New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-05
Mps CORXwALLlS WEST.


n most striking contrast TO tn' generous
medal extr. mites and prnderous tread o, ",' ie
irl and of all M, other women Of Tia" North save Vi
$780,, .,,,,.r mint Of resemblance of tho IT'S"
,, o. Ga. Standard f. To Dc found In her lohnhess '''
iy,d ,olors and while tl5 occasionally Ic'"' Wv"
IN cccentricity and 10 what f'ri'''"hpS '"s"
TEMPTED 10 pronounce as "eArhVas'"ce !" " a.
~ dress vet the other hama INC ''S" " =. a.,
nIeos,ng and somehow other 1t SEEMS 10 "'' ~ ~
,,,,. -, Tho wearer-if that indeed wer" poSSi'ie
W., another Characteristic when the li''" 81, 80
o, ,,lh the women Of southern Europe Is he'
,,o ,,,,e and love for music. when Is o''''''
o, .b,,.d by her English sister across o' '"''"',"
Her dancing can Only u" compared W '""' ,.
Vlenncsc In grace and hghtneSS' "h''e !" w. uh
tr acquiring languages she resembles 'h' 0''''
= ~. oniy member of the English speaking race ""o
apn.ars I, be able 20 get 10 speak ffehc"
any trac. of foreign accent, ana she hi'ne W al" W.
,he- nm Austrian pop" seems To have 1t In her power
IN acoulre that soft musical drnwl Win "h''h NV
vIenno,e are accustomed TO endow the oidnarI
and cultural sounding German Iahsuae'' :"
,,adue,, 10 adapt herself 10 her snrronnuheS, 10
matter what the latter may BE-, The uaue"I'r VI "
h,. much Iu common with the daughters 81 Coumoia
and ,.,t +, an American frl ,hcr" Is no woman VINO
i - we'll fitted IN every way 10 become the D'''c'
half Of a diplomat than an Irish maiden
In her Impotence that most feminine oil all '"uI,'
a. we'll rs In her nnpunciunllty' I'll" i ,"o'o"e"S
French aud II Is owing I" th's lach oi P''''"'' P'
han. that She never gives herself time 10 80 mo any
crc,t extent for book learning. Indeed nor or'eht
no, and clevcrness may be described as tonseh'ta
for I h,y. never met Irish girl who t"rlh sl' sun
sufficiently long In place To enable her 10 fe'u
IN. second page 81 book after having hh''"c' W.
first Tho impcrsonlhoaion OF perpetual move mrh''
she Invariably reminds me Of the ARAB traduoh VII"
regard 10 the creation Of woman. According % 'hs
.,orv Allah had laid down 'he nh on the ground ana
,p guI
whence lie had taken IT for the purpose 81
constructing Eve when suddenly stray dog caught
sight of the bone. grabbed 1t and boited. hihh
started on In hot pursuit, but only sn'ceedcu j"
clutching hold Of the animals tail, which remained III
If, hand TIE dog getting away clear with inc Doh''
which II devourcd. Nothing daunted, Allah deter
mind 10 make the best OF bad job and to H." the
,ou ~ IA. ,hI.yIng dog a. basis for the construction
of woman In lieu OF Adams nib. And 1t l. IN con
sequence Of this according 10 the Arab story mat
women find II Just difficult to remain stu as does
a dogs tail
one OF the only points which the Irish have IN com
mon with their English sister, IL In the sterling
character and loyalty Of their friendships. While the
Irish gentleman IL often accused OF being tickle, no one
has ever That know Of. venturcd to accu'" the IRISH
lady thereof and We have only TO read Erins history
both past and present. In order to r"ak" now Iuli
II, pages are Of record, Of splendid unaclil'hD"ss ana
noble self sacrificing devotion the part OF Irelands
womcnldnd.
This being the case can. perhaps Afford to
show Indulgence to the Irish girls shortcomings rs
regards thrift method and order, all three OF when
ar. absolutely foreign TO her character All re-
monsrnnce or protest Is useless and is turned OF by
her with saucy laugh or merry jest. indeed sh'
makes fun Of everything and Of everybody save the
priest for she l. very devoutand with the exception
OF the Church there Is nothing sacred to the daughter
Of Erin Did not the Sauclcst and most plqinnt OF
All Of them that know. Mrs. CORVALLIS west the
daughter OF old Lady Olivia Fitzpatrick even go 80
far drop piece Of Ice down Ill" bacR OF thr neck
OF her coming King evening after particularly
festive dinner am not sure that sh" wouih not nave
pulled faces even the Queen herself II the MT had
taken her. and | well remember the CONSERVATION
which She caused one day at Cairo AT the Office Of
the extremely dlgnined and imposing Egyptian Prime
Minister Nubar Iacha, when sh" amused herSri by
pressing the sixty or seventy electric D'i buttons
behind his desk and then greeting all the Pachas.
Brys and Enrndis who hurried to the room IN not
haste with pcals Of laughter and comical faces.
sill can see Nubar laughngy cApoSulni'ng ana
urging that she was nIuring his prestige. rcmon
strnnccs to which the blond and curly htt'
beauty the very spirit Of merry mischief responded
By Informing His Exceency that Ii" was nothing but
an old sinner. For any one but an Irsh "omah
Iarisicnnc IL Vicnnc>e grnde dame TO nave ac''n
thus would have exposed her 10 charges OF vrgar'y'
The latter however IL the one thing which no ii'h
woman OF gentle birth can beat least III my
experience.
Nothing IS more amusing than to hear Mrs. West
engage I'm "A wordy conflict with her huge husband,
Who I'm addition 10 his sOwness OF MIND possc''''s
the additional draw back Of sOwnc's oil Speech since
he stammers drcadully, especially when Ills wife Is
In a hurry TO obtain an answer from mn 10 hcr
questions Mrs. Vests sister Joanni, the wuOw'
presents I'm every way the most Striking contrast 10
tho former and II Is diiIcult to detect any Trace "I
relation hip between them except wlrn an OCCASIONAL
gram Of mischief flashes from her dirh anu "ri'.'rs
y,ry drmnlc e,es. She Is rs mach oi brinrtte as
Mrs West /, OF II blonde and rs quiet ana n shy ~
her elder sister l. the reverse. sh I''' nc' ~
husband some time ago from he elects OF u very
peculiar accident. lie was trimming young horse by
hand IN the riding school. and laa got 10 ti en- Oh
me long rope OF "longe' twisted nronhd Ms nsn'
arm. IN, horst frightened by something or otlrr'
suddenly swcrvrd toward him, slaching th rope con
.idcruhy IL then with equal procipltaiijn dashed
away from him The sudden force OF the JERK dis.
loc,i,d nj, arm ana severely shocked and injured |
hI who'll. system and although he wns man OF pow,
.rfal pay slue and siA feet III nelgn' ne ,uceun'n
a f,w months nitrrward understand that she HIS
recently married again. -. 1, A.. ..o,,,,. ,,,,,o.s
,uoih.r famous Irish beauty II the young Countess
OF Annesley, who for two or three seasons chlo,ea
.rmv,,ge Moore She Is both musical and possesses
A strongly developed talent for amateur acting, ana
ot AZ r. sewelian IN Ireland and at Anncsey Lodge
in Landau has OF late gwen numerous most succe,>l
dramatic entertainments she Is very popular III Lon
DON go u... -, r,.,.u, and An.
- ~ avery Northern country, the fair dalgh.
ters OF Erin that feels temptea TO behevs UNA.
bere !. some truth In the tradition Which ascrthes 70