| Show PERSONAL MENTION Lord Wolseleys tenure of office as com mandcrlnchlcf expires In November next I seems quite certain that his successor suc-cessor will bo Lord Roberts S S Miss McCaul a volunteer nurse In South Africa gave up a large private hospital In England to work gratuitously for the sick and wounded soldiers of her country nnt Sho Is tho only purely civilian nurse at tho front and was tho flrsl woman to enter Ladysmlth after the siege I M Jules Cambon tho French Embisso Idol I-dol to the United States mudo a sneeeh at Columbia university the other day In which speaking of American women and meaning to be very gallant ho said that their taste Is second only to that of born Parlslcnnes S S S George Coal of 17 London street Edinburgh Edin-burgh Is the only survivor 0 Iho heat rlcnl fund dinner of 1S27 whereat Sir Walter Scott proclaimed himself the author au-thor of Uavcrlcy Admiral Dewey hns accepted nn invitation invita-tion to spend three days May IHli to 26lh at the Now Orleans dower carnival Tho Invitation WIt dictated Into n phonograph by nn orphan child who explained thirSt the carnival Is I to be for the benefit of New Orleans charities The Admiral and Mrs Dewey listened to tho Invitation at their Washington home to which tho phonograph was sent S S S Mr Frank Damrosch lr trying to raise J2000COO In New York for an Immense building with seating capacity for SOCO persons In which a orchestra of 130 members can give regular concerts and a chorus of 2000 trained for occasional per formunes Mr Damrosch argues lint 10 cents Is the real popular price of admission admis-sion and ho would dispose of half thn scats at lint figure His estimate for each concert Is lOOt at 10 cents SJOO 2000 nt 25 cents J O0 O at TX 0 cents 31000 total to-tal SlOO Ho places the cish at J1700 But ho believes tho success of the project rests on gelling 1 building specially adapted to music on a great scale |
