The Portland daily press., 1880-06-19
Gossip
About Men and Women.

Senator Edmunds's action in Congress the
other day. in opposing an appropriation to elm
prove" mountain stream because it would
disturb the trout, recalls the fact that the sem
ator is an inveterate and enthusiastic angler.
For many years he he has been regular visi-
tor to the salmon rivers of Quebec and New
Brunswick. Not Summer passes in which
he does not indulge in the fascinating task of
angling.
Ouida, the novelist, who has a villa near
Florence, is a rather stout, plain-faced, though
in some ways striking. woman, with plenty of
yellow hair, and hard, defiant manner. She
is very well known, for great many hats are
dotted to her, and she returns the salutation
with stern, freezing little nod as if she be-
grudged even this. She is generally alone; she
rarely encourages anybody to talk to her; she
appears to despise people generally and from
continually despsing an habitual expression of
cynicism has settled upon her by no means
handsome visage. Her attire is simple to So
berness, black or some dark color usually pre-
dominating.
A New York woman wears a set of false
teeth for a brooch. Her motive is not eccen-
t-ic but economical. She paid for the teeth
cannot wear them in their proper place, and
SO, hating wastefulness, has made a brooch of
them.
General Garfield is said to have particular
fondness for the mathematical game of chess.
Among his possessions is goodly amount of
muscle. At Pittsburg Landing one night In
1862 there was rush for rations by some newly
arrived troops. Colonel Morton, commanding
the commissary steamers there, observed
strong, fine looking soldier in an infantry over
coat present a requisition and snatch up a
barrel of -four, walking off with it as easily as
common person would carry away ham.
When the wagon was loaded the same man
stepped up to Colonel Morton and remarked,
plies?" EYES," said the colonel, as he handed
over the usual blank, "Just take this provision
return and have it signed by your command
ing officer" Cant sign it?" was the reply.
oh, nor said the affable Colonel Morton, sit
requires the signature of commissioned Off
Ger" Then came the remark, that still re-
mains fresh in the colonel's memory, 81 am a
commissioned officer-Im a brigadier general.
and my name is Garfield, of Ohio"
The English papers assert that English
women do not walk gracefully. This is rather
sad. OF course American women always
knew that their transatlantic sisters could not
dress, but they did think that they could walk.
DIR. Schliemann is about to leave Athens for
Leipsic, where he will remain for several
months, experimenting the publication of the
German edition of his new work, "Ilios, the
City and the Country of the Trojans." An
English and American edition will also appear
at the same time. The new book is to be three
times the size of "Mycen@," and will contain
more than two thousand illustrations
"In form and face the young essayist
showed such poise of healthful intellectually
as gave force to her words and promise of
brightest womanhood should she continue to
follow the rules she so well showed to be good
guidance for an energetic life." "The young
lady is blonde, plump and petite, with a face
brimful of vivacity, and there was a character
in the very manner with which she rose from
her chair and took the few steps forward ere
she made her slight bow to the audience that
sent new current through the stagnant at
mosphere." "There was grace of purity in
her face more charming even than her delicate
beauty. Her dress was exquisite with en-
broidery and lace, and clusters of white and
palely Tinted lilacs." "She is piquant little
blonde, and even her motions were full of
witchery. She was vigorously applauded and
properly overwhelmed with fowery triumphs."
These are few of the remarks which the St.
Louis papers make about girls who appear at
school exhibitions