Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-03-11
EVENING STAR.
About Elizabeth.
ne" IL 's oo'respo.sdts'ce q the BoS'Oa Srsgf,y

Htsr York CrreSoadcssce Of TIE BoN,os Srssrf,,
Epcs,fa0 Gdse:tc.
HOW she should have been the cauSe of ~
much turmoil Is a problem that H. alsnoSt
impossible to solve without a pe-sonal a.
auafntance with her. She Is a slight. insis-
with a face OF some pretensioas 20 beaafy
Her height is almost dwarfish and upoa see.
ing her for the hrst time one could moi realize
n tn , i've R sSch strongly physical men as TIL
so slight and uninteresting an object But
great events from little causes now There Is
nothing In her face or manner that would
point 70 her as the writer OF the passionate
and sentimental letters that have been read
on The trial. On the contrary, she would
sooner be associated with making preserves
or pre- ervine pickles, and eating both with
true New England zest at tea That she Is a
woman OF strong character is evidenced
oy me persistency with which she has
without a blush to the bitterly cruel things
winch have been said OF her I cannot
reconcile Tiiton's harangues about her mod
esty, refinement, and delicacy, with her
almost brazen boldness I'm visiting the conrts
where she is made the central point OF All
the nastiness upon which the case hinges
Certainly her nature is not one that is easily
shocked, and, unless she is brought there for
ELECT Il cannot understand why she Is brought
there at all. Her course has been the subject
OF unlyersal uniavoraole comment I'm almost
every direction. IL may be true that even
the worm turns when IL Is trodden upon bat
IL would be much more credi table i'm this In
SIdlacc inc worm were 10 turn IN private.
IL her face be examined critically aud care
fully, one will become easily convinced that
the lines in IL are not all weak. When She
forgets herself there comes a harsh expression
that plainly manifests self-wilI. She will
not scold, but she viii plan. She will b.
effuSive. but she will not tell all that She
knows. One wonld Acknowledgements woman
win SO frail a physique, especially IL she
were the tendcr and snow-pure being her
husband maintains her 10 be, 20 be worn,
worried, crushed by the mental trials %
which she has been subjected; but she is not.
II she may be judged by her looks aud her
bearlngi she is cool. firm, and self-poSsessef
once or twice she has shed tears, but they have
been plainly tears of vexation and not OF grief
FROM this would SuTmiSe, in the Language
OF one OF the visitors 20 the trial, that what
ever else she may be. She l. nobDdy's faoI"
At all events, she is about the last person in
the world who would attract a passing gaze.
except for the insignifcance Of her appear,
ance. which Is remarkable. Perhaps Helen
OF Troy was q little woman, with a pale.
pinched and demure face. with no anatomy
worth speaking of, and Paris purple faced.
robust and lachrymose warrior, while Meme
laus was, not unlikely, a conceited fellow
who never thought il necessary TO show much
interest i'm his wife, until the fact OF Paris
carrying her OFF became so notorious that re-
spect for public opinion forced him to make
noise about ii. We know that Cleopatra
was over lean and had a snub nose Antony
must have often sat upon the ragged edge of
despair when he thought of Octavia. Many
of the lean and homely women OF history
have managed TO make considerable trouble
with the hearts of great men. We cannot
judge OF the powers of a rat-tail file By mere
Iy looking at IL.