The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-06

granddaughter stopping with them.
Mrs. George is a woman with gray hair,
blue eyes and a face that shows en-
ergy. though she has in her delicate
health but small chance OF any work
at present Mrs. George was Miss
Elizabeth Young, her parents living
near Carrollton in Mississippi. to which
state they had emigrated from Tonnes
see. Young George was but 10 and his
bride but IS when they went To church
to be married in May, 1S47, and as the
marriage has been most happy one.
il has put to flight all the old nonsense
about unlucky weddings in the month
of flowers. For years Mr.. George pur-
seed his law work and achieved great
success in that line. There have been
eleven children in the family, the cid
est daughter having married a MI.
Barkesdale and now living in Grenada,
Miss. The second girl is Mrs. Heming-
way, of Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Is
the mother of three children, the girl
who is Just budding into womanhood.
being a remarkably pretty one. Inc
third daughter is now Mrs. Kate Aid
ridge. and lives at the old home, Car
rollton. while the fourth girl, now Mrs.
Leavell resides at Houston, Texas, ana
is the mother of four children. The
fifth girl is Mrs. Lizzie Henderson and
| lives at Greenwood. in Mississippi.
There are four sons, All, Cothran.
Pinkney and Joseph, three OF them
married and all steady men and stand
/ ing high in their state. That Mrs.
George is proud of her family Is easy
to be seen. and she points with great
pride to the fact that her whole life has
| been devoted exclusively to her hns-
! band and children. There Is nothing
but the good, matronly Southern wom-
an about her gentle personality, noth-
ing which shows that she is in line
with the new movement towards wom-
ans privileges Of the day. She has
horror of seeing a girl on wheel,
thinks IL is outrageous for woman 10
talk of voting, and that her only anu
proper sphere Is 10 be wire anu
mother. She is one of type that DOM
mates the south-women strong IN
their intellect, but with old-fashioned
prejudices, prejudices which are hfty
years behind the progress OF the day.
She is a representative OF the type
which will soon cease to exist in Dixie,
vet she is a woman who has done a
most splendid work in raising large
family of good men and women ana IN
making a happy home for them ano
for her husband.
The wife and daughters OF Senator
Brice sailed for England recently ana
expect to be presented to court at the
Queens drawing room. They VIII Dc
hack in town by the end of June, ant
then the family will occupy during th'
summer a villa at Newport, 1t being
reported that the Ohio senator has Sc
cured the Aston House, known a
"Beaulieu."
The secretary of the treasury AM
Mrs. Carlisle will spend their summe
AZ a house they have taken at Marion
n short distance from the home OF IN
president, at Buzzard's Bay.
The announcement that MISS JUN
Stevenson would be married in May I
: Matt Hardin, of Kentucky, viii plac
= that young lady in a conspicuous posi-
: ton in the list of June brides. MI
. Hardin is at present in the city, stop
!, ming at the Normandie, the same hote
4 as that in which lives the family Q
/, the vice president. Mr. Hardin is so
: of Mr.. Wat P. Hardin, one OF the lore
q most Democrats of Kentucky, and is
l. voung minister OF talent and eloquenc'
&c The wedding will take place at IN
;s church on New York avenue, ana WI
" no followed by small reception at tn
70 Normandie Hotel. AS this was ID
l. first winter of Miss Stevensons soin
a out at the capital, it is to be regrette
4 that she will so soon leave Washing
pr ton. She is a beautiful girl, but ne
n principal charm is the gentleness
20 manner and kindness of heart whic
h. she shows to even strangers. MT
es Stevenson is the possessor of remari
I'd ably Christian disposition, and her pol
in ularity is due to the goodness whic
H. she shows in every relation OF lie.
h Is easily to be seen that Miss Julia al
al inherited the natural kindness OF n
m mothers nature. With slender, 81
lish figure, dark hair over low, bro'
forehead, clear complexion and lar