The Portland daily press., 1881-01-29
SATURDAY MORNING, JAN. 80.

Mr.. Bernard Pratte Taylor, who married
Miss Julia Darby at st. Louis few DAYS ago,
when little boy sent valentine to his bride,
then an infant, and the two, when few years
older, walked hand in hand as best man and
bridemaid at a wedding. The dress and shoes
of the little bridemaid and also the valentine
were fortunately kept and figured at the later
ceremony.
DIR. Schllemann and his wife have been stay
ing for some time in Beotia, at the village of
Skripa, near which they have been energeti-
cally pushing on excavations with view to
discover any of the remains of the prehistoric
city of Orchomenos the wealthy capital Of the
famous kingdom of the Miny@. Several
shafts which DIR. Schliemann has sunk have
afforded little beyond few relics of tombs
some vessels similar to those found in Mycene,
and several inscriptions in the IEolic- Beotan
dialect. These DIR. Schliemann regards as of
great value to Greek phiologists While Dr.
Schliemann has been comparatively unsuccess-
fnl in the excavations under his own special
superintendent, his wife, who has been con-
Quoting researches in another portion of the
ground, has been fortunate enough to find
what is believed to be the remains of the
Treasury of Minyas.
A private letter from Boston lady visiting
in Edinburgh: Miss Isabella Bird, whose
book on Japan you have probably seen, is a
tiny, frail-looking creature, with great, start
led eyes. One wonders at the spirit and cour-
age she had to explore strange regions without
any lady companion. She is to be married in
March to a DIR. Bishop, physician of Edin-
burgh, who makes generous promises as to her
freedom in the future, but as she has nothing
OF the repent creeping vino about her one is
almost sorry. However, there is a long, re-
mantle story connected with this match which
In the distant future, when we sit, as old peo-
pie, grooming over the fire. you must remind
me to tell you.
The most solemn reunions now given in Par
is are those of newly-elected members of the
Academy, which are attended by fashion lble
women in their most elegant gowns. At that
which NJ. Caro- gave to NJ. Maxine du Camp.
the Countess Potocka wore plain dark green
velvet, without any trimming. but perfectly
cut. She is Greek type of beauty, and her
head dress was microscopic bonnet of green
velvet, trimmed with gold lace and a puff of
old-gold chenille. Marechale Canrobert was
in black, with kerchief of sulphur lace a
grayish-white bonnet with garnet feathers and
garnet plush strings. A pretty, yet somewhat
severe, toilette for young married woman
was that worn by Nine. Rene Brice, It was
claret velvet and plush, with baby bonnet of
the latter material, having a tuft of tiny pink
feathers at the left side. Small bonnets onlv
were TO be seen; large ones, even if introduced
at the commencement of a season never remain
in long, the Partisan women showing a. decd-
ed preference for small headgear
The male and female clerks in Washington
are thus contrasted: 1t is common enough to
see a male clerk sauntering through the corri-
dors during office-hours alone and unattended,
but female clerk never. They are always
found in pairs. When female clerk wants
to leave her desk and go out into the corridors
similar desire is sure to seize another female
clerk, and they 60 out together There has
never been case recorded where a female
clerk has left her work during office hours and
appeared in the corridors alone. There are al
ways two of them, generally with arms twined
affectionately and at the same time gracefully
about each other, slowly pacing the corridors
This fact is singular and may be important
There may be scientific, perhaps a psycho-
logical reason for this phenomenon. II can't
be because of their social natures. for when
they leave the departments for their homes
this dual condition of affairs no longer exists.
They 60 along the streets alone, but in the
corridors of the department they are found in
pairs rms phenomenon is an Interesting one
and should be investigated and no doubt rich
results would be obtained and much LIGHT
thrown on the vexed problem of the female
nature.