Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 November 1891 — PEN, PENCIL AND BRUSH. [ARTICLE]

PEN, PENCIL AND BRUSH.

Robert Louis Stevenson’s home has the only fireplace in Samoa, and the natives have a dim idea that it is a sort of altar at which he perforins mystic rites. Edwin Arnold is a short, well built man, with gray hair, a solid nose and a high forehead. He has been in the employ of the London Telegraph for thirty years. George Keenan is famous for his wonderful memory. He is an omnivorous reader, and his system enables him to retain a large proportion of what he reads. The emperor of Germany has ordered an annual pension to be paid to Hermann Thom, the author, out of his private income. The cause of his majesty’s regard was Thorn’s well known “Hymn of Labor.” Mine. Berteaux, the sculptor, has applied for theebair filled by the late M. Chatu at the Academy of Fine Arts. Mme. Barteaux took her first medal for sculpture in 1864, and from that time to the present her career has been a series of good pieces of work rewarded by medals. William E. S. Fales, who was recently appointed marshal of the consular court of the United States at Amoy, China, is a well known writer. Some time ago he practiced law. By repeated visits to Mott street, New York, he learned much about the customs of the Chinese and acquired a knowledge of the Chinese language. The new Dunlap shape in stiff hats, at Ellis & Murray's.", ,