Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-07-31
BEAUrY At LONG BRASUH.
a woman with Twelve Children and Milo
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a Woman with Twelve Children and Million
For Each.
Long Branch Correspondent N. \. Herald
The supremely attractive woman at Long
Branch this season is Sonora de Barrios,
widow of the late president Of Guatemala,
who was killed in a recent engagement with
revOlutionists. This lady is OF medium
height and good figure. Her eyes are wo
derfully brilliant, and charm all who come
within their spell. She is in deep mourn
ing, and is dwelling at the west end in
semi retirement. Her Grape and lace dresses
are the envy OF the ladies and the delight of
the men. One of her mourning toilets is
pathetic as a requiem. 1t Is floating mass of
black tulle, Grape and the costliest lace; and
supplemented 10y the raven-hued mantilla
gathered about her forehead and neck as only
the ladies' of Spanish blood can arrange it,
gives TO her figure and face spiritual grace
and beauty that is matchless.
She leads very quiet life in the midst of
this great hotel, with its teeming population
el elbowiug and jostling each other. Madame
for she is as frequently called by tho
French form of address as by the Spanish
generally breakfasts alone in her parlor. She
has a luxurious suit Of apartments where
the few who are permitted TO visit her in
her bereavement call. As may be i'm
agined she has numberless suitors, pros
pective and present True she is the
mother of twelve children, but she has
more THAI a million of money for each
of them. \ charming flock OF bright faces
constitute no serious drawback to the pros
poets of so fair a widow so richly endowed
with wealth. How many of her little ones
are with her | have no means of knowing.
Not many, | imagine. She is never seen
walking on the yerandas or i'll the parlor.
Though she Is fond of the dance, her recent
widowhood forbids ii for the present AT
the last full dress ball she occupied chair
in the rear of the hall, but despite the incon-
spicuous position she had chosen her sad, +,
though dazzling, face was the object upon
which all eyes centred. l have spoken OF
the effect as dazzling. This impression was
doubtless heightened by the two great dia-
monds, large as tilberts, that sparkled in
her ears. Her presence in the ballroom did
not seem amiss for who shall frame code
of rules that a beautiful woman IS bound to
observe? She is her own law and gospel.
ALL IN MOURNING.
"Thats a remarkably striking woman in
that victoria"
"Indeed she is" was the reply. "Observe
the peculIarities of her dress. She is in
mourning"
"With that bright cardinal skirt"
ayes, she is young widow. Notice the
heavy Grape trimming on the red paraso
Her Coachman wears black tops on his boots
instead of yellow sand by Jupiter, look al
her pug dog He wears broad Grape collar
and has Grape bow on his tail. He's q
a dandy dog and no mistake. He wears his
weeds as graceful as his mistress" And the
brilliant equipage, with its load of sorrow,
passed out OF view toward Elberon.
Apropos of wearing mourning for the dead
rather good bOH-mOt was uttered in my
hearing on the veranda tonight.
Elderly Husband 0okingly)-I do not be
lieye in mourning my dear. You need no
| wear il for me after | am gone.
| Young Wife Earnestly But, my darling
| how would people know / was your widow
| The Jolly old fellow wasn't half so humor
| Gus for some time,
| AGEEEABLE INSTRUCTIONS.
| "What means that gathering of younl
men about that pretty woman on the sand ?
| | asked.
| "Thats the dudes French class" wa
the OK xplauation. 'The young woman is.
governess who has in charge the education
4 adopted the plan of giving the pupils thei
to write the intlexions of the verbs in tn
| sand. Soon, however, some of the proie,
sonal male ilirts of this breezy resort di'
| covered the pretty instructress and asked I
| be made members of her class. She caugl
the idea quickly enough, and fesult
| mild imitation of the Chatauqda schoC
| here by the surf instead of under the tree:
| The goyerness has the shrewdness TO leay
| her young wards in their room during I'll
hour she passes down here, and so great
her fascination, so agreeable her meth DDS
imparting knowledge, that her devotees no
number seven, as you see. Count theI
they are all there