The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-01-18
THE FEBRUARY MAGAZINES.
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have not come to regard as one of the least
explicable among the great riddles OF the earthly
economy the rarity of welt assorted marriages.
In might be 80 different, Que cannot helpthiuk-
ing The adaptations for harmony so wonter.
full The elements oil happiness so manifold
and 90 nch Yet how otten-hoW misera0ly
sometimes-it all mi:carrIesl The waters of
Paradise turned to fountains of bitterness-the
sITta of Heaven perverted to curses upon eSrthl
~ do not mean that there are few unions
~,elAirg reasonable comfort, lrien lily relations,
SIe Iree from open quarrel or secret heart t-burn.
ino Int speak OF very marriage, wi ho1t haW or
lara mating alike OF Inc mateflai, win rs
intonpible afIinities and It's wondrous magnet
ismp. and of the immaterlal principle within
tnat survives the de ath change. speak OF a
boar, home peryadPd by harmony not only un-
hSotenNimmutable as that OF the spheres; felt
10 he so by those whom II olesses, Gains,
satisfies; social state TO whlch, Wuen mah and
woman attain there remains notning Ia tne way
OF earthly need or acquisition, save u"iiy pleai,
TO be coveted or prayed lOr' ,-,,r -
"Some think that, in this trial.phaSe OF our
existeuce no such state OF harmony ana nap
ptbess is 10 be found. Among the leW VINO
do trd IL none of these skeptics Will nave place.
No entrance into that temple except Tor those
who believe Without faith IN the goou and
the peautful-the good that Is teit, not seen -
she heoutifni that must be conceived before 1t
40 reaIized-a man is shut out tIom the highest
ENJOYMENT. And such a man can do little TO
ameliorate the world or elevate his race"
From the same story we get this anecdote
Of General Washington
"Wa,hngton had accepted an invitation from
Arnold 10 breakfast with him at West Point on
the very day the plot was discovered, but was
prevented from keeping his engagement by
what men call cbance-by the earnest request,
namely, OF an old officer, near whose station
they passed, to spend the night there and
inspect some works in the neighborhood.
Next day, while Washington, with his staf
including lafayette, were seated at table at this
officers quarters, despatch was brought to the
Americal general. which he immed ately opened
and read, then laid 1t down without CONF ment.
No al Grafton was visible in his countenauce,
but he renamed perfectly silent. Conversation
dropped among his suite; and, after some
minutes, tue general, beckoning La
fayette to follow him, passed to
an inner apartment, turned to his
young friend without utterng a syllable,
placed the fatal des tch in his hands, and then,
giving way 10 an uDgoverDable burst OF feeling,
fell on his neck and sopbed aloud. The effect
produced on the young French marquis, accus-
toned to regard his general (cold and dguldad
in his usual manner) as devoid of the usual
Weaknesses OF humanity, may be imagined. Il
believe said Lafayette in relating this
anecdOte, that this was the only occasion,
throughout that long aud sometimes hopeless
struggle, that Washington ever gave waV even
for moment, under q reverse OF fortune; and
perhaps was the only human being who ever
witnessed in hin an eXhlDltion OF feeling SO
foreign 10 his temperament. As 1t was, he
recovered himself before / had perused the
communication that had given rise TO his emo
tiOn; and when We returned to his stan not
trace remained on his c0unteDance either or
grief or dependency"
Old maids are thus discussed in the article
entitled "New Wine in Old Bottles:''--
"There is a stigma of reproach cast upon the
term o 4 .maid'-too often Justly so admit.
But where does the fault lie? l know two
women who may be classed in this category
unmarried, forty years old or thereabouts.
Both are Of good family the daughters OF
wealthy men. The one, some dozen years ago.
finding, as no sensible woman can fail 10 lind
that fashionable lite had nothing in 1t 10 satisfy
her, made stand tor herself. She told her
family that she must have life of her own.
Sne had no especial gifts, except remarkable
aptitude for business Inherited fIom her father.
In quiet way she had turned her attention to
truit'growing, branch of industry offer
lng many attractions to ner apa
into that business she determined to enter.
FottuEE".rIJ, she had sufficient money, left her
by her grandfather, to be able to carry out her
plans, despite the sneers OF her fashionable
acquaintance, and the objections and obstacles
raised by the home circle. Sue established her
self on fruit farm III the western part of this
State. Her work .prospered. Now she is the
owner OF several hundred acres, and has con.
slant aud temunerative occupation of a kind
agreeable to her. After few years her father
died, and instead OF the rcn mau he was esti
mated, he was found to be bankrupt Tuis
daughter had a comfortable home and support
TO offer her mother and invalid sister. She has
Quite settlement OF work-people, men aud
women, TO whom she and her sister minister In
various ways. In fact, she lives a lite whicn is
and in the consciousness of that she finds hap
piness and peace.n
Mr.. James S. Barnes writes as follows abou
Thackeray's "Bsrry Lyndon'':-
THE Luck Of Barry Lyndon is unique il
Hterature-an original IDEA most successfully
il not agreeaoiy, carried out. 1t is the auto
bIsgrapby of a man who is thoroughly heart
iess, selfish and oepraved; low aud brutal Il
his tastes, coarse and rutianly in language
feelings, and demeanor; to all appearance
without a redeempg trait; yet who looks upo
himself as a highly respectable, eXem larry an
much-injured character, aud Justlhes all h
own vlllanies with an earnestness, sincerity
and an unsuspecting. good ialtn wnlco won woni
novel in which the author Is SO completed
identi6ed-we beg pardon tor using the phrase
We should rather sav, so completely lost-ln III
hero. 1t is not Mr.. Thackeray who speaks; IL
Nr. Barry Lyndon; and Mr. Barry Lyhdo
PLEADS his own case as 1t he already had the jul
on bis side, and we're certain OF the sympaIe
and countenance OF every honest man in u
box. The talent for personatlon displayed
wonderful
Miss Anne NJ Brewster, in her article abo
''Amerioan Artists in Rome," speaks thus r
spectiug Reads picture of "Sheridan's Ride
"In Buchanan Reads studio is another Fl
national picture, which has been ordered by
gentleman of San Francisco. This picture is
deeply interesting one for double reasons. Il
subject is 'SherIdan's Ride. 1t is a small co
of the large picture OF Sheridan's Ride whlc
when finished, Is 10 be placed in the Unu
League of Philadelphia. Tue General is
horse0ack, and he and his horse are IN full t
on that great ride which made the General
famous, aud which Mr.. Read has commem
rated in poem as well known as the great rid
The Generals face Is as eager and full OF fire
the superb horse is of mettle and speed. Il
eve OF the horse is bloodshOt the nostri
"a Frny,n kha llp Aap