The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-10-13
Men and Women.


daughters to this effect: "Dear papa: Thank
but he's SO lonely. Won't you soon be home,
papa?"
Miss Mary Anderson, who is to appear at
the Boston Theatre next Monday evening, be-
longs to one of the best families in Kentucky.
She has had every advantage which wealth
could lend to her culture, and has adopted the
stage from choice. She is a lady of remarkable
personal beauty, and possesses remarkable
powers as tragedenue.
Little Mabel Leonard, the child actress, may
be young and innocent but she has caught the
spirit of the age pretty thoroughly. She tells
the court that generally if L have money in
my pocket, I spend it, no matter whose it is"
Charlotte Thompson is Mrs. Lorraine Bog
ers; Adelaide Nelson is Mrs. Lee; Marie Cor.
don is Mrs. John T. Raymond; Marie Bra
brook is Mrs. George Rgnold; Clara Morris is
Mrs. Harriott; Kate Claxton is Mrs. Dore
Lyon; Rose Eytinge is Mrs. George 81. Butler;
and Efie Germon is Mrs. Nelse Seymour.
Ben De Bars spirit has appeared in st
Louis. A. M. Herring, spritualist, and an
old friend of the comedian, declares that the
ghost pulled his coat in the street; and Mrs.
De Bar is said to have received SLATE mes-
sage from her departed husband concerning the
administration of some business affairs, and
to have recognized his writing; and at
seance his spirit appeared, and. with the laugh
peculiar to the old maR, said that the life
beyond was perfectly delightful, and it had
been unable to find any signs of hell.
Leverrier and Theirs had for the past thirty
years been heartily good friends, though they
were both 'difficile'-men of peculiar and i'm
patient temper. 1t is suggested that Theirs,
who had lively taste for astronomy, under
stood that be could have extracted no informa-
ton, if he had exasperated him, from pro-
fessor as irritable as himself.
Count de Lalaing, the present representative
of the noble Belgian family in which Rubens
was once page, carries his hereditary enthu-
siasm for the great painter SO far as to dress in
the traditional Robens costume, with large
hat and feather, black pourpoint and Spanish
cloak. 1t is said that friendliness has been
kept up between the two families ever since
the young Rubens graced the chateau in at
tendance on the Countess de Lalaing Of his
time
The proposed marriage of the princess Char
lotte of Prussia and Prince Bernhard of SAKE
Meiningen will be one of affection. The young
lady is only seventeen years old; her betrothed,
who is nearly ten years older, and is a man of
unassuming but solid character, has been for
years frequent and welcome visitor in the
family of the Crown Prince. He spent nearly
every Sunday there as companion to Prince
William. playing with the younger children,
reading and practicing music with Princess
Charlotte under the eyes of the Crown Princess.
The youthful triednshp ripened into love and
the proposal of the prince has met with the en-
tire approval of parents and grand parents.
No political considerations intefere, as the
dukedom to which he is heir counts about 190-
600 inhabitants. and he holds only the rank of
captain la suite in the Prussian army. The
young Charlotte is special favorite of Queen
Victoria, and in spite of her youth is finely ac-
complished. She has much practical sense and
agentle, sympathetic and benevolent nature.
She has a pleasant face marred only by the
peculiarly unlovely mouth which Queen Vcto-
ria shares W tn her descendants.
newspaper letter.writer who lately sat
near the Princess of Wales at the theatre in
London thus describes her appearance: "Her
face is exceedingly gentle and pretty, and she
smiles as frequently as a pleased school girl;
yet occasionally nervous and anxious express
sion fits across her countenance as if she were
enduring sudden and acute pain. Her hair is
ofia pretty chestnut brown. and is very skilfully
dressed in style that was invented for her and
for long time worn by no one but her. A
large false piece covers the whole top of her
head, and from the forehead backward is one
mass of tiny curls and dainty puffs; at the back
the usual plaits or puffs finish the couture
These 'scalpettes' are for sale now at the diff
erent hard-ressers and in consequence it is not
an unusual circumstance to meet ladies who
at first glance seem to bear quite a striking re-
semblance to Alexandra, on acc cunt of their
wearing the scalpette of curls.'
Mr.. Charles Reade is the most puuant of
letter-writers. In recent note mentioning
some criticisms of the false concords (French)
in the woman Halter he tells Mr.. Yates
that "Here an Englishman, though fair
scholar, is fable to trip, unless he writes with
his nose in a dictionary. and the greatest
Ounce is sure not to trip if he writes with his
nose in dictionary. Macaulay was good
French scholar, yet in note to his "History of
England he writes la Uoyage Now the
French are agreed that all journeys are mascu-
line. For my part think it as little discredit-
able to Macaulay to have forgotten the pseudo
vrility OF French journeys as it is little credit
able to me that happen, by a miracle, to
remember it. However, this is not
the general opinion. False concords
pass for the felonies of bad grammar. I
PROMISE therefore, to avoid them in future, as
my critics avoid them-by going to the die
tionary. Meantime, as the press, by hammer
ing on this nail, is diverting mems minds
from the valuable truths in ga Woman
Hater," and creating somewhat exaggerated
notion of my Ignorance, beg to send to you
by this post a cory of French comedy writ
ten by me, and entitled lie Faubourg Saint
German and feel L may safely leave it to
your candor to decide whether it requires more
French and more brains to take down die
honary and avoid the sort of errors have
made in ga Woman Halter, or to produce "Le
fsuoourg St Germain," piece en- deu1 actes,
ecrste en- Francois, lou peu sen fault, par yotre
serUiteur bien deUoue.
A lady writing from Constantinople to the
Cologne Gazette says, SIT is a significant sign
OF the times that people of foresight are begin.
ming to pay great attention to the heir of the
throne, Reschid Effendi. While secret homage
is thus paid to the sun rising at no very distant
time, they do not altogether cease busying
themselves with the fate of Murad who has
set in gloomy mental night. His transfer from
Cheraghau to Topkapon, that weird palace on
he summit of the Seraglio, in whose galleries
fallen notabilties were formerly strangled, dis
PEELED for moment the unfortunate mans
apathy. He held fast to his seat when he was
to be taken away to Cheraghan, and yielded
only to force His mother now anxiously
watches over him, and tastes all the dishes
prepared for him. His captivity is shared by a
person to whose romantic history it would be
difficult to find a parallel. When Murad was
still prince it was related that he was having
q young and handsome Circassian named
Blanche educated quite as a European with his
physicians children, and destined her for his
harem. This was thought caprice of the en-
hghtened Oriental. Hardly, however, had
Murad succeeded to the throne than it was
learned that Blanche was his daughter, Eu-
Iopean peing probably her mother. During a
lew weeks of splendor Rlancha ,ros loooad