the conn
try to spend a day or two there. and he
sends around the corner to cook shop
/ for bowl of soup and plate of meat
/ rather than waste Goals in the Kitchen
! range. Both these royal economists have
enormous fortunes.
/ Previous to the death of his wife. George
| Bancroft was one of the famous dinner
| givers in the social circle at Washington.
! 1t is related of him that on one occasion.
when Mr.. Arthur was President. Mr..
Bancroft invited him to dinner, express
/ ing fear, however, that official ETH
quette would not permit the innovation
to be accepted. President Arthur re-
piled, with the most graceful tact, that
the President was permitted to dine
with Judges of the Supreme Court,
Cabinet officers, Senators and-Mr. BAN
1 croft.
A monster egg is exhibited in the mu-
scum at Buda-Pesth, Hungary. 1t is an
egg of the prehistoric bird aepiornis, and
but few museums possess such a speci-
hnr,