Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-19
The Journalistic Career Of Joseph
Pulitzer--His Resignation as
Congressman.
The Unworthy Work Of Our Theaiers
for the Sake Of Applause What
We Need for the Stage.
successful Representations of Works Of
Aria Hsndsome Kentucky Woman.
Her Homo
A WOMAN on SOCIETY.

hibition Of paintings at the academy o
design is Just now attracting the atten
ton Of society people. There Is one pic
ture that draws great number Of people
about II, not 50 much for its exceilenc,
but because It Is portrait Of Mrs. Henry
CIews. It's painted by .. C. Porter, Ia,
Boston artist, and is well done, but nc
artist. however clever, could quite DC
Mrs Clews Justice who Is one Of the
most beautiful women in New York,
may say in Am, RIGA Everybody knows
Henry clegs, the Wall street banker but
not every one has had the pleasure %
seeing has handsome wife.
Kentucky Is in many respects remark.
able state It has given Us our finest
bred horses; ourshall ! say it?-whis-
KY IlIustrious statesmen IN Henry Clay
and Arson Buringame, a famous actress
In Mary Anderson, but chief among
It's attractions are the handsome women.
Mrs. Henry Clews Is a very handsome
Kentuckian As child, her lovely face
and form attracted marked attention. As
she grew older, Lucy Madison Worthing-
ton became everywhere an acknowledged
belle, overwhelmed with attentions and
beset with suitOrs Among the many
claimants for her hand was Mr.. Henry
Clews, q bright young Englishman, who
soon became her husbard. The world
knows how he has prospered Mr. and Mrs
Clews enjoy most delightful home
In New York, few doors out of our
famous avenue. The house abouuds with
every accessory that abundant wealth and
exquisite taste can supply. Paintings,
broDzes, tapestries, huge plants and palms
stand about in brass pots, liveried foot
men pass 10 and fro, and presiding over
all is the fair hostess. Tall aud queenly
in bearing, with dark hair, eyes with
lurking laugh In them, a bright tinge TO
her complexion that comes and goes as
she converses; the features unusually
regular and small, delicate In quality,
pure IN outline, tiue mouth, with pearly
teeth, and the most delightful smile
Added 10 this Is a most courteous manner
You meet her stranger, aud parting think
over the delicate way she said this or did
that and feel she Is your friend. Her cos
tunes are always most elegant. Mr.
Porter's portrait represents Mrs. Clcws
descending a fight OF stairs in a white
satin bill toilet one glove Is held In her
hand, and she bears the noble air OF grace
which all have noticed who have watched
her enter ball room or glide into her
box q. the opera. Mrs. Clews is parlcu-
larry happy in her domestic life, and two
remarkably bright boys are the idols OF
both father and mother.
Mrs. Florine Thayer McCray, author of
"Wheels and Whims,p that bright story
Of love aud tricycles, is now visiting New
York from her home in Hartford, aud is
the recipient Of many social fayors. There
Is soon TO be published another novel
from her pen much more pretentious,
which will doubtless be eagerly read by
many admirers Of her work Mrs. Nc
Cray is young, pretty and stylish, a
decided blonde, very petite, an almost
impossible personnel to those acquainted
with the deep thought add often meta.
physical analysis seen in her writings.
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TnE rABLEAu AT THE METROPOLITAN
oPERA-HoUSE.
The tableau lately given In New York
under the lead OF Mr.. Harry Cannon, man
Of fashion and artist (known among
artists az lie Petit Plstoel, also as Harry
PopguD), was very tlne. A gold frame
was erected across generous stage in
the small room of the ballroom at the
Metropolital opera-house, which was dan
GcrouhlV OVcr-crOWueu.
The frst picture was "WIne, Woman
and Song" by II. Schneider, Miss
Jeanne Borrowe, very young pretty
girl, was the woman. sShe was dressed
IN a flowing rebe OF yellow satin and
brown velvet, In her right hand golden
goblet, aud in her lap a guitar sRnihed
wine and song.
Second picture "Medea," n Siebel,
Miss Edita Draper, Il beauty. Her dress,
& white robe Of monte cloth, classically |
arranged at the neck, and with deep
garnet sash. Her bare arms were very
fine. A dagger In her right hand and the
other arm extended betrayed study of
Story's famous statue.
Third. "Duchtss of Devonshire,n by |
Gainsborough, MISS Fannie Walker, |
about to be married to Mir. j. Howard |
Wainwright, presented this beautiful pic.
ture in gray brocaded dress, with pink |
roses, over pale yellow skirt, VIII oh was |
"kiltcd no TO the knee" A white pow
dered wig and black hat Surmonted her
pretty face
Fourth tableau, Miss Julia Van Duzer, |
rs Madame Roland, the Last Days Of |
Captviiyn Goupil
II Nine. Roland was one-half as well |
dressed as Miss Van Duzer we suspect IL |
was not In her Last Days Of Captivity. A |
gray polonaiso, over skirt OF rcd and |
white satin, betrayed modern Paris rather
than the Last Days of Captivity The
''Marseillaise" was playedi wooden
table, tin cup aud chair gave this picture
. certain reality. Miss Van Duzer's fine
lowing light hair hung over her bare
neck, and she locked very handsome,
more Ike Mrs. Langtry, however, than
IKE the powerfully logical Roland.
Fifth. The Slhyl H. s Church.
Mrs Frank Worth White is a beauty OF
the Second empire. She has been the
crest rival OF Mrs James Brown Potter
In private theatricals She Is not so dis.
tlngulshed oraristocraiie beauty as Mrs.
Potter, who Is one OF The handsomest
women in the world, but still she Is a +, d.
ind'whitc 'peachblown beauty, dressed
N pale Nile green Grape She leaned for
ward, consulting figure Of sphinx,
1chind whom burned incense (why?)
With her hair half falling from knot,
wreath ~ oak leaves and arms bare, she
made beautiful picture of pretty
woman, but II might. have been Flora or
tuphrosyne, or anybody but Sibyl She
Fas not hgurc 70 prophesy, but 10 in
'pIre valentines.
Sixth. Was "a Floyer Market lingo