Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-06-18
PROMINENT LADIES.
wives Of our statesmen.

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We clip tho following personal mention
from q recent Washington letter. 1t was
penned before the nomination Of General
Garfield at Chicago, and pertains to the
wives Of gentlemen on both the Republican
and Democratic sides, whom gossip had
selected as possible Presidential candidates:
Mrs. Washburne, a lady Of French de-
scent, is petite. dark-eyed. emotional, a fine
conversationalist, an enthusiastic, warm
hearted friend. As mistress Of a house.
hold she was alert, q faithful mother Of
numerous children, yet ever ready to en-
terrain on short notice Mr.. Washburne's
constituents, and not only SO, but to enter
with zeal into their plans.
Mrs. Speaker Randall is a woman who
comes from an excellent family, and has a
fine education. She is rosy and stout, and
in manner quiet and ~self-poised. She pur-
sues the high aim Of rendering her home
thoroughly comfortable for her husband
and his many callers. How well she full
fills this holy endeavor may be OWNED by
the tender word by which Mr.. Randall al
ways addresses her," Mother" as if her
gentle influence reminded him Of a moth
er's love.
Mrs. Blaine is ~fair-haired, tall, rather
stout, with a distinguished carriage and a
tanner earnest and practical. Sincerely
conscientious, Mrs. Blaine seems to belong
to a class Of New England women not to be
always met with, even among the rugged
hills, and are rarely seen elsewhere. Al
ready are her sons in business and popular
in society, and Miss Alice, the eldest daugh-
ter, a beautiful girl Of eighteen, stands be-
side her mother like a younger sister.
Mrs. Senator Window is one of those
sprightly women whose brilliancy attracts.
Tall and graceful, with an animated face
that lights up in conversation an easy,
affable, engaging manner-the unstudied
expression Of a warm heart-it is nj mar
vel that callers at Senator Windows tarry
long, thus virtually browning the hostess
queen. The school where Mrs. Window
educates her children is in their own home
and she herself is their sole teacher.
Mrs. General Garfield is of delicate
form, in rosy health a domestic. devoted
mother; fitting her four young Generals
for college or for active life a lady of
sunny spirit, and OF a very quiet, dignified
bearing.
Mrs. Senator Bayard is q graceful. pol
ished, attractive, dark-eyed lady too busy
with her many children to devote much
time to society. 1t is understood that Mrs.
Bayard inherited great wealth. The two
elder daughters are in society, graceful and
accomplished young ladies.
Mrs. Thurman is a matured woman, to
whom the " brains side Of the Senate" as
Thurman is styled, seems to be still the
tender lover, both being quite stopped, and
are jogging down LIES hill together.
Mrs. Sherman, the tallest Of these ex-
pectant ladies, is 1.-the, well formed with
the frank simplicity and sincerity of sweet
seventeen. Kindly and cordial and equable.
her nearest friends note not the slightest
elevation Of soul since good fortune has
raised this amiable lady to almost the pima
Gle of American society. Now. as ever, she
seems sweet, and happy, and gentle. and
benevolent. She is the daughter OF Mr..
Jas. Stewart.