New-York tribune., 1903-03-27

| candle is much coveted in these days and is GER
tainIy valuable possession; but 1t will perhaps be
| some consolation to the woman who cannot at
tract the attention of everybody in a room the
moment she enters it that many great men and
women had no personality worth mentioning
There is a story of Fanny Burney sitting unoD-
served in a and having to be dragged into
prominence at a rout. Browning was disappointed
when he met George Eliot though they afterward
became friends. Charlotte Bronte was always at a
disadvantage society. and many other similar
cases might be mentioned Great minds are often
Quite ordinary talents may have the faculty of
mesmerizing not only those with whom whom tLey come come
into immediate contact but al! tnelr ~contempo, ~
raries thus acquiring a fame out Of all proportion
their merits.
Mrs Mabel Hazen Bond, is said TO be one OF the
leading "cattarians,' to her own words, OF
America Mrs. Bonds specially is black Persians.
The king cattery. Menelek III, was pur-
chased in London without pedigree, and his sue
cess in the show pen has been extraordinary. HIS
queen Sweet Lalla Rook. was known as Colleen
in England. where she took three first prizes. Her
physician in NeG.York and won the
the handsome Of Meneek, and took a first at
Detroit recently.
AIcnE with the tremendous advance in the manu-
fecture Of agents of destruction there has been
corresponding ethical advance said the Rev. Sam
ueI J. Barrows in address before the Brooklyn
Womans Club on Monday afternoon In proof OF
the latter statement DR.. Barrows contrasted the
treatment of prisoners In Southern prisons during
the Civil War with the comforts enjoyed by Span
ish prisoners IL the recent war with Spain. and
the welcome accorded to Cervera, who, while
prisoner of war, treated almost like a
uueror. DIR. BarroWs also alluded TO the Erencn
arrows and the warning given TO cities before
horta rdment, permit the inhabitants TO escape.
The following description OF Ruskin home is
from he new life Of great apostle Of beauty by
Erederic Harrison, in the English Men Of Letters
Series:
Not only was he in social intercourse OF the
most courteous and sweetest of friends. but he was
in manner one of the most fascinating and i'm
with CARLYLE and Tennyson. with Victor Hugo and
NsZ-tni with Garibaidi and Gambetta, with John
Bright and Robert Browning, but no one OF these
ever impressed more vividly with sense of in
tsnse personality. with the inexplicable light of
Genius that seemed to well up spontaneously from
hearf and brain. II remains psychological puzzle
such as Carlyle and Byron never reached who in
nrfnt was 20 often Athenasius contra mundum
g1ho onened every written assertion with Il know.
was in private life one OF the Eentlest. gaYest
humblest OF men,
rb. members of the Pioneer Club London.
,bink,nr of raising Croly Memorial Fund, to be
devoted TO some charitable or useful pl rpose, in
memory of tEs late Mrs. Jennie June Croy.
Aurouos of the weekend" agitation in Eng
land The King has taken occasion to make 1t
known that he dIsapproyes of the practice of
racing out of town every Saturday to Monday
or 81 tearing into London for week-ends when
the eeason Is oseF; as many motorists have been
and scandal OF those who IKE neacc and quiet
ness on Sunday