, 1890-01-23

She moves the embodiment OF rhyme,
In finest lace,
Her name aud station mono need ask,
For, though she wears u siIken masquc
TO hide her face--
They know her by her dainty air,
And by her wealth OF golden hair,
And matohlcss grace.
They little know-proud aching heart I
Ny lady wears a poisoned dart,
Meath finest lace
His Rival.
pittsburg Dispatch.
''shc Tilted me--jcs left me sudden like /;
Went with an old-time rival that 1
knew.
Hurtr' You should have seen tho ham
mcr strike
Tho glowing iron. Sakesi How the
red sparks flew
s.Blamo hcrg ~, Jl'' the smith his
hammer laid
Upon the forge 'the day that she was
talked with her--and by hor grave |
prayed
That might soon find there my mar
rage bod
s'Ycs--up yon road that winds SO white
~ In dust,
Among the pines and ON around the
hill
They carried her that day--and soon my
rival must
Take me. Till then work and wait
his will"
Instead Of doing fancy work, Mrs. Ed.
ward Bcllamy deyotes her leisure to the
study of conchology. In the evening,
after dinner. she appears with n little
basket full of sea shells, spreads tray
OF mucilnf,e and brushes, with sponge,
cup and scissors on tho table, gets the
natural histories within reach, and, with
tho author OF Looking Backward
spends the whole evening classifying
and labelling the collection OF rare shells.
'.Ouida" uses scent in her hair and on
her eyebrows that costs 100 an ounce.
She can't bear piece of muslin that has
been stsrched, and the touch of velvet,
the says, makes her flesh creep. She
hates Tho world, likes 20 offend II in her
books and shock II with her manners-
Her study has gTcnt Persian rug he
fore thc hcarthstone, and here she likes
To- iic and scream a little TO ventlnte her
Feelings Her love for lilies and hya-
tinths u shown In the artistic Atoiile,
who figures as the heroine OF Friend
snip"
Mrs. Alexander MeVoigh Miller Is
missing a fortune with her thrilling love
aogirs. She lives In grand old coun-
try house. with tall columns and ram
bling piazzas. located nee- stafford
county. Va. Taken to bed for good,
gs she Hnys. she does all her work on a
pillow. which Is placed on her breast as
rest Tor her wriung-pad. She uses u
ren, and during the thinking ana rest
Ing spells throws ins nll over the bch-
clothes. SO accustomed has the help
less invalid become to the blue-black
Spots that a new, fresh counterpanc is u
hindrance to her work until 1t has been
baptized In iAk. From one paper she
draws salary OF 5000 year for heI
serials.
Mrs. Jnines Barrow, ''Aunt Fanny"
whose marriea lie of twenty years was
one season of vacation days, must have
heard very many compliments from her
husband, who was the most devoted OF
mon and very proud OF this little story
writer. She says, "Nothi,ig pleased me
more that to have him say, you are
such good follow, Fanny" Mrs. bar
row counts among her personal friends
the illustri0us Bancroft, who ON hgtir.
ing up the receipts nom their individual
publications. posted the totals on his
linen cuff with the remark, 'Iou hive
made more money out Uf your child
Ten's stories than have made out of my
histories. Fame2 Yes, but in this ma
tcrial ago the intangible Is not nourish-
iiiyss." iiHs; we must Dc i'a O'd' ana soul to
Mrs. Catherine Gladstone, wife of the
Grand Old Man, was a Miss Glynno half
= century ago. At her marriage she
bought her husband Hawarden castle,
over which she has reigned u firm but
quict queen. She IL the mother, ms her
filustriolis husband puts 1t. OF q quartet
OF sons and quartet of daughters and
is described as a woman of great moral
and mental strength whom u stranger
would worship, but never presume to
love save al n distance Hcrh Is gray
but abundant, and resembles satin In
texture 80 carefully Is 1t brushed over
her ears and under II snowy little
cap OF fine lace and black velvet
Loops thut fall over her neck in the
back Bho dresses always In black, and
her yelve basquos are made very high in
tic collar and finished with lace ruche
that reaches quite To the pointed, slight
1y iimplcd chin. The only sort OF trlm-
ming sho wears Is set OF lace wrist
rnt,ies with bands OF delicate web laid
nfhc sleeve Of the dress covering it
from fiIl to ciDow. Hes face Is oval in
form and still full in outline. that splcn
did height OF forehead covering more
than n third OF - tacinl moasurumcnt.
SIie has her own corner ia tho HaWurdcn
library, where she Is surrounded by her
iiNrrito Authors all little, handabu
boDks. Mrs. Chant calls thcmand
sta,ucltcs that crowd space and atten-
tioh.
One Of the costlicst anl most beautiful
hand bouquets that ever len New York
was carried of by Mrs. Harrison the day
aftertho contonnial ball. The gin came
from the American Floral Association
and was grown 10 order b. no less than
thirteen nurscrymen, who used rose
leaves for ieItiiisins nn1 distilled water
~ Tor sprinkiing Lilies of tho valley, 10
900 sprays i,l al. formed i.inge far the
hundred Cornclia Cook roses HAT made
the heart 81 the bouquct. There were
Ton y,stsls Of ribbon aboiit The long stems,
on inc loops Of Which an y. A. had
pninipl the American ilag and Inscribed
Inc .ceaaion of the presentation. spev-
/. inl i,,t.ss,nrcr WAS fcnt io the bctropoli-
a tan opera- house aud presented u io
Mfs Harrison as she WAS going into The
= ballroom. There werc I've worsis In the
preseutaiiop ni,eeci, and Mrs. Harrison
lf..| lafIt IL