The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-02-07
Men and Women.

Men and Women.
"I'l never invita- her to visit me again." said
an English girl; "she shut herself up in her
own room the whole morning while she was
with US. and copied all my towels" Here's a
oew social sln; civilization grows more CON-
plicated daily.
Lizards and flies are purched on muffs now,
but squirrels and mice are announced as on the
way to take their place. We shall yet see the
camel and the date palm, which Mrs. Whit
ney's heroine thought would be pretty; and
then small elephant with real ivory tpsks
and rubber tail, gracefully waving his trunk
from the top of q bo anet. Sentiment is every-
thing, and millinery must orient itself first Of
all.-Boston Transcript.
wicked western correspondent SAYS that
three out of five New England women are like
the moderately educated, moderately good look
ing, moderately young and moderate
ly wel-bred matron who does her own
work, ecolds her husband, gets ths chill
sren OH TO school, puts the beans in the water
to swell and the bread in pans to rise and runs
over to Mrs. Pettibone's to get her recipe for
raised cake, and learn Row long Horace Case
sat up the night before with the redhesded
daughter of the family living overhead.
An aged deacon at Msmakating, N. Y, be-
coming wesried of the nocturnal visits of his
neighbor's dog to his sheepfold, caught the
owner of the dog asked the deacon why he had
killed the animal, and the good man replied
that be bad mistaken it flr wild Cat, which
indeed the dog resembed as closely as he did a
rhlnOceros. Then the owner said, ''Why did
you tie the supposititious wild Cat to tree bs
fore shooting it?' and the deacon meekly,
answered, "Because was afraid of it,"
Mueller, Newark, N. j., German, out OF
work aud on the verge of starvation, cut an
old Bible into washers in spirit of wantoc.
ness. put the washers over q steel rod, ham,
mered them down tightly ard sandpapered
them, making handsome cane. The Metho-
dists heard of this cane and furnished Mueller
with vOlame of the Rev. Dr. ail's manu-
script sermons from which he made staff that
was presented to the dominic Not only so,
but the making of paper canes has relieved
Mueller's family from want and in bis graft.
tude to the Methodists he has abandoned the
iofid-l notions be held and Joined their mem
bership.
Mrs. Haweis, the Eoglish writer on dress,
recently gave . chldren's fancy ball, at which
daughter Of Walter Cxaue, tbs artist, ap-
peared as Alcestis, in green and white, with
notices from the "Flower and the Leaf"
written on the long ''tppets" of her sleeves,
and daisies around her pretty head-dress, and
was most captivating. Mrs. Haweis's own
children represented Aurelius and Dorigen in
Chsucef's "Franklin's Tale,' their costumes
DeIng charming in themselves and absolutely
true to medi8val authority, even to the very
seams of the hood and "liripipe."
Mrs. Grundy tells good story of the cool
ness with which some women conduct them
selves in Washington. A lady who was Civ
ing party was astonished at the entrance of
party of women. the leader of whom asked
with utter nonchalance, "What is YOUR name?"
The hostess, though taken by surprise, answ-
cred coarteonsly, and the other said coolly, ,"We
are strangers, seeing the sights of Washington, !,
and We heard music aud dancing here as we
were passing aud though we'd drop in so we
could tell our folks at home bow you folks lived
here. We read so much 10 the papers about
your gay doines and all tue corruption
NEVERTHELESS the hostess treated the party
politely and offered them refrehments, of
which they ate heartily and left after pro-
longed stare.
In speaking of early days 10 Illinois, Gen.
Shields said that the Mormons gave Douglas
great deal of trouble at the time that Nauvoo
was their headquarters. Just st this time Joe
Smith had a revelation, commanding the Nor
mons to vote the Whig ticket, aud, as they
were assformidable element 10 the vote of the
State, Douglas and himself called upon Smith
to talk the matter over. Douglas was 80 con-
vincing in his arguments that Smith was con-
verted to his views, bat said as he had had one
revelation it would not do to have another.
He said, however, that if they would call upon
Rgoey Smith, his brother, he could probably
accom- plish what they wished. Rigoey was
accordingly consulted, and at the next conv oca-
ton of the temple he announced that he had q
later revelstion, which directed the Mormous
to vote the Democratic ticket. When Joe
Smith was questioned, on the subisct. he re-
piled that, as R'gney's revelation was later
than his, they must follow that. The result
was q sweeping Democratic victory in that
portion of the State.
The third commander Of the Army Of the Pc.
tomac, Gen. Joseph Hooker, is living In
more obscurity than either Burnside or McClel.
Ian. He has a corner room in A. I. Stewards
hotel at Garden City, with a servant in room
adjacent, aud there the old General, who has
paralysis in one side aud walks with some diff
Guilty, sits down with his secretary and reads
works on military science aud the memoirs of
the various Generals, Federal and Confederate.
who have been publishing since his day. Hook
er is quite we'll off; that is, ne has an income of
perhaps $4,000 year and no posterity or wife
He lives with young man who acts as his clerk
and groom. He comes to Washington sometimes !,
leads very regular and abstemious life, and
expects some day to publish his account of the
war. When Hooker went to the Western ar.
nv he says that General Sherman treated him
with scant courtesy, although he fought sever
al brilliant actions there, and his capture of
Lookout Mountsi0 particularly, touched all
the poets aud painters. He had great pow
er to make his troops euthusi sstic,
aud, although regular officer, affirms
I his belief in volunteers as the best mate
rial to be had. At the close of the war be
married lady of smable mind and exec llent
character and an independent fortune, the sis
ter of Mr. Groesbeck, the Cuciaust, lawyer.
Rumor says that the Groesbeck iuflu nee was
against him with thus lady, aud sne had re-
NAMED unmarried SO loDg that It WIS hoped
her fortuDe would come into tne family. At
any rate, Gen. Hooker prevailed, and not long
| after the marriage he was stricken with paral-
ysis His devoted wife nursed him so faith
fully that she broke down agd died, leaving
b, % her heir, aud making the old soldier inde-.
pendent for the remainder of bis broken days.
How much better was this than to let money
20 into the hands of some EnglIshmau and be-
sent abroad to keep hts foxes and hounds;
Gatb, in Cincinnati Euquirer.
Wade Hampton has not only had to give up
hisintended trip TO Florida, out has taken 10
his bed again. He will probably have to uu-
dergo another amputation of his leg, and is de-
spondent about pulling through.
Investigation shows that three New England
postmssters have collected more money for