The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-11-25
GEN. CLAY,s no AND BRIDE.
All the Newspaper Pictures OF the Girl Are
Fnkes-A GLIMPSE OF Her.
From, the Courier Journal

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From, the Courfe>JournaL
After telling about his marriage to Dora Rich
ardson. Gen. Cassius NJ. Clay took me through
his vast house. lie was talking all the time. not
in a rambling way, as one would expect from .
man of his advanced age, but he told In a most
entertaining manner about how he had built
the house at a cost of nearly one hundred thou
sand dollars. and how he had constructed 10
30 that II was more of a fort than a residence.
Here Is the way he told the story of tho house
and its valuable contents:
This house is the best built residence in
H%e BRICK we're sss I all seiecsed y an Oa the fne m sona rT wa:
made with a great deal more lime than is usually
Put. in i, 6 builder, sI mortar Stsr As a result suit not q par,
the bricks by the rains, that have beaten against
then then . and tG, i h 4 g hard ,n,dd to-dsy that you cannot
wood except the window frames that could be
, sss Gn nr f,.m A s, s%,' bn; \, part. wG1, might g ., burn the r
possible u. TO-, 70 destroy cstI,Gst the 81 house eS4S, 6y Are: Mo-, r,,.
drawing room IL one of the largest in America,
s srsnS ysPy f sns IL Se Europe H Ssn cGG e. 2 ret to i IL
they were married: Here is an autograph note
to accept the picture. Opposite to those pic
fu 5sa w y splen as Yo fits see; are oil steel Sdrt snFra " q:
artists ID Russia, but sent it TO . friend
picture Of my boy. Cassius, who helped me in
my fight at Foxtown. He was only IA years Did
You can see he was a handsome. manly fellow.
This picture of a semi-nude woman was given to
most noted artists. whose name / cannot recall.
They tell you the Russians are all barbarians,
Now, come into this room and I VIII show
had made IN, Lexington with which to defend
the ONCE Of the True american. The other one
nearly thhiree feet ! long and mas has o. 3 S Sprs'; of e on is
i2to. a mob with that loaded with. this new eSs
plosiye. why, II would tear them all to pieces. 1t
did j build my house and foTtify It THIS thiss
way -? To protect myself from the Ku-KluI. The
than my share OF them; They formed them
banged me had I I s soPpSSs ssn 's Sc w wHp fart hsss
After we had had talked at length about his
house and home, ! asked him II I could not see
and he replied: mo. she Is mot d Ip aasdiI tn bs
seen. Her hair is not nxed in the fsshionsble
he: up like other girls are axed." ho'0a' 0n'
then told him I would be glad to get q picture
he wqaIa give |" %ss picture Or himself which
S was Id ,aken N iSop, S but which, by the way, does
that. fearing he had no picture Of himself and
WE | had brought a photographer along, to
his wife TO sit for her picture. and also declined
again To let me see her.
She never had a picture taken" continued
the Colonel. and l will not allow her 10 have
one taken until she 10 fixed up with nice clothes
and her hair is properly dressed"
This statement, Of course, shows that the
alleged picture OF the girl which has appeared
IN print was not her likeness at all. In reality.
The picture which has done duty for Gen. Clay's
young bride Is the likeness of a Lexington
Young woman. Instead OF having short hair,
the published picture gives her, she has very
was sitting some distance from the fireplace
III the tTcneralS lDrary. and from whAra TRat \
saw the girl come into the dining room adjoin-
Ing and arrange the luncheon on the table, L
GOT a good view OF her, and am, therefore. en-
a6led to give a pretty fair description OF her
aPptaranee. she wore what appeared TO be q
md appeared to be intent upon her work. She
las a very heavy suit OF black hair, which was
plated and hung down her back To her waist.
she Is below the medium height and is rather
built. Her face. while not ugly. is far
,s9m being beautiful Her intensely black eyes
lent, her mouth is fairly pretty. but her whole
ppearance indicates the ordinary mountain
.lrt She has very little education and Is alto
iether rustic in her appearance and manners.