Show pertinent nent paragraphs george meredith it is said is about to issue a new novel emperor william has agreed to present a portrait of himself to Prince bismarck A painting of president carnot by bonnafe will be a future of the next french salon rider haggard has been offered 1 a week for a forty weeks lecture tour in this country christine gilsson is to come out of her retirement to sing at the farewell concert of sims reeves in london in june emperor william of germany expects to pay a yachting bigit to king oscar in norway sometime during the coming summer although he is recovering from the effects of his serious illness james lowell is still unable to continue his work on the life of nathaniel hawthorne ame mme patti has made a contract to build at her castle of craig y nos in wales a winter garden covered with glass feet long and 70 feet wide with a high curved roof 45 feet high the czar of russia has issued an edict abolishing the german court theatre in st petersburg A french company will succeed to the vacancy this will start another war scare probably peter Lechner the hermit of the sonn blick the highest meteorological station in europe threatens to deseret his post unless liis salary is increased and he is permitted to marry A wedding in very high life is likely to take place toward the end of the present month the empress frederick and her two daughters will leave berlin for athens traveling via venice they are to pay a six weeks visit to the crown princess of greece and will spend easter in the hellenic capital the prince of naples heir apparent to the throne of italy will spend the coming summer in a tour of the european courts looking for a wife the pance is a dark slender youth not bad looking but with a delicate constitution he hopes to be more successful in his matrimonial quest than vas prince fedinand of bulgaria everybody smokes in japan the pipes hold a little wad of fine cut tobacco as big as a pea it is fired and the smoker takes one long whiff blowing the smoke in a cloud irom hia mouth and nose the ladies have pipes with loneer stems than the men and if one of them wishes to show a gentleman a special mark of favor she lights her pipe takes half a whiff hands it to him and lets him finish out the whiff |