Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-01-16

and Is does net nov except In . few
eases
MrA Howe bears her years grsesfully.
rights In what shs claims Are their best
sense, woman's right to her home, to .
fair competition with men, to fair treat
meat in All walks OF business life and the
learned professions. and In and ont Of
season she has fought valiantly under
that dag. Mrs. Howe u short and not q
ell MASCULINE looking.
Ate nrsaks.ss with bob" Inssrssll
1t Was - Breakfast with Col Robert
IngsrsolL There were present about
twenty we'll known uen. including Gen.
sherman The great sgnostic was at his
best. Smiles chased each other over his
broad face and he beamed pleasure from
every pore. The talk Was about great men.
Gen. Sherman had told some stories
about Lincoln, and finally he turned to
Ingersoll and said, Bob, what II your
opinion Of LincolnP'
All eyes were turned to Ingersoll, and
the latter began by saying: AZ have on
more than one occasion expressed my
opinion / think he was perhaps the
greatest President we ever had"
"was he not the grsatesti" querisd
someone.
II shall not say" replied Ingcrsoll,
''for Thomas Jefferson was . great man.
In my opinion, he was one Of the great
est men this world has ever produced.
Jefferson would have been . marked man
In any age. He, more than any other
American that We have produced, could
have walked hand in hand with such a
philosopher as Marcus AureliuA But as
for Lincoln, he was ono Of the dearest
souls who ever trod this earth. His is
The gentlest memory the world has ever
known"
Tho talk then drifted to various topics,
and lngerso1 expressed an opinion on
such men as Scott and Burns and ended
by repeating in his own matchless way
1.-The Banks and Brass Of Bonny Doom"
Speaking Of Gen. Sherman, it is . little
remarkable how the grizzled hero man.
ages to keep up with the fashionable pro-
has as many invitations to dine ont as
Depew, and unlike Dcpsw, he doesn't
pass any Of the rich foods and wines,
although he eats sparingly. But he takes
course for cours 50 the same a. the other
guests, smokes cigar, tells few stories
and then goes homs TO sleep.
"Aren't you afraid OF getting dyspep-
Il as, L. al - IL
at q dinner party.
ooh, no." was tho reply, sany man who
could live on hard tack as long a. did
is in no danger of dyspepsia My stom-
ash's all right, and l wouldn't part with
It for all the world A good stomach is
better than great fortune"
Mr.. Odgden Goelet, tho we'll known
millionaire and society leader, has an ex-
tensive and valuable library that is the
envy Of literary men and women. 1t
contains many literary gems of almost
priceless value, but Mr.. Goelet is . very
rich man and he can W ell afford to graf
ify his exquisite taste in his love for old
this interesting collection, "Merrie Eng
land in the Olden Time" by George Dan
iels, Is magnifcently illustrated by the
author. 1t contains many rare dramatic
portraits, and all of the original draw
ings prepared by the author for the en-
cravings of the work. Besides this, Mr..
Goelet has superbly Illustrated copy Of
"The History OF Old New York." by John
". Francis, 'Trelsnd's Records" and al
most complete set of the drawings and
illustrations OF Cruikshank. Talking Of
Ireland's Records the newest work con-
corning them is valerian Gribay s
history of THE French Invasion of Ire
land in 1898" 1t deals with a romantic
and picturesque, but almost forgotten,
episode in the history of the unhappy
island.
Erastus wiman Predicts . storn.
Erastus wiman does not believe that
we are goiag to have very good times for
at least few months / was talking tc
him the other day abcu fha financial