Telegram-herald., 1891-02-09

Mrs. Dew is slight, wiilowiy woman,
with dark hazel eyes, auburn hair aad
eomplexion iIks tbs petal Of an apple
blossom She Is greatly devoted to her
young husband and Is at home with him
a. much - possible summer and
winter. remember Mrs De. Dew a. the
lovely Bessie Martin. and was first at
trsetsd 10 her BY hearing her sing one
evening that pathetic soag Douglas
Tender and True" To hear her
sing it once is to carry the re-
msmbrance OF 1t thrcugh ones life.
Her voice has been highly culti
waited and is wonderfully sweet. There
Is q sad romance connected with her
early girihood. She Was engaged when
quite young to jefferson Davis. Jr., son
OF the Confederate President, and was TO
have been married to him in avery short
time. when he WAS stricken down with
cholera and died in few hours 1t was
. great blow to the Young fiance and
she withdrew from society and the gay
world for several years. Her family were
sntimats friends Of the Davis family, and
she was . great favorite with them.
Bessie being the only daughter and the
sdel Of fond parents and brotbers-every-
thirg that love and affection and money
could do, to take her mind from her
trouble was resorted TO. They travelled
with her-and after much persuasion
she again entered society. She met her
fate in the charming DIR. Dcw-and he is
ss happy as mortals deserve to be here
below. Not long ago her friend. Winnie
Davis, daughter Of the late jefferson
Davis, visited Mrs. Dew In her New York
hom@ss.~c7<sss - e % .S.ks Sks
Actresses Divorced frsn the stage.
= Mary Anderson Navarro will be one OF
che most prominent guests at the balls
of the Patriarchs and colonial DANES
Out Of the somewhat considerable list
OF actresses who have married rich New
Workers not moro than one or two have
attained the bliss OF entering the fash.
lsnabls circle, which makes Mary Ander-
sens success tho moro brilliant. The
best stage match heretofore, from the
society standpoint, was that made by
Annie Robe, who left Wailack's company
to marry Daniel q. Griswold- The Girls
wolds are of the inner circle of Knicker-
booker society. Miss Robe was Scotch
girl whose mother was an actress.
There Is no shadow of doubt
about the position Miss Anderson has
obtained The Navarros are rich, Of
noble extraction and entirely au fait in
hra kxcy< Il Il
the dancing set.
The size OF this climax can only be
appreciated by those who knew Miss
Anderson personally in the first years OF
her career. Reams have been written tc
persuade the public that her extraction
and breeding were gentle, but the fact
remains that ten years ago, aud even
less, she knew next to nothing about the
manners aud habits Of people with even
ordinary social advantages. Her first
photographs witness th;s without any
other proof. They show the same beau.
tifnl face that has since made her fortune,
but In posture, expression, and In the
way she carries her dress, they bctray
lack of breeding.
It Is just ten years sincne I chanced TO
be standing one day at the counter of .
store in Concord, ". H., when Mss An
derson who had played in the city the
night beforehand her mother entered
and asked for gloves. Mary selected
some Isle thread ones and her mother
objected to them, saying: Ladies don't
wear Isle thread, Mary" The daughter
hesitated, they both looked doubtful and
anxious, and after sons debate on the
point the order was changed for kid
This incident shows how little they
knew Of the simplest OF dress. aud also
points out the direction OF their am bi-
tion. which has always been social
rsther than artistic. Art has been to
them a means and not an end -.
Type-settfsg Machine Possibilities
The fact that many Of the great news
paper Offices CT the country are about to
use the new type setting machine. indi-
Gates TO many misds. = revolution in the
production Of books and newspapers al
nest as Sreat.ss that made By the sewing
machine in tse production OF clothing.
Msny printers there are wso fear that the
art Of Typography. viii De entirely swept
away, and that in place OF humsn-setting
machines. there viii be Instruments that
viii do double the work of any nan at,
s-rhsps. sne-thiri Of the cost.
Frsetiesl pristsrs. those who regard
typography As an ar. are not snthusiss-
tse over the work % the machines. While
lt II probably true that several Of the bis
asiiies iatead TO give tee machines q
trial in the near fukare. II j. equally .
fact that one great newspaper IN New
ysvk city has decided against them. Th'
sdoptien of the machine resas the sc
sifc- Of she typographical appearance o.
fhe paper. None ef the machines car
s.s up NOR. thsa ens kiss Of typs snS
this "a ia itself a great drawback Al
she big isiIies IN New York use three
f..ur and sauna of fher, more kinds al