The Irish standard., 1896-08-22


Besides this she finds time to read
what critics place as 1.-THE" works Of
fiction of the year. 1t is an American,
Nathaniel Hawthorne, whose delicacy,
accuracy of expression and every char
acteristic most appeal to her.
Mrs. Bryan doesn't care for fads,
such as hypnotis,n, palm reading and
tneosophy. But she does find out what
each means, and has taken an especial
interest in studing the different re-
ligions and creels of the world.
1t is not customary to think Of salt
water bathing in Nebraska in the
same breath, yet the form Of recrea-
ton from which Mrs. Bryan gets more
enjoyment than others is swimming
saltwater swimming at that. In Lin
coin there is a natatorium which is
filled with salt water from artesian
wells The mornings are reserved for
ladies, and there is very fine woman
swimming teacher in charge. Mrs.
Bryan learned to swim there, and when
at home is an enthusiastic patron
of the natatorium. She swims and
dives, and as soon as the children are old
enough they will be initiated
Wednesday mornings Mrs. Bryan
and some of her friends have a drill
in the big pool. Mrs Bryan enjoys it
all very much, and when the Bryans go
East she will get iaer first swim in the
surf. On the way to the Pacific coast the
Bryans found time to visit two or three
natatoriums The region about Lincoln is
supposed to be over an underground salt
ocean, which is tapped by the wells.
Mrs. Bryan is known to Nebraskans
with her husband She enjoys cam
paigning, and Mr.. Bryan likes best to
have her with him. So it is not un-
likely that the East will have a chance
to meet her. They will see 5 feet and
six inches of woman with a we'll
shaped head, on which the brown
hair is brushed smoothly back, except
for loose fluffy rings Oh the temples.
The forehead is high and white, with
little wrinkles indicative of mental
concentration, that come and go over
the nose. The eyes change their ex-
preston from sterness to serious
ness, or suddenly fash with enjoyment
or amusement.
About the firm mouth appears a
network of tense, fine nervous lines.
The complexion is clear and white
when not tanned by the wind. The
ears indicate a love Of harmony in
every form, sense of proportion and
generosity, and are small and we'll
shaped.
If there is one thing absent from
Mrs. Bryan's composition it is egot-
ism. 1t may be hard for Eastern peo-
pie to understand Mrs. Bryan's ideas,
1t isn't what is coming to her in the
event Of the success of the free silver
ticket, it is what the people, the great
multitude, will gain by it that is in
her mind
1t is impossible to know the Bryans
and not realize this. Even women
who don't agree with the ideas on
which Mr. Bryan stands admit that
Mrs. Bryan believes entirely in them
and their Justice. This is one thing
that can't be gainsaid. AS for all the
glory turning her head, she is precisely
the same level-headed woman she al
ways has been. Those who would nat
urally critise her hardest are first to
confess it.
Mrs. Bryan's friends say that she re-
CARDS her admission to the bar as 6
lawyer, as a. very important affair,
and she referres to the large number OF
women who have lately taken up law
as portion OF their regular education.
There Is no dress REFORM III neT cIeeu,
only an idea that sensible attention to the
first laws of health should be considered
also that dress should be distinctly FEM
inine not extravagant, but as becoming as
possible and suitable to the occasion. She
| wears evening dresses when the event
requires it, but not decollette gowns. Evi-
IDENTIFY superstition does not count with
her. for on the finger with the gold we'd
If the notification committee tells Mr.
| Bryan Of his nomination in Madison
Square Garden, Mrs Bryan will be
with him. In any event: it is now ey-
pected that the Bryans will visit the
Sewalls in Maine in August. The Sew
alls have already extended the invita-
tion. and the wives of the nominees are
anxious to meet.