New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-17
SOCIAL SILHOUETTES.
BEING THE IMPRESSIONS OF MR.. MARK MAN
HAITIAN.
VIII.
MI ARE MARTYR.

l,,nsalf Thcv ALL nat interest me at all They he
longr,l each ono. to class with which American
association had thus far rather dreamy iamarHe"
mo.
Mrs PanCoast WIS certainly fifty. almost ones" "
ber exlrcmc sontncst aad pcrpctually tanning Tor
.,n She had smtll, plump han Is that were never
bred morning moon or night. oi sWaytng IAN "o
foro her larrr plunir face She WAS afflicted WIN
perspiratlon aud little hops OF IT would TRICK"
hovnNa ul alnnr tho full curve OF her horu chsN'
even when n brisk breeze was blowing nm" WV"
everybody cl,c fct comparatively cool susp'"'o'
FROM the Ina, that Mrs. pancnasts uou"" o''''''
from tIsht -laring. and ! have mower nav ''''" '"
reverse nv drcision She always cNn'"'"'" WV
aeahy p,tann ~ Closeohng,ns tohes ~ N'c' NJ
pa,cnt p,tcr She did not 80 much impress mo Wv
heinz yulr,r, shc sccmrd rather to have once "en
excessively vulgar aud 60 have mad" aro'otm''"'S
.i,nvr She prnduvrl unou the tho c0cot ot nlwaNS
h.llns hrHnlf in Nv aluSion has No physical IN.
oort,nrr for shc always. with her el's'cnnp am
COSTLY hodccs gave QUO Tho doa at being "c'h w. ~
regarded an almost corrulcnt person hut w
.o,.,h IA aol,on m gesture, detected ~ ,nccN"'0t
ondcrh and ebert NJ seitcontrol When rhn Az
dY,SsrA ire with sentence ~ ordinary o'Vi''f, !
slwayA lad an idea that she was grammai'cauS
steering among shoals and quioksauds cant iost
tell why this focling assaulted me, Tor her SntaN
never to my know ledgo committed any gross fanl'
Che WAS In truth wonderfully clover woman She
had neon "A nobody in past years. without doubt
There was u story circulated that "he had beoh
factory girl before her marriago with Amasa w.
Panooast But il this Ia true. she was certainly a
very efficient and capable factory girl. Sh" had
evidently risen from soiue grade much lower than
that which she now occupied. The traces OF ber
ouick progress wore SOMEHOW manifest ~ every
thing that she did or SAID. She was the mast posi-
tive and salicnt type of an American woman She
shaving trace OF actIt3
eommonneSs She did not say. you was for you
verr and yet one constantly farcied that she was
on the verge of doing 81. She had used her pros
MARTY with an enormous vgOr and cloverneSs She
had rspdly incruStcd herself with film OF spurious
and factitious culture.
I thought her execraole. am not bit OF
dilettrate and usually keep nv offended shudders
for things that lastly invoke them. Bnt Mrs Pan
coast with her loud toLttes. with her oscillating
fan with her evident struggle of flesh TO escape ITS
rnodish bounds with her enigmatIcal arrangement
Of trcsSes that were perhaps three good parts not
her own affected me ~ wholly unpleasant.
Her daughter Maud pleased me still less. The
usual people whom You meet mt sharon though'
MIR. Pancoast altogether undesirable but am
afraid that they thought Miss Maud Papcoast an
actual horror. This young lady rescmblei her
mother: she not yet stout. bnt little close
scrut;ny would have convinced You that sho must
Msnd dressed with remarkable richness and splen
dor She had rather square shoulders. and she kept
them always heightened IT, in some military
manner she constantly on a sort OF parade
She was indeed constantly on sort of dress parade
When she wanted to her cambria handkerchief
(or perhapsI sbould saw when she did not want TO
use it sha airted il forth from her pocket with n
most destinations crook of the elbow. She had
large hard cold black eyes. that she was forever
rolling. | have never seen eyes used moro per
tinsciousv. She could not glance at n hotel waiter
without some suggestion OF a desire to enmesh and
snare him She was what you call bad style from
the toe of her absurdly -hceed French boot to the
dantcst curl of her bandoned hair plastered close
against her low broad forehead. You felt. az you
looked Mt her that she considered herself i'm
- mcnscly iouyree in fashionable hnbtts and ocoupa
k\tons She had never been Waited this prankSome and
yIrrstivc Miss Maud with the vagucst ptemoniton
that abe was atrociOusly ont Ot taste She looked
npon her mother "a q great lady. n thorough-pa
patrician This WIS Ivy no moaus ease where
The American daughter hid shot ahead Of aud
oysr tnwcrs 4 the American mOthcr. Nothing could
he more hlially dccoruus than the attitude nf Maud
tawan her mother. | am convinced that SHE
ibcnrM her n superb aud brilliant parsonage; II
was The a hoyhuck envyng suniluWrr. They
would occasionally meet on the piazza Oi the hotel
ia tho ustlinp cracking hcfuthcuwcd robes and
then MAUI NNNlN tiNfNN iHh' WV VI NV "''''' n
hands in both her own and siy with her cold, black
e,.s IL she did not say It with her lips, You are
p.ttrrt There il nobodv like vnu would give
ANYTHING tn hn 81 stvlish aud Rhpwy aud truly
etand.' Sometimes shp would pick, az these mo
n,ebta puup little shtcd ut Eppck lton her muthets
dtsas aud with ah az OF fnnd aniriiude, ~ though
n being o. snpprhne ahoad hot have thr rast law
upon lac, iaheht,
Tho s,,n and brother, Augustus ~ 0assle Fan
a. han I4sIa.
Of Maud | ia not recall ever having stea hlm
twice IN tho same trousers, lie had "a tim, pale
face with tiny waved musIaohr, aud he used TO
ioek AZ yon over the stiff hi III band of his collar as
though he knew sOae clever way OF popping ms
head down below II, like "A startled tnlte's. You
could not CLOSELY regard HIM without percclVng
that he Was enormously wise ia worldly sense
He was necessarily smoking cigarettes, which | am
sure increased his sicky pallor, hut through their
smoke cleaned his little black. sharp eyes with nm
irony of acuteness. sometimes had an idea that he
hid vast Mephistophclic know ledge Of every
thing evil For youth of eighteen his life GER
tainly "a most Unhealthy one. He haunted the bar
room OF the hotel good deal. and looked at me
with incredulity when told him that was not in
the habit Of taking morning cocstd Mr
Gussie took morning noon and night cocktails"
am nearly sure and quantity of intermediate ones
BESIDES lie always donned the most festal-lOOkiug
shoes: they were either topped WIN ufdo cIOtl anu
dotted with pearl buttons, or they were OF some
tawny undressed leather bent with canvas, or they
were maryes Of briliancy and decorative stitching
1t seemed to me. also that if he had fresh pair of
trousers for every day. he had fresh neektie fOr
every hour. He appeared to be Oh intimate terms
with all the functionares Of the hotel. suspected
that he flung his fees and perqnistes ostentatousy
broadc ST. and their almost cTtngng cour-
teses. His walk was ioItering swagger, and he
rarely got through a sentence without some touch of
noiu .at siany