The Portland daily press., 1877-04-23

don me Tor contradicting you. but 1t is 1 that
you nave Deen pinching. "-HQYper'S
Mr. Layards promotion as Ambassador to
oons1anunople has set all his friends at home
70 reViVlng pleasant little stories about him.
TOT example the following: 81 discovered Nj.
ne'en' he once observed to gentleman who
was not fond of him. 81 should rather have
put 1t that Nineveh discovered you," was the
answer Once stockbroker, who had been
concerned in the issue of Turkish loan, called
upon Lord Palmarston. LET me see," said old
Fam; you are the Mr.. who helped Lay
ard to make SO much money out of the Turkish
loan." "My lord" replied the stockbroker,
Il give you my word of honor as stockbroker
and as a gentleman, that Mr.. Layard made
nothing out of the loan" "Sorry to hear it,
answered the genial Pam; "his connection
with the loan injured his reputation, so had
hoped that at least he had made money by it,
Speaking of protocols and treaties, Mr.. La
bouchere tells this story: years ago was in
America, and went down with the English
Minister in the United States to a small inn in
Virginia, where we were to meet Mr.. Marcy,
the then United States Secretary of State, and
reciprocity treaty between Canada and the
United States was to be quietly discussed. Mr..
Marcy, the most genial of men, was as cross as
a-bear He would agree to nothing. What on
earth is the matter with your chief?' I said to
q secretary who accompanied him. He does
not have his rubber of whist answered the
secretary. After this every night the Minister
and L played at whist with Mr.. Marcy and his
secretary, and every night we lost. The stakes
were very trihing, but Mr.. Marcy felt flattered
by beating the Britishers at what he called
their own game His good humor returned,
and every morning when the details of the
treaty were being discussed we had our revenge
and scored few points for Canada
Governor Chamberain's marriage with a
Washington lady, seven or eight years ago,
brought him more directly to the notice of
those here, particularly as his wife enjoyed q
well deserved fame for great beauty, and as the
beautiful Miss Ingersolp' was looked to as the
fairest OF the fair at the capital. She had one
OF those sweet picture faces, and not of the in
sipid type, but face OF perfect oval, with large
gray eyes of the order 'Irish lake." and Feat
ures just enough of compromise between the
regular and the nondescript to be piquant; add
to this complexion of lilies and roses, a slight,
graceful figure and wealth of golden hair,
which she always wore so as to display its nat
ural waviness most charmingly, and you have
a tout ensemble which all might admire or en-
these charms, Miss Ingersol1 had birth and su-
perior education, but broken family fortunes
drove her to seek livelihood In the Treasury,
and it was there that Governor Chamb erlain,
the encouragement of South Carolina, found
her, Washington Letter.
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part in the "Danicheffs:'' Gas understand
it, the character of Anna is cipher. I forget
her entirely in the intense pathos and interest
1 feel for the two men who love her. The
heroism of remuneration has for me the fasci ma
ton of failure; and my sympathy for disap-
pointment is keener than any appreciation oil
success Perhaps should have said any re-
alizatiOn OF success. / sometimes think that
. that element was entirely left out in my COM
position, for have no feeling of Its capacity
The Danicheffs' is, like most things, pleasure
and pain to me, covet more positive
action with the play, with full consciousness
that the situation is completely filled. Anna's
want of love for Osip excludes her from the
sanctuary of his grief, and her loyalty as wife
must hold her silent before the passion OF
Vladimir. Appreciation is not dramatic &C.
tion, and Anna is mute misery that we must
hear with our eyes. Well, hasten and look,
and, as can't see Anna, L cry over Osip and
Vladimir; I wonder how any one can be inter-
ested in negative woman who was born con.
slant, and could not help it. have theory
that it takes woman to make an actress, and
yet some situations require SO little of either
that one is oppressed with the super1uous