, 1874-01-21
MRS. WILLIAMS.
What n LndY-Corrospontlent says OF
Her

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Her.
lFashfnaton Letter to the Cincinnati Gazette
. Mrs. Williams las. after all, beor the
hoad and front Of tho offending. Into her early
history haH been inserted the phalanges afore-
said, nd har shortcomings hare haan inspected
by tho light Of eociai rnagnifyng glassee. caus-
ing tile verdict to 60 forth to the world. Memo,
Meme Tekel, Upharsin |" And, accortling to
fat on her later life, "Mrs. Williams' carriage
has stopped her husbands WY to the Chief-
justicoship."
She is woman above tho Medium height,
with small, woll-ahapod hoad. crowned with
nose, large, melting, dark, eyes, arohed over
with delcatc eyebrows, rather too much color
for the proverbial spiriluelle Of American wom-
On, long, wlito full throat md neck, bust,
touch Of cleopatra voluptuonsness. She carries
herself oaBny, gracefully, proudly. Thus Hhe
appears ut tho age trembling Somewhere between
the lata thirtiea or early forties. Har nannera
rich. She must have besn very striking 10
ness Of benuty given BY tic contract betwoen
black hair and dirk fringcd oyes with clear, fair
ton have toned tho contrasts down to molowor
tinta and hor wonderfully quick intnitionH havo
adapted hor to tho various conspicuous positions
which aho has easily and naturally filled.
lGr GarlY ul6LOTf III III 1ull u EuIuuuCG az ono
Of Dumas novels. and dare Rhoda Droughtou
to produce story to eelipHo it. At 1G she mar
ried against hor parents' wishes a man whose
subsequent treatment Of her vindieatel the
divorce. Theso woro the days wiion her load-
strong, impetuous nature Wns strong Within llor,
aud hor own will hor only law. Following ita
dictates. she drifted westward, perchanco for,
There, girl-womau as shc was. with the wavos
Of solf still surging unsubduod after leaohing
music for awhile, Bbe consented to bow hor neck
second time to IN unhAppy matrimonial yoke
Hes second husband, Mr. George, was 3 driver
plaius, and proved to be good-for-notlling fell
low, who frequently abused hor, and lad nothing
to recommend him but q sort of aoyil-may-caro,
handsome face. A pretty picture Ills vito often
afforded the tourist ~, standing before their log
cabin, sho stood with her white arms, bright
face, and simple dress banging out The family
liuen. Hor husbands treatment became Mt last
30 uncomfortable that frionds procured for her the
services Of Judge Williams, thon quiet Western
dom through tue medium Of divorce. Mrs,
to California, and taaght school i'll
San Franciaco. where many yonrs afte1-
woman the memory Of whose peculiar beauty
had never loft him. When ahe heard her hug
band, MIR. George was sick she travelled miles to
watch ovor him IN has ~ Inst hours, aud waa With
adaptability, and spirit and nerve, and ambition
enough for Agrippina herself, aud, witAal, tho
tact and executive ability to raiso herself along
with tho advancing fortunes OF her husband. It
may bo that her ambition las o'erreaeEel itself
and Tint 1t would have been hetter for hor had
aLe restod content with hor husband as Attorney
General, For In TINT poBltion tho cobra Society
inflated not its yenomoua head, aud such whia-
pers NJ Ind becn floating about we're allowed to
Yanish in thin mir. Now she lies stranded on the
sands OF her own hlgll-roachlugs. atung to doath
BY the asp Of social tongues: for one am sorry
ren]izatfon has boen 80 rudeiy anatched,