The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-11-22
Men and Wemen.

Two of the mildest hammered and softest
voiced men in New York are John Kelley and
John Morrssey. Mr.. Kelley seldom speaks
loud enough to bs heard across the room, and
his tones. if not precisely ''vocsl velvet" are
peculiarly soft and mellow for man. Mr..
Morrissey's voice has been almost lost for years
and it has been an effort for him to speak at
all, and as for mildness of manners, neither of
these terrible characters would harm dog,
and either would 90 block out of the way to
avoid crowd.
Monsieur Worth, the great dressmaker, ap-
pears to be poet in his way. Not long ago be
announced his determination to make for a
young American lady, real golden blonde,
gown of yellow silk. She remonstrated-who
ever heard of blonde wearing yellow?--it
was out Of the question. "You might as well
say rstorted Worth, SHARPLY. shat blonde
couldn't sit in the sunshine And the yellow
gown was made, and proved to be beauty
giving.
Julia Kavanagh, the writer, has died sudden
ly at Nice. She was fifty-three years old. In
early life she accompanied her parents to Paris
where she acquired that insight into French
life which she has made useful in so many of
her novels She returned to London in 1874
and devoted herself to literature as profess
ion. beginning by writing tales and essays for
the periodicals of the day. Her first book was
a tale for the children, 'The Three Paths" and
was published in 1847.
Mrs. Mary Clemmer has an opinion as to
noses. She says that Stanley Matthswss nose
slender and rather fiat, is not the nose of power
1t will never cleave his way to eminence, like
that of Evarts, for example, Senator Don
Cameron, Mrs. Clemmer describes as being
about six feet high and of exceedingly youth
ful aspect. Like nearly all the men from Penn
sylvania, he is SANDY eyes and skin all
of color. He has the deep-set canny eyes
of his father, with much finer and stronger
features. His head is high above his ears, with
intense percsptive faculties. As for the nine
teen year old daughter who presides over Sem
stor Cameron's household she is Of command
ing stature, perfect Juno in face and form
She superintends the education of her five
brothers and sisters, attends state dinners, and
sits with dignity at the head of her fathers
table.
A pretty Indian squsw does not exist among
the Sioux-they are ell fat, short. stumpy aud
ungraceful in movement. The tall, slender
Alfaratas and Wanitas are purely creatures of
romance, and far removed from these fat
squaws with their faces painted in vermillon
hues, and their short skirts and homely mocca-
sins. The beaded embroidery on moccasins,
leggings and blankets are for the braves only,
and it is surprising to notice the tasteful de-
signs iu which some of their pieces are orna-
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ly manner as the braves, and their stare is
quite different from the benign smiles and
show" Of the men. When they meet a lady
driving they make remarks that must be sar-
castle, from the way IN which they are enjoyed
and when lady on horseback presents her,
self, their laughter is immoderate. As they
ride with foot 10 each stirrup side saddle
causes them to stare, jeer and shout with
laughter.-T. Louis Globe Democrat
The late dramatist, Theodore Bsrriere, was
tall, spare, erect, refined person, with keen
dark eyes and a heavy black moustache just
touched with. gray. He had a remarka BILE
fondness for animals, especially cats. He has
been known to keep seven cats at time, and
IL is noted that the shyest anG widest of the
race could never resist peculiar call which he
was wont to utter. The hackmen and carriers
in the neighborhood of his dwelling were all
afraid of him, SO energetically did he resent
their cruelty to their horses.
The caligraphy of Henry Irving the actor, is
described as original and aristocratic, neat,
small and neryous-a sort of wild imitation OF
German letters. Mr. Toole's handwriting is
big and untidy, and Mr.. Barry Sullivan's words
take strides across his paper. something like
the actors strides across the stage. AS rule,