Mainly about People.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, 14 March 1890, Page 2

Mainly about People.

Mrs Proctor, the wife of the uw fortunate astronomer who wa* carried off by yellow .fever, ytttf- not left very well off by* her iinsband, «a she has Bet about helping herself. She announces that she intends to take up her husband's work, and has arranged t& deliver hi? •erriees of lectures. Tippoo Tib is *n exceedingly in' teresting old gentleman. Mr Herbert Ward,_ who was with Stanley at the outset of his lagt expedition, has many interesting stonesr to tell about hTmT His real natuTlftiamid Ben Mohamm«d» hi» Ktoy{ «k gue>r* being a phonetic effort on the part f.tUQ natSa.3. tippoo has a pleasing wtyf :fl£going round in the early morning iu«j)ri»ipg^ i pD%»eful villages where ivory is reported » b« stored, and pegging away ; yijm his rifles. The natives used to L B^f that the sound of hip gun was 'like " Tip, Tip, Tip," hence thejr eaUed him "Tip i Tip," which. Eur6p«MauN^en^ered in* jto tie now famous;: ;s£ppoo Tib. Tippoo is as wealthy aa£he is rap** ciotiQ-. Mr Ward lias a' photograph which h« took of him in front qf his hut, surrounded by hiV br&Veb,' who are standing guard by, thirty' {ons!' of ivory, worth at least £75,000: ti^oo in presence of hip treasures, wears an amiable, almost angeliri, ( j^yares* sion'. The Duke of Fife's many personal friends are convhic d that h«, ,b,a« made a false step in identifying ui'ur eelf siiico bis marriage with tide" ln* teiests of a political faction. The only exceptiou iri recent years to the rule of political jieute%lityk}«Ho&g royalty was th» case of the late Duka of Albany, wlio fell under the personal influence of Lord Beaconsfleld, and bacame a very pugnacious Tory. iLord Lome was also a mild Unionist. Mary Andergon fcae quits ra«overed her health and is now as blooming and robust •• hsr most ardent admirer could Irish. -. i'feeirsth of her , illness is this. aUo bad WO?k«dunrelilittmg. ly for y«ara and in Washington while playing in the " Winter's Tale." waa takes with a trembling fit, and after* wards fainted. Then the doctor ordered peremptorily a rest, and she has like $ sensible woman, obeyed him to the letter. While visiting Mr Win. Black this summer in Obau Ifs Anderson breakfasted at nine o'ock, went for a walk with Mrs Black'l children (and most precocious and clever children they ar*), return* ing at one o'clock for lunch. Then a sifgta an£ a sea bath at three o'clock, a drift, dinner, and to bed at ten o'clock- Miss Anderson is shortly to leave for Paris, aud then from thence to Nice, returning to America in the spring. Sue ia a woman who has always, given herself unsparingly, never denying herself, to friebids. Going to dinners, receptions, -and lunched; with time for everything and ever/one except kpiffi ■£ And with her 'life's woiE |e|> juning while she was yot a growing slip of a girl, it is a wonder tier splendid health has not given awny long before. But this generous, talented, and biuyg wjf i*flfi3 is too young not to recover t(er health quite perfectly. And sh#; jWiii yet delight her audiences for many a year. ■ ■ .'•■■-. "^-' -^ .