Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-28
CONSPICUOUS FIGURES
SEEN in THE PARLoRS OF LITERARY
FOLK IN NEW YORK.
Mary Anderson, Minnie Maddsrn, Mon
cure Conway and Others-The Intense
Young Man - The Lady DedIockS Of
socIety-A Poets Experiences.

calls together literary and arts lC ioik Is
always interesting. 1t differs from a co!lec-
tion Of society people without individual dis
tinCtinn in one important par icul7r Every
body Is unlike every body else. To put II
clearly. every boly is somebody.
The tall man with white hair. white mus
tache, whie chin whiskers and distiugue
air is Moncure d. CONWAY. Not even hi,
warmest admirers and I'm one of them
could call HIM handsome; but SEE how little
mere beauty of features has 10 do with
mans success socially. Tailor made men,
with pretty faces. dwInd e INTO nothInEness
in his presence The air Of the man who
has mixed with many men, marks him
Modest ton i he n all men who have trav-
eed t. anv purpose are. And what "A charm
ing talker, He Is always listened to with
the clo,esi attention In afteT-d inner speeChes
he is eSr,ec.al,y happy ami witty. Women
admire him. bright men Ike hun extremely
well. and dudes ami dand e, envy him bit
tsrly and hate him secretly.
Mary Anderson doesn't often appear at
receptions To certain houses where she is
on terms Of cordial intim with the
hostess she makes It point IL 60 as q. ten
as she can trailing in late, with Grande
dame step, wrapped in a white Partisan
evening cloak that less Opuent women
dream about at nights and talk about Ill
daylight more than Is good for them She
is given a chair somewhat in the nature of a
theatre throne, and finishes the evening in
il, receiving IuIrOductIous without rising
In the matter Of gown on such occas ons
she is addicted TO black soft laces AMI ulles,
modestly made An immense bouquet is
pretty sure to go with her and some jew
elry. In conve, sition She has the rePuts-
ha
but crowded receptions are not calculated to
display conversational art And she makes
up for any verbal deficiency 10y fine head
posing and liberal facial expression, IN
which the ewes are made 10 do heavy work
WAS present at a reception where she AMI
Minnie MAddern faced each other from
theatrical thrones, or chairs that reSembled
them. Miss Maddern Is much the more
beautiful woman Hers Is delicate un
usual beauty. not 50 noticeable on the stage
as Miss Anderson's, but exquisite at near
range She Is most graceful, too, and quick
ami skilliul in conversation. She makes one
think of some OF WukIe Collins extraordin-
srily beautiful heroInes, with her copper
Colored hlIr, delicate features and figure
marvellous complexion, luminous eyes and
perfect teeth The ewes of conspicuous
actresses are generally deserted rather
glowingly, 50 much 50 that good strong ad-
jectiveS have lost their original force. Miss
Maddern's eyes, seen off the stage, are not 10
be forgotten. They are OF miXel gray and
tawn, and glsten aud shine like j,wels-
They look new, or a. If they had been freshly
secured till they acquired that peculiar
shine
Anna Randall Diehl is sometimes met il.
these gatherings Of professional men and
OF the De esirtian system. she writes books,
too, occasionally. All distinguished women
are not agreeable. Mrs Dlehl Is both agree-
able and genuine She Is a finc-looking
widow, who's. only child, a daughter, l.
married Within the last year she has be
come an ardent disciple and dispenser OF
the mind cure.
Ny dear Mrs Diehl heard a friend
say to her, you really look ten year.
younger since / -aw YOU last"
I'm not surprised she answered: Il fee
ten years younger Its all owing to the
mind cure, | assure YOU / wouldn't ex
change it for $l,OOO,O1D"
The friend arche her eyebrows.
Il am quite in earnest continued Mrs,
DIehl, with animation The mind cure L
a priceless fortune TO me, spiritually ami
materially. The management Of our minds
is the great work of life Reduced to
science We call II mind cure. To me it
means health and happiness without alloy
Then she told Us how she woke up ngh,s
ard cured herself Of headache. and cured
other people of all sorts of things Don
Hut her down as a fanatic for she Is no sucL
thing. On the contrary she doesn't in
dine TO the fiIghty in conduct or speech
But she believes III the mind cure heart and
soul
There are Lady Dedlocks to tie seen at these
receptions as well As among the idle rich
One has a face most fair clear ringing
voice, and manners 50 soft, refined ami
sympathetic that she casts a spell on every
body who comes near her. She has a wide
and most honorable reputation, and de
serves il Sh has history, tU,-a history
so cruel and crushing that few mortals. men
or women, could have gone through it and
tanned any courage. to say nothing of
sweetness Yet she has stood up against il,
and ma friends, reputat ion and mone5,
and. most wonderful of all ism emUittered
Few know it. but she doesn't know how
few. When / see her moving com
po edly through the rooms, with
face as calm as still waters, | marvel at
the strength of soul and courage which
have carried her through such dark valleys
into such peaceful passionleSs heights She
has fought the fight and Won he years
are closing round her; the worst is over.
But the bells of memory are not sienced.
though their Ginning no longer territies
And her voice. clear ant ringing As il is
has notes of suffering in II, at tImes-echO's
from the past Who is shet Not for u gold
mine would | tell As the white woman in
the school reader said to the Indian,
Naoman, Not If your tribe should kill me
for not telling"
At place where YOU are to'erably sure
that all the guests hsve done something to
make themselves heard Of, it ism I safe to
hetray ignorance Of jus. what any ones
work is You must act on the aSsImp ion
that everybody is a lion and let him roIr
Speaking of lions reminds ME of something.
A small coterie Of the peOp.e of the pen were
ga.hered to ,ethsr informally one evening.
Among them was a young man who seemed
TO have every regularity of pc sou that cou.d
contribute to ugIinesS AMI inspire terror.
His teeth We're unspeakable. his hair had
been carefully trained TO show absolute
freedom from the despotism of the comb.
and when it came TO facial contortions no
clown could compare with him In spite Of
the fact that nature had aided him literally
In affecting humanity, he had added to
his power in that direction 10y writing
a book. | don't know the nature of the
book or anything pertaining to its
contents, but | feel sure of its capac-
ity to dishearten This young man
was Of the in ense; aye, even the lntensest
school He told Us at once that it was Use
less to write unless We We're intense,
emotional, impressive, and as he said it he
jerked and gesIicuiated in the most awful
manner He said we ought 10 pour our
selves out like lava, and that il We didn't
we might as well give up. The wor Il lid
not Rr1si