Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-04-27
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

| -Tennyson's t'Maud" is very com plete story, told with flying hints and musical echoes, as though Ariel had piped it in the little wild island of '"fhe Tempest. ."-James Smetham.
 There are some advantages in be- ing queen. Notice the presents which the queen of Denmark received at her last birthday. They included tortoise shell fan studded with diamonds. some superb black lace studded with dia- l monds,a rug of cloth-of-gold and an an tique porcelain watch.
 Dolly Adams, wife of the second president of the United States, is ac- credited with the honor of preparing the first ice cream ever used in this country. The occasion was festivity that followed the inauguration of Washington as president in the city of New York, in the year 17S9. The name of Dolly Adams should be held in esteem by all American young ladies.
 l The most noted member of the Creek nation is Gen. Porter, of Muscogee, l. T., who has represented his people as agent at the national capital for many years He is a very picture of Indian manhood and vigor, for he is tall, straight and swarthy. His eye glistens like an eagles. His title of general arose from the skill with which he put an end to the three Creek insurrections in 1S72, 1879 and 1884.
 l A rival to "the beautiful whistler has appeared in Paris in the person of Count John Zamoisky, Polish noble man, who some years ago married the ] daughter of Marshal Pelissier. His whistled notes are of great richness and hexibility, and of wonderful range. He can whistle the most intricate and bril- liant compositions, and initiate canary, a nightingale or thrush. The new whis- tier has already met with great success in the fashionable world at Vienna. The Meridian club of New York is one of the most social and informal of the literary clubs of the city, and it is considered an honor to be admitted to its membership. Only thirty ladies en- joy this honor, but the number present at the monthly meetings is always aug mented by invitations. Marion liar land, Mrs. Lyman Abbott, Mrs. Lillian Betts, Mrs. Kate Upson Clarke, Mrs. Margaret Sangster and Mrs: T. J. Back us are among its prominent members.
 In Paris as elsewhere the libraries show that fully fifty per cent. of the books loaned out are novels. Dumas leads the list of popular authors, with Eugene Sue second. Bassac is going out of fashion, as is also George Sand. Of contemporary authors Zola is most in demand, and second to him is Jules Verne. Detective stories seem to have had their day, Gaboriau and De Monte pin now being comparatively neglected. Poets are more read, in proportion to novels, in France than in England, and Victor Hugo is at the head of his class.
 Mark Twain at home dresses very plainly, as he thinks he can work better if he wears working mems clothes. He is always glad to receive visitors, and invariably insists that they shall play billiards with him. He has billiard and pool tables in his residence, and is him. self an expert player. There are but few who can beat him. He talks very slowly, and drawls through his nose. He shuff1es when he walks, smokes a clay pipe, and never laughs at his own jokes. Mark Twain is worth million, which is quite a respectable sum for a man to make with his pen. It is said that he has a morbid, half-crazy fear that he will some day lose his fortune and come to poverty. He says he is now engaged with book on which he has been at work, off and on, for over twenty years.