The Portland daily press., 1897-03-23
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.


Princess Maud gives her husband an
hours lesson every morning in the Eng
lish language.
Republic. is learning Russian, taking
three lessons weekly, Ia view of his ex-
pected visit to St. Petersburg.
DR.. Oharls A. Briggs, who was tried
for heresy a few years ago. has gone to
Oxford. From there he will 90 to Paris
and Rome. He will devote wear to
study while abroad.
Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris has returned
to Washington with her children to make
her hone with her mother Mrs. U. S.
Grant, who last year bought a hand
some house on Massachusetts avenue
above Dupont circle.
MexicG has lost it's most popular poet in
the person of Guillermo Prieuo, who died
at the city of Mexico on Wednesday,
very old man. He was one of the few
survivors of the signers of Mexico's deo-
lHration of Independence in 1924.
The Rev. S. Barring Gould writes at a
high desk in standing position, and
USES quill pen. 10 this habit he at
tributes the fact that his long years of
strong form the slightest stoop.
Prof. Burt g. Wilder thinks that if
college boys generally could lie induced
to read some of tho essays of the late
George William Curtis their bearing and
manners would be improved, and the
occasional acts ct rowdyism that now
occur in colleges would altogether cease.
marble bust of DR.. Arnold, of heroic
size has just been unveiled at Rugby,
Archbishop Temple, himself former
headmaster of the school, making the
address. The bust was originally intend
ed for Westminster Abbey, but it was
reject as being too large for the space
assigned to it.
The late Sir Henry Parker left many
treasures in his collection of autographs.
But when they were sold at auction they
brought but moderate prices. One lot
Containing autographs OF the Duke Of
Wellington, Talleyrand, Victor Hugo,
De Quincy, Southey, Cardinal Wiseman
and Lord Lytton sold for 80 guineas.
DR.. Nausen has just achieved feat
quite as remarkable, in it's way, as his
famous sledge journey. He has made
speech from the balcony of the Manohest-
er Exchange. The rule that forbids
speeohrnaking in this sacred spot has, 1T
is said, never been broken before. But
the hardy Norseman was not only listened
to with respect, but heartily Gheered at
the close of lis remarks.
The King of Greece is SO years old,
TALL we'll built, slender and graceful,
with the appearance of cavalry Off
Ger. He is a hard worker, approachable
and popular. Queen Olga, his oonsort,
is a stately looking woman, and hand
some after the Polish type. though she is
dau later of a Cars brother She is
much beloved for her graoes and charl-
ties by the Greeks who call her the
queen of the poor"
Henry Winslow Cor bett, the new Sem
ator from Oregon, was one of the organ
izers OF the Republican party in that
State. He is Of New England blood, and
located in Oregon in 1851; was chairman
Of the Republican State Central Com
mite in 1859-60, was a delegate to the
National Republican convention of 1860,
held in Chicago, and was elected United
ing his seat 81 years ago, March 4.
One of the most superstitious members
of the theatrical pl ofession is Mrs. Lang,
try. She. declares that whenever she has
met with failure it has always been
brought about by some malign influence.
Her dressing room, wherever she may be
acting, is always well supplied with
horgeshoes and other emblems of good
1uck, and she regards it as an unpardon-
able offense-punishnb BILE even by dismis-
sal, If the offender is an emplOye-to
bring anything into the theatre or do
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