The Portland daily press., 1894-05-22
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

If all reports are true Mr.. Asquith who
recently married Miss Margot Tenant
will have more trouble bringing up his
wife as she should go than his five small
children. When Mrs. Asquith was Miss
Tenant she was very lively person in
deed quite different from ones ideal of
a demure English maiden. Some of her
pranks would have been impossible to
any one but herself One story goes that
she was .o once visiting in a country house
during the hunting season. While the
men guests were off one afternoon hunt
Ing and after the valet had carefully
laid out dress shoes, shirts and coats etc.
some mischievous spirit, presumably
Miss Tenant, or some one in her con-
hdence, entered the rooms and with neat
ness and dispatch sewed inside each of
the immaculate shirt bosoms a small
but strong prepared mustard plaster.
The hunting party returned unusually
late that evening, and not much time
was spent Oh the dinner toilets, SO the
small plasters were not observed until
at the dinner table. Man after man got
red, ,fdgeted and was finally excused from
the table by the wondering hostess.
The new summer suit of Congressman
Sibley of Pennsylvania is described as
lin color) cross betwee coffee ice and
pepsin chewing gum.
According to the Washington Post,
Senator Patton of Michigan looks like
Senator Power of Montana, Senator
McLaurin Of Mississippi looks like Sena-
tor Hunron of Virginia, while the re-
semblance between Senator Quay of
Pennsylvania and Senator Davis of
Minnesota grows more striking every
day of their lives.
The Rev. DR.. Brady of the Peoples
Church, Boston, advertises the fact that
his trustees have provided hall and
room for the storage of bicycles during
divine service, and that young men ar
irving at the church door on their
wheels will be made cordially welcome.
The doctor is veteran wheelman him
self. Il take the ground" he says,
that it is not really SO near an infrac-
tion of the Sabbath to ride bicycle to
church as it is to ride horse; the horse
may need rest, the bicycle doesn't; be-
sides, the bicycle is quieter and more
Sabbatic."
Sir Charles Russell, the famous Eng
lish advocate. will be known hereafter
as Lord Russell of Killowen.
Robert Louis Stevenson's estate in
Samoa includes 400 acres Of. forest land,
and is situated at an elevation ranging
from 600 to 1900 feet. Among the pro-
ducts of his plantations are bread fruit.
pinapples, bananas. cocoa, India rubber,
sugar cane, ginger, kava, taro, grena-
dillas, oranges, lines, citrons, cocoa
nuts, mangoes, vanilla, coffee, cinnamon,
and guava.
1t is stated on good authority that the
engagement between Miss Anna Gould
and W. M. Hartman had been broken by
mutual consent. Miss Gould is at pres
ent in Paris, where she went some time
ago for the purpose of purchasing her
bridal trouseau. it is said. Howard
Gould has found it necessary to deny his
reported engagement to Miss Lulu Hop
per, the daughter of a broker in Colum-
bus, Ohio
The nightingale of the Senate is Sena-
toryJones of Araknsas. Out in his State
he is mem ber of church choir and
his bass solos are the features of the
church services. He enjoys quite repu-
tation, too, as all amateur actor, and has
taken part in many comic operas in his
town. Mills has rich baritone voice.
Harris tenor voice, while Vest is
good singer, although his voice is weak.
During the preparation of the tariff bill
this quartette used to give concerts in
the committee room. They call them
selves the" Tariff Reform Quarteute, "and
Jones says he intends to issue challenge
to the Republican senators to get up a
musical quartette and have a singing
contest.
Hugh O'Donnell of Homestead strike
fame, took in the Coxey expedition to
Washington. II have only two senti-
ments," he says zone is of pitv for the
poor deluded devils who have been in
duced to join it, and the other of con-
tempt for Browne and Coxey, the two
men who have led them into the folly.n