The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-25
People and Events.

What is fame? Swinburne wrote a
sonnet for the S0th birthday of George
Frederick Watts and two great Lon
don daily newspapers described it as
the work of Mr.. Charles \. Swinburne.
Among the precautions taken to in
sure the cars safety while in Paris
was the photographing and measure
ment of NJ Bertillon. head of the an
thropometric service, of every servant
employed at the Russian embassy.
Mrs. E. F. Elliott Of Minneapolis is
the teacher of IA whist clubs in Mime
apolis and st. Paul She is the cham
piOn player there. and teaches num-
Der of other classes. composed of both
men and women She also gives pri-
vate lessons.
Though Reuss Greiz is the smallest
of the German states, its prince has
mustered spunk enough to forbid the
celebration of Emperor William rs
Tooth anniversary on the ground that
the birthday of king of Prussia is
not a proper occasion for the Reuss-
GreizerS to observe.
Grand Duke Paul of Russia is so tall
that no hotel bed is long enough for
his comfort. and he has one built in
sections; which ne carries with his
luggage everywhere. The bed is put
up by a special mechanic. under the
superintendent of the royal valet,
wherever the grand duke goes
In the course of an interview granted
by Lii Hung Chang to an English jour
nalist on his return to ChiHa it. ap-
peared that the viceroy does not per-
sonally object to missionaries and ad-
mits that their hospitals have been a
material service, but he resents their
endeavors TO educate Chinese women
Joseph Jacobs gave a lecture in Lon
don recently to prove that the folklore
gathered round the story of Brer Rab-
bit could be traced back to the stories
of Buddha. He called attention to the
veneration with which the BuddhistS
regarded the hare. and showed the re-
semblance of the Jataka story to
Uncle Remus' tale of the Tar Baby.
Interest is being taken in London in
the future Hartford house after the
Wallace artscollection shall have been
dispersed. This house is well known,
is the Gaunt house of Vanity Fair,
the scene of some of Becky Sharp's tri-
umphs. After the third Lady Hert-
ford's death it was the home of the
French embassy for a time
The Newark, n. j., Advertiser says:
1.-The official salary of Vice-President
Hobart is $4,000. Mr.. Hobart, upon
taking office, resigned positions and
connections paying him probably five
times the amount of this salary, and he
assumed social functions that will in
crease his expenses about ten times. In
a Decuniary way, the election of Mr.
Hobart has been a dead loss to him..
The Paris Nouvelle Revue publishes
some letters exchanged by Flaubert
and certain Mile. Chantepie, with
whom he kept I'D a correspondence,
partly literary and partly personal, for
ten years. The lady asked Flaubert's
advice regarding certain religious
doubts which greatly troubled ner. He
recommended work. travel. music, vari-
Gus distractions. These failing, he urged
her to become either more devOut or
more skeDtical-'it's wholly one thing
or the other that one must choose"
She took the devout horn. but found
her torments doubled In despair, Flau-
bert advised her 20 read Marcus Au-
relius and to try the water cure. But
he did not repel her condolences: DO
not fear you will weary me. In the
matter ot sadnesses 1 have a large
heart; they enter it as if it were their
natural dwelling place"