The age-herald., 1898-07-19
SOME UN-WARLIKE
 CELEBRITIES
BY ANNIE KENDRIoK WALKER.

BY ANNIE kEHDRICK WALKER. The individual that nowadays, without having any connection with the army or the navy, becomes talked about must neces- sarily have very impressive personality A recent celebrity Is the new Russian ann bassador the Count de Cassinf, whose ar rival in Washington is regarded as a great acquisition in diplomatic circles It will be recalled that Russia's representative at the capital has not been, from a diplo- matte point of view, of the rank of ann bassadors, but that of a charge daffaires, and it is presumed that the Russian lega- ton has been augmented for the purpose of maintaining the friendly relations aL, ready existing between America and Russ sia.
 The new diplomat is widower, and is accompanied by his young grand-niece. Margurite who will be among the young beauties to be presented in Washington official circles the coming winter. The am bassador is very wealthy and will entertain a great deal.
 The papers not long ago printed the story of the counts securing the conces- sion for a railroad, which will give to the czar a harbor on the Pacific, by connect
 
 Arthur. This was an accomplishment that would have alone been an evidence of the ambassadors successful negotiations, but his entire career, together with the especial significance given his coming to this coun- try, indicates not only the confidence which the czar reposes in hfs discretion. but that the ambassador himself is well versed in the intricaces of diplomacy
 A young woman who is in the public eye at present is a Kentucky girl. She is Enid Yandel, and for several years has lent her energies in the direction of sculpture. She first became known in an artistic way through Mrs. Potter Palmer's asking her to do some of the work on the womans building at Chicago fair. She had studied in Cincinnati, and from there went to Chi cago, where she worked under Marteny She has also studied under Carl Bitter in New York. Then came a sojourn in Paris, and now this young American girl who has made great name for herself has settled down in New York and has delightful studio of her own, where the swell Gotham girl has her charms perpetuated in little portrait statuettes. These are made from composition closely resembling marble, but possessing most artistic ivory tint instead of the dead white color. This is a conceit of gay Farce, and it is also one of the fads at present of many American women.
 The most ambitious work of Miss Yan- dell is an immense statue twenty-five feet in height, and a bronze Hindoo at prayer. These specimens, it will be recalled, were exhibited year ago at the Tennessee cen tenndal. Her work Is now in very great demand. She is typical Kentucky girl in appearance, and is very charming and magnetic in every way.
 Mrs Frances Hodgson Burnett is the type of woman who will not be commonpIace Not content with the recent publicity given certain domesc affairs, she is figuring now in a misunderstanding with her publishers. She refuses to have the name Burnett on the title page, preferring to be known from now on as Frences Hodgson. Her pub- fishers take the View that this would do in private life, but in business the name of Burnett is a very valuable trademark. It is presumed that way out of the dficu1ty would be to put on the title page.
 BY MRS. BURNETT.
 (Miss Frances Hodgson.)
 noted visitor to America this season is Prince Victor Emanuel of Italy nephew of King Humbert, who is at Newport this week. The usual series of balls. musicales, dinners, etc, that are always given in hon. or of distinguished foreigners visiting this country have been planned for the prince, who will be the guest of the well-known Thompson Spencers of Philadelphia at their Newport cottage.
 The number of foreigners coming over yearly to America for the fashionable life at the gay resorts Is becoming somewhat an established custom. and the social lead CTS in New York and Newport go so far as to say that in a few years Europeans will be coming to America for the seasons just as wealthy Americans have for years past gone abr ad for the seasons at Nice, Paris and London, and that the rapidly broaden- ing influence of the United States in mat ters political and industrial is to have a like social influence, which will make New York and Newport the two most nfiuen- tial social capitals on the globe.