Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1874-01-03

While sitting in the ladies gallery the
other day, his beautiful daughter, Mrs.
Ames, came in with her husband. We
all know how much has been written
and said of this lady. She is indeed a
very pretty woman; blonde, tall and
slender as willow. She lacks sort of
finished or polished style of manner or
dress, but she has instead. a warm, SIM
pie, unconscious air, that is. perhaps.
more winning. Her husband, Senator
Ames, more lately Governor of Missis-
ual, man of undoubted courage and
domestic virtues, but possessed of not
much more intellectual force or ability
than a schoolboy. They go very soon
to Mississippi. where the Governor 5
new position calls him.
Social life does not really commence
until after the holidays. Mrs. Fish,
perhaps. leads off in this circle of eX-
istence, and she has opened her house
each Wednesday. Then too, Miss Eeith
Fish has been formally introduced to
the world of receptions and Germans, at
ball given some time ago. Miss Fish
is an unaffected, really well bred girl
She is pretty, too, among very many
pretty girls, and perhaps it speaks well
for her attractive qualities, to admit that
she is as much liked among her own
sex as among her opposites.
Mr.. Hamilton Fish Jr. is absent at
tending to his Senatorial duties at Al
bany, he is soon to be married to Miss.
Frelinghuysen, daughter of the Senator
from New Jersey. There are many
weddings coming off, or already con-
summated. Gen. Belknap for instance
after a year or two of mourning, makes
his first wifes sister the second Mrs.
Belknap. The Secretary is fiorid,
large, gooonatured person, who is pop
ular in society, and among the followers
of the administration. i suppose that ne
makes a good war minister in time of
peace, which is all any one, not Inclined
to hero worship is bound to believe of a
man little known, and untried.
The present Mrs. Belknap was Mrs.
Bowers, a handsome, dashing brunette,
well known in Washington society. for
her social qualities. They are going in
to fine new house very soon and we
may expect to hear Of good dinners and
gay receptions at their establishment
| this winter.
Then one of fhe bellies here, Miss.
Campbell, is to marry Mr.. Charlton of
the British Legation, a matrimonial ven-
| tuie greatly commended by everybody
interested. If American girls must mar
ry out of their own country, let them by
all means take, if they can of course, one
of those blonde, innocent looking young
Englishmen that represent Great Brit
ain. If there isn't any great good or
promise outsid their immaculate indif-
ference of manner and gorgeous side
| whiskers, there surely is no great harm
| in them and its better to marry plain Mr..
Englishman. tina: Baron or a Count
from Germany or France.
Speaking of titles makes me recall the
stunning appearance of the new Turk
ish minister, some sort of Bey or other.
He is bachelor, in this country at least
and is therefore Godsend to our mar
rying girls, since he can, according to
his own land, take as many wives as he
pleases.
We have also new japanese Embas-
sy, with an Ambassadress, the first one
| from Japan ever sent Quito this country
haye not yet seen Madame, but when
do will describe her to you,
Until after the New Year there is not
much going on here in any Way and
ones letters are bare and meagre enough
and as devoid of sense or wit er under
standing as most of the utterances from
the House floor. F. r. B.