The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-03-13
Gossip
About Men and Women.

The Washington correspondent of the Chi
cago Times draws this picture of Speaker RAN
dali: "Sam Randall would attract interest in
almost any crowd. He is tall, broad -shoul-
dered and very individual in his personal bear
ing. His face is dead sallow white, and
stands out in marked contrast with his in
tensely jet black eyes and coal black hair. He
almost always wears steel-bowed glasses. The
lower part Of his face, which is always clean
shaved, indicates bulldog firmness and tenac-
itv. He almost invariably dresses in black.
He is devoted to his family"
The story goes that Collette, the fifteen-year-
old daughter whom Alexander Dumas has
proudly introduced in society, and her sister
Jeannine, aged twelve, recently expressed
themselves to lady questioner as follows:
"Whom do you wish to marry?" asked the
lady of the elder of the girls. II wish to
marry an IDIOT" she replied; "and the trouble
is am sure some day or other to meet a great
er idiot than he, and perceive that have been
too hasty in my choice" "Don't be alarmed
sister," reioined Jeannine; "you will never
meet greater imbecile than the man who will
marry you."
"What an audience he wasl'' BENJAMIN
Webster is quoted as saying of thelate Colonel
Bateman, the father of "Leah.'' "Do you rec
ollect his thick stick? Never saw such stick
in my life. 1 knew its thunder at the back of
the pit and in the boxes, and in the next act
the heroic father would be in the stalls with
his handkerchief out leading the weeping.
Yes, crying like childl''
Victor Hugo is reported to be inveterately
fond of coffee, taking it not only after each
meals but at intervals during the day. He
works only during the morning, never after
the midday meal. He writes on large-sized
Holland paper made expressly for him, and
works standing before high desk. When he
gets tired he PAGES up and down his study,
swallowing now and then little coffee or
sugared water, but never by any chance sit
ting down, His evenings are nearly always
devoted to guests, whom he takes great pains
to entertain. 1t related that one evening
worthy Protestant divine who had had a phil
osophical discussion all to himself, suddenly
turned round to Victor Hugo. in whom no
doubt, he expected to meet with success and
said in grave tone, "Will you give us your
definition of 'Evil? evil" sharply replied
Victor Hugo, 'at the present moment consists
in talking of it and not amusing the ladies'"
John Woolery was angry at Leaduille, be-
cause his wife's sister Mamie did not come
home directly from church, and he remarked
that she was probably lettering with sweet
heart. Mrs. Woolery had previously suspected
him of being in love with Mamie, and now she
accused him openly. He replied, ''If any man
comes home with her I'll show you whether
love her." A man did acco1pany her to the
door. Woolery shot her, thongh not fatally,
and then killed himself
A veiled figure entered sick woman's room
at Grand Rapids, handed her aphial, and said
mysteriousy: "This is the boss medicine
take tit will cure you." Notwithstanding
the slang, the woman regarded the visitor as
supernatural and took the prescribed dose; but
it proved to be poison, and her life was barely
saved. The poisoner has not been discovered.
The Duchess of Marlborough lately received
the following: "Lee, Kent--Madame: send
you sovereign for those poor, starving people
in Ireland. 1t is my pecket money, and my
brothers and Violet's, and hope it will give
two or three of them good tuck out ian Eng
lish schoolboy's expression). From George
Francis Pittar. P. 81 think it would be best
to buy Bath buns, but Vyvyan thinks choco-
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