Show in the public eye RUSSELL SAGE NOT ILL great fidanc er says he is in fair phys cal condit on pretty tol able thank you for a youth 0 my tender years was what russell sage had to say about his health after he had returned from a drive in central park new york with mrs sage mr sage took the drive on the advice of his physician who finding his patient chipper concluded that the best medicine mr sage could take would be a drive in the fine weather accordingly ms sage s victoria was ordered around to the house and she and mr sage drove for something I 1 more than an hour when he got back mi sage was sure he felt much better than he had felt in a month HEAD OF NEW CABINET french senator has been chosen for prominent position senator jean louis combes who has been selected as the new prime minister of france has been prominent in french politics since 1876 when he made his first for membership in the chamber he was barn at cas tres in tarn in 1830 and early ac cumulated a fortune in business in the beginning of his career he had considerable difficulty in securing his election to the national legislature since then he has been a prominent figure in the chamber and the senate and has numerous friends in both bodies patti still in cap tal vo ce be careful of your high notes said adelina patti s mother when the diva was yet a mere girl the daugh ter wisely heeded the advice and to that fact attributes a great deal of her wonderful success she sang re bently at a london concert and the critics were unanimous in reference to the extraordinary preservation of a voice which has been thrilling hear ers for over forty years one veteran writer declared that her voice seemed as resonant and powerful as when she first astonished london A practical philanthropist for a number of years charles F lumanis the california author and editor has been quietly carrying on a missionary work of his own every year he tal es two indian children for education looks after them with the closest attention and replaces them with two more when the twelve months have expired the children remain at his home all through the year A famous N this signature of napoleon an N made by intersecting lines slashing the paper was traced at erfurt on the of october 1813 the cm geror who at first signed all his let napoleon abridged little by little his signature which became in turn and nap and then simple N the jersey lilys daughter jeanne langtry daughter of the famous lily Is thus described by an american who has just returned from a visit to london she is in reality a very charming girl and has a bright future ahead of her for she will ere long wed lan malcolm a mem ber of parliament and a very wealthy man miss langtry has been very well treated since the day of her de but in fashionable society and every body wishes her happiness she is if anything prettier than the jersey lily when the lily was at her best newspaper man and D charles burdett hart united states minister to colombia who is now en a vacation u home describes himself as a reformed newspaper I 1 man the reform seems to be only skin deep as whenever he abandons diplomacy he will resume writ ing he was for many years a washington correspondent and was afterward editor of an important news paper in wheeling W va he is an excellent spanish scholar and he hag accumulated a wonderful library relating to the alic of colombia |