Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-05-15

supporters, and the membere-le is not
unfrequently drawn through the streets in
his carriage to his hotel by his enthusiastic
adherents. Where the election has been
very close, the defeated party does not al
ways preserve its amiability, and when
very angry, expresses it by assailing the
successful candidate with decayed vegeta-
bles, malodorous eggs and other offensive
missiles In this barbarous republic we
behave ourselves much better.
LUCY STONE.
The papers mention that Mrs. Lucy
Stone Blackwell, or plain Lucy Stone, as
she wants to be called, has been robbed at
Orange, n. j., by a rascal, who snatched
her reticule, containing small sum of
money, and made off. Very little is heard
of her nowadays, though she used to be
constantly before the public, and was one
of the ablest as well as most famous advo-
Gates of woman's rights. Born at West
Brookfeld, Mass, 81 years since = she
never tries to conceal her age-she deter
mined when very young to have liberal
education. She went to 0berlin, then the
sole college in the country open to her sex.
She was very poor, but by hard work be-
tween the hours of study she earned
enough to pay for tuition and board during
nearly the whole of her course. In the
debating society of the institution she first
discovered and trained her rare talent
for public speaking. Having been
graduated with honor, she became an
agent and lecturer for the Masssa-
chusett's Anti-Slavery Society,". and
served it most efficiently. While acting
for the Society she often pleaded for the
rights of women, and was indeed the first
person to draw attention to the subject.
Her success as a sIeaker-she is unques-
tionably natural orator-has always been
great. She is decidedly logical and has
much emotional force, but she owes most of
herinfuence toher magnetism and herpower
of creating sympathy. Her voice is I'M
commonly rich and sweet, and she has
never had any trouble in making her au-
dience forget in few minutes her by no
means handsome, though very intelligent
and interesting face. Lncy Stone was
married % years ago to Henry B. Black
well, brother of Elizabeth Blackwell, the
first woman in the United States who re-
ceived the degree of M. d. She stipulated
az IuS tlule VI ueI uu plidlS ena1 Sne suoull
retain her maiden name, thinking that the
adoption of her husbands name might in
terfere with the full exercise of her indl-
viduality. She has but one child, a
daughter now grown to womanhood. She
is very happy in her domestic relations,
though the popular notion is that no such
woman could be a good wife or good
mother
THE LADIES COOPERATIVE DRESS AssoCI-
ALTON,
Which many persons have been led to be-
lieve had gone to pieces at the very begin
ming of the enterprise, is getting on excel
lently. 1t is steadily and rapidly receiving
subscriptions, and its rooms, ll2 Fifth av-
enue, are daily visited by scores of people
interested in its success, and DESTROYS of
information. As soon as it has 500, 900 it
will commence operations, and there is no
rational doubt of the prosperity of the IN
dertaking. Subscribers need have no fear
about their money. They run no risk
whatever. If by any chance it should
miscarry, their money will be returned to
them in full. The Association is under the
direction of competent and experienced
men and women who are giving it every at
tention. 1t is not an experiment, for it is
formed upon the basis of a company incor-
porated in London in May, 1877, when the
entire capital, 100000, was at once sub
scribed. The London company has de-
clared regular dividends of per cent,
and the New York company will do the
same. Everything pertaining to feminine
wardrobe will be furnished, and at much
smaller cost than usual. The object of the
Association is to supply the best articles
in every respect, to subscribers only,
at reasonable rates, and thus do
away with the extravaganza so much
and justly complained of. Many of
the richest and most fashionable
women in the city are subscribers, and are
using all their influence in its behalf. The
detriment of the Society have come from
a few ambitious women who wished at the
outset to control it, and finding that they
could not, have been maliciously energetic,
though to no purpose, in trying to injure
it. The entire and exceptional success of
the Association may be accepted as GER
tain.
VARIETIES.
No newspaper establishment in town
has lost so many of its attaches as the
Times Office Since Henry J. Raymond's
death it has lost Hunt, one of its fourth
page writers Pullam, city editor; Henry
Collum, Washington correspondent Chas
Seymour, dramatic critic; his brother,
Edward Seymour, member of the staff,
John Ireland, cashier; DR.. Samuel Osgood,
a favorite contributor, and several minor
employees.
Private letters from Washington report
that General Robert G. Schenck is such
sufferer from Bright's disease of the kid
neys that there is hardly any chance of his
recovery. He was thought to be better
while ago, but he is now worse.
The latest conundrum floating about the
clubs is, why is a Zulu maiden like
prophet - Because she has little on her
(honor) in her own country.
Mrs. Helen Hunt Jackson (H. HI is
now finishing a work on the wrongs of the
American Indians, preparatory to another
tour of Europe. Although her home is in
she has been in this city since
last autumn.
The so-called novel entitled the CYAN
derwerps," or something of that Sort re.
Gently published in Chicago, and almost an
exact reproduction of the Vanderbilt will
case and the quarrels of the family, is said
to have been inspired by Cornelius J. Van
derbilt, plaintiff in the late compromised
suit. The inference is natural, because the
character drawn of him is so wonderfully
idealized as to exceed nature altogether.
just about the time that | mentioned in
a late letter the closing of the ancient
chop house in Thames street, known as
Old Toms, the Tribune had detailed
description of the place, as if still flourish
ing. That article must have been standing
for some months on the galleys.
An unusual number of our fashionable
clergymen are said to be troubled this
season with those ailments which can only
be relieved by trip to Europe. This pas
toral disease is reported to be spreading.
Charles De Kay, who has just published
a volume of poems, is the reviewer of the
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