The Portland daily press., 1877-10-10
Men and Women.

great sufferer from gout in the eyes. He
lives in large, dingy old house in Gloucester
Place, London, in which, on account of his
disease, he will allow no gas to be burn ed,
using only candles and shaded lamps for such
dim light as is necessary after nightfall.
There was charming comment on a famous
divorce case made the other day by an old
Weshman who works in forge on week days
and sings in the choir on Sundays. Somebody
told him that the Marquis de Caux had OBJ
tanned a divorce from his wife. "a divorce
from Pattir' exclaimed the harmonious black
smith, Chow could a..man separate himself
from such soundr'
Mr.. Edmund Yates speaks in very frank
and manly way of what he calls "My silly and
unjustifable attack upon Mr.. Thackeray
made nearly twenty years ago, when I was
quite young man." The attack to which he
refers was, through Dickens's unsuccessful
attempts at mediation, the cause of the COOL
ness which existed for several years between
Dickens and Thackeray. The matter very
seriously hurt and disturbed Thackeray, and it
is a lesson to.the clever young writers who let
their bright pens run away With their sense of
justice. Mr.. Yatss's reference to the affair
does him honor.
Miss Minnie E. Hodges, who has just re-
signed the position of cashier and moner-order
clerk in the Des Moines (Iowa) post office,
handled and paid out during six years 81, ,O00.-
900 and never made mistake of a cent. At
times she had charge of the whole Office, with
twenty-five aud thirty clerks under her direc-
tion, and there never was wrinkle, or jar, or
an "unpleasantnsss'' at any time.
Miss Clementina Stirling Graham. the last
descendent..of the ''bloody Caverhouse' perso-
cutor of the Covenanters. has just died at the
age Of ninety-fve She was well known in
Edinburgh society fifty years ago, in the days
of jeffrey. 1t was to Miss Graham that sgd
ney Smith smade his joke of the day being
SO hot she wished he could take off his flesh
ani sit in his bones" But it was perhaps for
her benevolence that she was most widely
noted. Wheu Dr.iJenner's great discovery
was first announced Miss Graham at once be-
came alive to its Importance andl would ride
about on pony vaccinatng with needle
every child she heard of in her neighborhood
Tits said that in this way she protected no less
than three hundredi infants from the terrible
scourge of smallpox. So thoroughly did Miss
Graham perform her self imposed task that no
one operated on by her was ever known to have
the smallpox.
A Harvard "Soph'' was wandering around
Wellesley the other day according to his letter
to the Advocate. when he fell ia with young
lady belonging to the college there, who spoke
her mind pretty freely: "One cannot go to a
dance but what one or two Harvard men,"
(emphasiziug the word) present expect they
are going to have all the nice dances and the
best dancers, when the chances are that
they are the poorest dancers in the hall,
amp of course think they are the best. 1 met a
Harvard senior this summer at Martha's Vine
yard, and he was conceted enough to think I
would go to walk or would sail with him every
time his imperial highness degned to ask me.
He soon got over thinking so, however" with
knowing look that spoke volumes) ALI the
nice girls just detestIsuch fellows-if you will
excuse the word. They look down in a superb
or and patronizing way upon young men who
are iu business, and who generally are twice as
moral, twice as modest and three times as good
looking as they are. with defiant toss of
the head. 81 will trouble you for my books" she
continued without giving me time to reply to
her. In my confusion dropped the Schiller,
anu WuHu piCk6u IL up my 6V0-dCclQSnIally,
of course-fell upon the fly leaf, and read the
name of my chum's sister. My first impulse
was to reveal myself to her; but pride conquered
and bit my tongue in silence With good
day that implied II hope, yon've received a
a lessoD," she hurried away,and slowly turned
to my horse and rode home, consuming twelve
cigarettes on the way. L considered myself a
good deal sat on" as the Greeks wouldiput it:
and this feeling was not decreased by letter L
received from my cousin week after, of which
mot in
as smart a cricket and not afraid of anything.
She had a comical adventure with a Harvard
student the other day. She says she gave it to
him and guess she did. You havn't been
wandering about here, have you?"
Senator Spencers wife will reach Washing
ton in time to fill the gap caused by the going
on the stage of three department bellies. Miss
Annie Story's mother takes her.dsughter's place
in the treasury, while Miss Story makes essay
of her dramatic powers in Ford's company.
She is described as a sweet and amiabe girl,
modest and studious, with easy. graceful man
ners and rich and flexible voice. Miss Ma
mie Wilson is the second, plump, brusque
and pretty brunette, special pilot of the Poto-
mac Boat Club, an expert oarswoman, prac-
tical Joker and amphibious. She has resigned
her place on the Lighthouse Board, to follow,
tunQer tne nalne VI May Oldytonl tne fortunes
of sMiss Claxton. She is pretty, jaanty and
musical enough for soubrette, but her foot is
not so small as Mrs. Belkpap's. The third is
Mrs. Dora Lockhart, described as ga melting
blonde, with real yellow hair, blue eyes and
pretty cut features" who writes beautiful
hand, is very pretty and stylish, is young and
sings.
Mr.. Ruskin's study at his rural homo of
Brentwood is long, low room, with two large
windows opening out upon the lake of Conis-
| ton. Turner'S Lake of Geneva hangs over the
fireplace at one end, the authors writing-table
stands at the other, and the walls are covered
with bookcases and cabinets. These cabinets
are full of valuable drawings and manuscripts
in autograph. Mr.. Ruskin rises early and
writes for three hours before his guests are
down. Breakfast over, he retires to his study
| to answer numerous letters or complete some
piece of unfinished work, or will go out on to
| the hill, perhaps, and make delicately finished
study of rock and grass for the engrayer's hand
I to copy Between 1 and o'clock the tourist