The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-31
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Queen Victoria has. it seems. avery
large hand. She takes TX glove.
Her fingers are short and out of pro-
portion to the rest of her hand. and
she invariably wears a black glove,
which, no matter what the fashion
may be, never exceeds three-button
length.
James Berry, the English ex-exe-
cutioner, has reached the end of his
rope as a lecturer and is anxious to
drop back on the other platform. He
is appealing to the sheriffs in the
: United Kingdom to give him "a fresh
start in life he says, by helping 9TH
ers to start out of it.
Mrs. Mary Anderson Navarro is
writing book of "reminiscences of her
stage life, and is seeking items about
her early appearances from friends in
various parts of the world. She is
spending the summer in Switzerland
and writing leisurely. The book will
be looked for with great interest.
11-Walter Besant, the novelist, is now
fiftv-four years OF age and has been
writing for twenty five years. He is
fne-lool5ing, portly man. graduate of
Cambridge, where he studied for the
church. The fine descriptions of trop-
zeal life which appear in some of his
early novels We're gathered during his
residence as professor at Mauritius.
Augustus Hemenway, a retired
farmer of Canton. Mass, has invited
all the public-school teachers of that
town, twentysix in number, to take
ten-days trip to the Worlds fair at bis
expense. He is former member of the
Massachusetts, legislature, where he
served on the committee of education,
and is now a member of the Canton
school committee.
President Lincoln's library con-
sisted of three books, the Bible, Pill
GRIM Progress and copy Of The
Revised Statutes of Indiana, contain
ing the Declaration of Independence
and the constitution of the United
States" says an early friend of the
great man. and his education formed
on this basis was sufficient to take him
to the presidency"
A correspondent who saw the EN-
press of Austria at recent reception
saws that she presented q handsome
and striking appearance The face,
surrounded by ringlets, looked young
still, framed as it was in the laces OF a
broad collar that fell over fashionable
puff sleeves. A veil OF Powered gauze
fell from the tresses that were set up
like tiara on the white brow. The
old smile reappeared every moment,
and the easy grace for which she WAS
famous in the days when society saw
moro of her.
Lord Cromer. the British diplomatic
agent at Cairo and the real ruler of
Egypt. IL u very interesting English
man. II is his ha bit TO read Homer in
the original Greek for half az hour
after breakfast every morning. and his
afternoons are given up TO lawn tennis
At the time OF the recent crisis "A
Egvptiz affairs he ordered the .sheGive
10 dismiss his prime minister within
tventy-four hours. sent 10 Malta and
TO Alden for troops 20 support him "A
case Of emergency. and then went cut
ard played tennis until sunset.
-Qaeen Victoria IS no. permitted 20
handle new spa per Or magazine of any
kind. nor a letter from any person out
side OF her immediate family Every
day q secretary cHts from The pa pes all
articles which be thinks would interest
her. fasteas ire 1.ipp ngs 10 a sheet Of
silk pap orngsneutcsl with gold fringe
and presents i 70 ner ma iesty. An
American lad once sent her q choice
collection Of the flowers q our couu-
try. which she kept for three months
and then returned with kind letter
expressing her enjoyment in looking
over ire specimens and explaining WIZ
So COZ rot retain them
why shoaIa lie Complain