The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-05-18

rapidly aud never grasses Or add. u
word until her copy is in type. She
pursurs her independent course Of
life after her own ideas Of pleasure
and comiort. regardless of any one.
and. in many waye, in open deiianc,
Of the laws Of. pr"prie,y and Of tn.
established rules Of social life, al
least at those recognized by less gifted
women. IsSsides her dunn pets. q,
which she 80 dearly loves to I.Isa.l
the cause with her pen, her only ai-
teqdants are an old woman-of all-w", <
aud n man Ia whoS~ care. under her
"wn supervision. she ~airu-is her
horses. Onida l. eccentric. lseri,ai.-
unduly severe in her ruIimi-n,s %.
Sccietv. Tut the more srri,u,,
s.ta,y-> which have l-en laid a, n-r
i""r cannot I've supported. The
attempts made Ia compare her earlier
life with that al George sand are
InI,sri"nahIe. Like ihs.~c nf Ge"ry..
sand, her Pro.Iuc'ions surprise m.ny
md shack not few. hut :his fact i,
dine to her i,eing an E"glishw"man.
Were she French the Case would i-
different. She has declared Wal
against what i. bad In socieiv and
she brsvely keeps up the fight The
.ceDes she witnessed in her early DAYS
have taken deep root in her recoliec-
ton. She knows better than perhaps
any woman living what j. becoming
and what is otherwise. and is not
afraid to condemn and ridicule the one
and to extOl the other.
A sHCDDER OF HORROR
goes through the many quest,onably
gay ones Of Florence when il is known
that Onida il about to add another to
her list of publications. Every
prominent belle, stricken by con.
science, breads lest she be impaled in
the work that is going forth to
satisfy the many expectant cnes in
many lands. On such Ouidas works !
nave q wholesome effect and the |
lay must come when authOress Of
''Ariadne" will have her name ON the /
list Of great social rcformers aud AT |
no great distance below that Of the /
author Of Martin Chux- /
dewitt" Miss Louisa de Ia Rame has, +
lnhsppily, passed the meridian Of
life. She is far from handsome,
iresses plainly aud is getting stout.
According to Floren,ine fashion. she l
receives her guests once a week-on
Toward them she exhibits
he same lack IF courtesy and
As Ouida exhibits in her
,ovels. She is a listener rather than
/ converssiionalist, and reIigiously
'efrsins from discussing. or even re-
erring to her books To persons Of her
'wn sex. independently to her some
lines aggressive pen. there is much
u Ouidas bearing toward her ac-
Iuaintances little calculated of make
Ter popular in society. She evidently
$ firm believer in her own published
words: 1.-The only motive power.
md the sole keynote Of all creation. 4
$ severity in some form or another
The Philosophy of Small Talk i
'h"ughis aud Events. u
In conversation tie power to talk
ust because We want to say some
hing is a great acquisition and a
,Ositive prerequisite. No man can
ucceed in mixed companies ni.l, - l,-
3 skilled IN small Ials, aud finds II
asy 20 speak of ones health. ones
rance, ones closest surroundings,
r a flying rumor and other things
Which have mo Importance and cpn-
'ey NO special amu>emenIs. Some
people dispise this. One I
kinks /: Let these triA-rs expend
heir buckshot. and ] will then fire
nv artillery" Perhaps. however.
Ie finds the buck>hot lasts. AMI that
here is no demand for his artillery.
lis right method would he Ia fire
with the rest-i0 show that
le could 30 il better than they and
y this means he might interest them
n other modes Of shooting. and even
xciie u desire to witness his artillery
/ know a l-arne-i
'rofessor who talks grandlv &" one
istener. A gentleman who met
i'm at dinner with eight or TEN
lhers said that during the whole
ime, excepting when he spoke aside
D the servants. the only expression
rhich escaped the lips Of the prote>,
or was the word Yes" and that in
eplv to direct question. "Now,"
dded the informant, IF he had
brown about scme conversational
mall coin his cumpaninns would
ave said "We like the quality
nd impress vt this; we mast have
ONE more from the same mint. but
{ larger value