Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-19

gians, Kentuckians, what you will,
in like proportions.
The Southern society is one of the
most flourishing here, and not
newspaper in the city but has
swarms of Southerners in its pay.
Two sons of "Bill Arp'' are employ
ed on the stalwart Republican Tri-
bune. Ballard Smith, the World 8
managing editor, is a Kentuckian.
So too is Mr.. Keller, who holds a
like position upon the Recorder, be-
sides cloud of greater and lesser
lights who all rose to southwark. In
commerce such names as John Ii.
Inman, G. w. Williams, Latham,
Alexander q Co., are but fairly rep
resentative of Southern luck and
pluck. OF Southern literary and
| business women, certainly the most
conspicuously successful is Mrs.
Frank Leslie Wilde. am afraid to
to say how many millions her check
would be good for, lest l be accused
of lacking regard for fact. She has
several fortunes in diamonds
alone, and divides with Mrs. Will.
liam Aston the honor of having
the most magnificent diamond neck
lace in the world. Yet it is but one
of hundred costly ornaments. In
deed / question if outside of crown
jewels there is anywhere else such a
collection of sparkling stones. But
they are reserved religiously for full
dress occasions. In her Office, where
she sits daily, the actual, as well as
nominal head OF great business,
Mrs. Leslie-Wilde wears trim black
gowns with dainty aprons to protect
and relieve them, and no kind OF
Jewels save one or two on her hand.
She is model woman of business
clear. headed, kindly, direct of speech,
decided and thoroughly dependable.
She is chary of promises, but once
they are made, keeps them religious
ly. Her Thursday evenings are
unique. Through them she extends
wide and gracious hospitality that
is sometimes abused, but much often
er means of social grace alike to
giver and receiver. You see all sorts
and conditions of celebrity there
no less than folk whose one claim to
distinction in such company is that
they are not distinguished. myself
never 60 without wishing that the
entertainment had glossary, or else
the celebrities were all tagged so as to
be known without the trouble OF
asking. You see there authors, ar
fists, musicians, actors, plain rich
folk and palmer folk not so rich. For
each the hostess has a cordial wei
come, a ready and kindly word.
There is always music-often from
famous thrOrls and fingers, recita
tons, character sketches, Delsartian
examples. There are. cakes and ale,
too otherwise sandwiches and
punch, and sweet things, served from
bouffet in the back parlor. Mr..
VIM. Wilde, Mrs. Leslie's new
husband, has certainly other claims
to consideration than being his
wife's husband or Oscar Wilde's
brother. Judging from appearance
he is about forty.fve years old. He |
is beside tall, broad-shouldered,
black headed, with merry eye, and |
a general air of good fellowship.
Physically, he is in strong contrast
to Miss Wilde, who is not tall, though |
she possesses a magnificent figure
with blue-gray eyes and golden
chestnut hair. She carries herself
well, with a mixture of womanly
dignity and girlsh grace, and though
rising forty, does not look over
thirty-five and that, too, without
making up.
Mercy! How my pen runs on.
must stop or you will give no more
space to vaunt my own, my native
town. Next time / will tell you
about heaps of interesting things and
people, that meant to put in here,
but this proceeding is Ito be contIn'