The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-05-10
Gossip,
About Men and Women.

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with small eyes, thick lips, and sensuous
cast OF features He lives in semi-regal splen-
dor, maintains palace, harem and costly
stud OF horses, and is a bon vicant of the first
water. In the Russc-Turkish war he headed
the Egyptian contingent and distinguished
himself by his quarreIs with Mehemst Ali.
During the seige of Plevna, he lurked behind
the fortresses of the QuadrilatsraI, doing little
or nothing to oDstruct the progress Of the in
vader. Nevertheless he has been received in
English society; the University of Oxford has
conferred on him the degree OF ID. q. L and
fashionable circles have discerned in him mapy
admirable qualities.
The girdle presented as a wedding gift to the
Empress Marie Louise by Napoleon and be-
Gueathed by the Empress In 1847 to the late
Countess of Westmoreland, is to be sold under
the BANNER in London. The ceintare is of
gold, the design being classic, of the style of
the Empire, formed of two narrow bands
| OF open work, set with pearls in
the form of the Greek honeysuckle at the edges
and Joining at the centre with large antique
onyx cameo of Apollo and muse, from which
hangs long pendant increasing 10 width down
TO the lower edge, where 1t is ornamented with
nve imperial crowns, each having 8 tassel of
loose pearls. The pendant, being flexible is
made OF broad open-work links of two patterns,
| repeated alternately and gradually larger and
larger from the waist downward. The one of
these is sort of true.lover's knot, inclosing
| wreath with star of gold; the other q wreath
with the Napoleon bee. The edges are orns-
| mented throughout with honeysuckle orna-
ment in pearls set q jour
Apropos to this expression" J" making acquain
tance." was little taken aback the other day
at hearing the sharp reply of q kind not so
common in these days as In those of Lady Hol
land and Lady Mary Wortley Montague. A
certain gentleman had for some time admired
certain lady without knowing her. She had
been informed that he desired to know her, and
1t CHANGED one day that they met at the house
OF friend and were introduced. Exhibiting
his sudden sense of satisfaction at the rencoun.
ter, be darted eagerly forward. and, with his
hand extended, exclaimed, "Happy to meet
| you, Miss F.; delighted TO make your &C.
| quaintance." The lady, with curled lip, suf-
fered the pendent hand to lie before her as she
| replied, lyon haven't made it yet, sir" giving
| him to understand that the acquaintance of =
| lady is not made from a single introduction,
| nor Is her hand to be shaken as II 1t were q
Chinese puzzle. Indeed, there are some men
who have a fashion of otfefing their hand that
wonld lead one to say, "What shall do with
| it?' When will Americans leave off hand
shaking, or st least learn when not to hske?
George Francis Trains custom adopted from
the japanese, is the best-to shake ones own
hand and preserve ones electricity, not giving
| 1t out to every chaDce-comer.-Boston Trans
| cript.
heard of rather amusing reply given the
other evening at ball by an American girl in
London society, who had strsyed away from
the ballroom. Her mother subsequently, dig
covered her in remote nook With gentleman.
| who had his arm around her waist, while she
rested the tips Of her pretty little fingers on his
manly shoulder. Daughter, what's all this?"
| exclaimed the irate mamma. Saucy cheeks
looked up calmly, and replied: mamma, al
| low me to introduce Captain x. to you. had
promised him dance, but was so tired that 1
couldn't keep my word, and I'm just giving
him sitting-still waltz instead. "-Olive Logan.
A picture of beautiful model which the late
Thomas Couture painted in three hours and for
ty minutes, was bought by Russian for $4,000.
His picture Of Roman scene, painted In 1847,
made him instantly a man of power and fame
in art. what are you going to commence
now?" asked one of his pupils at that time !;
"what new grand work?" 'I'll tell you," an
swered Couture; ''my ambition Is to paint q
glass of water standing on polished piece Of
marble. 10 the glass will be beautiful rose
with dew-drop upon it, and in the marble you
will see the reflection" "But you are not Sc
Iious?" exclaimed the youth. "After what
you have accomplished you must continue"
| ''Yes, 1 am serious. l wish to make fortune.
| To work for glory and TO die of hunger is not
| my ambition" Couture became rich, not by
his own industry, but by the death of his father
| and small fortune brought him by his wife.
After years of separation the questioning pupil
| visited him in his home to see what the master
| ha6 accom- plished in the past years. "Come
| with me-" said Couture, after the usual COM
4 k~l hoo -. 0 -
| and will show you something beautiful-some-
| thing have boen painting for the fete Of my
wife. Look therel'' 1t was rose ip glass
of water, reflected in the piece of white marble
on which it was Standing. "Ah, know tp'
cried the pupil. "Know 1t? Impossible 1t
| was oDly psinted Yesterday" eyes. have
known it since 1S47" 1t was the ambitious
conception which had entered bis head thirty
| years before, after he had been proclaimed vic
| tor.
The raising by Leo XIII. of the lieutenant
| of the sovereign Order of St. cohn of Jerusa-
lem to the dignity of grand master brings into
notice an institution whose very existence was
for long time almost ignored. 1t was founded
10 the Holy Land in The year 104S, and lost its
last grand master in 1908, since which year its
sgairs have been administered by Q bailf
holding the title of lieutenant With the out
| break of the Frsnco-German war, the order
| acquired r6nOWu IN EurOp6-tn0ugn ron0WQ OIL
| different kind from that gained in the early
| ages-by good services among the sick and
| wounded on the field of battle. Its seat at
present is at Rome, where it possesses mag
| nificent home in the midst of a large garden on
| the eastern slope of the Aventine Hill The
institution is also known as the Order of Malta.
The late Bishop Ames is characterized by
The Christian Advocate as 'the great Method
ist statesman Of the last half century," 1t was
as statesman that he rendered bis most vau-
able services to the church, and displayed his
greatest ability. He had large resources and
seemed always ready fer an emergency. His
personal appearance was imposing, and the
power of his character gave it an air of majesty.
"He had not feature from his massive brow
or searching eye to his dominating nose, stiff
| upper-lip, resolute mouth, or massive chin, that
| did not bespeak and become q natural king of
| men. His bat, worn squsrely on his head, as
If put on to stay; his capped overcoat, giving his
| form all the advantage of his size and grace,
and his hands clasped in front, made up pic
| ture not soon to be forgotten by this generation
| of Methodists.
The London Athena um Is of opinion that as
literary critic alone no writer could ever have
attained the popularity which Matthew Arnold
has wop. Mr.. Symonds, Mr.. Pater, and NJ.
Swnburne are, it thinks, "too remote from
mankind to be held by 1t Of mere than dilet-
tante account" Mr.. Arnold has most In COM
mon with John Morley and Mr.. Psttison, but
he lacks the fervor of Mr.. Morley and the lucid
precision and incisive wit of Mr.. Pattison. But
sin certain fascinating susvty' he excels
them both. The essay on Goethe, in Mr.. Ar
nold's new volume, leads the Athen @um to sx-
press its regret that he has "joined the ignoble
throng who have thrown mud at Christiane
Vulpius." The mere fact of her long relation.
ship to Goethe should have been enough, 1t
thinks, ito shield her from attack by any one
who has real reverence for the master" It
adds that 'irrefutabls testimony" was collected
by Bsyard Taylor which "proves Chfistians to
have been a woman not only of very sincere
and devoted affection, but also of real intelli-
gence and even of considerable cultivation. /"
Mr.. Arnolds estimate of Goethe as a man of
genius is that he is the greatest poet of nod
ern times" and this not because he is oue of
the half-dozen human beings who u ths histo-
~ OF the -sce have shown the most signal gift
Tor poetry, but because he was at the same time
by lar our greatest modern man." Through