The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-01-01
Men and NOmen-

mcn anu women.
Mrs. Lander, the celebrated actress. has cho.
sen Washington as the home Of her remaining
years, and having purchased cosy but unpre-
tentious home, holds very attractive receptions
to her friends.
young Frenchmsn up)n q recent visi. 10
New York, was heard mounfully to ask II all
the agreeable women of America have this un-
fortunate mania for serving on committees
This tendency, II admitted, might be excused,
says the Art Interchange, upon the ground that
woman has so little chance to lift her yoire
and testify like Manse Hesdrigg, especially
among those of her own sex, that she is glad to
take shelter under the parliamentary observ-
ances of committee to air her views and gain
q hearing.
This curious description Of Rufus Choats Ia
given by writer in the The Cincinnati Com
mercisl: "His counteusnce was strange and
wild, very dark, all deeply and traversely fur
rowed, and surmounted by black, short hair
that stood on end in ringlets and kings, through
which his hands were ever rushing wildly; his
eyes were black and piercing. He had a wsy
of winding up tragic thought by couvulsiye
shudder, in which, rising on the tips Of his toes
"-N %" yAbs iok uOmcut, ne WOulQ come
down with his whole weight on his heels, max
ing the floor shake, and producing startling
effect.
The marriage of Robert Taylor, Congress-
man elect from Tennessee, to a niece of Cover
nor Vance took place at Ashvlle, 10. las.
week. The bride, Miss Sallie Baird. was chat.
fing him at the time of his nomination. he be-
ing young Democrat of rather light weight
and his district being strongly Republican, and
agreed to marry him in the event of his cleo
tion. With such an inducement he went 20
WORK, and by the favor of his friends and the
folly OF his opponents he succeeded handsome.
iy, carrying the district for the Democrats ths
first time since the war. The damsel was an
gooo as her word, and the marriage tables
we've spread as soon after The election as cir
cumstances would admit.
Senator Bruce is described as q we'll appear
ing man; his complexion is coffee colored; his
hair ia carefully brushed; it is not straight. but
has the curl characteristic of his race. Hs
dresses remarkably WELL not foppishly. He In
an unusually intelligent looking man for his
race, is modest and unassumiug, aud never
participates in the debates unless they
in some way Affect the interests of his
state. His wife is slender, shapey woman.
Her complexion is thoroughly Andalusisn.
She has delicate, high.bred features, sipeularlv
full OF repose, and manner and bearing emf
nently refined; her eyes are large, and have
the tender expression so specially the pecu-
liarity of the Moorish women. She is highly
educated, and has many intellectual resources.
The late Bsyard Taylor, in q letter lust
printed in the Wilmington (DeL) Commercial.
thus refers to his name: 81 was named by NV
parents simply 'Bsyard,' after James A.
Bayard. the grandfather of your senator. Ass
boy of 10 or II sometimes attached u (ueyer
James) to my name, foolshly thinking it
would look better. When my first volume of
poems came out, Rufus Griswold, my first lit
erary FREUD, put james Bayard Taylor on the
title-page, and the small private edition was
printed before could correct 1t. The matter
was an annoyance to me then, and has been
ever since. felt bound to retain the j., how
ever. until was q, and became legally rsspon-
sbe for my signature. Then L dropped it in
stantly, and have never since used anything
else than my original and only true name"
OF Mrs. J. w. Mackey, the wife of one OF
the Bonanza kings, gushing Paris correspen-
dent says: 'She is one of the most charming
hostesses Of the American colony. Accom-
plished and intellectual (shs speaks French and
Spanish asperfectly as she does Englishl the
charms of her mind would eclipse those of her
person were not both thrown into the shade by
the exquisite loveliness and sweetness of her
noble aud elevated nature. She is very lovely,
and is still quite young. Her form is petite
snd faultlessly proportioned, her hair dark and
her eyes Of exceeding beauty being la,ge and
lustrous, Of q dark, clear blue, shaded with
long, black lashes Unspoiled and uuspoilabls
BY a position that would have turned the
heads of ninety-nine women out Of q hundred,
she wears its onerous dignities as gracefully
and with as little ostentstion as she might Q
resh-plucked flower. All tine ridiculous stories
shat have appeared respecting her in the pa
pers are pure invention. She never wanted to
illuminate the Arc de Triomphe, for instance,
and never offered to buy Il. Gentle, gracious,
generous and kindly-hearted is she, and the
world is all the better for having such woman
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