The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-06-05
Mrs. Secretary BristOw.

From the Home Journal.
Mrs Bristow is a little above the me-
dunn height; her figure is slight and Will
lowy; every motion is grace, and the
small head is beautifully poised. She has
fashion Of sitting with her head slight
on one side, like bird. There are mass,
es OF wavy brown eyebrows and browner
eyes. The pretty chin has mite OF Il
iimple, and the mouth is every way
sweet. Gentle and loving you know her
nature must be the moment you see her.
She was born in Elizabethtown, Ken
lucky. Her parents dying in her child
hood, she was raised" las they say in the
South by her uncle. Her maiden Esme
WAS Briscoe, prefaced by the old-tashion-
ed abby" Somehow that quaint name
suits her thoroughly. Did you ever
know an Abby who wasn't sweet and
womanly? In that old Kentucky town
lived the grandmother of the future Sec
retsry. OF course, the boy visited her,
and meeting the pretty dark-eyed girl,
her image fixed itself, till the education OF
both being completed, Miss Brlseoe be-
came Mrs. Bristow. Twenty years, she
will tell YOU, have passed since then;
twenty wears OF unbroken love and trust;
twenty wears of quiet, uneventful life, eN-
cept during the war, and the more recent
distinction of her present position. Dur.
ing her husbands absence in the army,
Mrs. Bristow spent much OF her time at
her childhood's home.
Mrs Bristow has two children. Miss
Mamie is at school near Paris, perfect
ing herselfin accomplishments which can
be better taught there, while the son,
though only fifteen, is nearly fitted to en-
ter college. He is at present q member
of the preparatory school at Princeton.
Asa hostess Mrs. Bristow is very charm
ing. Their house (rented already fur
pisbed) is ore of n pretty row facing
Franklin Square. There are .jardinieres
in the windows, and the scent Of the
flowers floats through the rooms; yester-
day mocking bird, up stairs, was noisily
singing his entire repertoire, quite drown
Ing the sweet, rich tones ofs lovely Eng
Gsb bullfnch, which is Mrs. Bristow's
special pet, and there is everywhere an
atmosphere Of home which must be CRATE
full to the tired Secretary when he escapes
from the perpleIing anDoyances OF his
Office. Mr.. and Mrs Bristow are Pres
b, ,erisns, attending Rev. DR.. MitchelFs
church. One little bit Of character shows
itself in the answrs given TO visi.
tors who call at announcement hours. VI
course, there are crowds who come even
upon the days which are supposed to be
the lady's own, and Mrs. Bristow could
never have a moments privacy did she
receive every one. The conventional
fslsehood, Not home" is easily spoken
and conclusive, bur Mrs Bris,ow instructs
her footman to say, "She is at home, but
is engaged, and wishes tn be excused
That. IN Washington, is an unusual man.
Hesitation of conscientiousness- Mrs.
Bristow has large possessions in her own
right. Her toilets are also appropriate
and tasteful, often rich, but there is never
any display in dress or equipage, and L
know no one who would not gladly do
homage to Mrs. Bristow in the White
House, should fate be good enough 70
give us such . President Is the fearless
Secretary would make.