Life — March 24, 1887 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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CHICAGO LITERARY NOTES. OUR enterprising fellow-townsmen, the proprietors of the Home restaurant, have added to their popular dinner bill of fare a new work entitled ‘‘ Beans a la Lowell,” a delicate compliment to the dis- tinguished poet now visiting among us. Mrs. HANNAH More GARDINER, President of the West Side Browning Club, has suffered a keen bereavement in the demise of her pet poodle, whom she had named Robert, in honor of her favorite | poet. While not wishing to invade the sanctity of the gifted lady's grief, we cannot forbear saying that this lamentable occurrence has cast a gloom over thé whole community, and the dispensation seems all the more distressing since deceased left a numerous infant progeny. IN justice to Mr. James Russell Lowell it should be said that his lecture upon ‘‘ Richard III.” las: Tuesday afternoon, did not refer to Richard J. Oglesby, our honored Governor. Tue Bookbinders’ Union will give its regular annual ball in Brand’s Hall immediately after Lent. Mr. M&ceNas B. FULSOMTONE, the well-known purveyor of green hams and President of the Michael Angelo Art Club, has just sent to his London agent an order for $15,000 worth of books. The choice of volumes is left with the agent, the only specification made by Mr. Fulsomtone being that the books contain plenty of pictures and be bound in red morocco. WE understand that our talented fellow-townsman, T. Babbington Greenleaf, is engaged upon a rhythmical translation of the tripods of Horace. [FIVE FOOLISH VIRGINS COPYRIGHTED, CELEBRATED HATS AND LADIES’ ROUND HATS. 178 & 180 Fifth Ave., bet. 22d & 23d Sts., = | and 181 Broadway, near Cortland St., WHO RIPPED THEIRIDRESSES FOR DYEING INSTEAD OF SEND= ING THEMTO | NDO* “LT Temple Place, Boston; and 37 West 14th St, N.Y.- - a SENO FOR PRICE List. NEW YORK. Palmer House, Chicago. 169 “M, E, B."—The only English translation of Goethe's ‘ faust” we can recommend is that made by General Zachary Taylor, one of our ex-Presidents, = It is understood that the private dinners given to Mr. Lowell | during his stay here have called for an expenditure of not less than $40,000. Yet there are carping critics who say that Chicago is not a great literary centre.—Chicago News. In the hotel parlor, 11 P. M.: “Have you any idea what time it is ?” he asked, after he had talked her to sleep three or four times and waked her up as often by laugh- ing boisterously at his own brilliant ebullitions of wit, humor and burlesque. “Really, I haven't,” she replied wearily. “It certainly must be time I was going home,” he continued, as he made a move in the right direction. “Oh, I am sure it is very much later than that,” she said, sweetly and innocently, and then he went away with a hideous suspicion in his manly bosom.— Washington Critic. AN Illinois paper has the following : ‘‘ The funeral services of the late William P. Lewis were somewhat hurried to enable his estimable and grief-stricken widow to catch the two o'clock train for Chicago, where she goes to visit friends.” —Puck. ANOTHER CLAIMANT.—PENsION Doctor : What battle were you in2, PENSION Fraup: Bull Run. PENSION Doctor: Were you wounded there? PeNsION FRaup: I would have been if I had waited. Pension Doctor: For what do you claim a pension? PENSION FRAUD: For loss of wind.—Puck. THE Newburyport Herald reports that ‘‘ Joseph G. Stevens was bitten by a dog at the south end last week, and the dog now sleeps the sleep of death.” This should be a warning to dogs to keep away from Mr. Stevens's south: end.—Lowel/ Courter. 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