Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-10-14

ton in London It was designed some
time ago and is now used in most of the
royal and imperial nurseries IN England
and on the continent. The invention
has special reference to the effect of post
ure on the health of school children, and
is very suitable and practicable, all parts
being adjustable to the work of physical
development of child
Nine. Sarah Bernhardt will soon be
drawn upon the world as literary star.
She has been correcting the opening chap
tiers of her memoirs during her vacation.
She has as yet made no arrangement for
their publication. She has, however, de-
cided to run them first as feuilleton in
much the same way as Bourgeois "Outre-
Mer," which was published simultane-
ously in Europe and America, and she
makes no secret of the fact that she has
received bigger offers from the leading
Paries dailies than Emile lola has re-
ceived for his Rome"
Rosa Bonheur is at work on a picture
on large scale representing a fight be-
tween two enraged horses. The finishing
touches will soon be given; then, as an
English journal remarks, will come the
rivalry of the nations as to which shall
possess it.
1t is currently reported that Lady Gwen
dolen Cecil, daughter Of the Marquis of
Salisbury, is the authoress of s'The Curse
of Intellect" story that has excited
more than ordinary interest.
Mrs. Amelia E. Barr is opposed to the
new minister" She says: II want a
minister who will preach the gospel and
not politics, prohibition, sanitary science,
etc. / do not respect the new minister
any more than / respect the new WON
an.
At a recent reception to Miss Harriet
Hosmer in Boston the famous sculp-
tress appeared bedecked with as many
insignia as European general Her
gown was of velvet and she wore en-
blems presented to her by the King of
Bavaria, a Russian archduchess and by
societies throughout Italy and other for
eign countries.
Mime. Patti has been telling how she
preserves not only her voice but her
beauty. II take she says, 1.-THE very,
detail of my health. My diet, my wines,
my hours of sleep, of practice, of recre-
alton are all most thoughtfully arranged
and under absolute regulation, and l
never tranSgresS.
Sir Augustus Harris has discovered
and is going to introduce to the public
an Irish singer. Miss Mary Conway
She is a Cork girl, and Cork is becom-
ingly proud of her and of her brother,
who provided for her musical education.
At a recent demonstration in her honor
the mayor said pleasant things about
her. and her brother was scarcely less
honored than she. She will appear
alas for the Emerald Isle! as Mile. Del
rita.
Only three of the 45O canvasses which
hang in the Louvre portray the cat.
During the last few centuries but four
artists have painted cats well; three
men, Gottfried Mind, Swiss; Hokusai,
Japanese; Louis Eugene Lambert, a
Frenchman, and but one woman, Hen
rietta Ronner of Holland. The reason
for this avoidance of the cat as sub
ject in art is not because of it's lack Of
charm, beauty or grace-these are ad-
mitted by everyone-but because of its
difficulty. No living thing is SO change
able and variable in contour, in express
sion and in markings as Shylock' S
harmless necessary cat" and none is,
therefore, so difficult of portrayal.