The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-02-11
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OHA9 ohStNA 49, R1DiAN AAASA A~9 y
the smallest Beginnings, mas worked
his way to place and power. It's the
glory -tsfi--sneir country that this IS
true We doubly honor the man,
who agalpst the odds of fate, has
struggled up to success, until he be-
gins To- putaon airs - then 1t is hu-
man nature also to begin " to take him
down. SEhe Hon. Mrs. [7vtaught
a district school once. And now In
her high estate she scatters the gifts
of affiuence andsof fame with q lavish
hand. Simple, Sincere, loving heart
ed, her blessings falls upon lowly and
lofty, and if she is not reyerenced it
is because she ISIS beloved. Another
Hon. Mrs I 21- was a cham berihaid in
her youth Now this edelicately nur-
tured creature is unable to dress or
undress herself, or even TO hang up
her own clothes, although perfeetly
able to endure any amounted dissipa-
ton. She is very afistoeratic. She
appreciates liveried ;coaehmen, and
coats farms. We object to neither.
Only give the real family insignia.
Let the scissors, the shoe last, the
broomstick, flourish where they be-
long. .svoqf 9oq
Among the most popular of the day
receptions are those of Mrs. Grant.
Carriages crowd the street for q block
from the house, and gay caFalcades of
ladies are seen alighting and return
Jag through half the hours of every
Saturday. The spacious parlors are
thFonged owith beauty fashion and
youth. People like to come here, for
they are certain of kindly welcome.
No matter how greas. the crowd, nor
how.brief theIs space allotted for words,
they are sure. of receiving something
more than merely conventional Welel
Gomez MRS. Grant does not receive
with the air of a martyr, or an auto
NATION. She evidently enjoys it-this
elegant crowd of bright-faced women,
all favishing Sunshine and kind words
oneherlncShe isfpleased withls much
attention, and natural enough tOshow
III, in an Unaffected, womanly way.
Everybody feels kindly toward the
Crafts Aan ahwon ted state; of mind
for everybody to- be in toward family
raised from elieyerty and obscurity to
laf1uence and power. Yet this is true.
The spa eious house, fhec6stly library,
theIshowyI coach'and horses, gifts as
they are seem to stir neither enVynor.
malace In ianybody's heart ei,Igh y
The secret of this good will does
not lieswhollyin the fact off General
Grant 8 military renown; that, if he
were selfish and exclusive and ~ set
up" would not make him socially
pgpulHEM Bot the Grants shave v
pleasant way of sharing their good
gifts with others. IF you See the car
rage ON the avenue it is filled as. full
as it can hold, and it is evidently role
ing about not for state, but for good
time. You 90 ia the 2hohses that too
isTGfull TO eyerfoWings and whoever
chooses to come, is certain not OF an
ostentatious, but sincere welcome.
A lady, said the other day9f.I don't
see how Mrs. Grant can open her
house to everybody, and receive peo-
pie promiscuously."
The lady's feelings were natural,
but in connection with the Grants
she forgot a number of facts. The
house they inhabit, its very furniture,
is the gift of the people. With un-
stinted hands others pour out for
them the wealth and luxury of life.
They have the good sense and the
kind hearts to remember this. If
they receive largely, they share as
well, and make many people happy.
If they intrenched themselves IN ex-
elusive state to receive the elect and
elegant few, no doubt their carpets
would last longer, but not their many
friends nor their growing prospect of
still greater honors.
I The second of their three evening
receptions to be given this season oc-
Cured Wednesday evening, and was
even more crowded than the first. A
mass of splendor, it was too vast to be
individualized. The Corps DipLo-
nsatiQue in glittering court costume,
officers of army and navy in full uni
form, women resplendent with jewels,
music and.dancing, warm than dcheer,
crush and sutfocation, fading flowers,
robes despoiled, the old story, YOU
know it all, if ever there once; if not,
| can't tell you.
| Speaker Colfax's weekly receptions
Ihold their wonted sway. Like the
Presidential levees of palmy days,
they, include everybody, from, the
Chief Justice and Cabinet Ministers
to the poorestelerk WHO rooms in an
attic. No stranger visiting the CAPT
tai IS content to leave it without at
tending one of these popular recep-
tons. Mr.. Colfax is emphatically a
man of the people. Struggling up
from tatherless boyhood to his
present eminence, through all the
way he has kept with the people. He
has not grown away from them, nor
striven to rise above them. He is