The Portland daily press., 1877-04-23
Men and Women.

Governor Packard is thus described by the
New York Tribune: SIT needed only glance
at him to show that he is the brain, nerve and
backbone of his party. A man of over six feet
in height, of unusual muscular development,
with large, well-poised head, piercing black
eyes, and nose and chin expressive of stub
born will, he seems to have the stuff in him re-
quired for leadership of dangerous enterprises
In whatever situation person of his organiza-
ton might be placed in life, he would find
something to command"
Cabanel will exhibit this Spring but one por-
trait, that of Mademoiselle Pereirs, an Israeli
tish beauty of the loftest order very graceful
ly and delicately painted. The costume which
M. Cabanal has composed is a marvellous in
vention in portrait painting for the dress of
brunette. II is plain white satin, trimmed
with sable fur, and the lady, who is bewild-
erng young brunette, toys with chain of
gold and coral as she seems to be listening in an
easy well-bred attitude, to serious yet agreeable
conversation.
AT the recent sale in Paris of the pos
sessions of the late Sarah Felix there was Of
fered peplum of white wooden stuff which
once belonged to her famous sister, Rachel
1t is embroidered with flowers in gold, and on
woolen band is written, 'To the great Rachel"
1t was gift to the player. and she wore it as
Andromaque. A merchant bought this relic
| for the small sum of 80 francs, and five min
utes after arrived stage fanatic who had
passed three days in succession at the Hotel
Drouot for the purpose of buying this pepl,lm
| and had managed to be absent at the wrong
| time.
Que day L was at Alessandro Castellanis 8
looking over some cabinets of his vast and
wonderful collection. He took from a shelf
very small prayer-book, bound in velvet, with
the Medici arms In gold upon it, gold clasps
and bands, pretty jewel of prayer-book, just
mt to slip slyly into ones hand unseen. Castel-
lani touched worn old spring, the little cover
opened rustily back, and disclosed no sanity
leaves of holy prayers, but two tiny crystal bot
| ties, so small, and on them was written "H
| U9leRO dj Sud Altezzd,, the poison of her
| hghness! 1t may have belonged to the beauti-
| full Bianco Capello Chi 10 Sa?-Annd Brelo
| Ster'S Letter to Boston AdUertiSer.
| The pr Mt archbishop of Dublin, the gifted
| author OF the work SO widely known on the
| Study of Words, is not in very robust healh,
and has been for many years apprehensiye of
| paralysis. At a recent dinner in Dublin given
by the lord lieutenant Of Ireland, his grace sat
on the right of his hostess, the duchess of Aber
corn. In the midst Of the dinner the company
was startled by seeing the archbishop rise from
his seat, and still more startled to hear him
exclaim in dismal and sepulchral tone, SIT
has come! 1t has GOMEZ What has come,
| your grace?' eagerly cried half dozen voices
| from different parts of the table, What
| have been expecting for twenty years, SOL
EMMY answered the archbishop-"a stroke of
| paralysis l have been pinching myself for
| the last twenty minutes, and find myself en-
/ tirely without sensation Pardon me, my
dear Archbishop said the duchess, looking up
] to him with somewhat quizzical smile-"par-