The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-03-27

She eIeelled IN tho raeness Of Irish hui
NOR, but ihe great defect OF her manner
was an excess OF compliment, or what In
Ireland is called NblarneyN and IN one
who had moved in tho best circles, both
as 10 manner and mind, II surprised mo
not a lilila.h Evidently the gushing Irish
lady had variety OF moods, for Byron
described her as 30 quiet In conversation
that one would never suppose uhe eolll
write her name Az for her excess OF
compliment, W.. say, long 1.-Two blarney,
the Nbest plreleRh 90 hangi
Win disappointment that ~ Irritating
We read OF Charlotte hrnnle'R Inability 10
shine Ia conversation, When young she
lOnged for literary hneeess, solely that u
might BRING her tho acquaintance of git
ed and cultured persona, When her dream
came true, so iiEed had become her shy
ness that society was an actual ailllollon
10 her,
We can easily believe the report that
Mra Browning had q "qualnl graceful
humor Of her own,n hut never spoke In
aallea OF wit on brilliant repnrtee,
George Eliot talked as Rhe wrote, Ia sen
tenees wise, weighty, eplgrammRiie, Mr.,
CrOss says tho onb could he more capable
OF enjoying and communicating genuine,
hearty, uncomfortable laughlerh We
need only 10 Judge by herbOOks, however,
10 know that she was serious 70 Aadneha,
Perhaps among American women the
most celebrated Tor oonYerRa ton was Mar
garet Fuller, yet In reading her letters,
poems and essays, one cannot ehcnpe tho
huspiclon that she was 0itGnhlyfly pedan-
tic, More ihaa once she said VI am now
acquainted with all the people In America
worth knowing, and ! mud no intellect
comparable 20 my own,h The ncqnalns
tanee TO whom she referred In her cavalier
manner wore such gentlemen aa Chan,
ming Freeman Clark and Emerson, oil OF
whom GENERALLY hlng. her. praises,
Her romantic death threw q
glamour over hor, Her eonyer-
aaton claasea In Boston are said 10
have been exhibitions Of great brlllihncy
on hGr part, hut all can remember after
reading about them was the ropnrtoe Of
some unknown woman, who, 10 tho qnehr
tlon, "What IN lifoYn anawored, "lt IL TO
laugh Or cry, according TO one'H tempera'
mentn
No amlublo person enjoys wittlcIsm
that shows aelf'conceiied hlnnrlnesa,
When tho young woman who was trying
TO bo very nice nRlged Governor CorWin N
he took condiments In his tea, aud ho re.
piled, "peppor aud salt, hut no mustard, "
we are not surprised that sh0 thought him
anything but agreeable, nor can we, Oa
unhurt auditors, laugh very heartily, A
much better story h that ot tho three eul'
tured young gentlemen who weto bolng
entertained 10y provincial old lady, who
had for dessert apples aud p0nra, When
she asked, "Will you tkO apples or
peara2n the frat and second escaped the
IA emma by aaylng, "AppIea,n but the
third, with irreproRchAble glllaniry, re-
piled, "Paara, madam
II ia true In both men and women, but
especially no In women, that ropArleo la
most charming when directed by love and
pointed with polllencaa, Was there over
Il more exqulaito hOn.not than that OF
Lydia Maria Chlld2 When her husband
said ho wished that lao were rich 40
Crmsua, In order that lao might give her u
life Of ease, she laughingy replledj "You
aro Crmsua; you arc king OF LydlaW