The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-08-21
PRoFEssfoNAn .nEA AUTIEs. !
Some Among Them Who Are the >PrettIest
',ss Women In England.

Ing for the Prince and Princess Of
Wales, who havo been at Wimbledon
that afternoon, distributing the prizes !:
1t Is perhaps little tiresonne, standinr
in expectancy for half all hour, closelv
pressed against the line Of sailors who
keep the passage clear for royalty, But
the sight Of the princess alone would
repay us for even greater hardships
than these. | have seen III. r. H.
more than once, but never admirel
her so much us when she came up tho
stops, surrounded by her littlo dauuh-
ters.l no wonder the English love
and revere tho D3nfsh princess who
has made so good wife and mother.
What man would not die for Alexan-
dra, as Inc saw her, leading lser three
little girls, tho perss,nitic0tion of all
that is lovely and admirable in wo-
man The Princesscs Victoria, Louise
ana Mnudo almost Clttng to their moth
er's skirts as they mounted in q oroup
to the terrace, clad in their simplo
blue dresses. Tho Princess of Wales
wore an exquisite costume of helio-
tlopc silk, shot with gold and trilnnod
with white lace; in her hand she car
ried large bouquet of camclias nud
other white flowers. She acknowf-
edged tho sweeping courtcsies of some
of tho ladies' and tile respectful saluta-,
tons Of the crowd of visitors with n
dignity in which there was no trace
of Stiffness. Her sweet face, still fresh
and almost girlish, despite her wife
hood and maternity, mado MI other
"bcautics" seem either pale or com
mon beside her, for It is truth, and no,
flattcrp, to say that the princess rc-
mains thc prcttiest woman in England.
All the professional beauties were nt
this garden fetc, and, in the matter Of
costume at the least, Mrs. Lanytry car
ried Off Tho palm. ''The Jersey Lily''
had a booth at the foot Of the terrace.
on the left as ono descended, and there
she and Lady Augusta Fame, tcmDorn-
rily reinforced by Lady Lonsdalc, sold
Doutonnicrs, fruit, champagne cup,
and counterfeit pincs, containing,
presume, edible bonbons. Mrs. Lang
trv.s dress was very striking ono or
yellow, and it is Il compliment to her
complexion to say that this irving
shade became her TO perfection. The
SKIRT and corsagc were Of ambcr satin,
but the sleeves were plush; tho bot
tom OF the pctticont was trimmed with
dark red flowers, birds ana folia~e.
With this dress was worn u LITTLE
closcly-litting bonnet Of dead pold
grapes and their leaves and tondril.
The blue eyes and firm contour Of tho
tacc, the transparent complexion, ccr-
talnly confirm Mrs. Langtry's claims
to tho title Of "bcauty," and vet,
dare say, thcre arc marry people who
will dispute it. Tho remarks of tho
women, as they either stood and razcd
at her or passed by, were very diverse
and very divcrting. A queer old
dowagcr or maiden lady, in green and
purple, with flat prunclla shoes and q
gaudy Japanese parasol, simply stood
stock-sti'l and stared, fully departing
with a conlcmptuous sniff that said, as
plainly as words could say, "Wcll, Il
don't think much Of her, anyway |"
Such crowd as gathered in front of
Mrs. Langtry's booth / lave seldom
seen; Tor wcll-drcsscd, wcll-brcd poo
pic they were, Judged by the strict
standard OF etiquette, somewhat rude,
but 1ue souic:-rous. ! dare say tho
"Jcrscy'Lily' is used to it, and, ns
some one said, 'that's what she's
for"
:, SIGNS AND PoRTENTs. 1t has already
been shown tho supcrsLi,fous that tic
initials OF w. S. Hancock stand for
"Will Succeed Hayes" Now an Ohio
correspondent of the New York Suu
shows that
/. Taking all the letters in the namo
OF Winfield Scott Hancock, and giving
to each letter the number of it's posi-.
ton in the alphabet, the numbers sum
up 2l5, which represents the electoral
votes claimed for Hancock, to wits
Those OF Alabama, Arkansas, Califor-
MIA, Connecticut, Delaware. Georgia,
Indiana, kentucky, Louisiana, Mary
land, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada,
New Jersey, New York, North Caro-
lima, Oregon, South Carolina, Tenncs-
see Texas, Firginiu-23 States, in aif
casting2l 2l5 electoral votes.
,. Taking in the same way the let
tcrs embraced in the name of James
Abraham Garfield, they represent l54.
which makes mp the electoral college.
the total being 800.
3. There is in this fact q sinnu|ar
coincidence with tho last Presidential
election, wherein Samuel j. Tildcn in
the same way represented 203 electoral
votes, wfrich lie actually received.
Uhough he was robbed Of nineteen,
and Rutherford B. Hayes 166, which
he received and was entitled to. All
of this is funny.
KILLED BY LIGnTNING.-Wc learn
on Thursday last coIorcd preacher
named Pillar, employed in the neigh
berhood of Ebcnczcr in the eastern
part of York county, as teacher of q
colorcd school, was struck by Iiehf-
ming during the rain storm Of that
afternoon, and instantly killed. Hc
dismissed his school at Now HOBO (col-
orcd) church, and was OH lis way
home, not seeking shelter from the
rain, and just as he entered Ebenczcr
the bolt struck him. Trial Justice S.
At. Fcwcll, acting as coroner, held in
quest, the verdict Of which was in ac-
cortancc with tho above facts.- Yorh-
0tlle Enquirer.
An old lady from New Bedford
visited Boston recently, for the first
time, and, while viewing tho attrac.
tons of tho public garden, was point
! CT out tho bronze statue of Charles