, 1875-08-07
MADAME RUSH.
Ercr DrnsvlnC-l10alns Under tho ftnn,s
lncr-..A I3yXole Leader OK tho aunuts

Philadelphia Times
To-day at noon tho aucs,oueer'a hammer nil
scll, or PERHAPS withdraw from Bale. tho oncs
homo OF Madame lsuzl,. From beneath tho roso
of his inevitable atroko perhaps Home pleasant
rouembranccs OF an old time ulay bc rsoe,s, and
with this idea lot III talk abont what tho Old
Nleh mansion wnH. who oncn tnado It mciry md
who they wcrn wtluso absonce has inado 1t to-day
n draary old houao, nhandoncl to rats and do
cat cd servants, tho casn-bcgotipg object Of IN
ec,,lur mil tho wate OF AL nnct!oneor. Lon tanin
Rush, a Hlgnor ut tho Declaration Of 1nlepenance
waH n 1.otel man II, his time. 1to waH p.ys-
clan by profoB'ion, nul distinguished aoove his
fellows bncalhe Of hiA courage and Inn tntelll-
geucc. Ills reputation, not only as . pl,yaic!an,
but as all AtltAor, extends o.or tho Engl!sh-
speaking world. lie died at IN advanced aye,
Eull OF houprs tho esteem Of fsiouds, and Ill
that makes lifo worth living for. lie loft bs-
hind him tivo chlirun James Rush, WHO an-
b.oAmo Attorney General Of the State, Minister
IT, Franco mud England, and was n cau-
t!iaato for tito Presidency on, tho Anti.
Musouio sicko.: Samuel. onco Recorder Of
daughter, whu married. lIenry j. Williams, who.
Ut MI ntlvancud ngo, now enjoys in rotircmeBt
tho sober evening Of a life spoit III tho tatr!rats
MI. suits OF tho law. Thero waH not great deal
therefore, whom young Or. James married
rtlusbo Ann i'ittgway, wlioso father waS pos.
gesbo1 OF unlmtol means, 1t was thought 4
snol match. She was fair, well t-fotmod young
woman, not particularly pretty but ATTRACTIVE
with buoyant health. Her father was Jacob
Ridsway. Joraaya,au by birth. WHO accumulated
nh immclse fortune by mercantile yeuturoa Dur
ing tho Frouch revolution, part Of
which sisns ho was United States Consul At
Antwerp. Hoatles Mrs. Itush he had daughter
Who was first slrs. Roach. aud nfteEward mar
| riuL Dr. Barton, sinco doceaHc1, and sou John,
J WHO, with Mrs. l'arlon, now residcs III Paris,
| aud another san, who died 'n curly manhood:
DR.. Ja,nou Hush, WIN married tho girl fa.l u
| llfo, aud health, and strength. Was a culious
| compound Of oceentricsics, anl entirely untitled
by natural disposition to giyo hor those loyal At
| tsntons. those mat!y knnesacs, without which
women naturally roboi againHt their legal foida.
The result was natural md inevitable. Ds. Hush
and Mrs. DR.. Hush, instead Of being tho mysse.
r;ons ono In Huc1i Cares contemplated and
in.ondcd by 1aw human ant Divine,
became two ,oaf a an w'0 oiovass ,ybs anaS sssb
the estcom and friendship Of tho othor. pursued
nlono tho,r bolitary ways. lilo devoted himself
TO h,s books aud Hhe became loa,lcr Of fashion,
queen Of society, mud liyed this hot~ho,1ho o..
! Htence until, in snnthoring room To hotel Al
SHratopa, Bhe. unattended by tho cure aud lore
o; k,nti.ed, even tho kindpess ct ftlondH, passod
Lor !lfo away. Tic well-known 1snsll lnanslau,
on Chestnut street., above Niuotcenth. was the
ns!y I1iok building it - without. aud within
moio noticeable BY tho stzo of ita loor1B tLan
from any adornmont g,yon them o.her
than by the furniture mud paint!nga. Is
was helo that Mis-. Rush Gavo her week.
ly recsltions da.ing tho winter m sc1s9ns ,',!
from IL to 8 O'Clock, md occasionally balls
| Here wcre gathered all TINT WAS brilliant and
witty, aud, above all, sooct, that Philadelphia
in thoso old daya could produce. From lhs
lsush aide OF her house Mrs. Nush was citltlsa
10 be one Of thu: myssio c,rcto Of democratic
atistocrAtb for which. since tho days OF William
penu. philadophIa hns been particularly fanoa.
and, therefore, to have tho chtrs to lser receF
t,unB waB in society liko tl.o hcoolaae Of
kuipht Yet at,o wAH inst In her selections. and
alwaya recognized tho divinity OF intellect. sIs
was ever happy to be surrounded by artists aad
li,orary nien of 1ecognizct ability, even II tleE
nurnea wcro unladcn. or rhro Conversations
heypolf. As size grow old her affections aeemed
| TO 70 out towntts young people, md sno W
p!ways surrounded both hero and ut batatoga oJ
Young men and young matdons, 10 whom ths
10 tue Philadelphia of twenty years ago sho va
| as we'll kuo III ~ lilo vauo of the Btate-l!ofea
stceple Qntto fleshy and endcayorlng to ts!la
the wrinkles aud palencss OF ago by rouGa, sbs
vary oxpen.lYcly, but not always with tho btsl
taete With her always WAS some young MN
} OF good looks. for aAe had fino eye lnl
; manly beauty, and all heads turned ~ sae
rassod. Sho was tue =, recognized atna 1sauss
hollow honoTs without rival. until at 70 year
! OF age she died. A moro t!osoaEo place thasu !
tl,!s abandoned house. West Chestnut sfroot, \
ls hardly possible to mud. On the uppes lloof !;
he room liz which hir. Rush, atter life deSo,es
10 tic consumption OF books died. and ley T. T.
hind him only will marked aIl over WITH ~
own peculiar ldiosyncrac,os. Ia 1t he te!me
the nonepapers 'tbe vehicles Of tls]olnt3t';
thipking,da remark, II not true, at csat oEslnM
. md broke the hearts OF tho shareholders % sus
pAadelphiu Libraryb offering thtn nlilllono
' money thoy could not touch without hnF'lhi
/ themselves. rA,ongh the Of bis old 'aAn u
sion yesterday Times repo Ter, accompanied y
tha lneytsaole Dtdds, wandered. Through p,
lor. drxwinY-toom, library, dnlnR-rotlnt ana osa
chambers he won't Tue wRlts tls< tesouna''
for 10 long With the ringing laugh Of far woas'
and tbs duep tones OF wnoing amt adnii'ng sie w.
we,s uilent, Yet it was not diticust TO tnaalu
how the naked boards u the tlooEs once klase
. the eteps OF the pretty feet OF pretty women, "
L how tue bare walls enjoyed ths Whispering,
= The old story which mon have told, and TO alis
women have listened. essr siuco tho talo NAV LII
i, whispered III Edon.
. kpsDiler. ,..
+ Treasurer Spinner waa always gracious ~ col!
' p!y,ug with Tuqu0sls Tor hls Authoesaln., -
i snecdote ts told of him III connection VIII