Evening journal., 1889-03-25
PEN PICTURES.
OF Notable People by j. Lathrop Motley
the scholar Historical.


or Notable People by j. Lathrop Motley,
the scholar Historical.
Here is picture of one Of Motley
children. Almost any father could ac-
cept it as a description of one of his own
offspring:
As for Susie, she is the light of our
eyes and the sunshine of our lives she is
perfectly good, amiable and gentle
Coming SO recently from the hand of
God she has lost nothing yet Of her in
nocence and happiness, and has all the
freshness of day break still about her.
never saw such insolent happiness. as If
she had been put into this prison house
for no other purpose but to sing and
chatter all day long She has brought a
good phial full from the fountain of per-
petual youth. and she means it TO bubble
and sparkle as long as possible
OF Macauloy, the historian, he saws:
The face. to resume my description
seen in front, is black, and as it were
badly lighted. There is nothing lumi-
nous in the eve, nothing impressive in
the brow. The forehead is spacious but
it is scooped entirely away in the region
where benevolence ought to be, while
beyond rise reverence, frmness and self
esteem, like Alps on Alps
Lord Brougham he describer as follows
The whole visage is wild and bizarre.
and slightly comical, but not stern or
forbidding Like his tongue and his
mind, 1t is eminently Scotch sharp.
caustic, rugged, thistleish. The top Of
the head is as flat as if it had been fin.
lshed with plane. The brain chamber
IS as spacious as is often allotted to anv
one mortal, and, as the world knows the
owner has furnished it very thoroughly.
me race is large. massive, scanned an
over with the deep burrows Of age and
thought and toll; the nose is fantastic
and incredible in shape There is much
humor and benevolence about the lines
OF the mouth. His manner is warm
eager, earnest, cordial
Here is a description of the present
Prince OF Wales at the age of eighteen: =
His profile is extremely like that Of the
Queen. The complexion is pure, fresh
and healthy, like that Of most English
boys; his hair Is light brown, cut short
not curly. His eyes are blush gray,
rather large, and very frank in their ex.
preston his smile very ready and genu.
Inc; his manners are extremely good I
have not had much TO do with roval per
sonages, but of those have known I
know none whose address is more win.
ming and with whom one feels more AT
one ease. He has been well educated
and | should think had good mind.
The following is from paragraph
about the late lamented Maximilian of
Mexico:
He is about thirty, has an adventur
GUS disposition some Imagination, turn
Tor poetry-has voyaged good deal
about the world in the Austrian shin Of
war, for in one respect he much resem
bles that unfortunate but ANONYMOUS
ancestor of his, the King of Bohemia.
with the seven castles, who, according
to Corporal Trim, had such passion for
navigation and sea affairs, with never
seaport in all his dominions. and ever
and anon relieves his prose Jog trot nv
breaking into canter of poetry. He
adores bull fights, rather regrets the In.
quisition and considers the Duke az
ava everything noble and chivalrous
and the most absurd of men. It would do
your heart good to hear his invocations
20 mat deeply injured shade, his denim
OF the Ignorant and vulgar Pro
testants who have DETAINED him.
President Lincoln he describes TO the
taste of every one who knew the mar.
tyred President by saying: "He seemed
70 have window in his breast. To Grant
ne pays tribute almost as great by saw.
ing:
Grant has the look of plain business
man, which ne is. / doubt If we have
had any ideal so completely realized as
that of the republican soldier in him.
cannot get over the impression he
made on me. have got something like
y from women sometimes, hardly ever
from men-that of entire loss OF self
hood in great aim which made All the
common influences which stir up other
people as nothing to him.
The foregoing descriptions NAV seem
somewhat sentimental. but how about
he following on Admiral Farragut.
The old Admirable fide accident
let it stand; is full of hot. red blood
oily, juicy, abundant equal to ANYTHING
md an extra abundant dividend of life
eft ready for payment after the largest
| don't know but he is as
much the ideal seaman as Grant the ideal
seneral, but the type is not so rare. He
alks with everybody, merry, twinkling
yed, up to everything, fond of telling
tories, tells them well; the gavest
leartlest, shrewdest old boy you ever
aw in your life