The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-05-09

Mrs. IAol44s.a -. 4-l.l.D4l 90 "a s-ty DlAu-
tl1l WOMAN. ~ Onl A-als a.4is A4.tiy Ae-
lac about ner beauty a. 90 unuoent-4l5 Do
cause sue never seenls lO lu4uA aDOds II
herself. Al 10 aA Acly VEGA tueul etieal4y ~
say mat unCOAs,lcsane4a enhances beau
IS, ana IOr the Ulaclrntub "a 4ut5 uut li.c
most OF people arc more impressed vs. tnc
" oman WAC lalIlta hrlar4l aa it sac
were beautiful tas tne llcnDn aa5J tiaA
" lOseuucss tAa. Aaa no cOquatiy, mat
SHOWS no deep attention TO lue toAep
mat Is genuinely Iuatl-AtlAc 90 rs NNn
claims. Mrs. L4IsOu bel0uss TO tAia .asI
y pt, anu mus sac uaa q AnlFctc tAal ne
Olu Ituilan painters, aL any iatr, M'"io
have deeply appreciated. ons .ooh3 axe
an itauau, IOr uct eOlyilAB ID sO4t5, not
glitteIngly, brunette. Win superb COM
pleNion, the skin peculiarly Ane "a texture,
anu q rich, ueep CO4Or u ncr cnccs.s.
She is perhaps the only woman WITHIN
hundred miles OL New YORK tndt % utted
Uy beauty and expression 10 make "a per
lect model Tor a Madonna. toi, though
she looks young, as II size were IA me
early twcnties, she has the quict pose VI
tho wife and mother. She - Biyen.ln
general society. 10 talking but little. BIG
is as untouched by modern rc5tlessness
as n she were Greek woman, ana looks
as ~ she could sit still FOR an nOur any
time without an EFFORT, and a the same
time she shows mat she IS perfectly awe,
easily Interested, and responsive on tho
subjects that appeal 70 Aet. these are,
first. Mr.. J. isOn and her children, And
next, children and their education IA
general Spe studies tho subject OF IN
FAINT education in really scholarly way.
and studies with great intelligence ana
devotion 10 make all good ideas ana dis
cOVerles IN that aid serve her little boy
and girl. Then, without the air or conde-
scenslOn IN such cases, Snc dcvOtes mucn
time 10 reading detective novels win Air.
a.. a..
yorite diversion with that great brain.
and the MadOnna-faced wife Of his DO
som IL seriously attentive 10 MS needs IN
this way. and continually gathers up any
thing she can md that she thinks Will
meet the case. She reads them with nun.
whether with any other sentiment IMAM
that OF happy sense or duty fuiuhod IL
Is impossible 10 discover. but whea IL
comes to the scientific works mat ne de-
YOURS as regular diet she gives Up. Mrs.
Edison IS not scienunc, she mas as uttx
affinity for physics as other typical wo-
men, and thts IS saying GOOD dear, OUT
q true story OF recent occurrence AZ inc
great laboratory would seem 10 show tiat
one might 20 further and say she mas
less affinity FOR physical science IMAM
most women; that less knowledge 81 r.
rubs of on her. She win lride' was
showing some friends about the iaoora-
tory and trying vaguely 10 tell them
things; they found her more at homo
cleaning the SHUTS or Mr.. Edison's lace
than in any other phase or laboratory
work. but they were not prepared for her
complete establishment when a workman
came along and liz gas-Jet by cleo
tricity = She had never heard OF such
thing before Now, IS not that a de-
llcious story? Any one ought TO recOg-
nize its veracity for II Is the kind %
thing that only real life has the happy
audacity 20 compound. Dress and society
are the least OF Mrs. cdison's interests.
but she usually leaves her home IN
Orange. New Jersey. and with her nus
band. stays al some New York hotel FOR a
few weeks IN the height OF the season. II
II Is for music chiefly that this migration
Is made. and operas and concerts are the
entertainments where they are oftenest
seen-Leslies Weekly.