The Portland daily press., 1878-11-13
Men and Women,

down with post-horses to his summer residence
in Normany, sending his family ahead Of him
by rail Hs cherishes lively regard for the
Empire and Is devout Catholic.
young man at ST. Paul, MINI. found, on
going to mind-resding entertainment, that
his two rivals had taken seats on either Of his
sweetheart. Being sensible young man, he
sent up their names to the mind-reader as
eligible subjects whereon to test his art, aud
when, amid the acclamations Of the audience,
his rivals mounted the psnitential platform
and proceeded to AXE themselves ridiculous
he trumphantly took his seat beside the lady.
Bob IDgersoll is buying up gods, having noue
of his own, and has an omniverous appetite for
those of every nation and degree Of ugliness
he attended an auction of rubbish and rarities
at New York last week. and bought 40 or 80
heather divinities of all sorts, from an African
fetch to gaudily decorated Japanese idols, at
prices from 373 cents to So Sarouy, the photo
grapuer, was lngersol's active competitor, bat
the latter gave the successful bid every time, no
matter how stoutly he was pushed.
The will Of Alex ,nder McGlll. Of Allegh
City, Pa, has Just been filed. 1t is dated jan
nary 1, 1873, and leaves his property, worth
$4,000, to certain relatives tr lfe aud TO
three aunts in Ireland, or the survivors of
them, when the American heirs die IL there
are no heirs surviving ia the old country the
money is to go to the President Of the United
States, to be applied to farthering the interests
of the National Democratic party. II the
Presiden: is not a Democrat the meuey Is to
remain on deposit till Democratic chief mag
istrate has been inaugurated
Modjesks is doing fair business in the Fifth
Avenue theatre. They expect to pull up with
Edwin Booth. fear they will bs mistaken.
Booth is hen-pecked man, and that kind Of
man dare not have handsome Desdemons, an
attractive Ophelia or q beautiful Juliet In his
support. The consequence is if Edwin Booth
puts in slovenly appearance, as he has done
the last four times be played here, IL he has
wretched farcical com pany, as he invariably has
here, Edwin Booth will play to losing houses
as Edwin Booth generally does in the city Of
New York. Edwin, tumble to this or your drs-
matte goose is co0ked.-Joe Howard's New
| York Letter.
Striking auecdote of General Grant from the
Paris Figaro: Some time after the war of Sc
cesson he was at great banquet in Baltimore
replying to toast, and he had said: 'Yf there
| -AeSe 70 q ANOitn auu a OOutD, 20 mQcQ sut
worse. There shall bel We will brook no re-
sistance, and treat as captives those who have
not been our friends" At this moment a tele-
gram was handed to the orator, signed by one
| OF the most Influential Senators, NJ. J-B-,
which said, "a conciliatory policy is indispsn-
sable" M. Grant was not disconcerted, bat
glancing at the telegram continued: 1--WE will
treat as captves those who have been our
friends! Yes, gentlemen, that is the language
attributed to us by our adversaries Bus our
mission is happier one Ours is, above all,
party of peace and harmony, and"-
Here is story that they are telling with
great gusso in the studios. Whether it is true
or not do not know, but at any rate 1t is stud
led from the life. Mr.. Firth had little girl
for model the other day, and. wishing to give
her an intelligent expression, he entered into
conversation thus: "HAve you been sitting to
anyone late)y?' 'sYes, sir; to Mr. Cope"
'Any one else?' "Mr. Horsley" "Ab, Hort
ley-any enc else?" "I sat to Mr. Whistler
yesterday" ''What did be ssy?" "He asked
me if had been sitting to any one lately, and
told him Mr.. Cope" "What did he say to
that?" HE asked me who else, and said Mr.
Horsey." What did he say then?" "Hs
asked me who else, and said L had been ST.
ting to you, SIR" "Well, and what did he saw
tbeu?' "Ae said, What q damned crew."
London World.
The most interesting possessions Of Boston
are no doubts its girls There is no little fun
made by the society wits and the casual letter.
writer's about the Boston girl, her CUSTOMARY
Greek and Latin, her blue specracles and
stockings, and her cheek-bones If any one
has taken these jokes seriously, let him turn
saunterer down fremont street some fine after
noon, and bs converted There is worse fsod
for maiden charms than baked beans and para
digms, and the east winds make the roses
bloom and the eyes brighten. There Is no
street in America like fremont street for the
best American types Of beauty. Anything
voluptuous or famboyant, or on the other
hand, anything blsnched and etiolated, one
seldom sees among these girls-but the fine,
expressive, meaning-fall face, with serious
gray eyes, the OUTLOOK Of q free, thoughtful
spirit, and the elegant. light, trim figure,
dressed with skilled grace and not to the ex-
tremity Of fashion-these are common orns-
ments of that promenade. There are not few
examples of what might bs called the ''aristo-
cratic type in Boston streets. Young women
who look the inheritors of culture and family
traditions-and yet this Is misleading They
may he all that-for there are few old fauf-
lies left in Boston and thereabouts, notwith-
standing the foreign domination. But they
are almost as like ly TO be daughters OF the peo-
ple-the first fruits Of democratic culture,
instead OF the crown OF generations.-Saunterer
in Springfield Republican.
IT beautiful women Of sable complexion
are 10 be found in Africa, it must, IL thought
be in the household of such powerful despot
as Mtesa, who has the pick of the flower of so
many lands. Accordingly 1 looked sharply
amongst the concubines that might become
acquainted with the sty le Of pure African beau
ty. Nor was quite disappointed though had
often times imagined that his wives would not
have all been Of superior personal charms.
But Mtesa apparently differs widely from Earc-
peans in his tastes. There were not more
than twenty out of all the five hundred that
were worthy of aglance of admiration from
q white man with any eye fr style and beau
| ty, and certainly not more than three deserv-
| ing of many glances. These three, the most
comely among the twenty beauties of Mtesa's
court, were of the Wahuma race, no doubs
fcom Ankori. They had the complexion of
quadroons, were straight-nosed and thin-lipped
with large lustrous eyes. In the other graces
of beautiful form, they exeslled, and Hafz
might have said with poetic rapture that they
were straight as palm trees and beautiful As
moons" The only drawback was their hair
| the short, crisp hair Of the negro race-but In
| all other points they might be exhibited as the
perfection of beauty which Central Africa can
produce. Mtesa. however, does not believe
them superior or even equal to his well-heshed,
unctuous-bodied. hat-nosed wives; indeed
when pointed them out to him one day at
private audience, he even regarded them with
| a sneer. Speke, If 1 remember rightly, declares
that fatness ir womsn-kind is Synonymous
with bsauty in Uganda. This may once have
been the case, but it is certainly not so now,
| for in few women regarded with great favor BY
Mtesa or his chiefs have I seen any gross cor
| pulence Of body. Naturally, where there is
| abundance of good, digestible food and this
| climate is agreeable. humanity Of the respecta-
BILE class will generally be found well clothed In
| flesh, bs it in Uganda or England, bat 1t is
somewhat unreasonable to state that the