The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-08-24

emit; the gins and grscss Inherited fron-
cha famous men and women CT the cd
dominion, so renowned for beauty cal
ture and refinement. still chung to Mrs.
Fremont.
Il love Washington" eaid Mrs. Ere
mort. ''Tnsre is an agreeable form of
society, a rsposa and elegance. also q
spirit Of liberation from he varieties of
peeple meoirg there that l Ike wy
mueh. In fee. Washington is tn draw
ing room OF tine nation. would have
preferred to spend my days there. but
the polti1a1 conditions at er 1856 made
it unpleasa ant, AID we W. Mt to New YORK.
where we lived nsarly thirty years. VIII
occasional long visits TO California and
Europe"
In speaking of his she sad: The
queens jubilee brings back to me our
first visit to England. 1t was inAhe early
days OF her reign; Prince Albert was still
llvfsg, and I was presented at court AMI
cav the queen in all h=r happy youth ard
royal state. She made beautiful pc
ture, and her countenance and manner
showed that she entered into the pre-
sensations with interest Prince Albert,
taller and much hard5onsr than q wan
ilGCu Des WORE d MilitG d-tl SOiu UNIFORM,
and the two complied the truly toysl
picture.
Il saw them bclfa few evenings nter
20 even better advantage. Each tine
the queen made the same impression of
womanly goodness, combined with look
of power, simple and ur'so1ccious man-
nar, but that of unique stions1 az hsrfty
I'VE were there in tbs ha.ght OF i.ha
season, and had been presented az the
Easter drawing room, whsre 1 was ask
to remain through the whole cerem miss,
which were ever two hours in length. AT
that time no sorrow had touched thu
queen. She was surrounded by Who
who loved her most-Piinee Albert. her
mother and all -tha nearest members OF
her family.
while in London. Gen. Fremont had
a delightful recognition by he Duke CT
Wellington, and I suppose, that :cepi
Manson. no one has reused more inter
est, and been more honors lby the Royal
Geographical society chan The general.
F.'om them hs received the founders
medal"
General and Mrs. Fremont, with their
family, spent a year in Paris, and from
their house on the Champs Elysee they
witnessed many stirring scenes, among
them the official entranc= of Louis Ma
poleon as emperor. The whole story is
charmingly recorded in Mrs. Fremonts.
Souvenir of My Times One paragraph
may be recorded. I'VE went forth from
our home atmosphere of perfect har-
mony and most lovely surroundings, into
the fine palaces, and had nowh re a jar
to the sense of completeness"
Mrs Fremont belongs to that class of
favored women who are born to give
social pleasure. She has an Ease and
grace of manner that puts one at their
best when in her society.
In the course of this interview, she
remarked: 81 hav=- not lived for any de-
sign or purpose but just for home, and
to be happy. My father and my husband
had the intellect and purpose, AID have
gone along in the wake of their big ships.
When Admiral Porter was in command
of the western river feet, he had the
gunboat Benton for his flagship, and
he named his tender for me, for, he said
You have always sailed close to your
father and your husband and so I have
and now on me has fallen ';heir mantle
an inheritance of the good will of our
people.
/ belong to the whole country, but in
California I will ead my days. because of
the warm remembrance here of thu gen.
eral and the kind friends who have gath
cred around me, soothing and life-giving
as the climate itself"
The BEAUTIFUL home where Mrs. FIRE.
mont now resides was presented, to her
by the ladies of Los Angeles as a token
of their tender regard Congress Also In
recognition of Gsneral Fremont's valued
services, granted her a pension of $1,000
a year. All the year around the house
is a.yeritable bower of bloom, and as she
sits on the heliotrope-shad veranda
the perfume from that and rose and
violet and orange blossoms envelop her
like a cloud of incense.
And there, loving and beloved, hav-
Ing lived beyond the time allotted to hui
manity, yet with a mind umipaired, Mrs
Fremont, with sweet serenity, awaits
the opening of the beautiful door that
some glad day will usher her into life.
If you have run down system build 1t up
and gain new life with Hoods Sarsaparilla.