New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-24
PERSONAL.

rho pev DR. r. \. Patterson, late president or
pinghauton College and the founder OF the nrS'
v,,uan's training college in America IL a1ou1 - re-
sumo pastoral "oih "''-' A0'''
this country.
Emperor William II Of Germany was repoF'eu III
recent dispatches to have turned IS hahH 20 o''"p
ing music In doing this he ~ initiating ms sI',"-
foth.r the late William I. who once assumed 'ne
dr,ea Of an orchestral conductor. lie had gone 10
co,,s,t, on, dav 10 meet Empress Augusta. ana
,.os serenadcl Nv the band Of regiment. Inc Em-
pcror thanked the orchestra leader Dut sad 70 MIA
,b,t the movement OF a certain ballet hai p' ,
PLAYED IN 100 gu Ts,,,ed during the evening banquet
William rose from the table Few hio"ien's =,
+, was to be played and suddenly took the pace OF
Inc conductor Selling the baton he gave the siSna
Ia begin 10 play. saying TO the HuSChu y. .,,,.i
srnttei'n Error, r reneatIng "Stn sower' When the
piece was ended he said ~ Is ss,sv returned 10
thanked the musicians ana grae'O"SS '
his seat at the taple
rhe dinner 10 be given IN Philadelphia next Mon
day evening in honor OF Frederick Fra'ey' on his
nnetieth birthday VIII be noteworthy aiaa All
Among the intel sea ana are Bishop Potter
The japanese. says the "OstasIatscher LLOYD
,voro able 10 read Gocthes "Werthers Sorrows
n few weeks ago for the first time In translator
Professor Mari. well-known Japanese writer, VIM
was educated in Germany. translated the WORK 10.
the weekly literary journal shlgaramnl HS ,s
became Immediately popular, ana the SAFE Oh VIZ
weekly was unusually large. IL seems struhse .' :
the Japanese should have been so long Bho.u,l. "a
Coo, he's most sentimental work, as the 'niiiesc
wore familiar with II even In the lifetime OF the
poet.
At the commencement of Roanoke College. VIZ
aInla. June 10 to 49, the baccalaurcate sermon VIII
be preached by the Rev. William = Bowman
d. d.. Charlotte. n. c.; the annual address before
tho Y NJ c. A. will be given by the Rev Professor
Carl T.. Grammer OF the Episcopal Iheo I ,Cr
Seminary OF Virginia. the alumni address by Con-
gressman James W. Marshall class or ~, OF VIZ
gInIa and the annual Grafton before tne nteraIy y
Societies by Congressman Benton McMiiiln' OF
Tennessee.
A writer In 1.-THE Critic he's enjoyed pleasant
chat with Miss Beatrice Harraden. the author OF
"ships That Pass in the Night" who Is now on
her way to California in search OF improved health
and describes her manner as simple, cordial and
unaffected She began to write when In school and
college and some Of her writings were published
After leaving college she did hack work for pub
fishing house, but broke down under 1t and lost
the use OF her right hand. After her recovery she
took I'D writing again. learning to use her ier'
hand In part and In this way wrote the book that
has made her famous. She does her work slowly
"and never rewrltcs a line. Her manuscript Is as
clean as a tookkeeper's page. though not written
in a bookkecper's hand. The writing IL email and
the touch very light; and. while tnoroushy II.
c-arv hand. Il Ia neat ana perfectly leglDe II she
has TO make addition, she cuts out the corrected
half OF the page ana pins IN e shse1
100 pages OF new novel. not yet named. and VII
|, probably complete Ii In California