Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-03-19
pERsoNAL ANp LITgRARY


Lord Tennyson is great reader of
novels, and will cheerfully wade
through piles of three-volume gush
which tell of heroines or of everyday
lovers who struggle through times Of
sorrow as q preparatory purgatcry to
being married and living happy ever
aSterward.
Sherman Hoar, the young congress
man from Massachusetts,, was the model
selected for the statue Of John Harvard.
Mr.. Hoar's face was not copied closely.
but the professors and sculptor decided
that in his features and figure he resem7
bled their ideal of the man whom they
wanted to homer with a monument
Emile lola is finishing the last
chapter Of his great war novel. LA
Guerre," at Medan, in the beautiful
country house which he has built for
himself. The chateau looks like an en-
larged edition Of the modern French
villa, and is composed of white stone
and red brick-a strange combination
specially chosen by the novelist.
Secretary Foster has thin, dark
brown hair. A black guard ribbon l.
his nearest approach to ornament. He
wears shoes like "a school teacher; all
his dress is plain. He is tactical, wary,
but not cold or dry. His salutation
sets the caller at ease. His face is
shrewd, but not severe, kind but mo-
where weak. The eyes observe, the
jaw takes care of the will.
-Boulanger's patroness, the Duchess
| Dues, in the courts of the department
| OF, the Seine, has had a guardian APP
| pointed for her spendthrift son Jacques
Marie Geraud de Crussol d'Uzes. Duke
d'Uzes. Since he became OF age, on
November 10, 1889, he has contracted
| an immediate indebtedness amounting
to 800, 600, has induced his mother to
take up SIS, 900 worth of his notes, and
has mortgaRed his estates for $500, 600.
-Spurgeon sometimes carried dra-
matte action to a 1udicrous excess in the
pulpit Mr.. Haweis says that once in
the middle of his sermon the preacher
shouted out: Whats that thee says,
Paul, 1 can do all things?' I'll bet thee
half a crown O. that" So the preacher
took out half a crown and put it on the
Bible. However" he continued, "let's
see what the Apostle has to say for
himself" So he read on, through
Christ that strengtheneth me- o."
says ne, II JnaC Lne terms OF the DeC
I'm OFF, and he put the half crown back
into his pocket.
Oliver Wendell Holmes attributes
his good health and remarkable vigor
of mind at eighty-one to the extreme
care he has long taken of himself.
Never robust, he was nevertheless wiry
in his earlier life, and since he reached
eighty his hygienic vigilance is unceas
ing. The rooms that he daily occupies
are equipped with barometers, Their
mometers, eerometers and other instru
ments. the observations of which may
prevent his mourning the slightest risi
of taking cold. He knows that pneu
monia is the most formidable foe of ole
age, and he is determined to keep it al
a distance if possible. He never get!
up during the winter until, he know.
the temperature, or takes his bath with
out having the water accurately tested
He lives by rule, and the rule is infiex
ible. His time is scrupulously divided
so much allotted to reading, so much t.
writing, so much to exercise and 81
much to recreation. His meals arr
studies of prudence and digestion.