The evening times., 1897-03-10
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE

fhhSoNAl INTELLIGENCE
Pnnoess Tom is the richest woman il
Alaska. She wears numerous bracelets
made or twenty-doIlar gold pieces.
$50.
Rev. Williss Warren, who recently died
in Georgia, was the iiiost influential Negro
preacher in the South. He was pastor oI
three churches, with an aggregate member.
ship OF 10000. He left small fortune
Jse .s
| In the suburbs OF Chicago some Mormon
elders have been secretly working since
last fall, gathering colony of young girls
whom they xpect to take to Salt Lake City
in few weeks, unless the vigorous pro-
tests OF the parents succeed in disbanding
the party.
The Foundry Church, corner OF G and
| Foarteenth streets, which President Nc
kinley will attend, has an In teresting
| historical connection. In 1914, when the
British burnt the Capitol and other build
| ings, Mr.. Foxall, a wealthy EDglishInan,
vowed II God spared his foundry he would
build church to His honor and glory
The foundry was not destroyed, and the
| chuTch was the result.
| Sir Henry Irving denies the report that
| there has been any disa gTeement between
himself and Miss Ellen Terry, and that
| their dramatic partnership remains the
same.
One OF the articles which Mrs. Cleveland
| took 10 Princeton, and one sure to be dear
| to her and apt to be handed down in the
family, is white wood colonial mantel in
the library at the right OF the entrance TO
the Princeton house Mrs. Cleveland had
this mantel placed in her room at the White
House at her own expense In speaking
OF 1t, she said: IL wished to take away
with me something that had been a part
Of my White House life"
The richest man in the world is Ii Hung
Chang, whose fortune is estimated at $780,
100000. Next to him comes j. u. Rookie
feller, who is worth 100000 900.
Miss Lucy Page, OF this city. is something
of prophecies; for year go she invited
the present Secretary of the Treasury
and Mrs. Gage to visit her, saying that as
the next administration would be Repub-
Hcan, the new President would want Mr..
Gage for Secretary OF the Treasury, and
ii would be well to look into the manage
ment of that department. At that time
her suggestion caused much merIiment,
Mr.. Gage having no thought of a Cabinet
position.
The last thing one would expect to be
photographedisde yetProf. E. Friedrich,
German scientist, has succeeded with
the Kritlk rays in ascertaining when life
actually leaves the body.
Young women who ride wheels find it
interferes with the graceful movements
required by the waltz. The exercise Of
riding produces hard, bulgy muscles. which
will not yield when the dancer wishes spring
and elasticity to execute the step.
A steamboat has been placed ON the
River Jordan, which. makes the Journey
from Jericho to TibeIias, or, rather, fom
the Dead Sea to the Lake OF Galilee, in
about seven hours. This, with the trolley
car line, running from Cairo to the Pyr-
anids causes one TO wonder il so much
'modernism" will detract from the pleas
ure OF the visitors of succeeding genera
tions.
The American Geographical Society OF
New York, has approved the scheme OF
Commodore Peary, U. s. N, for an over.
land expedition To the Polar regions, ana
has appealed for financial aid.
sss
Venice is to celebrate the 90oth ami
versary OF the Introduction of the fork for
table use. The Doge ors0lo produced a
silver fork at the wedding of his son, and
from that time il was adopted. The fork
reached France 800 years later, and in
1908 was in use in England.
Mrs. Esther Herman, "A prominent mem
Der of the Women IS Press Club of New York, |
recently gave SO. 900 for the purpose of |
maintaininpeducatioaa al classesinthe Young |
Mems Hebrew ASSOCIATION, OF that city.
The conference of the NJ. L. Church, |
held at Baltimore, voted against the adj |
mission of women into the General Con- |
ference, the vote standing 100 to 65.
Mrs. Kittie Goldsbee, Of G eorgia, has |
fad for collecting petticoats worn by celebTi-
ties. She has leo specimens, among the
notable ones are those worn by Washin gtOn
when baby and one worn 10y Martha Wash
ington. Among the umber is MIS-. Cleve-
lands bridal petticoat.
Charles Dana Gibson is credited with |
the disappearance OF the ugly bang which
the foreheads of so many pretty
girls. Twenty years ago the bang first
made its appearance, but "GibsOn's girls
have caused an artistic reformation