The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-19

dresses with simplicity, and has an air
of New England domesticity.
.Joaouin Miller, whose real name is
Ciucmnatus iIeine Miller, is Il years
old. lie has lived very romantic life.
and i'm the past has been wont to dress
in very picturesque fashion, carving
his pecuiarities to such an extent as to
wear broad-brimmed Texan straw hat
and open collar through the rigors of
several New York Winters. But lat
terly he has clipped his long light hair,
| and donned more conventional hats and
| garbS, and may now pass in a crowd
without attracting particular attention.
His eyes are blue and his features rath-
er open and well-delined. lie talks like
shy man to strangers, but, in his in
tercOurse with his friends, there is
nothing of embarrassment.
In person. Walt Whitman. the good
gray poet" is tall, erect and stout. and
moves about with the aid of a large
cane. His white hair, thrown straight
back from his brow, and full white
beard give him a patriarchal appear
ance. His cheeks are fresh and ruddy:
his forehead is deeply fuTOwed with
horizontal lines; his eyes light blue, but
not large; his lips full; his cheeks round
and smooth: his five senses are eXcep-
tionally acute; his voice clear and firm.
In dress, he is very simple, but always
scrupGlously neat and clean.
Sop,nal i1ap,anu NI,,l- 4
has paced so many lecture platforms
that the public is more familiar With
his personal appearance than with that
Of most authors. lie is compact in fig
IRE, of medium height, and has a frank
sensible face, touched with good nature
but revealing behind that no small
amount Of resolution. His conversa-
ton is replete with the humor that
characterizes his writings. He is just
IS years Of age, was married thirteen
years since, and enjoys much domestic
comfort with his wife and two charm
ing little girls at pleasant mansion in
Hartford. Conn.
Gail Hamilton" or Mary Abigail
Dodge, which is her real name, is a
plain, brOwn-eyed lady, short in stature
and inclined to stoutness, She is said
to be very fond Of dress, adopting the
most advanced styles, not invariably
suited to her advancing years. But she
could probably argue this delicate strict
IRE of the feminine correspondents until
it would seem almost profanity to abatc
a ribbon.
Mrs. Margaret j. Preston who has
done some pretty poetry and lives in
Lexington, Va, is in person somewhat
below the medium height. Her light
hair, mingled with gray, combed over
the temple. is coiled in a graceful knot
behind. Her cheeks are fresh and rud-
dy, giving her the appearance of one
much younger than she really is. Her
incessant literary labor has subjected
her eyes to severe strain, producing
at times almost total blindness. She is
a very fluent conyersationalist. She is
domestic, however, as we'll as literary,
and her jelles and other dainties have
acquired local renoWn.
Charles Dudley Warner, of medium
stature, has features thoughtful, refined
and full Of character. His thick hair
and unshaven beard are somewhat gray,
but he looks decidedly under SO years
of age.
Bjoarnstjeme Bjoemson is man of
strong and stalwart frame, bearing a
marked resemblance to the Rev. Robert