The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-08

j, with the direction of the Muscovite lega- l ton there some twelve years ago having
 won for her much popularity, says
 Searchlight.
 1 She is a charming and clever woman by birth a member of one of the houses of
 the old Russian aristocracy and daugh- ter of one of the most humane and en- 1 frightened governors who have ever been l called upon to administer the great prov 1 ince of Novgorod. Her daughter, who
 spent her early infancy in America, will
 not come out into society for another year l or so, being barely F years of age. l When she makes her debut she will re- ceive from the Czarina the badge and title
 of a tituar maid of honor to Her Maj
 esty. his is distinction that falls to ] the share of all unmarried daughters of
 Russian ambassadors abroad after they 'come out"
 Bret Harte's daughter. Ethel Bret 1 Harte," said an editor. lis i'll in London, Ill and impoverished, and a fund is be- l Ing raised for her support says the Buffalo Enquirer.
 1 'She is a charming young woman. I 1 have often urged her to write book of
 anecdotes, for she has an exceedingly rich fund of stories about her fathers cotem- poraries.
 She told me when last l saw her a i story about 1rving's youth. Irving narrated this story to show
 the strange kind of criticism that an ac- tor gets He said that In Birmingham in
 his early days he once gave to a waiter in a restaurant a pass for Hamlet "He did not tell the waiter he would play the leading role He did not let on that he was an actor at all You see, he wanted to get from this simple minded and yet intelligent walter an honest crit icism on his work.
 "So Irving duly played Hamlet the waiter duly occupied his free seat throughout the performance, and the next day the actor visited the restaurant for his late breakfast
 "We'll,' he said to the waiter, you saw Hamlet last night, eh?''
 "Yes. I did; and who's goin' to pay me for my time?
 One little woman in Syracuse, N. r., wasted no time in search for the aesthetic when she wanted a life business, says an exchange. Rose B. Richardson is her name, spnster her state. She is the only electrical contractor in petticoats in ths United States-anywhere in the world, 1t may be. Her Tits of customers is large and she employs a goodly force of high priced workmen Miss Richardson enjoys her work. though 1t isn't one of the pretty occupations. "Fm in the business be- cause I like it. she says. "I was the first telephone operator in Syracuse, and always had liking for things relating to electricity. My brother-in-law wished me to go into the contracting business with him and l consented. He died three years ago, and since then I have run it alone Several contractors have tried to get me to take them as partners, but l pre- fer to have it all to myself. Some per sons hesitate about employing a woman to do thir work for them, as they fear she could not make her worlxmen attend to their duties, but I have no trouble that way. I always personally inspect all the contracts I have after the men have fin- ished. In that way I keep up a high standard" Miss Richardson is still young and is regarded by her acquaintances as one of the handsomest women in Syra- cuse.