Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-26
Personal NOTES.

Joseph Letter, the Chicago millionaire,
has established new department at
Ewing college, Ewing. Ill.-that Of do
nestle science.
Paul Heyse Is accredited with being one
OF the most famous living German novel
ists who is almost as well known in Amer
lea as inzthe fatherland.
Princess Augusta, dowager grand duchess
of Mecklenburg-streli is the Oldest mem
Der Of the royal family and was born in
1922 She Is a sister OF the late duke OF
Cambridge.
Rev John Sharp, superintendent OF the
London Bible society's publication work,
which embraces 800 languages and dia-
lects, IL 10 receive a presentation on his
twenty-five years service shortly.
King Leopold Of Belgium employees as
chauffeur one Marcel, who is a pronounced
anarchist. He has been warned against
the man by the police Of France Germany
and Belgium. but pays no heed to their
counsel.
Leonid Andreyev is new Russian au-
thor whose work is taking It's place along
side of Gorky in popularity He was born
in 1871 and his literary career did not begin
until seven years ago, after his failure as
a lawyer.
Nine Georgette Leblanc Maeterlinck,
wife Of the famous author, has been CIV
ing q series of dramatic. musical and
literary causeries" in London, which
have become quite a vogue among the
smart people.
Prof. j. volney Lewis Of Rutgers col
lege will devote the summer to a special
investigation of the Photography of the
Newark traps of New Jersey and their
associated copper ores for the state geo.
logical survey.
James Van Allen, the expatriated Ameri-
can, is said to have exhibited his love for
lavish expenditure OF money by buying
forty hats for some Of his women friends
at the recent opening Of Countess Fabri-
cottis millinery shop In London.
Mrs. Hugh Fraser, sister of Marion
Crawford and niece of Julia Ward Howe.
has sailed for Japan in order that she may
assist the work OF the Red Cross at Toxic,
of which society she is a member. Under
Princess Tonin she will give her services
in the hospitals and it may be 60 TO the
front If the necessity exists,
Nine. Paille, the accomplished French
mute who has done so much in France
for those AFFLICTED like herself, has been in
vestigating the sign language of the Grow
Indians in the southwest. She was amazed
at the facility with which she could con-
verse by signs with the Indians, their Inter-
communication being comprehended as
easily as spoken language.
Anthony Hope, the British novelist and
playwright. was educated for the law, but
says himself in his droll way that he failed
to make living at his profession and had
to turn to writing in self-defense. He de-
clares that in all his life of forty-two
years there h = not come one incident that
is worth telling-he has just lived tho
average life of an English gentleman"
Randall Morgan, the Philadelphia finan-
cial magnate, has sailed with his family on
his yacht Waturus on a cruise that prob
ably will extend to European waters. The
vessel is in command of his daughter, Miss
Jane Morgan, who last fall went before
the inspectors of navigation and after a
severe examination was awarded a master
mariners certificate. She intends TO take
all observations at sea and will attend to
all the workings of the vessel, just like a
real sailorman. The yacht is 30 feet long,
q feet beam and draws 10 feet of water.
When First Assistant Postmaster Cen
eral Hitchcock began the discharge of his
duties he found that orders for the pur-
chase Of supplies were being approved in
the most perfunctory manner. He decided
to put an end to such slipshod methods and
with that end in view decided not to sign
any letter until he had read its contents.
AS he receives several hundred daily he
soon found that in order to carry out his
plan he would have to work about twenty
hours a day, so he was forced TO give It
up.