Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-17
READING BAD BOOKS.
How Certain Bellies of the Capital
Manage to Fool Their Pas.
GOSSIP ABOUT THE STANFORDS.
A Lady Offers to Sell One of Mrs. Cleve-
lands Letters for $500.
INV MEAN MAN MAKR2 MONEY
GOSSIP ABOUT THE STANFORDS
HOW A MEAN MAN MAKES MONEY

| CORRESPONDENCE HI
WASHINGTON, August 16.-The down.
fall of the wicked novelist, Tolstoi, has Gre
ated surprise and dismay among many of
the ladies of Washington society. For the
past three years some Of them have been
preaching him as the greatest novelist, and
1 heard Senator's wife the other day say
that she was going to take all OF Tolstoi's
works with her into the country and read
them in the French, as the French transla-
tions gave more fully the fine distinctions
and the peculiar beauties of the Russian
novelist They upheld him as the apostle
OF realism, and are disguised in seeing their
idol shattered as the purveyor of dirt. The
Keeping of the ''Kreutzer Sonata" out of the
mails has created great demand for the
book. and at least 10000 copies have been
sold here.
| 1t is the same with the other prohibited
BOOKS and not few OF our most noted girls
are reading them on the sly The daughter
OF one of the most goody good and Puritani-
cal Puritan Senators has made neat cover
OF vellum which just fits over the flaming
title page of these questionable novels, and
she has printed in red ink on the back of
this the fictitious titles of other works.
happened to pass her In the Capitol the
other day and aiterward took a seat be-
hind her in the reserved gallery of the
Senate. As passed, she had a book under
her arm labeled Daniel Deronds, by
George Elliot" As 1 looked over her
shoulder in the Senate at her father below
my eye caught another title on the head of
the page, and this title was "The DEVILS
daughter, and when remembered the
loud picture which has been put on the out
side OF this novel, and the social slush
which Is packed within it, did not wonder
that she preferred to change the cover. I
hnd that there are ten girls here, at least
who are playing this game on their unsus.
pecting parents
ONE OF MRS. cLEvELAND's LETTERS.
1 have just gotten the following letter
through THE PITTsBURG DISPATCH in re-
gard to Mrs. Cleveland's autograph:
PHILADELPHIA, July 30, 1890
My Dear Miss Grundy, Jr.:
In your letter of washington Gossip" of a
week or so ago you mention an offer made by
gentleman Of $500 for the autograph of Mrs
cleveland. have letter from this lady ad-
dressed to me August IL, 1885, containing so
words beside the envelope. received it in re-
ply to little gift which sent to her on the re-
turn OF her birthday OF that year, together with
one sent to Miss Mollie Villas at the same time
This offer for sale to the highest bidder. If
the person to whom you refer in your letter
mas not been gratified by purchase, 1 would
De pleased to correspond with him. Could you
send me his address, or any other you may
have knowledge off, If successful you shall
MRS. M. K LAWRENCE.
am sorry to tell Mrs. Lawrence that tie
$500 gentleman has left Washington, and
that do not know of anyone who is willing
to give IS 25 word for any Of Mrs. Cleve-
lands autograph letters.
THE sTANFoRDs' UNIVERSITY.
saw private letter yesterday from Mrs.
Senator Stanford. She and the Senator
have spent considerable time in Europe this |
summer in studying up matters in connec-
tion with their new university. They have |
found some Improvements in the lavatory |
system and in the sleeping arrangements of |
girls in European colleges which is an i'm |
provement on the plans made for them here,
and they have just cabled directions to
California to have the work stopped on the
college there until these new plans arrive.
At present 26 masons and stonecutters are
thrown out of work by the stopping of the
building, and they can do nothing until they
have the new plans.
There are in all about 1000 men working
on this Palo Alto University, and the stone
cutters number 200 TIE clear condition OF
Senator Stanford's mind is evidenced by his
work upon it. His head is as clear as bell,
and the statements that he has paresis comes
from his weak ankle. When he sits still
Tor any length of time his foot goes to sleep,
and when he rises this makes him stagger a
little before he can get himself firm on his
pins. He has, however, perfect control of
mis- limbs, which, understand, is not the
Ease with persons afflicted with the above
disease.
A BOSS LIARS STORY.
The story of his brain being unbalanced
reminds me of a remarkable sensation which
was sprung several years ago in regard to
MS mental condition. 1t was then stated by
'ne OF the champion liars of the United
States that Stanford's body worked Just in
'he opposite direction from his mind and
will. II he wanted to 60 to sleep he was
,ure to stay awake, and if he wanted yery ,
much to keep awake his ewes would spring
,ogether like a rat trap when the cheese
within 1t was bitten. If he wanted to 90 to
he North his limbs would pull him of to 8
he South, and the result was that to do any,
hing that was necessary to be done he hail '
o desire to do the opposite thing to be able
o do the necessary one.
The truth is Senator Stanford is as healthy i
millionaire as there is in the country. He
$ perhaps little heavy and he might re- I
luce his abdomen with comfort, but be has
lad nothing to do with the doctors and pre- s
ers to doctor himself. He does not believe f
n paying $50 or S. for a guess as to his con- '
ition, and he believes in travel as health
reserYer.
A MONTHS VACATION.
The Department clerks are many of them
way on leave. Every clerk who works for I
be Government has the right to one months :
acation during the year and her salary
oes on all the same. Many of the Depart
lent girls save up during the whole year in \
rder to cut q swell during this month.
hey 60 to the seashore with a good ward