The herald., 1896-07-09
IN THE PUBLIC EYE

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door bell the widow Of General Custer can
do more work in a day than she used to be
able to do In a week.
The Empress Eugene appears to have
had a miniature ovation at Algiers. AS the
carriages containing the empress and her
suite passed along there were loud cheers
in which the Arabs Joined.
The gold medal of the Linnean Society of
London which is alternately presented to
zoologist and a botanist. goes this year to
Professor George James Altman F. r. S.,
for distinguished services in zoology.
Princess Henry Of Battenberg shares the
musical tastes Of her family. and has q
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at Cimlez, at the suggestion, 1t is said, of
the queen.
George Vanderbilt "Opens his memorial
will take a select party Of friends south
with him and has been looking after choir
singers. who will be imported for the pur-
pose from the north.
It is said that Mile. Couedon who has
created such sensation in France by her
communings with the Archangel Gabriel.
,woridt H Many Mar of the letters have been sent
from cn3onss the UnitsS aesd. states ar,re r. New
York's commissioner Of street cleaning, hay--
ing recovered from a serious illness. will
nds hts % uroPs {osr ca9cs q 3 Miles,
through Germany. France and Switzerland
on his bicycle.
In conversation at the recent Austrian
referring to the new electoral reform law;
is reported to have said: II know well
not be satisfied, but universal suffrage has
been failure in all countries where the
system has been introduced. 1t does not
suit Austria"
Prince Henry of Prussia IS going, to live
close to the French frontier. He has
bought a fine old place in Lorraine Mon
dspterv aper tne cbatean standing in large park
and having hehind It a forest well stocked
with game. which also belongs 70 the prop.
erty Prince Henry, 1t is understood. Will
lead the life of a country gentleman on this
estate.
The German emperor has sent the queen
ping its wings. while water issues in .
spray from vent In the back, and so con-
veys the Idea that the bird q Is # flying through
little garden, near the fountain which was
presented to the queen by the late en-
peror, William l., and which for some time
stood in the conservatory at Windsor cas-.
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Foreign papers report that Queen Victoria
is much dispeased at at thew the way IN NV which Ger
dulged in festivity while in mourning for
Prince Henry of Battenberg. The queen
and the bereaved princess wear the heaviest
weeds, and the marriage OF the Princess
, Maud Is to be very quiet affair on this
account. Furthermore. the queen has not
presided at any of the drawing-rooms this
season.
As Prince Henri DOrleans is by birth
and rank leader of the young men OF
fashion in Paris, 1t is interesting to learn
that his apartments in the home of the
Due De Chartres are at the very top of the
house and are reached by a very steep and
winding staircase. The prince is 20 years
old. with a fair and almost boyish COM
plexion and Is tall and straight. He has re-
Gently returned from a third voyage into
the heart of ASIA" and is about to set
out for another
Sir Augustus Glossop Harris, who died
in England the other day. was a consider
able figure in the theatrical world. He was
| the son of the Augustus Harris who for
| twenty years was stage manager OF ltaitan
opera in London. and, after brief career
| IN mercantile office, went on the stage.
| His ability was great and he soon aban-
+, doned acting for management. AFTER sew
| eral minor operate and theatrical ventures
| he became the lessee of Drury Lane in
| 1879. and began a successful series OF elab-
| dramas, which, as rule, had nothing but
| the stage pictures to recommend them.
| With pantomines. too. he prospered greatly
i and finally he entered the operatic field,
| and. even extending his speculative enter
prises, soon exerted a powerful influence
/ in the theatrical oligarchX. He was the
| sheriff of London when the emperor Of
F, Germany visited the city. and so won
| knighthood. His great energy and shrewd-
| ness brought him fortune at an early age
| he was only 44-but his achievements had
no literary, artistic or dramatic value.