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VOL. X.
J. H. & VV. B. SEALS ,' KmTOUSAXI) '
WASHINGTON CITY.
Reminiscences of Distinguished
Public Men.
Incidents Hkicli Have Transpired at
tlie National Capital.
When Stephen A. Douglas lay stricken with
death at Chicago, his wife, who was a devout
Roman Catliolic. sent for Bishop Duggan, who
asked him whetlier lie had ever been baptized
according to the rites of any church?
“Never,” replied Mr. Douglas.
“Doyou desire to have mass said after the or
dinances of the HolyCatholict'hurch?” inquired
the bishop.
“No, sir:" answered Mr. Douglas; “when I do
1 will communicate with you freely.”
The bishop withdrew, but the next day Mrs.
Douglas sent for him again, and going to the
bedside he said, “Mr. Dougles, you know your
own condition fully, and in view of your own
dissolution do you desire the ceremony of ex
treme unction to be pcrlormcd? ’
"No!” replied the dying man. "I have no time
to discuss Utese things now."
The bishop left the room, and Mr. Kbodes, w ho
was in attendance, said;
“Do you know the clergymen of this city?”
"Nearly every one ot them.”
“Do you wish to have either or auv of them
eail to see you to converse ou religious topics?”
“No, I thank you,” was the deckled answer.
Soon after this, about live o'clock, he desired
vo have liis position in bed changed, the blinds
opened and the windows raised. Mr. Khodes
lifted him to an easier posture, where he could
look out upon the street and drink in the fresh
morning air. For a few moments he seemed to
gain new life. Then he began to sink away ; ins
eyes partially closed, and tu slow, measured ca
dences, with considerable pause between 'iae.li
accent, he utt ;red:
i •]W» 1 >fbt >■•••'"
Ttlver OLSTe s< eftifs. to revive sdj/tiliy ms.
Douglas asking if he had any message for his
sous, itobbie and Stevie. He replied.
“Tell them to obey the laws ;uid support the
Constitution ol the united States.”
At about five o'clock Dr. Miller came into the
room, and noticing the open shutters and win
dows, inquired:
“Why have you these windows raised and so
much light?”
Mr. Douglas answered:
"So that we can have fresh air."
At Mr. Douglas' request Mr. Khodes changed
the dying man’s position again in the lied, ior
the last time. He now lay rather down in tlie
middle ol the lied upon his leit side. Ins head
slightly beul forward and oil tlie pillow. His
wile sal beside him. holding his rigid hand in
both of hers, and leaning tenderly over him,
sobbing. Mr. Kbodes remarked to Mrs. Doug
las;
•f am afraid he does not lie comfortable
In reply to which Mr. Douglas said:
“He is—very computable. '
These were ins last intelligible words. From
five o'clock he was speechless, but evidently
retained his consciousness. Wnen, a lew mo
ments before Ins death. Ins wife leaned lovingly
over him and sobbiugly asked: "Husband. do
you know me? Will you kiss me?" he raised
Ills eyes and smiled, and, though too weak lo
speak, the movements of the muscles. of liis
mouth evinced that lie was making an almost
dying struggle to comply with her request, iiis
deatn was;ealm and peaceful; a tew faint
breaths, a sngiu rattling ol his throat, a short,
quick, convulsive shudder, and .Stephen A.
lloughis hud passed from time into eternity.
He was uurie t near the lake shore, in the
suburbs of Chicago, where a monument marks
the spot.
Ceor^cloHU.
Georgetown was a port of commercial impor
tance before Washington City was located on
its western border. Situated at the head ol
navigation on the Folouiae Kiver, a number ol
wealthy Loudon mercantile houses had sent
young Scolclim n there to purchase tobacco
and peltries. Some of them located themselves
permanently, and with them were a number ot
merchants ironi New Kugland, among tliem my
grandlnlhor. Mr. Allen Dodge, a native ol lps-
wich Hamlets, now Hamilton, and his younger
brother, Francis Dodge, one of whose daughters
i afterward married, i have beard these rela
tives give, m lio-ir old age, interesting accounts
of the c uiinieicial prosperity ol Georgetown im
mediately idler the Revolution. Tobacco and
other agricultural products were brought there
In large quantities in wagons and shipped direct
to Kurope, and the planters lor hundreds of
miles around purchased their supplies lrom
Georgetown merchants. Large ships were an
chored at the wharves or sailing in the river;
country wagons were coming and going along
all tlie roads leading to tile District, some ol
them great, boat-shaped wagons lrom Pennsyl
vania, each drawn by six horses that uieinly
jingled their Dells through the streets, and dray
loads of coffee, sugar, tea, dry goods, building
material, etc., were hauled from Hie wharves
to the warehouses or the retail stores. Tlie ces
sion of tlie ten-iiilies square to the United stales
for the seat ol Government made Georgetown
prosperous for a while, as it was the seaport ol
the metropolis. All tlie supplies lor the new
city were landed at the Georgetown wharves,
anil many Government officials resided there
while tlie trees were being ielled and the streets
graded in Die new capital. President Washing
ton used to slop at Georgetown on Ills way to
and from Philadelphia, and it was iliere that lie
had the coulereuces witli Major L'Kulanl which
resulted in the adoption of tlie magnificent plan
only recently lully developed. The arrange
ment made with the owners of the land was not
satisfactory to some ol them, who were dissat-
ished because the Capitol was not located on
their farms. It is related that being somewhat
vexed with the mercenary spirit displayed by a
Scotchman named D.uuel Burns, Washington
exclaimed:
"Why, you are now a rich man. but what
would you have been had not the Federal City
been located here?”
"Hoot, mou,” was the reply, "and what would
you hae been worth bad ye no hae married Hie
widow Custis?”
Oxl Tarrah.
One of the notables of Georgetown at the close
of the last century was Old Yarrah, a Guinea
negro, employed on the wharf by my grandfa
ther, who, learning ol my mother’s birth, pro
cured a musket and commenced firing a salute
under my grandmother's window, greatly to her
alarm. The Union Tavern had as guests Count
Volney, Fulton, the iuventor, Baron Humboldt,
Talleyrand, Tom Moore, Louis Pliillippe, of
France, and Lorenzo Dow. An IrisUman
named Searson. who was there in 1799, pub
lished a book of so-called poems, in which be
thus referred to bis visit:
The President’s bouse will strike the eye
Of every traveller th;it passes by:
The building in Georgetown is very neat,kJ
But the pavemeut is incomplete.
I I PKOPKIUTOKS.
Pcler Fnrcc.
I’d'']' Force, a New York journeyman printer,
came to Washington in 1815, became Hie pro
prietor of a printing office, and originated, and
for some years eompiled without charge. Hie
"Biennial Kegister." better known from the
color of its binding as the "Blue Book." of
which the Government purchased a small num
ber ol copies. Fond of American history, he in
time collected a largi quantity of rare books
and pamphlets, many of wbieli’bad ls'en thrown
away from the Kxeculive departments as rub
bish. and purchased by him ol the dealers in
waste paper. In 1883 he originated the idea of
compiling and publishing a documentary histo
ry of the country tinder the title of "The Ameri
can Archives,” and in order to secure the nec
essary appropriation from Congress he associ
ated himself with Matthew St. Clair Clarke, the
clerk of Hie House of Representatives. This
publication was a “job,” which distributed con
siderable sums of money, for a number of years,
among the politicians at Washington, tint it
w;gs Hie only way in which Air. Force could car
ry out his plan, and he was not enriched by ii.
He was instinctively a gentleman and a worthy
disciple ol Faust—tall, stalwart, with a bushy-
head of hair and keen eyes, w hich would beam
with joy when any one brought bun a rare auto
graph or pamphlet. The simplicity of his man
ners. bearing an expression of the gentleness
and purity of his heart, made him beloved, as
well as revered, by all wlm knew him. After
his death Congress purchased his collection of
looks and manuscripts, and it now graces the
Congressional Library. *
RoImimoii nntl a llov ol Ilrantlv.
One of Secietary Robeson’s favorite paymas
ters. when he was at the head of the Navy De
partment, was Dominic B. Batoine, who’ was
stationed at New York. The New A'ear s before
Hie expiration of the secretary's term of office,
Batoine made up bis quarterly accounts, and
finding that they were voluminous, he concluded
not to risk their transmission by installments,
but packed the entire budget of papers in a box.
It so happened that the word “brandy,” marked
on the box. which once contained the original
fluid packages, was not effaced; and, thus
marked, the box arrived by express in Washing
ton, directed to the Secretary of the Navy. When
Hie attention of Secretary Robeson was called to
it, he seemed to have concluded that some friend
had shipped him a ease of "Old Otard.”
“Muse," said the secretary, addressing his
dignified colored messenger, "take that box of
brandy up to my bouse and put it in the wine
cellar.”
Muse did as he was directed, and the box was
consigned to the vaults. When Secretary Thomp
son came in as chief of the Navy Depai intent, he
found Ah'! Batoine's accounts were one quarter
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had u.d time to make them up. After waiting
many days, it was deemed best to advise him of
his delinquency, and he was accordingly notified.
In due course of mail Batoine rejilied: "I sent
my quarterly accounts to the department two
months ago.” Then began a wild search for the
missing papers. Clerks hunted through the de
partment high and low. but did not find them.
Again the department telegraphed Batoine that
his accounts could not be found, and meanwhile
entertained a faint suspicion tiiat lie had been
engaged in some “crooked” transactions, and
was purposely withholding them. A few days
later. Batoine came to Washington in high dud
geon. The search for the missing papers was
resumed, but tlie hunt was fruitless. A day or
two later, one of the officers Said :
“Batoine. in what shape did you send the pa
pers?”
Batoine replied, “I forwarded them in a bran
dy box."
This was a clue. Secretary Robeson was
asked if ii might not have been possible that he
sent the box to bis bouse through mistake. He
thought not. but invited a search through his
cellar. The search was made, and in a very
little while the identical box of papers was
found.
4>eii«‘»al Taylor
General Taylor, when he returned from Mex
ico in the Fali of Isis, was an object of marked
interest to the Washington Correspondents.
He was very accessible, and was generally
found sitting side w ise ou a chair, with In’s
liis legs crossed. He wore a badly fitting black
dress suit, with a black neck handkerchief, and
a huge pair of spectacles. His bead was large,
with a high and massive forehead, which fell off
toward lbe crown, as if there was a lack of in
dividuality and sdl-esteem. His under lip was
no! as prominent as was represented in tlie por
traits of him. and liis features displayed that
indomitable iron nature which lie had exihited
ou bard-fought fields.
ATLANTA, GA, DECEMBER 13, 1884.
Terms in Advance}singlecK.
NO. 481
A CHRISTMAS SCENE IN THE NORTH—SOUTHERN SCENE NEXT WEEK.
BATTLE OF THE BUSTLES.
Given a Fair Start.
KusncII.
the Ka metis,
piiudcnl.
t’-OPP«
I)r. Russel, the famous war correspondent of
the London Times, was an iriqmrtaut personage
at Washington during the early part of the war.
When bis account of llic battle of Bull Run
returned in print, many took offence at it; but
there was a great deal of truth about it. and it
liad an excellent effect oil the army, flic fol
lowing Winter Dr. Russell enjoyed Washington
society, and was a regular attendant at jileasant
little suppers, where some of the leading Amer
ican correspondents entertained those from
abroad. He was received at the British Lega
tion, and took an active part in some private
theatricals gotten up there. Frans Vizitelli,
the artist of Hie London Uhistrateri New,
painted the scenery; and Dr. Russell not only
acted as stage manager.but took tlie leading
part in "Bonibastes Furioso." The doctor was
received kindly at headquarters, Gen. McClellan
recommended’ that he be permitted to accom
pany him when the army of the Potomac
moved toward Richmond. Mr. Stanton, how
ever, ungraciously snubbed both the correspon
dent and the general al one blow. Dr. Russell
and a party of British officers were all,with bag
gage and horses, on board the steamboat to go
down the l’otomac, and steam was up lor start
ing when there came an order from the secretary-
excluding Dr. Russel but allow ing the rest to go.
No explanation was offered, nor would any be
given upon request. Only lbe president would
reply to appeals; and lie said, though he regret
ted the disapjioiiitment and wished it wereollier-
wise he did not think it right to overrule Hie
Secretary in a matter which the lai ter considered
of so much public importance as be did this. So
British officers, sent over to fight us, and milords,
despising us and our institutions, were lreely
permitted to gratify an idle curiosity and ob
serve in detail all our operations in the held,
while the representative of the first British
newspaper, after being allowed to witness all our
failures, to see our poverty of action in eontiast
with our boasted words, was denied the first real
opportunity that had occurred to hint of witness
ing our actual ability and success in the field,
and of proving that lie could do as lull justice to
Hie courage and discipline of our troops in April
as he had done to tlieir cowardice at Bull Run m
July This it w;ts Dr. Russell’s desire to do, as
was stated by Mr. Samuel Bowles, w ho crossed
the ocean with him. :uid win. also stated that the
doctor's good nature was imperturbable, and
that lie was neither cynical nor sore toward
Americans. Moreover, lie carried home with
him full faitli in tlie triumph of tlie Federal
armies, and full faith also In that greatness of
the American nation, in which the dominant
ideas and interests of the free States would rule.
It is curious that Dickens Introduces Martin
Chuzzlewit to “our war correspondent, sir, Mr.
Jefferson Brick!” at a time when a war corre
spondent, in the modern sense of the word, was
unknown. We imagine that the warlike experi
ences of the redoubtable Mr. Brick were of a
purely sedentary character, and that'his corre
spondence* was carried on entirely within the
office walls.
How Mrs- Hendricks and Mrs. McDon
ald are Going to Make Wash- The National Agricultural Exhibition,
ington Warm- Inaugurated by the Southern Ex-
Nkw York, November 24.—The .Sun has tlie
following from Washington. Society is on rii>-
toe here over the threatened outbreak in the
event of the selection of “Joe” McDonald as a
member of Cleveland’s Cabinet. Tlie trouble is
of long standing, and thus far the genial Joseph
has been tlie worst for it. The wife of Senator
McDonald is an estimable and very beautiful
woman.
She was the belle of Indianapolis society, and
her prestage made her objectionable to Mrs.
Hendricks, who is quite as accomplished, but
not so beautiful. Mi s. Hendricks is credited with
having admonished her husband before the re
cent Chicago.-.invention that lie needn't expect
a hearty welcome upon his return if McDonald
was nominated. “My dear,” said Mr. Hen
dricks, “1 must do as uiy constituents instruct
position Company Fairly
Booming
[Louisville Courier-Journal, j
The favorable action of the National
Grange and the cordial endorsement of the
American Agricultural Congress given to
toe proposed National Agricultural Exhibi-
I tioo, have given the project inaugurated by
the Southern Exposition Company a fair
1 start before the country. The representa-
| lives of the movement who visited Nasnville
; were treated by the representatives of the
agricultural interests of the country with
the most hospitable consideration, and their
explanations of the purposes of the South
ern Exposition Company were listened to
with attention and received with approval,
and resulted in favorable formal action
“Thomas,” added the fair diplomatist, “vou .
know just as well as 1 that you would rather i 1 he opinion was very generally expressed
fall off a grain elevator than see that man sue ; that the agricultural interests of our ooun
ceed
Certain observing gentlemen who were pres
ent at the Chicago Convention are authority for
the statement that when Mr. Hendricks nomi
nated McDonald for the Presidential nomina
tion he did ii in such choice, freezing language
that poor “Joe” was worse off after the speech
than betore its delivery.
Mrs. Hendricks was represented on this oc-
cash in by a bevy of facinating beauties, who I „
.'banned the delegates into believing that Me-| nvestock busiDess ibe aggrega-
Donald was “too horrid for anything.” j tlou ot capital in manufacturers and the
Since the election tlie apprehension of Mrs. ease with which manufacturers dispose of
heir artioles of display, as illustrated by
try had not had the same opportnnies in
tuts direction as had been txteuded to the
arts and manufacturing industries, and that
competitive exhibition on a scale that wt aid
cover the entire oountry and bring together
comparative displays of agricultural and
natural products were very essential to the
development of the far., ing, mining, tim-
apprei
Hendricks have increased, and the report, that
McDonald is to be given a Cabinet position lias
stirred her material nature to its marrow.
Should McDonald reach the Cabinet the social
position of Mrs. McDonald will be supe
rior to that of Mrs. Hendricks, as the wife of a
Cabinet officer ranks higher than the w ile of a
Vice President, nor is Airs. Hendricks anxious
to see Mrs. McDonald tlie wife of a Justice of
the Supreme Court, for that would also give her
a more prominent social position
Tlie belief in this city is that the Hendricks
family are coming to Washington w ith the idea
that pretty much the whole responsibility, both
political aiid social, for carrying on the next ad
ministration is likely to rest on their shoulders.
Hendricks, it is said, boasts openly that it was
be who carried Cleveland safely over the politi
cal bridge, and Mrs. Hendricks is quite as pro
nounced that it was she who pushed Hendricks
into a position to do the carrying. There area
number of ladies here who are admirers of Mrs.
McDonald, and who will defend her against the
vicious attacks of her |K>werful rival.
In res|M>nse to a letter from a Washington
friend, Mrs. McDonald recently wrote that she
did not wish, as a role, to associate herself with
contests which were likely to arouse personal
ill-feeling, but that she considered it her ditty,
not only to her eminent husband, but to her own
good name, to relute the ill-natured inuendoes
which the Hendricks clique was engaged in cir
culating to her injury. Altogether it is a very
pretty battle, and the sympathies in this section
are mainly with the lady who has been placed
upon the
A Philadelphia young lady, about to be mar
ried, has told the young man that she wishes to
be married at his club. There have been mar
riages at all sorts of odd places for such ceremo
nies, she says, and she wants her marriage to
be something strictly original. The young gen
tleman objects to what he calls “such non
sense,” besides he does not think the permis
sion of the club autlmrities could be obtained.
The club is one of the best known in the city,
and a marriage there would no doubt be a thor
oughly sensational novelty.—[Progress, Phila
delphia.
the sale of 600 oar loads cf machinery out
of 600 at the Southern Exposition of 1883,
and the nabiiity of the farmer, acting
alone, to make a display at a national exhi
bition, led to the freely-expressed opinion
that it was now right and proper that should
contribute to the aid of the farmer Congress
in taking advantage f the offer made by
the Southern Exposition Company.
The press of the country are now begin
ning to indorse tbe proposed plan, as the
lew following extracts will show, ana in a
short time the information will be so wide
ly distributed that it is hoped the people
and the newspaper p. ess all over the coun
try will give encouragement to the under
taking.
Rt. Rev. Dr. MoLagan, Bishop of Lich
field, has horrified society by a slashing ser
mon on the immortality which, he said,
pervades all classes in England. In tbe
dwellings of the poor a most discreditable
state of affairs was found, and the tide of
morality was at its lowest ebb. This was
largely due to the overcrowding of tene
ments, but vice was rampant where this ex
ouse did not exist. In very high society in
London impurity was not frowned down,
but winked at, and even cajoled.
MR, BEECHER TALKING.
His Opinion of the Late Frank Moul
ton and the Political Situation.
1 New York, December 7.—When asked t<e
■ day if he had anything to say in connection with
! Frank Moulton’s death, Rev. Henry Ward Bee-
j eher said:
“I could say many kind tilings of Mr. Moul-
j ton, but some tilings not complimentary. Then
why say anything? His hand was raised against
me, but he could not help if. He wascompelled
to take the stand lie did. Tlie real truth of that
conspiracy against me has never been given to
the public. Mr. Moulton held many documents
that were not produced. 1 may tell what I know
some day,”
“What do you think of the election and its re
sults?" said the reporter.
“Tlie country has been like muddy water stir
red up. Let it alone and it will settle. The
next administration must be one of progress or
in 1888 a new party will come into power. I am
not a democrat, and people won’t let me call
myself a rej.uhlican, so 1 suppose I am neither.
I am ;ui evolutionist, and 1 believe in the un
folding of great principles and great issues. 1
care not for the names of parties. I look back
only when doing so helps to steer forward.”
“How do you think Cleveland will act as presi
dent? ’
"1 don’t know. His past record has been ex
cellent. But a man may be a good colonel and
not a good general. It
speulation. I hope Mr.
matter of
Cleveland will
give nothing to the independents. We were in
for right, and as soon as the disinterestedness
is taken away down goes our independence.
The principle thing 1 hope to see is a revival of
business in the south.”
Mrs. Mark Hopkins’ new house at Great
Barrington, Mbsb., will be a veritable royal
castle. It will be built of blue stone, from
her own quarries, and will meas
ure about 170 by 140 feet, from
three to six stories high, with various tow
ers and turrets, and an inoloeed oourt-yard
entered by a port-cnllis-goarded arcade.
Its erection will consume three years, of
time and more than $1,000,000.
A WONDERFUL LAND.
What a Traveler Has Discovered In An
Unexplored Region of Africa.
[Philadelphia Press.]
Air. Joseph Thomson ought, to be reckoned as
one of the world’s benefactors, for lie has dis
covered a corner of it totally unknown before,
and filled with wonders and a field for adven
tures before which Sinbad’s journey becomes as
commonplace as trips in a street car. He pen
etrated into an unexplored region in Africa,
where lions are as common as foxes and boas as
tbiek as flies.
He passed over deserts strewn with the car
casses of rotting cattle, and was obliged to sub
sist on them. He was surrounded by a guard,
every man of w horn was at heart a murderer
and thief, and who protected him only because
they believed him to be a sorcerer, and the only
proofs of his magic powers were two false teeth
and a package of effervescing powder. He dis
covered a mountain thirty miles in diameter at
the base, the base being 5.700 feet above sea
level. Above this base, a peak 18,000 feet high,
set with facets of ice. Another mountain was
honeycombed with caves, in which whole tribes
live. These tribes, the Masai, are a finely mod
eled, handsome race, with the spirit of incarnate
devils. They do not marry until they are on the
verge of old age. Before that time they live on
milk and meat alone, taking a purely milk diet
for a month and then meat only tor the same pe
riod. After marriage they can eat vegetables,
smoke, and otherwise enjoy tbe rewards of a
virtuous life, before they wrap the drapery of
death about them, and are thrown to the vul
tures. which is the Atasaic way of disposing of
the great majority.
TYPES OF WOMEN.
The Traits of Girls of all Na
tions Described.
! The Paris Figaro Gives La Belle Amer
icana all the Glory.
Stylish and pretty—independence personified,
but very honest and pure-minded, is the Ameri
can girl. She adores pleasure, dress, luxury ;
shows herself morally without concealment,
sueli as she is, in a manner to deceive no one;
knows she is attractive, and loves to attract
without committing herself. Flirts all the win
ter with this one or that one, only to dismiss
him in the spring, choosing immediately another.
Her resources are capital which never lies idle.
She goes out alone; she travels alone; or, when
it suits her better, with a male friend, with a
confidence without limit, and an intimacy, In ap
pearance. almost conjugal.
The one thus elected is allowed to describe his
feelings and to speak of his love from morning
till night, but it is not permitted to him to kiss
even the tips of her fingers. After marriage she
passes all her days alone and her evenings in
listening to talk of business, mechanical inven
tions. farming concerns or the like.
She leaves her daughters to enjoy the liberty
which she herself has enjoyed without grave
abuse. Sinoe nothing serious happened to her,
why should Mary, Fannie or Jennie be less
strong or less able to meet any emergency?
In one sense she has created the Paris fash
ions. Parisians detest her, provincials despise
her, yet men of all nations are bewitched with
her, though they do not marry her unless she
hie a large fortune.
With reddish hair, paler than golden, frank,
black eyes, which neither droop nor quail, and a
figure which it is impossible to imitate, she lies
back in a carriage as if it were a hammock; a
natural and easy pose, quite unconscious of its
voluptiousness. On foot she steps along briskly
and unconcernedly, her heels tapping tlie pave
ment as she walks. Attracting many glances,
she is yet much occupied with herself and littte
with others. A plant from the broad wilds,which,
rut in a narrow space, uul finiiug itself Ueujmed
u.g its. it with Tie thin Mo: en "iants which veg
etate around it. If understood lietter ana criti
cised less, this young girl would be more truly
estimated at her just value.
THE ENGLISH.
All adorable face, which in the full glare of a
day seems as though in moonlight, so pale and
transparent in its coloring. Large eyes, frank,
vet modest, witli long lasiies. Little teeth which
lengthen perceptibly, growing like grass in the
country, until at 25 tney suggest a keyboard.
Delicate, and without pronounced figure when
young, later enormously stout or dried up. Al
most invariably hideous at 40. Extremely exact
in small matters, a model of neatness.
There is a prudish simplicity in the arrange
ment of her chamber, which is only a place for
sleeping and bathing. No one may enter there.
To allow even her best friend to see so much
as tlie pillow on which she sleeps. Oh,
no! Shocking! Absolute mistress of her
actions to the day of her marriage, hut the slave
of duty, she prepares herself from a child to be
a good w ife and mother. She chooses her own
husband; her parents are net occupied with
nor trouble themselves about the matter, for in
England the old maid is not an object of con
tempt. She has tier own j.la.'e in society, and, if
anything is lacking to her, she alone is aware
o' it. She hunts, rides horseback and occupies
herself with music, literature and politics.
She always wants to know all about a woman,
but is not so critical in regard to men. Virtuous
by principle and temperament, she does not per
mit tlie thought of evil-doing to rest in her mind.
The daughter of a 'nobleman is under the safe
guard of hereditary or personal pride; the
daughter of a peasant is guided by her con
science, and follows a straight path.
Her mind is serious and Sentimental. She
waits a young lord who is traveling around the
world, or an officer who is in India. She will
marry him on Ins return,if he conies back with
out being married. If he he unfaithful, she will
regret bun all lier life. Under her white hairs
passion will never he ex! inguished, and the tears
of love will still run behind the glasses of her
spectacles. The object of her regrets may become
ugly .fat, common, drink more than he ought, but
she will always see him as he was at 20. When
shec omes lo l’a.ls she has her dresses made by
our celebrated cost, liters; but the Englishsharp-
uess of outline snows its angles through the
softest ol materials.flattens plaits, pulls, etc,and
“Aliss” is only a knife dressed up. surmounted
by a veil <>l gauze, which floats above her head
like the Hag of a ship at the summit of her great
mast.
the Spanish.
A perfect creole. A child of nature. The
sun which makes the orange trees blossom has
developed her sensibilities before her mind was
formed. There has been no time to breathe to
lier a word of love, yet her eyes sjieaa it al
ready. She dances, sleeps and fans herself;
eats little; a cup of chocolate and a cake smell
ing of roses suffices for her breakfast. She sups
on a serenade.
She wears short dresses, pretty stocking and
slippers or shoes without heels; passes her days
in looking out of tlie window when the balcony
fails or is forbidden her; is very ignorant, never
reads and much less writes; desires to be
married; not from calculation or
ambition, but simply because a natural
instinct makes her understand, even before she
has ceased to jump rope, that a husband is an
indispeusible thing.
THE HERMAN.
Romantic and sensual. With her love enters
first at the brain, then ascends to the heart. A
pale blonde; she lias the beauty of youth with a
spice of the wicked one about it, and acts in a
manner that ought to please him. Her eyes
look verv modest because she hides them un
der the lowered lashes. Loves men in general
and always one in particular.
A rigid Lutheran, she is very severe on the
sins of others, but settles her own directly with
heaven. She receives cordially in the morning
friends of whom she has spoken ill the night
before. Has an air of being scandalized at this
or that: it is a defense against others’ severe
judgements of her. Loves study and music and
occupies herself with pleasure in the details of
lumse-keeping. Whatever her origin, she Is
above all a born housewife. She lias a beautiful
face and form, which, however quickly deterior
ate.
THE ITALIAN.
Hate in her heart; love in her eyes. The
pride of a great lady with a sordid nature. Loves
money and pleasure. Ambitious, yet servile if
her interests require it. She has an attractive
person and <■ nows how to dress herself in a ma
terial which perhaps is hardly cut out, drapes
or wraps herself in a scarf, arranges her hair
with a pin and adorns herself with a pearl.
Her voice, which has discords when she speak g,
becomes harmonious when she slugs. She al
most always marries an Italian and does not
seek strangers until after marriage. Credulous
and superstitions, she believes fit omens and
bad signs, fearing the evil eye, two knives
crossed with the point of a straw.
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