The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-01-23
An AMERICAN PRINCESS.

THE DUKE ALEXIS At MILWAUKEE.
The following description, from the
Milwaukee Sentinel of Miss Sarah Doc
little is evidently written by a warm ad.
mirer of the beautiful daughter Of a good
! man:
Out Of the glare and heat and wearness
! Of the great ball given by Milwaukee
to the Duke Alexis, l brought picture
for my shadow gallery. The gaslight and
rouge and pearl powder and dollhouse
| perfume that surrounded it, have all fallen
| away, just as the dark cayx that hides the
beauty and fragrance OF the rosebud
shriyels into nOthngness under the I'M
folded pe,als,i and left me II flower as
sweet and simple rs ever bloomed in the
summer wildwood
] had grown weary ofthe crowd and the
light and the trains, the lace aud the
diamond glarci weary of the wear mess
about me, when voice, as glad as that of
chlld IN the surprise OF new delight,
SAID, Look there Is the face of Evange-
line, waited IL moment before look
ing, to watch the eager eyes and joy-fush-
cd checks OF the enthusiast who spoke to
me, and also to think: 1T is not true.
what they say the envy and jealousy of
women toward one another. There Is one
| beautiful girl in ballroom, gladder be.
cause of the beauty Of another than at
anything she has seen before to-
night. Then | turned and saw. not the
Evangeiine of these pictures which every
! one knows. in whose face is rs much cold
ness a. sadness more angel than woman I:
but breathing Evangcl, warm and hu-
l l. 4. L..
no tropic bloom, she stood n sweet girl
queen, crowned with royal simplicity.
Her father man Of whom much has been
said, both good and bad, both true and
false with just pride in his voice, pre-
scented her Us simply and elegantly as be.
came beth; my daughter Sarah .
a moment after they moved away
with the dancers SARAH - The
significance Of the name III princess"
well became her and the glory Of It was
that perhaps in that room not another
Sarah could BE- found. Tho royal. old
name has been well III IA discarded for the
sckening diminutivcs, which are as weak,
yes, l will say it, as the girls who bear
them. 1t was So good to hear amid all
that glitter and parade, where one looked
only for the les, that strong, homely-I
use homely in its true sense, homellke-
name. 1t became its owner, and | am
glad that she is Sarah, even than Evan.
geline.
! watched her dancing, The regal
nsAre, not tall, but iull of that stately
s SicS ,hat adds hight and dignity the
hrnad 400 nov flushing the cheeks ; the low,
In. y"" "'" o" sweet with thought the eyes
mouth mouth, IVY WIN Intelligence aud the large
,no., tina, 'hal smiled more meaning than
most mouths could sp"ak Uow Soor ra"
she was And So f i have now hSr po bnrs
IN thAtrobe Of slyey Gl "vs n 1i,h mere,
ornament but the simple N 3,o witn no
about her throat and the 'uue iace
white bloom in the smoohp'ay OF
: hair She did not dance with ,hs R nr3wn
and am glad Of it, Glad because I've ! s
for my. picture. Had | seen thai nr 'va,
head forget its pride for n moment Will
bowed lower to u duke than it did to am,'
other honest man had seen the boanty
and regal grace Of her manner give placS
to servlle Alteration, and the digniAed
self respect change to the sim.
per of battered vanity, my pic,
lure would have been spoiled
! Nothing tnen, would have come from the