The Portland daily press., 1877-04-13
Men and 1WOmen.

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Men and Women.
Mrs. Kate Chase-Sprague has begun to go in
to Washington society for the first time since
her fathers death. At recent reception she
wore dark velvet and her hat had a scarf of
pale yellow.
Tecumseh Sherman, the-slieutenant generals
youngest child, is little fellow only ten wears
OF age, shy and quiet to a degree, but whose ey.
cry taste turns toward a military career: when
he takes pencil in his hand it is only TO draw
forts and soldiers, guns and capnons, battle-
helds and camps; his toys are drums, swords,
guns and soldiers, small cannon, and his favor
lite reading is the Army Register, for which be
will drop his most cherished story books.
Young as he is he knows the name and station
OF every regiment-infantry cavalry and artil-
lery-in the army; .he knows the rank, actual
and by brevet, the name and station of every
officer, down to the youngest lieutenant. West
Point is the object of his hopes, and he is
thought to be seriously exercised lest his cousin,
George Miles, should SO effectually quell the
northwestern troubles as to leave him no chance
to strike blow.
vi the great man of the moment in Europe,
General Ignatieff, an English journal gives
this lively account: SIT is necessary to have
seen and heard this wonderful dplomatist to
understand with what marvellous facility he
dilates on the most varied themes. Let ten
visitors see him and to each of them he would
describe new policy, maintaining only some
general points, which, are for him like fixed
fagstaffs, to which he attaches the capricious
straamars of his variad yUoxo
ten unfortunate interviewers on leaving him to
compare notes, they would be positively amazed
at this inexhaustble versatility, which inten-
tionally obscures questions in proportion as It
processes to clear them up, and when it likes
confuses the simplest things with the air of ex-
planning or commenting on them. ALL this,
too, is done in the most naturally unpreten-
tious fashion, without any apparent subtlety,
the speaker looking you straight in the face,
and with an animation and fluency seeming to
exclude all possibility of plan.
The wife of the Chinese ambassador at St
James went calling on the wife of a British
magnate the other day, and the butler and foot
men of the latter lady's establishment had to
be locked up, as it is not permitted. that Chin
ese lady of position should be seen unveiled by
tea, and it is rumored that even "Mr Pug"
was sent out of the drawing-room. The am
bassador has three. .Iwives, of whom this is the
third and favorite.
The late DR.. Muhlenberg was in his youth
engaged to marry Miss Coleman, a sister of the
lady to whom James Buchanan was betrothed.
The young woman died before the time set for
the marriage, and it was his grief for this loss
that found expression in his famous verses, 81
would not live Away" He never married.
Washington letter says Secretary Schurz's
daughter isl a lovely girl of about medium
height, with fair complexion, large, bright,
brown eyes, brown hair, decided mouth, q
softly rounded chin, which has a piquant
movement as she talks, and which is cleft by
dimple; she has her mothers attractive man
ner and is very clever.
Mr.. William Black, the novelist, has fur
nished an photographed sketch to one Of
the London weeklies. he was born on the
18th or 10Th of November-he is not sure which
-1841. He had q desultory education,
His earliest ambition was to translate Lyy,
make collection of British plants and con.
struct machine which should demonstrate
perpetual motion at the same time. Next he
desired to be landscape painter and studied
art Tor two years; the result was q complete
| failure, but he was qualified for becoming in
after-ife as he did, an art critic. His literary
career began with literary criticism written for
Glasgow journal; then he wrote sketches OF
| rambles in the country; later he was musical
and dramatic critic. On one occasion-he is
ashamed to confess-he wrote a leading article
On he mario an civil of x,b;ob r. L...-
nothing. In 1864 he acted as special CORE.
spondent of the London Star during the Prus-
so-Austrian war. He did not leave journalism
finally until 1876, so that his may be consid-
cred another instance of literary success arising
from journalistic education.
When Gen. Ricketts, was q wounded prisoner
| in Richmond his wife went to stay with him.
| nursing him and other wounded northern pris-
oners. For three months she was the sunshine
of that horrible place, and her patients have
never forgotten her. Two years afterward she
got into car at the corner of Broadway and
Fifth avenue with her mother. It was full and
she stood moment without a seat Suddenly
great six-footer sprang up at the far end Of
the car, and sang out Gentlemen, stand up.
every one of you and take off your hats, for
l suio 10 3Aks. ooh' AsiOhCsscT WIZ uuIocu IOuI-
teen of us in Libby prison for three months.
God bless her," And they did stand up, and
led by her former patient, cheered until the
/ street rang she in the meantime half provoked
| halEamused and wholly embarrassed.
Henry Wat.erson is tall and light-haired,
wears a fierce moustache and dignifed goatee
One of his eyes is entirely sighiless, AMI the
other so nearly so that he is obliged to get his
head down to within three inches of the table
| when writing, and has to hold the paper or
book almost against his face when reading.
On account of this indrmity he does the great
or part Of his writing by an amanueusis. He
| is rapid in all his movements, talks with volu-
| bility and quick utterance, though always
| clear in his enunciation. He always seems to
| be in hurry, and acts as though he had soms-
| thing else TO do at once-as, indeed he always
| has and he does it, Socially he Is genial, and
as conversationalist remarkably interesting
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