The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-03-05
PERSONAL AND iMPERsoNAL

Frank Stouch. of Reading, Pa, az
though in his S.th year. still teaches
dancing ard is said TO be as active as
vigorous man of So During his long
career as q dancing master he has had
5000 pupils
Prince BismarcS's sosh birthday
will occur April /, and all over Ger
many preparations are making for its
celebration. Many statues, bust> ami
monuments, erected TO the greatess
living German. will be unveiled that
day. Gifts and mementos will ce pre-
sented and charitable institutions will
be dedicated 10 his memory.
When he was boy. Thomas A.
Edison was so silent and thoughtful
that he had usually Ia Re addressed
two or three times before he paid at
tention 10 the speaker. He looked
silly and was called ''old sam EdiSon'S
fool" Bat he proved himself "a little
smarter than he looked" His father
Is still alive. az the are OF 81.
swami Vivelanenda. the Hindoo
monk who is now lecturing in this
country. has calm pleasant face, lit
up with large brilliant eyes He lived
IN the HiInalayas for some time. where
ne claims he acquired calnuess OF
raind. he Is said 10 be a wonderful
combination OF religious orthodoxy
and social raiicalism. western scholar
ship and eastern spiritual wisdom.
Charles Mudie, the founder of the
famous British circulating Gbrary
which bears MS name, began business
for himself in a very modest way by
opening. in 1874. at the age of twenty
two. small newspaper and stationery
shop in Southampton row, where he
lent ont books at penny a volume.
From this small beginning grew the
greatest private circulating library IN
/ the world.
AS railway ear slid rapidly by
famous church venerable clergyman,
with white hair and ruddy face, vainly
siCnaled the conductor. At length.
when the car was fully half block
above the church, the old gentleman
called out sharply and petulantly, Il
want TO get out; you've gone way past
the church." and all the passengers
chuckled at the ruffied temper OF tho
/ good man.
A highwayman on n bicycle camo
upon a young lady who was watching
the sunset on the Cornice roa6, near
Mentone. lately. took her purse, and
demanded her watch and chain.
While she was removing The chain
from her neck he walked off from the
/ bicycle TO light a cigarette, whereupon
the young lady jumped upon she ma
chine and tore down hin 10 Mentone.
| From there telegram was sent TO
/ Vintimiglia, and the robber was caught
/ IN trap. for the perpendicular cliff on
the one side and the precipice on the
other make it impossible TO get out OF
/ the Cornice road.
| Some time ago when Henry Irving
was in Edinburgh, a Scotch clergyman
came and informed him that he was
| to attend the theater that week for the
/ first time in his life, TO SEQ one of the
| Lyceum productions Irving felt duly
hattered, and SO expressed himself;
| but the divine, after certain amount
of stammcring, confessed that he did
not wish. to see play in which there
was ballet Irving, greatly puzzled.
| Informed him that there was no dano-
ing In the plays he was then producing.
but that according TO the slang of the
profession" tho supernumeraries OF
both sexes were technically called the
ballet" and hence probably arose his
visitors mistake. The worthy mans
| face beamed. and he took an affection
ate leave of his host; but at the door he
was seized with mis2ivings and sud-
denly demanded point blanks IF there
is no ballet, Mr.. Irving why do people
talk SO much about your legsY' Irv-
ing's answer has not been chronicled.
-A.gonaut.