, 1881-12-04

cred, and brown. and wriukltd that she iookc
like Que Of the hckory-nut dolls you find n
country fairs-two midlle-nged women, outr
III costume, with the slap-dash mir OF tho strong
minded, and tho sharp. eagcr look of tho ativcl
I turous females they ure. There we're thre,
generations Of tho family, for the elder stste
leaned upon tho arm Of a stout brunei girl o
| 1S This was Zulu Woodruff Blood and be-
mother and aunt, Victoria Woodruff ana Ten
! nessee Clatlln, and her grandma tho hickory,
| nut old lady.
| Never III the memory Of man was there such
| variable fortune, rs that or the Woodhull a14t
| Cstn family- One week in u tenement houst
wearing waterproofs and sauaal-rubbers
as ncglig6 costume; the next, dwelling
| in Andrew Garvey's lost mansion, dr1lpel il
the Vanderbilt cnse came on. Id which Victoriu
/ was much mixed. having enjoyed the desirable
SUR found the family wheel deep iii the mud OF
| adversely, and before the next revolution eiia-
! biea thaan to buy tho RESERVOIR aud roof ii
| over; afhysterfons influence shaped the magic
| change in new direction; bag ai,d baggage,
mother, sister, daughter. and S>lctoria. away
| t,loy s1ied for England Not doubt bur they
| Enough soileu linen wns aired in the Vanderbilt
! lawsuit without the threatened element yicto-
ria. Mr.. William Vanderbilt was generous. for
the folks have not had to home till the win
ter Of 81, but here they are ut last
In the old tInys when Vic had that editorial
Samson, Theodore Ti1ton, BY tho long, blonde
hair, he perpttrlted biographical batch of
bosh about her; he compared her to the Niue
Muses. and the Three Cruces; he viewed her pro-
file from tho northeast and discovered Il striking
likeness TO his Old friend Socrates. or Demos
themes, Or some other wise and handsome hen
theu- Hut about ttaut time Hcnry wns contcin-
plating Elizabeth from the southwest and found
she looked like " carved image on a tomb" So
these savans didn't do so much for Woodruff
after all: but when she rot to London she capt
her the Queen Of Society,"" described her in
four columns as something beyond the grasp of
adjectives. inventoried her drawing room like
broker, and sent forth tho news Of
an approaching 1narriage between Victoria
and one Of the greatest nohlcsncn and statesmen
ligatcned Brlton mixed her up with bis SOW
ereign, the other Victoria, and Dtaconsfield.
Beside this newspaper article rilton's gush was
penny trumpet to fuIl-blowu Levy. Mrs.
Woodruff mailed 1t TO every one she knew In the
States and have always thought Of her us
hanging up her coronct On her bcdpost and
the happy family Of crowned heads; but, true
to her see-sAw fortunet here she comes over Il
EanY- plank with a very commonplace rig on,
tention Of putting the girl upon the stage and
going herself into tue lecture business.
pHANG's PRIZES
Five years ago the first Christmas cards ap-
pcurcd in the stadoncrs' and fancy stores:
mas, New-Years and birthday cards their de-
signs nre legion. They come in battalions
from London, fn platoons from Boston, and they
are nlunufact ured by thousands in New York
The great chrome firm Of pranr hit upon
device to obtain original designs. They offer III
early spring prizes OF 81 900. $500, and $50 for
the best executed cards. and secure q multitude
for nominal price after the successful ones
have xob6led the prizes. One of tue triumphant
competitors has said that it 'cost as much to
get prize as the prize amounted to-
This was at the time when a committee of
judges awarded the prizes. To avoid the
bribery and corruption of that sort OF thing
the cards the last year have been cxlib-
ited and every visitor voted. The willy artists
got round this by buying lots OF tickets, putting
the numbers OF their cartls on them, and sending
1er .;stae ao ~ vat nna me stsnnEer within
Of tickets lying round, ali nicely numbered. that
tue faithsess REPRESENTATIVE Of the competing
they would count. One day they found Il lot ull
numbered q, la9, 400, We'll say, and they found
a good chance TO win that which i did nor de-
serve; So they quietly took OF {, l:9 99 from the
clrl. substituted 7.517,771. and it never got II
noticed during the exhibition with the magic !
number $40 pinned on, got rousing send
There's no getting round the skillfu1 artist I
when there's prize ut stake.
The winning cards are by no means the best of |
those sent tn; tho $1,000 prize is starttingly ug1y
the girl who with clumsy drnpery and arms !
akimbo, looks out from some esthete mlddIe, IS |
. fright: she certainly has been out on Xmas |
bender; her whole face hetokens dissipation; ]
her mouth louks as II she had been hit With |
4 pair OF brass knuckles. and quantity o! n.y. !
n9 strings from Oft her head fits her to call her
'elf 3!edusa; her complexion is SO dreadful that
no one will mistake her for Maid Of Athens
'tnee they will see she is made Of putty. Alto
sether It's sud specimen OF Yankee taste and |
lot as pretty or artistic rs twenty other designs
hat never got n vote
Another card that came near getting d prize !
houln be by the same hand; the same sort OF
einhle reprobate, With nosr of her wardrobe at /
rome. IS sitting on the hub Of Fortunes wheel
'est1culattng wildly out Of her frgme for IN
lister OF bottle of. Jacobs Oh; she seems to
No look cold and Intellectual beside the colorad