Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1892-03-10

shakes, and the gallant assurance that
America. instead ef having lost a ,laugli-
ter, had shared the fate Of Ill good moth
ers-in-law and gained i son AT this
time long after Els marriage Mr.
4 Wilde was the manner of man III ones
mind on hearing that good old rouang
chorus from ~Pinafore:''
For he Is an Engl;simani
Big, brawny square sheuldered free
listed moi bad man by any means to
stand between woman and the sledge
hanmersl
Mr.. Wilde IS anything but young
man. His hair is streaked with gray
his beard so trimmed as 10 cut ont the
gray about the chin and under his good
hlne eyes are the footprints Of late
hours and high living There IS the
portly figure and the heavy veins Of the
hands showing the elimination, not the
incipiency, Of manhood
Mrs. Leslie is no longer young 1t
were an insult to iler work and expert
ence to cali her snch. She is better than
young -she is the full grown. capable
woman Her skin is clear-and smooth,
her eyes b.lght and quick to fill with
tears. and her figure almost girlish in
its rounded symmetry At her worst,
in the untenpered glare Of day and E.r
Office dress she looked fully young
enough for Mr. Wilde.
These notices must he very amusing
to you Mr. Wilde. | said referring tn
the clippings
He smiled, then frowned Yes he
answered 'if they We're only not Nnl
gar Vulgarity IN journalism. like Win
peration in argument weakens the
point.
Among these clippings was one from
a London paper. which, in speaking Of
Mr.. Wilde as a 'conimoner' went Oh
to say that he WIS no common com
rnoner, but gentleman Il journalist, q
musician and man Of narkatlindivid
uality
The gross misconstruction which the
papers have put oa Mrs Leslie's rcmark
that her devotion to Lady Wilde had
much TO do with her marrying her son
is most unjust It is Il well known fact
that Mrs Leslie and Lady Wilde have
been the waanest Of friends for eight
years. Il ~ IA friendship Of whirh Mrs,
Leslie US much Younger woman. 4
visitor to England aud fellow hour
naiist, may we'll he prond Her refer
ence to it IN bearing upon her marriage
TO Mr. Wilde was the natural trilute OF
/ friend to friend daughter TO mother
A pretty incident showing the oneness
of these famous women was the joint
appearance of their biographies and pic-
lures in Dublin magazine called Tile
Lady Of the House, dated Sept I5.
when neither they nor the public knew
that they were ever to be more closely
lunite4 In this article Mrs Leslie l.
spokenof as 'the beautiful newspaper
queen. and Lady Wilde as :. Speranza,
who still queens it IN her magnificent
drawing rooms at 146 Oakley street,
London, where come together men and
women Of all nationalities, each one dis
tinguished in his or her way, the Alneri-
can element, perhaps predominating
and numbering among its representa-
tives such women as Mrs. Frances
Hodgson Burnett, Louise Chandler
Moulton. Mrs. Frank Leslie Mrs Proc
tor etc
This article then goes on to mention
Lady Witie's latest book, Il collection Of
essays bearing the title Men. Women
and Books. and dealing with such sub
jects is Jean Paul Richter, The Giron.
dins, Miss Martineau Lady BIessington
George Eliot Lord Lytton. DisracIi.
Thomas Moore. Leigh Hunt Words
worth Alfred Tennyson, etc
Besides being able to write chariningIy
Of all these distinguished personayes.
Lady Wilde knew and entertained
Browning Carlyle. Petrie. Lever, Fa-
ther prout Thackeray Denis Florence
Mccarthy, etc
don't blame Mrs. Leslie for being
proud Of the ff.iendshipof such woman
nd marrying her son
8nt the interview have written Of was