The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-27


ed it was at first received with increduE-
~. There was not one dissenting voice
as 10 the suitability Of the match, Tor
rarely were two people ever more con
genial. They had been friends since early
childhood, always interested in the same
things and knew one another Thoroughly
The marriage has been an Ideally happy
one. $3.50.
Mrs Roosevelt is of medium height,
with fair complexion, dark eyes anu mar
and a charm of manner that - mus
attractive. She dresses very SIMPLY pu'
always in the latest fashion, wears fe"
Jewels. but those few handsome ones.
There is an apparent shrinking from os-
tentation i'm all her encourage but every
thing in her costume, as in her nome
is up to the times I'm every detail FOR
comfort, not for show, Is eNidehtly her
motto. and. while entering enthusiastic
callv into all her husbands public inter-
ests. her home duties are her own per-
sonal pleasure. ThorOughness in her
housekeeping is a marked characteristic
Of Mrs Roosevelt, while her personal care
and attention are bestowed upon her four
little children TO an extent That might wei
be initiated by women who have nothing
in the world TO DO but 10 play nurse.
She is a good business woman, and
check books and bank books have no a"-
full mystery about them TO ner. 1t - SAID
she has the signing Of all the checks Tor
the entire household expenses. Certain
il is that the finances Of the family nave
the benefit Of her supervision.
Mrs. Roosevelt's life in Washington was
much quieter in many ways than II VIII
be here this winter The care Of her chill
dren. although they have nurses, COVER
nesses, &c, was her paramount mission
ures were always taken under her spe-
cial direction, and their intelligence al
ready shows the good results of her eff
forts.
She went 10 dinners and other enter
tainments. and her house was always
open TO her friends. among whom were
the most interesting foreigners as well
as WashingtOnians, but she did not pose
as leader of society.
The summers, spent at their country
place at Oyster Bay, are passed as those
OF their neighbOrs. and as all people Of
p,eaps spend khoir summers-occasion-
ally entertaining informally, driving and
sailing and having people down from
town for few days at time. Mrs.
Roosevelt has been in mourning during
the last two years, so that she has gone
10 no large entertainments. She Is very
popular with women and has large
circle of friends. They are almost with
out exception women Who are fond OF
read.ng-who take a deep interest IN the
public questions of the day. She is
member Of one or two literary clubs and
manager OF several of the fashionable
charities.
The next best thing to knowing some
thing about a subject IS having br ght
quotation bearing upon II. one OF the
hest Illustrations Of this truiscm that the
Listener has lately encountered was de-
veloped at an examination IN certain
college recently. An examination IN as
troromv had begun: a student came IN,
glanced over the list of questions. was
annalled al their character, and, hastily
seribbling something in his book. left
the room. The professor was curious TO
see what he had written, and went TO
the desk and looked at the book. This
was what he found-being a couplet from
a well-known hymn:
"Sun, moon and stars forgot,
Upward / hyl'
The correspondent who tells the List
ener the above story is moved by the
translation OF "L'Intransigeant" in the
Jordan-Mars exhibition 10 make note
Of a French translation made Of the
name of Eastman Johnson's well-known
painting. "Old Kentucky Home" when II
was In one OF the early Paris exposi-
tons. The translator had been baked
and no wonder-at this, and so rendered II
..Un Fete Champetre a Kentucky.
1t Is said troop OF lady" bull-hghters
is now touring in Spain. These six fine,
olive-sknned girls are mill hands. or
rather, they were. until they bettered
themselves. Now they earn so each for
every bull fight IN which they are en-
gagged. OF course, the animals they tackle
are proportional to the female standard
OF strength and agility. being younger
and less fierce than the veterans. The
proceedings are merely pretty until the
final scene, when one OF the pretty young
ladies kills the bullock with a sword, and
in Spain that is considered the prettiest
thing Of all. II these fair bull fighters
could be brought to Atlanta they would
be the hit Of the fair.