Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-11-04
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The widow Of General "Stonewall" Jack
son and her daughter, a young lady OF nine
teen years, are now living in Cleveland, O.
Mrs. Jackson left the South because she was
there compelled to miugle with society, and
could not find he retirement and rest that
her health demanded.
There would appear, in TRUTH says an
English Jo%crnalIst, ito be some foundation
Tor the assertion Of French economists that,
while France Is limiting its population to
increase its wealth, Germany Is expanding
Its wealth IN increasing its population. 1t
Is obvious that, where so large a proportion
OF the population is living upon such scanty
means, a catastrophe is not impossible"
DAnce-music, it is said, is to be much
faster than for many years. But not the
dances. The racquet" pronounced dead.
The old hop, skip and jump polka to be
revived. Slow dances and funeral marches
TO be bounced. The most immoral styles,
says a professor of the art, are confined 10
the highest circles. Plain people dance
decorously. A pair OF dancers, he says
further on, should always be able 10 see be-
tween themselves and the floor.
Voting women have already made a polit-
zeal row-of limited dimensions though it be.
Aristocratic Pelham manor and democratic
Pelhamville, near New York CT Y, together
form a school district; the two sections had
each a Candidate for school director; the
manor carried the day by having a lot of
women vote; now the vile charges that some
OF those women were non-residents and not
entitled 10 The ballot in that bailiwick, and
there is endless bitterness of heart.
OF 408 American boys recently examined
Tor admission 10 The government trsining-
ship Minnesota, only ifiy-two were found to
be physically iii ior the service. 1t may be
true that the rapid life Of Americans is not
resulting in race degeneracy, hnt those who
believe the coming youth are a. strong aud
we'll formed in body as their grandfathers
were will do we'll to discover some salts
factory explanation for the remarkable de-
fcienGy found among the applicants TO the
Minnesota.
Mrs. J. Martha Paca, who died on Monday
at Wye Hall, on the Eastern Shore, was the
widow of the late Col. William B. Paca, a
descendant Of William PAca, a siguer Of the
Declaration of Independence, and one OF the
governors of Maryland. The historical Wye
mansion, which was built in 1890, by John
Paca, the eldest son OF WilIilm PAcl, was
destroyed by fire in 1879, 4 few years afur
the death of Co. PAca. 1t was partially re-
built, and continued to be the home Of Mrs.
PJca until her death.
Apropos OF Mrs. Price, one Of the English
professional beauties, we quote from a pri-
vate letter: Il saw Mrs. Price the other day.
She is one OF the most lovely women l have
ever seen, and for once my a~nlicipations
rou ed by the photographs ] had seen of her
were fully realized. She Is neither thin nor
stout, tall nor short, but unites all The vir-
tues of each one of these quslities. Her
features are not quite classic, but are more
full of life and expression than purely classic
features ever are. The mouth is very sweet
in its expression, and the great deep blue
eyes have something childlike and appeal
ing in them"
A former college classm ate Of Col. Alouzo
w. Slsybsck, the victim OF the recent tragedy
in the rooms of the s.. Louis Post. Dispatch,
writes: "The father OF A. w. and Charles
E. Slayback died when they were little chill
dren, leaving no property at all. The oae
object of their mothers life then was 70 edu-
cate them thoroughly. To this end she
toiled as no woman within my recollection
ever did, and accomplished her object. Len
became a lawyer, and Charley the WE'LL
known New Orleans and st Louis merchant.
To the credit of these boys he it said that
The first money they made was given to their
mother, and from that day che never had an
hours work to do if they could help it,"
At the reception to Mrs. John Brown in
Boston last Thur.day, among hose present
were Wendell Phillips, Elizur Wright, +. B.
s .nborn, Mrs. Horace Mann, Ex-Governor
Clafin, Mrs. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Col.
D. Wright, aud the Rev. James Free
man Clarke. The Rev. Samuel Nav sent a
letter, expressing his share of "the homage
which all must feel for her who had borne
crosses and grief with extreme patience, self
aud dignity" john g. Whittier
wrote 10 The commitie (Gf which he is a mem
ber) TO raise afund, from the income of which
Mrs. Brown nav receive a pension: Il hope
- he -, PN,fn, alter aIaatSa, cd ol.n L.
happy to confer with the committee. i
would ill to know more particularly how
the family of the brave old confessor are sit
uated."
When a woman is thought a fool nothing
is expected of her. II at once becomes a
duty for other people 10 e~xtenuate
she does, and she is furthermore
privileged TO lead a life of idleness, which is
at least the working woman's idea of true
elegance. In short, the conceded immunities
OF a fool are 10 do nothing, to do wrong, or
10 cut loose from all conventionaIiiy and do
whatever she pleases, no matter what.
Somebody will make it all right for her.
Somebody must take care of her, and 20 il
happens that fools as a class are happier,
better dressed, better mari d, as much buried
and as much epitaphed as wise people.
Where, then, can you find a situation in life
that gives as much and asks as little2 And
what more need we seek TO make us happy
in a world into which and out Of which we
can inevitably carry nothing?
The only lady member of the Printers'
Union of Cincinnati is Mrs. E. Ward, who,-
by the way, is the only female composition on
a morning paper there, and, so far as we have
been able TO learn, the only finale member
of the union in the West, If not in the coun-
try. Mrs. Ward is a very rapid type-setter,
and her presence in the union is accounted
for by the fac; that, when the strike was on,
and the Commercial was compelled to take
anybody it could get, she became a compost
tor, and later, when the Acknowledgment set
tied, and the force went into the union, her
fellow printers insisted upon her going along,
and she went. She is a creditsbie member,
toe, and is said TO be az good a compositor
as there is in that city, man or woman. She
works all night like a man, and she and her
husband, who are in the sam office, come
and go together. A woman in 4 printing
office has a noticeable effect for the better,
and the men about her are always made
more polite and refined in their manners.
One man on the Commercial force has lost his
position by his careless talk in tine presence
OF Mrs. Ward.
TUE Ureaf svpor atbat5r and ~ uscular avs