GOSSIP FROM ABROAD.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 111, 3 February 1908, Page 3

GOSSIP FROM ABROAD.

' ■Miss the' only unmarried' sister of ■the Secretary'-for' -War,' 'who is/:her':.brbther's Tight -hand,during-the Parliamentary session, is :one' of thri' most -cultured' and; accomplished women of. the day, -says- the "Tatler.' - BeBides being an authoress of distinction; Miss Ilaldane is an exquisite needlewoman, and. has:xoproduced,'some. beautifulipieces- of em : broidery.; She' is 'also an adept at the ancient art'of spinning,-and. has" spun-several. Varieties. of' the:. Scotch' tweeds on her own spinning wheel,'.and 1 has ; dono much to revive the spinning industry amongst -tlio. cottagers on the.-family estate'-in.Perthshire.-. 'Miss'-Hal-danc belongs; to '■■ that) best type of modern womanhood .which unites: culture' andeven scholarship (for she is .1 B.A. of Girton) with all the gentle and iwomahly arts in which our great-grandmothers.excelled and looked upon as the beginning and end of all feminine perfection.'v'l,';;:.':-' ,' Enormous i as' is the estimated cost (£30,000) of the' Orleans wedding, it has been exceeded at least once, in, recent years, when Mr. H. "'L. S'at'terleej tho young American laWyeri' led 'Miss Louisa Pierpont ' Morgain, daughter -of ■ the 'millionaire banker, to the altar; afcoSt;"George's- Church, ■ New ...York. The guests at this ; mem6rable - wedding numbered 2000, and for, their regal entertainment Mr. Morgan's house ,in Madison Square was converted''"into "-a "veritable' Aladdin's palace';" The'flowers with which' tho church was': prodigally- decorated -. cost: over ■ £2500; £1000 -was - paid if or: the 7 bride's gown, arid £10,'M0 : for-her .trousseau;' while the officiating clergyman received a.fee 0f.£2G0.,, Other expenses ili 1 . 'connection 'with, the wedding were "estimated' tft 'amount, to £35,00Q, so that:': the ■ entire, 'cost' of ; the nuptials could. have; been' little 'less 'than, a quarter of ;a million- dollars.,' v" ' ■The death 'is: announced of -Madame Marfccllet, who as Mile. Adele' Colin; was for- ten jrears''tlie ibohfideritial' lio.usekfeepir -'.of Alfred 'de'-Musset.;'She''had'been lady's maid to the oPSajin-Kirburg, ( aiid. was, in 1847, working• two d'ayb" a week as neecllowbmaii .to Madaine 'de Musset; when.'the poet, who-had had a fit, was'brought' home' to his mother s house on 'a shutter.'. Mile.','Colin, 'nursed him . through "a': fever which '~ las.ted, she . says, thirty-four diiys; and'from.'that time onwards sho remainednii'his service, acting riot only, as his '.housekecpcrj but: also . at. times as his secretary. of 'his '.verses —somo of them' 'stili- : :unpiiblishcd—were : dictated to her.' He. left her a'-pension. payable., out of his 'royalties until these should lapse, .fifty, years "after'the death of the author.'. She Eurvived'that, source 'of income,' however, living'to: be more .than . ninety. Not long ago soiiie, remihiscences, of Alfred. de Musset-from her pen .were published.

How often is a fine nature warped, a really good disposition spoiled, by the omission of a few,.timely .words . of'; encouragement. A child receiving ■ nothing but blamo, constant Bcolding, bccomes in time deaf to correction; sullen, and'defiant, and in the end one of those,;children who neither-hears;nor heeds. On the-other hand,: a child who is occasion- 1 ally, encouraged is proud of'-pleasing., another, consequently is pleased;with himself, and .-is urged ,to renewed exertions-to S aln a repetition of that praise so dear to the human heart, bp that,heart young or old.