The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-04-11
Gossip.
About Men and Women

The Queen of the BsIgians visited the Lon.
don Home for Lost Dogs, the other day, and
the ingenious Court Circular detected in this
movement of curiosity ''thst kindness ard hu-
manity which are the distinguishing char
acteristcs' of her majesty.
A Louisville young woman writes to a mod
est and stupid youth, "Yes, when you asked
me if would marry you-Ohi ought not to
have done it, suppose-but then it was such an
opportunity, and so smiled the cue to you and
answered, 'Neverp And you stupid, you f,ozs
and bowed like telegraph pole and tf.. Obi
dear me, and certainly thought that at this
day there was nobody under the sun who was
so qnpardonably obtuse so far behind the age
and rage, that he would not have instantly met
me with, What, pever?' and given me the
chance to reply, We'll, hardly ever"
A woman cured her husband of staying out
late at night by going to the door when he
came home and whispering through tn, key
hole: els that you Willie?" Her husbands
name is John, and he stays at home eyery
night now, and sleeps with one eye open and a
revolver under his pillow.-New Orleans DEM
ocrat.
Nine. Bonaparte in her younger days once
attended state dinner, and was taken to the
table by Lord Dundas. He had already re-
ceived some of her sarcastic speeches, and in
not very pleasant mood asked her whether she
had read Mrs. Trollope's book on America.
She had. swell madam said the Enelish.
man, "what do you think of her pronouncipg
all Americans vulgarians?" "I am not sur
prised at that" answered sprightly 'Betsy
Bonaparte." "Were the Americans tbs do.
scendants of the Indians or the Esqumaux. [
should be astonished; but being the direct de-
scendants OF the English, it would be very
strange if they were not vulgarians" There
was no more heard from Lord Dundas that
evening.
London World philosophy Self-conscious
modesty is almost impropriety. Where the
mind is dwelling on some particular vice with
the express intention of avoiding it, great
step has already been taken towards its COM
mission at some future time'
In this county there is family in which
there are bright governess and a young and
fair daughter, who, like so many other young
and fair daughters, has more thoughts for 9th
er things than for her studies. Not long since
her mother discovered, to her horror, that this
young and fair daughter was receiving claudes-
tine letters from a man! Indignant, she few
to the governess, and received for explanation
that it was she herself who personated the un-
hGOWA CufIoopOuuoub. : dFuOD, madame, lt
is only my little ruse to cheat ma m 'selle into
study When she would reply to an unknown
lover-a Frenohman-n,on Dieu! how quickly
she will learn the French langusgep' Hence
forth governesses have no excuse il their
charges do not improve. Louisville Courier
Journal.
Many of the Russian czars, like the Jewish
and Persian rulers of former times, have borne
names which had definite, and not unfre-
flxy
their owD language. Sviatoslav, "G,ory is sa-
cred,' was fit title for the fierce corqueror
who sacrificed his own life and the safety of
his kingdom to his thirst for military renowp.
Vladimir, the first Christian czar of Russia.
and one of her most famous warriors, was not
upjustly named "master of the world" while
the title, VI grew in fame" well bsftted the
great lawgiver, Yaroslav, who succeeded him.
The name of Vsevolod call powerfully was
less happily bestowed upon oee of the weakest
and most unfortunate of Russian sovereigns;
but the parsimonious habits of Ivan Koshelek
(John the Purse) fully bore out his singular til
tie, while the names of Ivan Velki and Ivan
Grozni John the Great and John the Terrible
were equally appropriate to his famous success
sors. The name of Goods Gift (rheodore)
was bitter sarcasm as applied to the WORTH
less imbecile with W hom ended the line of Ru.
ric; but the second of the Romanoffs, under
whom Russia finally triomphed over her great
enemy, Poland, we'll merited his title of Alexey
C'deiender'o The iron rule of the late czar
fully justified, in one sense at least, his name
of Nicholas (''conqueror Of the people'), and
the present sovereign has an equal right to
that of Alexander C'defender of men''), in vr-
tue OF the emancipation of 1861
An cid lady in Lockpoft, N. Y, recently
achieved eminence by carrying a quart of
popped-corn to donation party, and eating
two dozen fried oysters, pound of crackers,
three slices of fruit cake, half a mince pie and
some apples, after which she was threatened
with "spasm", and in the effort to prevent II
she sacrificed all the wine there was in the
house. She attends donations regularly and
does good deal for the church in that way.
The Misses Clara, Hilda, Ellen and Henri
ette Montalba are four brilliantly accomplished
sisters of Spanish blood who live in London
and who are known alike for their social graces
and their artistic skill. The youngest sister
Henriette, is q charming little sculptor, and
will send to the Royal Academy this year, a
bust Of Mr.. Blanchard Jerrold. The three
other sisters are successful painters. Miss
Clara Montabs, pupil of Isabey, is especially
remarkable for her Venetian scenes. These
young ladies are especial friends and favorites
of Princess Louise, and the Misses Hilda and
Henrette Montalba are now visiting her &C
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Old Maids and Old Bachelors