The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-21
LIFE OF MARsM IN MONTREAL.

TCorrespondence Of the Graphic,

| G0rreRpondenre bI the trDpnfJ
MONTREAL, March "a Mrs. Caleb p.
Marsh, it was very definitely reported,
was to leave this city to go to Washing
ton on Saturday, and dispatches were
sent to several New York papers warn
ing them of her possible advent there
She did not go. The lady excites her
share of the very undesirable curiosity
created by the presence OF herself and
husband in the staid Canadian me-
tropolis. They occupy. room No.
~ In st. Lawrence Hall, tho finest
finest city OF the Dominion. When Mrs.
Marsh appears ut dinner she wears
diamond earrings, three diamond rings
on her right hand, four or five diamond
rings on her left hand, and handsome
| diamond broach. The stones are Of the
| first grade, and some OF them are so
large that the total value OF her jewelry
is computed at not less than $4,000.
| This display at an ordinary hotel dinner
provokes endless Canadian criticisms
on the manners OF "these Amer
icans." a phrase which, when used
in this connection by the average Brit
ish patron OF the hotel, affords n fine
opportunity for bitter and contemptuous
aspiration.
Both Mr.. and Mrs Marsh preserve
their composure wonderfully we'll under
the constant evidences OF notoriety
which they cannot help noticing when
ever they leave their room. Mr.. Marsh
goes out 80 seldom that plausible
foundation is discovered In the fact for
the story that he Is engaged in writing
statement In his own vindicatiOn.
Regularly three times day. about ten
minutes after the dining room door has
been thrown open, Mr. Marsh Is seen to
enter. He looks at least fifty five years
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tread that is indicative OF his character.
His head is bent slightly forward as II in
thought, but even a stranger is made
conscious that nothing escapes the Oh
servation OF his cold. restless dark
gray eyes When he unfolds his over
starched English napkin he makes one
think it is part Of q carefully devised
plan which is in slow but inexorable de-
velopment. A look OF trouble shows in
this that it would create a sympathy
were it not that his bearing indicates
too strongly that he looks upon himself
as a martyr Late at night when the |
corridors of the hotel are nearly desert |
ed, he frequently PAGES back and forth
in u slow, noiseless way, with his hands |
clasped behind him and his head and
shoulders thrown forward. To all who
inquire into his future course or how
treal he returns the same answer, that
he has resolved to converse with no one
about the matters that have brought
him so prominently before the public.
Mrs Marsh is said to be the most dis |
tingushed looking little lady that ever
came from the States. She is always
dressed in black silk, when she appears |
at dinner. Her manners are graceful
and pleasing. Aside from her diamonds,
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her gray hair, which she SO manages
as to make the envy OF every lady
that sees her. 1t has soft, pearly
lustrc that is unique, and Is put
up in Pompadour rolls Those who vent
ure to guess at her age put it at about
thirty-two. At the table she talks
and her husband listens. with an occa- |
sional brief reply or smile. Her side
face exhibits girlish grace OF contour,
that she is an accomplished and adroit
Woman Of the world. People here who
have watched her closely since her ar
rival say that she has achieved a |
triumph which she is inclined to enjoy, |
and is not cast down by the expo
sure of the plot in which her
husband was so deeply criminated
with the ruined Secretary. She |
receives no friends, and once or |
twice. Only mas Tluucl OuI III SlelSu |
with her husband She is always self
possessed, and follows her husband into
the crowded diningrOOm with the step
of q queen, apparently unconscious OF
the furtive glances. half of admiration
and half Of distrust. that are cast at her
from every table Neither she nor Mr. |
Marsh inspires much friendly criticism
on the part Of the residents Of Montreal,
and sojourners here from the States are |
often made to feel that the new guests |
are considered to be fair specimens Of |
the outcome Of the social system in the
United States.