, 1876-09-10


retirement and made the first address, Which
has becu repeated anil enlarged upon 50 many
t[fnes 8l;Icc, IN the degcncrattng Influences or
The female sc1, and tlis too great susceptilIi!ty
OF the male. c. r. ".
MRS. HIRAM POWERS.
n ths Eafsor af 7As Tribune.
Cn1oAao, Sept 0.-fsco by your last Sundays
issuc that Mrs. Hiram Powers Is about visiting
America after an absence Of over 30 ycars.
want to tell your readers that, during those
90 odd years In foreign land, she has preserved
the intcnscst American fcciiugs, rearing her
children III American custotns and habits Of
thought, and lnculcastng In them tue most vivid
love of their country,-that country that so,ne
OF them liavc never seen,-anl excluding. with
persistent, Jealous care, in&tdlous foreign in
fls,ences enervating to virtue and healthful
effort.
No one that llas not lived abroad can apprcci-
ate tow dtClctlt this Is. have seen pcrsous Of
sir months or years. residence In Europe
more Europcanizct', In tho bad aense of tho
term, than Mrs. Powcrs' cllllsen who have
never aecn America.
This hus not been done without mnuy sacri-
fees. Often her children have been very lonely
for want Of eonphniunslip. Fitting travellers
do not form so! secialclrcle. sttll she Ina res
did nut approve Of them, as class, as husbands
ami wives, and, consequently, would not throw
her house open to item for fear ut entanglc-
n'cnts ard lovc affairs, since human nature VIII
this without meetlng serious opposition within
and without. No enc can llre III 4 community
and resist TINT community Without grcat moral
courage. No mother can atelUae llcr childrun
Within very limited circle, totnlly inatequats
persistent ar1nncse, How well s'o has succeeded
these facts will show: OF her ak children,
three sons md three daughters, two Of her
Sons have married Americans, and her 81 eldest
tnalning children arc still unmarried.
II Mrs, Powers rcsU1utely kept closed doors
to exclude ltaltnnt, sAo most hospitality openel
them to her OWL courtrymen anil women. Rich
welcome to all, a,d were one Ill, or were one
unfortunate, her Bympathles with substantial
efforts fur onc'a comfort, wcrc ever ready. In
fact she was lkiMd Of universal mother to un-
f0Tt'nat' tt tns ,a,2s Ae2n, wars va, oar, Int win
ter there wcro three young ladies (two Of them
Chtcago'a fair dauEhtcFs) who arrived III
Florence utterly worn out With prosEactcd
tnt!gue' and two Wesc seriously Threatened Will
their condition than she came to ot!ef thcn US.
sistanec, bringing with her gpodiy supply OF
beef-tea and little dclIcnctcs that could not be
procured In the boar<itng-houee. Every day
4VunA VAE VI AHulC AtVtAHE&a "a bE0 AAltAll3
to cheer and comfort them with conversation
md sympAthy, md every day thoy brought food
and flowers, attentions that arc appreciated even
0t home, but how greatly they iucrcasc IN !npor-
friends, and wien one cannot speak even 10 tho
servants, not knowing their ]a'lgunget
Tho luyalfds actually LIVED lVou THO bounty
nf their friends, for they could nat nothing tl'at
the house afforded. Hut, notwithstanding Gll
the caso that was given, and tbs mutual dsyo-
tlon Of the girls to each other, one fingered In n
low miserable state, that not only ala5n,ed ler
friends but ALAG her physician. wls 1led with
anxiety, h1i1 pEt!cl the poor glrl from tho bot
tom 81 my heart. Thu, picture of her rnotbert's
untea t y ns ssato" uss Su % feIE vefy sorry as
for her yonng companions, who Were IN too deli
ante es1 ;nsyss II ,ss t. ge s sES s. a
aa known Ii Mrs. rowers for YEA ycnrs l Know
that lnany times s1o laI opancl her hDlsc to
lnvalhls. know that tho year before she tlad
ilttod up q pleasant, sunny room IN her clarnl-
nE sEpan 5 e s rssSSe liz t SS ys s maa 1s Ss e S
ISOLATION Of y home, so I ventlTed to REPRESENT
girl 10 whom VIC were al go deeply Interested,
Tor folt sure unless some Change were elected
t'.e next 4ay ars. Powers sent l,ar daugs;5; to
i1or to conu anl stare her house and accont hcr
care % though eho wcrc her own child. Whit
Az soon as her physician gave his col'acnt for
her to hc moved alio wcnt to her italian hotne,
II eay home, for IL proved to De really homo
The rldcst daughter had: given hcr own
bed-cha1nhcr 10 tho invalid, rs It bud southern
exposure and communicated with Mrs. Powers
sleep.nE.roo1n. Tho communicating door was
kept oI,cn nlsht al,i duy TINT her slightest wish
might be nInla known ut whatever hour she
m XII JAY S,s MEs 70 'RsSx Rs%sts fingered near tho oa
Watching fDr m opnortJnlty to be OF btrrfcn,