The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-24
mrs. SlXON'S LETTER.
AN INTERESTING BUDGET OF
NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Incidents OF Trip TO Missouri and
Nebraska Graphically De-
scribed.
IOn.nrsrorprrcr OF TEE ArrrAL.l


screed will be very valuable, but /
could not write when things were &C.
curing. went to the meeting Of the
Grand Army OF the Republic and
rpent week with Mrs. Colby, tent
ing on the grounds. have not been
in tent since the war, and it wss
like the school girls play house to me
as We mace our coffee and fried our
eggs over camp FIRE. 1t almost put
me in the notion OF demonstrating in
the new part OF the State that the
Burlington and Missouri Biver rail
road is opening up near Broken Bow.
The improvement in this Sla'e
since l was here fuor years ago
is almost Incredible, and the
value Of real estate hes in
creased three.iold by the railroad in
crease Of mileage. To me, bearing as
/ did so little OF the war in the South,
II seemed while at Grand Island SO II
it had closed bat yesterday, and never
whilst the reunions last and Ander'
sonville is recounted, with ever in
creasing horrorP, battles fought over
and the old memories constantly
famed, can they forgive the South or
feel that we are decently good part
OF the Union. But, "Oh! glory hal
lelujahl" as the daiky cries when
wild with delight, we have one thing
that they might well envy, and that is
a country at peace and likely to be,
for when the red flames of anarchy
swirl aud leap above their fanes ia
time to come, placed there by foreign
mobs, fred by drink ana insane
fury, we will be CT pace in our
land, where the negroes, born on
Southern soil, and az an element OF la
Dor, bar out that class that can live
nowhere unless in fever Of frenZ ed
revolt. When men come to Amer Ca
they should drop nationality OF every
character, and with their naturallza.
ton rights, bscome not German or
Irish Americans, but American cili-
zens, ready to live for her best and
die to protect that best. A spi it Of
bitter opposition 10 me citing this.
attended also the Inter tate EXPO
sition at On ,hl, AID cav me OF the
finest Russian pictures have ever
seen in any exhibition OF art. The
picture Of Russian princess, shown
by q private citizen f.om his own col
lection, is enough to Gown the
painter with undying fame. /
know il is fashionable to admire
the rich kued dark old paintings
but despite the fashion, / wouldLt
give go I'd Rosa Ponheur, nor fine
Jer ey cat 10 scene Of modern art, for a
corncrib full OF the big armed women
and fsshy angels OF the old mas!ere,
This picture OF the Russian woman
had something about 1t that was akin
TO torcery. Everybody was asking
everybody else: "Bave you seen that
pictureP" And well might they ask.
There was no exlrsneou5 scenery or
attraction. 1t was wide, open win.
dow in huge stone mullioned frame;
leaning from 1t, her arm on the cold
gray stone, standing out as II nodded
in wax, was the form of woman; the
gold braid seemed TO be thrown foot
from the canvass; the sleeve OF white
cloth hanging loose from the
waxen shoulder, hung over the stone
sill, as perfectly rs II woven
ia loom, and draped from
q living form. 0nly standing under
the picture and l:okipg up did n
vince me II was not compos ton OF
wax drapeIy and paint intended to
deceive the eye, as cunning piece OF
art. The pearls, the drapery, the
bloom Of color, oil vanished into
mere shadow beside the sorceres,'
pow erful spell that lay In that pictured
mouth and questioning eye. Three
distinct types OF expression and face
showed in tn s picture; from the right
1t was giving full at you, girl 10 the
radiant life OF careless, happy in.
dolence, with nothing to ruff 3 her
mood. Full before II the eyes were
filed with mournful despair, as II
love and honor both wero los, hops
dead, never 10 be lesurrected, while
life was in the radiant form. Again from
the left, she glanced with such superb
radiant eoorn, proud in life health,
wealth, all that could rule aud ruin
men OF tensuous, careless, Lofty grace,
a "Nadrne Napraxine" of "0u da's"
dream. The list is Ru tian, whose
wedding feast won the lest Acad-
emic prize m dAl, and his previous
efforts all became Invaluable 60 their
owners, confCss il tn picture were
mine | would not sell it for the big
gest farm 10 NebrSsk !, rs l haven't
long to live any way, and am not long
to enjoy tae flesh pots OF Egypt l
i would let the joy OF sight revel
In possession Of this matchless woman,
that can console, but never wound. |
am told that lhs Slocom law is not
half 30 valuable as IL might be here,
but certainly II is strong enough in
the statutes TO keep an elephant so
Der II carried out, but in the very ma
ture OF things woman can rarely pros
ecute under IL, because men are
tho only witnesses TO be had, and will
be for one another, with a 2 al that
bepgars desert pti)n. Still no drunk.
enness was to be seen in Lincoln q,
the State Fair among 10000 people on
Lincoln's day. No liquor is allowed
on the ground, and any man seen in
the least intoxicated was AIR, sted, and
TO be heavily fined.
At the races, one was won by q
Texas horse, aud great excitement
prevailed when Dan d. ma lie his mile
in two minutes and eighteen seconds.
am not Eau fact" 10 racing matters
l only know he won 5000 extra by
making something over the time be-
fore gained.
Five Safes in their Prohibition
platforms, have put in a strong sui.
irage plank for universal suffrage.
Nebraska has done 80, making an
effort to render her m, ito, Equality
b, fore the law, fact, instsad OF fiction. u
BY the way did have ar CD ex.
perience with one woman who termed
me an lawfully masculine woman
that wanted to vote and be a man. y
She was dressed in silk and lace, she
never read book, nor sewed a itch,
nor did US full thing. She was 8
mother OF two grown Ooys that bull
dozsd her awiuly, while she was jeal
GUS Of her husband and tyranniz
over the three men (all three of whom
opposed the blllos for Womsn), and
don't wonder at II, for il / were sur
rounded by such women, and they
were in the majority, l would favor
putting them IN bsrem at once auC
having the I'D uuatd tho hoo,tnads