The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-02-15

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term OF Office, was one Of the creates
I SORROWS Of Mrs. Dimmick's life.
lizzie Lord. Mrs Dimmick's sister
l \ no now the wife Of Lieut.. Parker, was a
extremely handsome girl. Half III
young in Springfield were head owe
heels in love with her Wherever sh
went she was the belle and was Away
by an adoring court of ad
m.rers.
She was remarkably good. skate
and fond of the sport. AT a. prize skat
ing carnival her escort told her.,if he wol
the prize he would give it to her. II
did not get it, but the winner declared h
would present it to the most beautif,,
girl present. vote was taken and Liz
zie Lord was the universal choice ant
was presented With the prize.
Mrs. Lords only son was bright
manly, promising fellow who died il
early manhood, and from the shock of hi
death his mother never recovered.
/ As a. child. Mamie Lord, as Mrs. Dim
mick was called, was ;.decided Gttl;
brunette. the image OF her mother. He
short hair was brushed back from hel
forehead and held in place by an old
fashioned round comb extending from
ear TO ear Her hair turned up at thu
ends: just enough to lift it from hel
shoulders. She was full Of fire and das'
and trimming over with mischief
Though not handsome like her sister
she had a chic, jallnty air and carried
herself like a queen. She had a way Of
standing with her hands held gracefully
against her sides and her head tossed
.5saucily in the air.
At IL she was noted for her good fig.
ure, which was quite mature for hel
years. and she was Blessed with espec-
were always the envy of her companions
in The prettiest shoes that money could
buy
Those tassels On Mamie Lords shoes
caused me more sins that might come
under the head Of envy than anything
.remembcr,',,. remarked prominent So
clety woman who was formerly one of
Mrs. Dimn,ick's intimate friends, in
speaking OF her recently.
Although a mere girl at the time of her
residence in Springfield, no one has for
gotten Mrs. Dimnlick's many lQvable
traits of character. Generous and inpul
sive, she was always ready to do one a
coed tuIn While quick as a fash she
had a,cerlain frmness Of character which
was remarkable in so young a child.
She never took dare. and if she once
decided to do a thing do it she would,
no matter how. One day she insisted on
making a cake, without, however, having
the slightest previous knowledge Of the
mysteries Of the culinary art,
Il will make a cake said she.
What" laughed her companions
''you make a cake? You don't know
how and they teased her numerically
d" You'll see" said she, a determined
look coming into her dark eyes. And she
made the cake. - n
TT was good cake, too" said the
woman who tells the story
That Mrs Dimmick had a temper and
decided will of her own one man at least
is convinced He tells the story OF his
convictions in that direction as follows.
We were all playing drop the hand
kerchief' one day at children's party
Mamie Lord announced at the beginning
OF the game that mo boy should kiss her
and instead of Joining in the game pre-
sided over the forfeits. Watching my
chance, I slipped UP behind her chair.
reached over, and gave her kiss In
stantly l received a sound box on the
ears for my pains. It was a great shock
to me, and the other fellows gave me the
laugh. l remember lay awake half the
night my ears tfngling. and / wondered
if she would ever go with me again to
steal apples in the old Irwin orchard. But
she did. ....
, She was always up to all sorts of mis-
chief Her mother once endeayored to
teach her a couple Of songs. which she
could not sing had she learned them,
having no voice. She was busy on one one
afternoon Wien she saw me coming to
the house. She gave a jump out into the
hail. her mother Alter her. However,
she: got half way Yep the stairs before
her mother captured her. She was
borught back and made to sing not only
the song in question, which was Jennie
Who Lives in the Dell, but also another
entitled The Bells Go Ringing for Sa-
rah. l sat listening and watching her
make the most horrible faces--intention-
ally, of course-for she was in a perfect
rage. ~" =. -
a, Another time, at a. concert at the Con-
gregational church, when her mother
sang her famous Coming Thro' the Rye,
/ sat near Mamie down in front, and
her poor mother was nearly convulsed at
her comical antics ,.
The two Lord girls, Mamie and Lizzie.
attended private school in Springfield,
conducted by Miss Corcoran at the resi-
dence of Mr.. and Mrs. G.. M. Smith in
South Fourth street. Mrs. Smith. who
was a sister. of Mrs. Abraham Lincoln,
had four children---two girls and two
boys-wnom she wished to- educate at
home. So she engaged Miss Corcoran as
governess to teach them. and gave her
the privilege Of teaching few young
girls among the neighbcring families
All of the children were of the first fam
lilies of the city, and Mrs. Lords daugh-
ters We're. two of them.
Part of the time she taught them in
The house and later in a building on the
grounds.
The old house isanow being torn down.
sold into building lots.
. Mr.. and Mrs. Smith and son Ed Smith
and Mrs. Lord took. a trip to the White
Mountains the summer Of go, and left
the children in care Of Miss Corcoran.
During that time they, with Mrs. Dim
mick. as their leader led the poor old
merry dance. and when their
moth returned they found her pos
sessed of additional wrinkles and gray
hairs gained in her supervision of what
she called those imps.' After Dr. Scott
left Springfield Mrs Lord and her daugh-
ters spent two months as Mrs Smiths
guests, and then moved to Princeton, N.