The Portland daily press., 1880-05-13
Gossip
About Men and Women.

Col. Tom Ochiltree of Texas is the man who,
during the war, while on furlough, related to
young lady in Texas, the particulars of the
death of her brother, who belonged to the
same regiment. care you Tom Ochiltree?"
asked the young lady: Yes" said Tom.
''Thank heaven, then,' was her reply, "my
brother lives"
Eleanor Mary Sherman, the generals third
daughter, who was married in Washington the
other day, is a rosy-cheeked, brown-haired
lady, a little below medium height, with a
charming freshness and vivacity. She is
thirty-one. Lieutenant Thackara is the son of
the senior member of the firm OF Thackara,
Buck & Co., of New York city.
Tom Scott's paralysis which struck him
down in the fall of 1878, now compels him to
drag his left foot in painful manner, and he
always carries a stout umbrella to aid his
movements There is also perceptble diff
Guilty in his articulation, but his brain is not
affected in the least. He retires to his country
seat near Darby, Pa, where he will remain,
not going even to Philadelphia.
Sarah Bernhardt has now hit upon the exact
shade of red hair which she intends to make
fashionable 1t has the merit of not spelling
the skin of the head, and it is not so harsh for
ladies of a certain age as black or dark brown
The Bernhardt tinge is q little redder than
auburn, and in certain lights has at night gold
en- shades which harmonize with rouge. 1t is
seen at its best when the tresses to which it is
applied are waved artifcially, and not drawn
tight to the head. They should have loose
fleeciness.
Assistant Postmaster General Tyner, who is
again talked of for postmaster-general, likes to
tell a story about Grants sending for him after
Jewell was turned out, when Tyner held his
present office. Grant said bluntly when Tyner
appeared: "Mr. Tyner, want your resigna-
tion." Tyner, in great confusion, said he
would send it in, and stammered out protest
against being sacked so numerically. 81 want
it n01g, !" said Grant, without moving muscle.
and Tyner, greatly disturbed, wrote it. Grant
took it. read it, and, lifting the cigar from his
mouth, said: 81 want to make you postmaster
general, will you take it?" This, at least, is
the substance of Tyner's story four years ago.
The English papers now denounce the craze
for educating girls, and say that the young wo-
men are breaking down under the trial of ex-
aminations. 1t is alleged that the girl gradu-
ates are pale, consumptive, and lacking in vi
tality.
General Grant says that the Mexican women
wear calico gowns five years. Mexico is the
place in which an economical man should look
for wife. Think of the number of cigars
that might be bought with the money saved
on dress by wife who only spent a dollar a
year for gowns
Mrs. Scott-Siddons says that an American
servant will tie on her veil in natty, graceful
way that an English duchess knows nothing
about.
There is hope for everybody. They ten of an
Englishwoman who once wore canary tarlatan
u, hon but IN, fatu
color almost matching her hair, wears amber
beads with it, and looks like a picture.
Mr.. Forbes Robertson is said to have greatly
contributed to the recent success of GAS You
Like IT, in London, by the artistic costumes
that he designed for the actors. Rosalind, in
the first act, wore brick red velvet dress, cut
square, with puffed sleeves, and had gold
fillet in her hair and big yellow flower ON
her bodice. Celia wore gray and blue cut in
the same way. Rosalind's dress under the
greenwood tree was a gray blouse, loose CATERS
of unwashed leather and battered hat, Ce-
las red skirt and black bodice, white
apron and cap. Phoebe was clad in gray with
knots of poppies in her bodice; and Audrey,
in a saffron blouse tied with a cord.
The contingent of new members in the
House of Commons is made up largely of mer-
chants, manufacturers, and those connected
with commercial pursuits; hfty-two are law
yers, forty-four belonging to the bar and eight
having practiced as solicitors; thirty belong to
the army; two to the navy; three have be-
longed to the diplomatic profession; six have
followed the profession of journalists; seven
are civil and agricultural engineers; five are
bankers two are connected with the brewing
trade; three belong to the medical profession;
six are tenant farmers, or in other ways con-
nected with labor; four have been printers,
publishers, engravers, ETC.; one is a member
of the Royal Academy of Scotland; one a civil
and military tutor; one is a Presbyterian min
lister, and two are clergymen of the Established
Church, who have relieved themselves of their
orders under the provisions of Mr.. Bouverie's
relief bill. The rest are country squires, mag
istrates, deputy lieutenants, chairmen of quar-
ter sessions, ex-high sheriffs, baronets, or sons
of peers. The oldest of the new members is
aged seventy-eight; the youngest was born in
1886.