The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-08-14

study. Like all men VINO WORK Dy
their brain, he eats but little in the
morning and does not smoke. HIS
speeches he writes, and re-wrrtes most
carefully, not only once or twice, but
three or four times, and commits them
to memory before delivering them.
All great orators are much alike In tnls
respect, however, and 1t is great mis-
take to believe that they are speaking
extempore This may be the case In
short replies and under peculiar cir
cumstances, but never IN greater ora
tons embracing large and Important
subject Between every writing he
allows certain interval; writes, the
second speech before he reads the
| first, and the third one before reading
the second; and when the day comes
on which he is to speak he reads all
three, takes them apart again. closely
investigating what possible expan-
sions or contractions his ideas have
undergone in each of the three elabo-
rations, and after duly comparing one
with the other, die then writes the
fourth speech is, the one be actu-
ally delivers. To this mode ofproceed-
ing Theirs owes the wonderful order
and method of his arguments and the
clearness of thought which are to be
ret with in every one of his speeches.
lis handwriting is bold and heavy,
and when atwork he lays the finished
sheets all around him to dry. Meet
ing sPelletan one day just leaving the
Hotel de la Place st. George" he
said: " Theirs is evidently preparing
a great speech. / have just seen him
surrounded by heaps of wet sheets
which the fire in the crate can scarcely
dry" This was in the beginning of
the month of December, 1865, and the
speech Theirs was then writing was
his famous Grafton on the Princi-
Piles of $780," which was not deliver
ed until the session of the 18th Feb
ruary, 1866.
That Theirs, after rising so early,
should feel the necessity. of some re-
taxation and rest before night is not
to be wondered at. To that end he
leaves the Senate Chamber, except on
days when he speaks, regularly at 6
o'clock, returns to his hotel as fast as
his horses can carry him, and stretch
es himself on lounge until z o'clock.
This is also the reason why his din
ners never come off until 8 o'clock
his being probably the only hour in
Paris where one dimes at so late an
hour. To make up for this, however,
one can hardly dine better than at the
great historians. All the known,
and to many guests often unknown,
wines are to be had here, and Theirs
chef de cuisine is justly esteemed q
no,tTo of his art among people that
boasts Of having revealed to mankind
the mysteries Of the only true. art of |
cooking. | might cover whole page |
with heartfelt emotions called forth
by the sumptuousness of the table, the |
exquisite fineness of the porcelain,
the brilliancy of the. chrystal ware,
and the costliness of the buffet"
which is completely covered with the
richest silver ware-but / must be |
permitted to pass over this magnifi- |
cence with Mirabeau's words: "The
table service of the great lords can
not move me deeply
Theirs has friends who dine with |
him every day of the week save one,
when he dimes out himself This is
no trif1ing expense for host such as
he, but the old Premier is rich, and
hundred and fifty to two hundred
thousand francs, which sum it must |
cost him yearly, do not fall very |
heavily on his exchequer. A daily
guest of Theirs is Mignet. A sincere
friendship of long standing unites
these two men, who, born in the same
place, studied together, came to Paris
together fortune seeking, and lived |
wall to wall in the before mentioned |
nook of the Passage Montesquieu.
Their attachment has never been for
a moment disturbed by the good for
tune and the riches of the one, nor
by the eminent talents of the other
in similar field of renown.e Should |
Theirs ever have admitted to himself
that he was great chronicler, in
deed, but that Mignet was the great
historian? That he remained. never
thaless, the constant friend of Mignet,
harboring no envy toward him, does
Theirs honor. and may be the best
answer to those who have sometimes
asserted that Theirs was heartless.
M. and Madame Theirs receive WIS.,
itors every evening Madame Theirs,
the daughter of very rich Collector
General, is lady of from 80 TO 80
years, and must have been very pretty
in her younger days Having been a
receives reclining on a chaise- lounge
and rises for nobody, merely muteIy
nodding to all corners. and goers. She /
converses rarely. Children she has
none Her sister, about the same age T
as herself, and single, lives with her.
Mile. Dosne is tall, and must have
been remarkably handsome in her
youth. She presents a strange ap-
pearance, with a face whose lines BY
some secret drama seem to have been
so violently shaken that they retain