The Portland daily press., 1878-07-27
Men and Women,


Men and Women.
'Byron," said one of the friends of the
famous dramatist, "do you think London ought
to illumine when Lord Bsaconsfield returns?"
81 think NOT returned the wit, 'le Jew re
vaut pas la chandelle."
Mosby, the ex-guerila, is described as
quiet looking, medium-sized man, of pleasing
manners, With clean-shaven features, good
sized nose, blue-grey eyes, a resolute mouth
and short gray hair.
Mrs. Langtry, the hen of the walk among
the "reigning beauties of London is described
by an undismayed colonial girl as "a quiet
looking, somewhat pallid, dark-haired, large
eyed, high.shouldered, wasp-waisted lady, in
white Dress" "nice. looking, and trying little
too deliberately to display inconsistencies of
the scene about her."
Sweet sixteen made a stir in Ann Arbor
when she was graduated at the close of the
term. The subject of her commencement
essay was "My Lovers" She handled them
without gloves, gave their Names described
their manner of courtship, and pointed out
their mistakes-dissected them in public, as
1t were
This from the London World: "Lord Bea-
consfeld asked Lord Odo Russell what was the
French for a sole. 'Une anae,' he answered,
supposing, of course. that his eloquent chief
was intending to perorate in elevated language,
and never thinking of the humble fish so ia
miliar in our domestic life. Late in the day he
heard with CONSERVATION that the premier had
repaired to a well-known restaurant and or
dered for his luncheon, 'auae anne trite.'''
Miss Nellie Walworth. the authoress of An
Old World as seen by Young Eyes; or Travels
Around the World, is temptingly described as
petite, plump, with round face and fair COM
plexiop, with rosy cheeks, pair of beautiful
blue eyes, intense in their expression of intel
ligeuce, and shock of short, brown curls,
clustering close about her welcomed head, a
perfect type of a healthful, natural, intellect
ual young girl, CHEEKY and bright and full of in
terest in life, without morbid tendency Her
mother is handsome woman of good propor-
tions, with brown hair and eyes, refined and
cultivated, one who has suffered and grown
strong. They occ upy the historic Walworth
mansion, the Oldest house in Saratoga.
The first marquis of France has inst died,
the count of Mailly, prince of Lsle and Mar
Mailly, who so heroically defended Louis XVI
on the 10th of August, and great-grandson of
Louis de Mailly, prince of Orange and COM
mandant of the Gendarmerie of France, four
of whose five handsome daughters, by the
way, were titled mistresses of Louis XIV, and
the fifth might have been but for her husbands
promise to blow out her brains if even suy-
picion of scandal were attached to her name.
The title is as old as the eleventh century, In
1410 members OF the family were allowed to
place the feur-ie-lys in their coronets, like
princes of the blood, distinction never awarded
to any other house, but conferred on Mailly
in recognition of his services as regent during
the insanity of Charles vi. The late counts
second son fell in 1870 at the head of regi-
ment of mobiles, being the forty -eighth mem
Der of the family to die on the battle field fight
ing for his country.
King John of Abyssinia, it is reported, has
abdicated in favor Of Menelek IT,, who claims
to trace his descent from King Solomon and
the queen of Sheba. The abdicated monarch.
if such indeed he be, is described as being a
man about thirty-two years old, of middle
height, slim, with black hair, energetic eyes,
slighty-curved nose, small mouth and face
deeply bronzed. He is extremely agile, excels
in all games, is brave to temerity, impassive as
Hindoo, and the best rider in the country.
When the French consul, M. de Larsech, paid
him visit at his palace about two years ago,
he found King John squatted in Ethiopian
fashion on raised red and gold dais,
assembled by nine steps, He was rooed
in an ample cloak of gold cloth, and
wore on his head the triple crown of
Ethiopia, resembling the crown OF Solomon.
Around were the feudatory princes, with costly
white and purple garments, each wearing
light crown. On both sides of the hall were
ranged the crown vassals, and on one of the
steps reclined Agoe, one of the four lions which
according to etiquette, precede the king in bat
tie. For several years be was involved in var
with Egypt which was brought to close about
q year ago, after Abyssinia had been twice
invaded by Gordon Pacha.
Prince Eugene Romanovski Leuchtenbep,
who is soon to be married to sister of the
well-known Russian General, Skobeleff, is Ii
rect descendant of the Vicomte Alexandra de
Beauharnais and the Martinique Creole joe
phine, who afterward became the wife of he
first Napoleon. The present Princes granada
Their was Eugene Beauharnais, the adopted nn
of the Emperor Napoleon, the son-in-law of a
German King, Viceroy of Italy, heir to tie
Princedom of Venice, to the Iron Crown #
Lombardy, to the Grand Duchy of Frankfort
Arch-Chancellor of the Empire, Marshal of
France, and SO FORTH He ended by being sim
pie Duke of Leuchtenberg, principality which
his Bavarian father-in-law ceded to him fe1
100000 francs. His son, Macmillan, the ia.
Their of the bridegroom-elect, married the eldest
daughter of Gear Nicholas hence the affix of
Romanovski and the utilization of West In
dian Creole's descendants with the Imperial
House of Russia. The present Duke of Leuch-
tenberg is unmarried. Prince Eugene, his heir
presumptive, is thirty-one years of age, an Off
Ger in the Lancers of the Guard, and has been
already married-in 1S69-to Countess Daria
Opotchinine, who died in the following wear.
She was created Countess Beauharnais, title
by which Miss Skobeleff will also be known.
for the mingled blood of the Tartar Catherine
and of the Creole Josephine is too noble to be
remiugled with any more plebian stuff than it.
self without such protest.