The Washington critic., 1886-10-01
TOPICS OF THE DAY.


TO GloJe. Democrat reporter the other
day: 1t Is lot of "reminiscences of
somewhat extended career on the stage,
at which | have been working for q
considerable time. 1t is labor of love,
and Is happy occupation for leisure
hours. ] have only reached period
Of mere than twenty five years ago, so
have good deal of pleasure yet be-
fore me. | am now waiting for
stenographer who will write at my
diciation chapter or two which |
just completed in the rough. | found
the work great relief from the tcdium
of travelling, and write good
deal on the train. But as |
haven't acquired the baggagcman's
art of being steady even Oh u
sleeper, while going at rate of forty
miles an hour, no living being could
read my manuscript, so ! have to read
1t to somebody who will write 1t out on
atypc. writer for me. what is the
subject natter" please do not ask
me to 90 into details, for then there
would be no occasion for my writing at
all. 1t Is The experiences of myself
and those with whom | have come In
contact on the stage. / am trying to
make every page interesting, and !
have good deal OF what you call 'ex-
elusive matter to make it SO. There is
not, believe, Il single one of what are
vulgnrlv called 'chestnuts' in the book,
ut there are many anecdotes which,
think, will be read with interest.
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Justice Stephen J. Field is another
member of the Supreme Bench now in
New York. No one, says the Sun,
would take him at sight for brother
Of the impulsive, nervous, bustling
Cyrus W., or the sedatc, erect and fine
looking David Dudley. Justice Field
is slightly lame, wears full darkish
beard, and has dark eyes, always spec.
tacled, and hair. He will not talk law
off the bench, but dearly loves to chat
on politics. He Is good Democrat,
and Democrats assert that he has no
patience with Eatou's civil.servicc eX &.
pertinent. Mr.. Field does not care so
much for Authoritative pleasures as his
fellow members Of the bench, and he IS
Of more serious habit In social circles
than some of them are. He usually
stops when in New York with one Of
his brothers, and there meets some de.
lightful people at informal dinners.
~
In his "Records of an Active Life"
DR.. Heman Dyer thus speaks of an
afternoon he once spent ut Secretary
Stanton's residence near the Soldiers
Home: "Were ! at liberty to write
down all that was said in our conversa.
tion it would forever redeem these
re niniscences from every charge OF
dullness or stupidity. coald scarcely
keep still as he went on narrating the
scenes through which he had pas ,ed +,
the events which had occurred and the
men with whom he had to act. But il
would not do for me TO go into plrtcu
lars. The personalities were many and
pointed, and though many of the actors
ae dead, still their descendants are
living and ought not TO be disturbed in
their memories OF the departed. II
Mr.. Stanton blamed severely he also
praised heartily. In the course Of oar
conversation" writes DR.. Dyer, che
bore the highest and strongest
testimony TO the great talents, the wis
dom. the patience, the business, the in.
tegrily, uprghtncss and amazing sym
palhy Of Mr.. Lincoln. Speaking of
the generals, he sketched their charac
iers with remarkable skill and vigor.
Could they have heard what he said
some Of them would have been highly
graiiled, some would have been sur.
piised. some amazed and some dumb.
founded, while few at least would
have been utterly disguised. Bat on
the whole felt that he intended to be
just toward all. He certainly gave
them the credit of doing the best they
lsrrw how. Instead of utterly con
G,mning any he gave them more credit
|! an | think history viii. He said one
OF the most striking differences be.
tween generals was this Ona would
want u great deal done for him by tnr
Government, while another woull ask
for little; one would never be quite sat,
isfied with what was doae, while
another would he thankful tha. 50
much WAS done. The really great gen
erals made up for any lack on the part
of the Government by their own
ShS' VIM s5NhNhN'ohlI'
re
DR.. Amcs, the Democratic candidate
for Governor Of Minnesota, IL rs pop,
ular rs he is eccentric, but Of course
neither his popularity nor his cc2en.
tricity, nor both combined, will elect
him. The following story Of him |,
told by the Chicago X.nii; \ poor
man in Minneapolis summoned tn,
Doctor to treat his three little children
who We're suffering from diphtheria
Ames visited the patients twice u day
Tor two weeks and saved their lives
The mother then fell Ill from eX
hauatiOn and nervous trouble, and lay
In bed for nearly month DIR. Ame'
came day after day, aud | recoleCl twl
nights when he did not leave the bed
side for minute. While the invalitl
was C0uyalrsoing her husband, who
was carpenter, fell from scnlfold
ing and broke his lcg. The DDGtOl
set the bones So that they knitted
together in splendid shape. Whcr
the man became strong enough T.
return to work he was appalled,
TT the thought of the doctors bill he
would have to pay. One day, two 0l
three weeks after his recovery, he sue
cccded in borrowing Silt, AMI with
the r,oucy In his pocket be vent I,
the Doctors house for the purpose oI
making II payment When he asked
the physician how much hg waut1,
for bis services, what do You sUppp1,
he snid? Three hundred dnlar'
Nothing Of the hiud, He said CAV,
me "a md call it square, That's m,
liud ol a man Candidate for Goyern''