The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-22
PERSONAL AND IMPERsoNAL.

-Artemisia. queen of Caria, immor-
talized herself by the henors she paid
to her dead husband, Mausoleus. She
erected for him the most splendid tomb
in the world, hence the word mausoleun.
Emperor William, of Germany, is
honorary colenel-in-chief of twenty
seven regiments of soldiers, holding
that rank in most of the European
armies. His military wardrobe is of
enormous size.
Ex-senator George F. Edmunds, OF
Vermont, has been elected an honor
airy member of the Union league, of
Philadelphia. a distinction that has
been conferred upon but seven other
gentlemen since the organization of
the league in 1853.
Since Mrs. Cleveland returned to
Washington last fall she has devoted
herself almost entirely to her babies.
She has been almost invisible, it is said,
except to her intimate friends, and
there has not been as much hospitality
at the White house as there was when
the president was a bachelor.
The daughter. of C. j. Burwell, a
Kansas safe robber, got five hundred
signatures to a petition for her fathers
pardon, and then raised money by
washing and scrubbing to pay her rail
road fare from her home in Norton
county to Topeka. There she saw the
governor and secured his pardon. 1t is
said Burweu will live honestly here.
after.
On the occasion of his recent birth
day, Bismarck received more than
eleven thousand eongratulatory adj
dresses, letters, kilograms and other
like messages. 1t took his secretary
two full days to open and arrange them
all, and Bismarck is now engaged in
the task of reading them, having the
intention, it is reported, of faithfully
reading each one.
James Payn recalls the case of the
faithful servant who, being attacked
by robbers, swallowed the diamond
wherewith he was intrusted. and which
tunless it has been sold now sdorns the
crown of France. He is supposed to be
the first example of "a perfect treas
L,
and was taken the greatest care of for
many years: but he was never allowed
to better himself by taking another
station.
"A successful dressmaker of New
York is still a young and pretty woman,
although she began sixteen or eighteen
years ago to earn her living in her pres
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time largely supported a considerable
family. She now manages with hui
mainly, tact and success d room full of
sewing girls, maintains q comfortable
home, dresses with taste and elegance,
and has the air and manners of a gen.
tlewoman.
Lady Henry Somerset is club
woman; so are Lady Elizabeth Gust,
Lady Jeune, Lady Aberdeen and the
duchess of Sutherland Olive Schreiner,
Sarah Grand" Hon. Maude Stanley,
Hon Coralie Glyn, Mrs Haweis, Mrs.
Jopling Rowe, Mrs Wynford Philips.
Lady Greville. Miss Harrsden, and
John Strange Winter" are sisters in
clubland in England as are Julia Ward
Howe, Miss Willard. Mrs. Potter Pal
mer. and others in America
Mrs. Potter Palmer has taken her
sick husbands place and il running the
Palmer house for him Some of our
foreign guests at the Chicago exposi-
ton were much impressed with the
card of Mr.. and Mrs Palmer. which
had Palmer House" printed in the
1o-rar rs thu duke of Devon -, no
might have ''Devonshire HouSe" printed
Cd mis- card. When these people dis
covered that the house" was only
hotel. there was much confusion and
some hard words