Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-14
A PEN-PICTURE OF MRS. Triton


A PFN-PTCTURE OF MRS. Triton.
New York Correspondence OF the Boston Gazette
How she should have been the cause Of
50 much turmoil IS aprOblem that is almost
impossible to solve without q personal ac-
uuaintance with her. She is a slight, in
significant looking wgm4H, lean and angu-
lar, with 4 face Of some pTetensiOns TO
beauty. Yer height is almost dWarish, and
upon seeing her for the first time one could
not realize how two such strongly physical
men as Triton and Beecher could have
been attracted by 50 slight and Uninterest-
ing an object. But great events from little
causes flow. There Is nothing ia her face
OF manner that would point 10 her as the
writer of the passionate ana sentimental
letters that have been read on the trial.
On the contrary, she would sooner be as
ISOLATED with making preserves or preserT-
inc pickles. and eating both with true New
England zest at tea. That she Is woman
Of. strong character is evidenced by the per-
sistency with which she las sat the uial
through, and has listened without a blush
TO the bitterly cruel things which have
been said Of her. can noc reconcile Til
tons harangues about her mOdesty, refine
ment and deIicacy, with her almost DfSzen
made the central point Of all the uaStiBess
upon which the case hinges. Certainly
her nature is hot one that is easily shocked,
and, unless she is brought there for effect,
1 cannot understand why she is brought
there al all. Here course has been the
subject Of universal UnfavOTable comment
IN almost every direction. It may be true
that even the worm turns when it is tTOd-
T.-rE no
creditable in this instance if the worm
were to turn in private. If her face be
examined critically and carefully, one
wilI become easily convinced that
She lines in it are not all weak.
When she tOrgets herself there comes
a harsh expression th-t plainly manitests
selEwill. She viii not scOld, but she Will
plan. She will be elusive, but she viii
not tell all she knows. One wOuld natural
~ expect q woman with Sd fragile 2 phys
ique, especially if she were the tender and
suOw-pure being her husband maintains
her TO be, to be wOrn, worried, crushed by
The mental trials TO which she has been
subjected; but she is not, if she may be
Judged BY her looks and her bearing. She
is cool. firm and self-possessed. Once or
twice she has shed tears, but they have
grief From this ] would suImise, in the
language of one of the visitors to the trial,
that, 'swHaJever else she may be, she is no
body's fool" At all events, she is about
the last person in the world who would at
tract passing gaze, except for the insight
icance her appearance, which Is remark
able. Perhaps Helen Of Troy was little
woman, with a pale, pinched and demure
face, with no anatomy worth speaking Of,
and Paris a purple faced, robust and lacry-
nose warrior, while Meneiaus, was, not
unlikely, a conceited fellow vino never
thought it necessary to show much inter
Is; in his wife, until the fact Of Paris car
rvIag her of became SO notorious that re-
Spect Tor public opinion fO1ced Lin 70
make a noise about it. We know that
Cleopatra was oYerlean and had snub
nose. Antony must have often sat upon
the ragged edge of despair when be thought
Of Ocayia. Many of the lean and hOmely
women Of history haze managed to make
considerable trouble with the hearts Of
graat men. We cannot judge Of the pow
ers Of a rat-tail file by merely looking
at it.