Little Things

Such ttttle thlnge picase women! They are made happy by a sinilo ml B t'lnwer. By a ni'w frock and a piensa nt greeting. By a bit of rake and a good cup f tea. By a well-fitting pair of slippers and a handkercliief with a drop of perfume on it. By a string of gold beads or a new book. By being told they look nlee, aud haring 1lii- aecompanied by a kiss. By a tete-a-tete supper, or a lot of the girls to eat ice-cream in the middln of the day. By a box of candy or ten postage stamps. By a wedding or an engagement. By going to the matinee, or heariug a bit of news that is to be an alwolute secret. But they are the happiest of all when they can lean their heads up againat the shoulder of soiue great big man, teil of their woes and joys, be laughed at and klesed, be patted nil being assurred of being "a ridiculous little donkey, but after all a nood littl" glrl." Thafs what they like best. Mme. Schlrmer-MapteeOn, the American singer, who has been some years ago the subject oí such sensational stories, has just arrived on the Arizona. She was accompanled by her husband Colonel Henry Mapleson, fliiom she marrifd a short time ago in London. The celebrated singer ia a natve of Boston and went abroad almoet ten yoars ago. Slnee then she has sung in many countries. Iu 1888 the startlkig story was told, tbat Bhe was lured to the Harem of the Sultan of Turkey and murdered. After the einger liad fiuishe.d her engagement with Mr. Strakosch, she went to Milan where she completed her studies. In 1884 she made her Europcan debut at Pisa. Two years later she appeared in the Russian Capital and ubsequently visited Germany and Turkey. Her lame soon reached Abduli Hamed, who requeated Mis Schirmer to cali at his palace. So much plcased was he, with her eweet volee, tbat he requested her to get together an opera company and had a theatre built expressly for her. The Turkish people, however, Boon got joalous of the Sultan's favorite, and circalated stories, equally Bbametul as absurd. The first Chamberlaui gave her to understand that she was tto go, and so she hurriedly left that country. She has been in the Harem very often, siaglng to the Sultan's daughters and wlves. Mrs. Schirmer-Mapleson will sing in Boston, Providence iind Nev York and will return to Europe in January, to keep hor engagement at the Vlenna Opera House.