The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-02-14
PARAGRAPUIC.

II is pleasant TO know that Madame Adj
elina Patti has AT last been clnched For
a quarter of century she has been stalk
ing over the earth robbing creation with
an effrontery that would have .paralyzed
the gang that prosecuted Ali Baba. Now,
at last, manager whom she sought to
mulct has mulcted her, and we think that
that manager Is entitled TO the graceful
plaudits of all Chrstendom. = Chicago
Nars.
Hannibal Hamlin, the venerable states
man Of Maine, who has probably held
more public Offices than any man living,
arrived here Wednesday evening. lie Is
vertablc Pooh-Bah lie has been Vice
President, Senator twice, Congressman,
Governor, and United States Minister to
Spain, besides serving in the Maine Legis
lature Mr.. Hamlin held public Office al
most continuously for nearly fifty years.
lie is in his Sod year, and does not look
much older than when he retired from
the Senate at Washington about eight
years ago.--Nc,O York Continent, 1871.
When the announcement was made that
Mrs. Leslie Carter would go on the stage
Chicago papers wondered whether she
would have the tcmerity to appear in that
city. She appeared there Monday night,
and the dispatches state that she was
greeted by very fashionable audience
and received more recalls than were ever
accorded to any actress in Chicago. "A
graceful bow of her Hebe-likc figure be-
fore the curtain or glance from her
lustrous eyes was always the signal for
another wild outbreak All of which
| gees to show that Chicago thoroughly
relishes good scandal.-hdnsds City
| Times.
A well-informed correspondent, writing
under recent date from Boston, SAYS:
News comes direct from Japan that Mr..
I.afcadio Hearn has suddenly terminated
| his engagement TO furnish letters for "Har-
per's Monthly" The first of the projec-
ted series, which appeared in the Noyem-
Der number, will therefore be the last.
| Mr.. Hearn has gone to q remote province
| of Japan, where, as he expresses 1t, he
feels the very heart of the country beat
ing. He is delighted with the people, the
art, the customs-everything. Unlike Sir
| Edwin Arnold, who, having prejudice
that japanese Buddhism is degenerate
form of Indian Buddhism, is unwilling to
make u study of II, Mr.. Hearn is inclined
to believe that there is something more
than interestiDgin the region of Japan. =
Nc,o Orleans Times Democrat.
The newest social importation is the
drum--an evening party from to IL. To
the early party-goers 1t is great boon, and
tothose who are going to a late ball it fills
| in that inconvenient moment-or rather,
three hours--between family dinner and
dance at II o'clock All New York par
ties had grown so absurdly late that those
who did not go to dinners had an awkward
inteuegnum. To the early birds the drums
are delightful, as the gay fashionable
dresses in all her bravery for the ball and
puts in the drum as an interlude.
The drum includes q very good supper,
so IL is anything but an empty drum.
Misunderstanding must CO." So says the
oracle Boston. Let us protest. We can't
afford to lose it; it is the one little symbol
of unity and brotherliness we will keer
with us. Dear Boston, what does II mat
ter if we do irritate the metacarpus, semi
linear scaphoid or overstrain the superior
thoraic pectoral extremity? The impulse
Of which 1t is the expression is too precious
to be suppressed. What is to become OF
the sense of welcome If the hostess doe:
not put out her hand and verify the desire
her Invitation expressed by literally draw
ing you into her circle? There is Q
gracious beauty in the act rof hand-shak
ing that society cannot do without. Oui
social forms are few and bare enough.
What are we to have In place of III
"The slight inclination implying simply
recognition of ones existence, or thu
sweeping courtesy that recognizes moth
ing but its own charm? What are we tt
have in place OF. this expression Of frank
open-hearted, American fraternity
| CHicdg0 Girl.