GOSSIP.

Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 16, 15 July 1893, Page 10

GOSSIP.

It is stated (says the London Figaro of May 1) that the “ Black Patti ” of America, whose name' is Sisieretta Jones; often receives £4O for singing a single song, in addition to a regular salary of £BO a week. She has also had the honour of singing before President and Mrs Cleveland. Some years ago it was decided in an English court that an engagement ring was not recoverable in any circumstances. Vermont has just given a different decision. A young man sued to recover a ring that he had ; given to a young woman, who, after accepting it, repudiated the engagement. The Judge decided that it must be returned,'or that the recipient must fulfil the conditions on which it was presented. Maids of Honour to the Queen, although their duties are wearisome, and 1 the salary a small one considering the inevitable cost of their costumes, have one golden chance. If a maid of honour marries during her term of duty, the monarch gives her the handsome little present of £IOOO. Maigaret Looney sued: the London and North-Western Railway Company at Liverpool Assizes for damages fox* the loss of her husband, who was crushed to death by some trucks at the Canada Dock goods station, Liverpool. The : j uiy found for the plaintiff, damages £7OO.