The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-10-24
General Grant In sweden.

Minister to Sweden. to her former
classmate in Vassar College. Though
strictly private missive, the TRANSCRIPT
err has received permission to make
public a portion of it;
On Tuesday morning early father
went down to meet General Grant at
the railway station. 1 was rewarded
for my early rising by having a chance
to see the French prince, the young
Napoleon, who was ust leaving Stock
holm, and who happened to drive across
| the market square. This young prince
is very small, has handsome face and
| head, but looks very much like his
father, especially in the evil expression
which was so apparent in Louis Napo
leon face.
At noon we called on Mrs. Grant.
In the afternoon father and General
Grant took ride. In the evening Mrs
Grant also went to ride, | going as an
int preter. If my Swedish were to be
of no more use to me | should be glad
that [ had learned it, as it enabled me
| to see so much of General Grant.
! Wednesday father and [ accompanied
the Grants and several gentlemen on
an excursion in the royal steam yacht
which the king, being in Norway, had
kindly put at fathers disposal during
General Grants visit. 1t was very
windy, and Mrs. Grant would stay
down in the cabin. General Grant, OF
course, smoked At the dinner, in the
evening. Mrs. Grant had on an elegant
ecrN silk, embossed with crimson vel
vet, and looked very stately. About
ten the reception guests began to ar
rive. There were only about eighty,
as most people were out of town. AS
! General Grant does not speak French [
had to interpret for him sometimes, or
rather to him, for you know he rarely
says anything. The - Minister en-
barrassed me to the last degree by ask
ing me to explain to General Grant how
he esteemed him, asking me to say
things which in French might sound
very we'll, but when translated into
plain English were simply ridiculous.
Thursday morning we went out to drive
with Mrs. Grant. In the evening IA
Their and | went to the eX-Prcsident's
rooms and had very pleasant time.
Commodore Nauderbilt's daughter (the
one to whom he left five millions) was
in the room with two young ladies tray
Cling with her. \, they We're the first
, American girls that | had seen since We
lett home, was delighted to meet them.
At nine O'Clock there was Il sercnadC t.
General Grant by singing club ut
about sixty members, and after that
there We're speeches. There was q
crowd of AS many rs ten thousand peo-
pie, wildly cheering when General
Grant appeared on the balcony. The
next day we went on an excursion in
the royal yacht to the palace of Drot-
tingholm, and in the evening to the
Diurgarden, to great musical .Itte.
All Stockholm was there, partly for
music, partly to see General Grant.
The next day | was with Mrs. Grant all
day, shopping and driving about. Cen
cral Grant delighted me very much by
giving me large photograph of him.
self, with the kindest little speech
about the use | had been to him. If
he we're not generally so silent | should
not have minded, but he almost made
me cry with delight That night We
went to see the General and Mrs. Grant
of for Russia. The harbor was d essed
with flags, and thousands of people
stood on the wharf, all, rs usual, cheer
I ing. Altogether 1t was Il most cventiul
and pleasant week. One of my chief
interests was in watching the face of
General Grant. and wondering what he
was thinking OF, for never was there
more unbelievable and cmotionless
face cut from marble than our Ameri-
can hero has Never did see change
. ,.,k IA
Ill he iuVI tine sensation OF fatigue,
neither before NIcksburG nor IN the
Wilderness campaign. Imagine what
it must he to be made of iron.-H1me
J0'pr0l,
TuE GIRLs Not EQUAL To rr.-Whiie
girls unqucstionably have their uses in
! the economy of nature, and possess
merits exclusively their own 1t may be
bodily asserted that they are totally un-
fit to pursue in company with young
men the studies which constitute the
curriculum If every respectable col
! legc. One OF the earliest studies of
| the Freshman year is the art of getting
! the ianitor's COW INTO the top story of
the dormitory. This can be readily
mastered 10y any young man of good
ability and habits of industry and per
severance; but between girls and COWS
/ there is gulf fixed. The girl, from
her earliest youth, looks upon the COW
RS ferocious beast, prone to keep
young ladies in the air, in positions ia
tai to the proper arrangement of the
back hair. To suppose that three or
four Young lady students are capable