The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-04-28

than they do the real Boston, as thor
oughiy characteristic OF the town. 1t
would be difficult to find a more inter-
esting exhibit from an historic point or
view or more valueless one from an
artistic standpoint. than this Boston col
lection of portraits. 1t is essentially
Copley exhibit. and no epoch. IL we ex-
cept Leley's Charles the Seconds period.
has been so faithfully portrayed as CO.
loniaI society by this great Thaekery OF
the brush. The Copley pics1res are un-
deniably ugly. His women are hard-fea-
tured. stiff-boned and angular. ana tur-
key cocks are nothing TO his men. But II
was a sign OF the times. Stiffness and
grandiosity were in the very air. II
would be hard, indeed, for the most mag
NATIVE to surround even the celebrated
Dorothy O." with the halo or romance
with which dear old Holmes has In
vested her, but as curiosities they are
most interesting. and preserving. as they
do. provincial England and colonial great
ness, their value is inestimable.
That remarkable child, Helen Keller.
certainly puts many of US who are blessed
with ali our faculties to shame. Her
power Of touch is simply marvellous. The
other day a bust of Keats was given her,
After passing her hands over the face
she expressed her admiration for the
traces of intellect she found there, and
even detected tie smile that parts the
lips of the dead poet. A bust or Napo-
leon afterwards given her was recognized
at once. and she remarked that the bust
must have been made at the time or the
emperor's successful conquests, as the
EXPRESSION was less anxious than IN the
bust OF Napoleon she had seen" few
days before.
good way to utilize bread that has
s,Ta to m Nt,f
in diamond shapes half an inch THICK,
dip them in milk and let them drain for
a little while. Brush them over with
the white OF an egg. dredge a little -four
over them and fry them in hot butter
Serve with gravy.
Two very important books for house
keepers, of value alike to mistress and
servant, have just been issued by the
New York house of Frederick Warne &
Co. One is entitled, THE Duties of Ser
wants" aud the other waiting at Ia
bic" Both subjects are fully covered.
and though originally prepared for the
English household, the rules and sugges-
tions will apply with equal force TO those
Of this country.
A society leader who has earned a sort
of distinction as a writer of fiction, said,
according TO the New York Sun, that
lane for her selection Of a husband sug-
gested a considerable depth of igno-
rance as to the relative value of the "a
tive and most foreign article OF this par
tlcuiar variety. Most OF the structures
passed upon Hiss Could" he said. were
based upon the assertion that she ac-
cepted a foreigner OF title instead OF a
stalwart. self-made and successful Amer
lean. II does not seem 10 be understood
that young women OF Miss Gould's posi-
ton In society do not meet stalwart, self
made and successful young Americans Of
prominence. The young men OF great
ability IN the country in business or in
the professions do not get into society.
The girl who is in society meets only So
ciety young men. whether they are ma
tives OF this country or foreigners. Her
field Is distinctly restricted TO men az So
ciai prominence. and has nothing 10 do
with men of great sterling merit. either
abroad or at home. The question really
becomes one Of selection between the
young men who dance attendance upon
society women In America and the young
men Of foreign birth who follow the same
vocation. A prominent Washington d.
plomat recently reused the ire OF society
IN this city by saying that New York So
ciety men were crudely bred and had the
least attractive manners OF any men he
had ever met Nobody OF experience can
deny that there is a great deal OF truth
IN that assertion. Our own society men
are curt toward strangers, exceedingly
exclusive and autocratic towards men
they consider socially inferior TO them
selves. and thew lack the grace. refine
ment and culture that we naturally look
for IN men who give themselves entirely
up 20 the practice Of the lighter Eraces
OF life. Society men OF Europe. on the
other hand. are carefully schooied, and
their manners are SO assiduously cu,ti-
waited that IL Is at all times pleasure 10
meet them. II IS not that they excel our
men in dancing. department. or IN any OF
the details az social life but that they
have infinitely III ore suavity. tact gcrial-
itty and general Adaptability. They are
we'll read. masters Of several languages.
intelligent and without a trace OF snob-
blshness. which - so often a feature OF
New York society men. II seems 20
have been a case between two evils, etc.
Perhaps Miss Gould wasn't so much 10
blame after all.
DOROTHY DEAN.