Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-01-14

| manners or daily life OF the time.
| Among the various entries is the following
| bill. presented to Martha Washington and duly
paid, which is encouraging proof that the Mother
o! her Country was not above the vanities OF her
time:
/ tortoise-shell comb Observation-Disclosures. o 2 6
| small tooth comb. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 8
| . lti ee raHe co.no .-.-----...--..........
| ! swans down pun ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. s
Pair air psachn: irons ',.'.. .. ~ g
| Hlli packet pins ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. o 8 3
ltaif packet pnS Observation-Disclosures. 8
III SutniiS HoiS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1 III
Total 5 6
This confirms one Of Sir Augustus Fosters
! gay letters after Great Britain had done the
lonof OF sending us a minister who speaks of
the beauty Of the girls. but refers to the neces-
| sity at his reception Of supplying the dres ing
| rooms beautifully with powder. Of which he
| purchased three kinds-one a blue powder for
~nat use he neg!ects to state And he says,
what is TO be hoped was bare gossip, that the
Virginia ladies were accustomed to refrain from
washing their faces for weeks at time and
| Instead retouehed their beautiful complexions
with powder. adding at the same time what he
| states as fact of his own personal observation
| out which even at this late day is too much like
an ilt-Snelliag SANDER to relate.
Another bill which affords an opportunity for
| comparison of prices and OF methods of Iocolno-
tlon is that of one Of the employees of the gov
| Ter of the capital from Philadelphia to Washing
| ton including the batting of the horses and the
meals obtained along the weary road From
Chef Justice Marshall and George PaISe GUSTS
il letter to Rembrandt Peale concerning one
of his portraits of Washington which each de
ciares to be the most satisfactory portrait painted
OF W Washington. The joint letter was probably
got to Teiute some aSpersioIs, and certainly
would be conclusive coming from such authority
were 1t not that Rembrandt Peale ALWAYS got
what he wanted and had the most extraordinary
luck IN good subjects having painted everybody
worth knowing in his day.
One OF the most interesting letters is from
lavy Crockett, and is almost pathetic in its in
jured dignity.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,, Jan. 8, 1899.
dear STB: Forbearance Ceases t. he a Virtue,
when IL Construed into acquiescence in faehood
seen published and Repubshed in various narers of
of its author 1mTporna- t H. H mo aopt f @
visit to the President Of the Nation. have thus long
put sipposlns hat it's Republication is intended in
Submit It ne orey Taf @ c5 f an p n1nr Can
teiien who ware presant with me 10 do nre Justice
passed the dinner udet to and You vii do me the
tvoT to say dstincly whether the ncIosed Vubca
waEe not that like other men, L have enemies who
Rl,scity Of my manner into the most nnr sls Ellen
GIossness aud indecacy have never enjoyed the
to kopo th!t your sns@er viii show that have never
~ act ~ I'e aa5h.e advantages do enjoy as
requested am most Respectfully VI obdt servant,
Unfortunately theinclOsed publication has not
been saved. but whatever it was it gave the dis
tingushed gentleman from Texas the opportu-
nlty OF turning such a NAL sentence as Il have
never enjoyed the advantages which many have
abused" The letter was addressed to the Hon.
James Clark, of Kentucky and to the Hon Gu
nan Z. Ferplanck, OF New York. The replies of
both these gentlemen are on file. and each pro-
nounces Mr.. Crockett's behavior at the Presi-
dents table for it was at the table the alleged
offense took place, to have been eminently pro-
per and becoming, and thus the malice of his
enemies was thwarted.
These examples give evidence of the interest
ing variety of material found in these letters
Another nOteworty feature is the beautiful mem
manship Of the time. The greater number of
the letters are as clear and precise as copper
plate. bound volume of the autographs cor
feSpondence OF stephen Rowe Bradley the first
Senator from Vermont, and the great grand
father OF Mrs. Willard, from first to last is as
le@ible as type while the style is more formal
although these are family letters, than the liter
allure OF our day.
In addition to these letters Mr.. Willard has
gathered some interesting pieces Of old china
and rare books. Among the china there are
some pieces Of what he calls the Law china
iheSe are family relics, the remains of a set of
CHINA presented TO the same Stephen Rowe Brad
ley 10y Mr. Law, the cratic husband of Eleanor
Parke Gusts. In altitude for the divorce which
MT Bradley procured for him nom Washing
ION $ step-d3ughter, Mr.. Law transferred to his
lawyer the set OF china which he had bought Ior
ms wife. but which on determining to leave her
ne n2d not permitted to be unpacked. This Law
china has a very pretty white body, with broken
red decorations, and would doubtless have been
very much admired by Mrs. Law if she had
seen it.
Nj. Wizards bibliCmania has not been Of the
usual type. Ills most curious books are old
American publications, and their interest is in
their matter rather than their variety One of
tlcSe Is an appeal TO the world relative to the
disputes between Vermont and the province OF
cape Cod Bay, 10y which name Massachusetts
appears written in the most impassioned styIe
and in which Cape Cod folks are handed down
10 eYer-increasing eyecIation. The name of the
writer Is not given, but is presumedto have been
senator Bradley, and only after the value of the
DOCK as a rare work vas accidentally learned it
was found by chance among some family PAPERS
Another Old book worth the reading is a biop-
raphy OF Washington. dated 1899. by NJ H.
Meems, the rector of his parish. In this are the
original stories of the Ratchet and the vegetable
OBJECT lesson, with all the Crcumstantial details
But nothing makes George more of darling
little prig than the following speech to two of
the boys who were lighting:
Angry or not angry. boys, you should never
nave my consent to practice SO shocking
shocking even in slaves and dogs: then how ut
terly scandalous in little boys in school. who
ouSht TO look on one another as brothers. And
What must he the feelings of our tender parents
When they instead of seeing us come home
smiling and lovely as the joys of their hearts.
they see us creeping up like blackguards with
our heads bound up, black eyes and bloody
noses And what is all this for? That we NAV
get praise. But the truth is quarrelSome boy
was never sincerely praised. Big boys of the
VutgaG sort may indeed praise him. but it is as
they would silly game cock that fights for
pastllne; and the little boys are sure to praise
him, but it is only as they would bull dog. to
keep him from tearing them"
Notwithstanding the morals of this speech |
may be those Of little George. it is difficult not
to believe that the preacher had a hand In ar |
ranging the anttheSes
From this we also learn Of Washiugton's early |
aversion TO little girls preferring to run off and
play soldier with William Butler. with corn |
stalks for muskets and calabaShes Tor drums |
he was always famous in athletic sports. espe- |
cially in heavy weights and jumping with the |
long pole. "Egad," says old Lewis Willis. che |
ran wonderfully. There was nobody hereabouts |
that could come near him. There was young |
Langhorn Dade, of Westmoreland a COMPOUNDED !
clean-madc, light young fellow. and swift run |