New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-10

much We wish. by the way. thd' MI S"s'"'e"'
had been assigned to some other task than '"a'
of assisting in the illustration OF PROFESSOR
yhee,er,s new life of Alexander the Great. His
archaeology Is no doubt beyond dispute. anu ~
&c a skilful draughtsman. hut the trail Of the
Salon Is over all his work. rendering u rn'o.-
ar.h,v mechanical and shallow. Mr. Loeb
,uustr,t,ons though less firm in style. are much
more credible and artistic
NJ Riiss article "The Passing or cat
Alloy 10 a touching record Of life In the SUMS
and one provocative of that Christmas ieei"s
which means goodwill and hrothcry heprui-
ress The old alley atrocious IN many
WAYS but It was full Of charity and k'noness'
Even the wild little messenger boys. haru"'-
scarum lot" were found secretly con'r'ou''"s
10 the support OF a wretched' Pcnnioe' Wv
widow It was not long after tha'' says 'i''
Riis that another old pensioner or the aie!'
suddenly drawn into their cyclone sport III '"@
narrow passageway. fell and broke her ar"''
,rnarently no one in the lot was individually
~ blame II was an unfortunate accident ana
II derived her Of her poor means OF earning
the few pennies with which she eked out the
charity Of the alley. Worse than that IL took
from her hope after death as 1T were. FOR
wears she had pinched and saved ana deneu
horso,f IN keen IN a payment of % cents
socrated ground Now that she could no longer
work the dreaded trench In the Pottcrs rleiu
vawned to receive her. That was the blow that
broke her down. She put out by me Iah"-
lord soon after the accident. as hopeless ten
"a, ard I thought that she had gone To the
al,nsbouse when by chance | came upon her
r.in, ouite banpilv I'm a tenement on the next
hlock Living Is hardly the word: she was
reauv waiting 10 die but waiting with cheer-
mi content that amazed me until she herself be-
traved the secret of il. Every week one. or the
,uessane.r-hoys brought her out OF his scan!
wages the quarter that alike insured her peace
of mind and the urdisurhed rest Of her honE III
lis long sleep which a life Of toll had pic'uieu
,o her as the greatest Of earth's ho"ns.
Tho first american Secretary Of the Navy was
BENJAMIN Stoddart. Of Georgetown. and nc hao
2 clever wife Of Nh, bluest blood Of Maryland
This lady was given to letter writing and "hlie
her epistIes are not in the Least hrlHlan'' no'
even Intelligent keen and sensible, IKE lhos0
of Mrs Adams they still afford some interest
ing glimpses Of the official society OF 'hN w
puhlic's first decade We ind IN the cuIiNH'
'Iiprircott" a number Of these letters more "
less trivial hut altogether feminine m cha'n'
tor They were written from philadelphia. that
itx
,oada, If society there iust thee. was MIS-
Ringham-that agreeable woman wnoss eiu7
daurhter became Lady Ashhurton. the mother
Of Carlvles friend and patron. senator b'ns
hams splendid house and Mrs Bingham
., ,,ere among the chief subjects Of CON
versation in Philadelphia. Mrs. Stodder''
..,,..o,,or IN the. city. pens an amusing and
.,,or sn,,ef,l naragraph about the lady
,o nod eereral visitors this week. she writes
- har rieoo Mrs Bingham has at last thought
.orar 70 shoN her painted face here ana "e'
,,.o dauphters-they were without paint. lou
,s, M, sunnose from my manner OF spedhi"s
about Mrs e that ] am offended WIN her l'i
10, coming before should have been ne'tei
r,oosea IL she had. 10 tell the truth: hut II she
/ nod NOT come at all should not nave 'diou'
though she is ~ great consequence J" sum.
neoples opinion, In the city. AS she mas p"' :"
IN NV mower to go to her house shai 0e'
,ainlv see all that can by asking lor' am
determined 10 see her garden her sree"hou9
and everything else that is worth seeing i"s'
house and all the outside look very pretty anu
daresav the inside corresponds with the "a
ternal" 49,
Mr.. stoddert at last goes to ball AZ the
Bingham mansion. and it IL worth "''he -
/ ouota ber account Of IT, since this was the
highest form Of entertainment in the mos' pune
,uious Republican society Of that period
About 7:3n called for Mrs. Harrison ana
ua made our appearance at Mrs. Bingham ;.
| Pu, instead Of her being in a little ROOM as
! Won have been told. till all her company d.
+ rived she vas seated at the head OF the III nN
! inr-room ] should call it. or. in otner WoiuS.
+ on one side Of the chimney. with three ladleS
/ only There were some young LADIES III an
J other room where her two daughters VIZ
also who upon my inquirlng after thtn
hN |
J sunpose that il was near o'clock before thc
/ dancing commenced Al the end or the nfst
| dance or n EAR IT, punch and lemonade were
brought in. That was the hrsl t trI,rSn+
ment some time after. think. it was orougnr
in again and soon after the pest zee cream 80 "s
/ we'll as the prettiest. that ever sa" vas ca al.
/ ried around in beautiful china cups ana gilt
spoons The latter had seen there before
Except punch and lemonade nothing NOR
70 eat till supper which We were summoned
TO at H. vhet the most superb th'ng OF inc
kind which ! ever was presented 10 our
vew-though those who have been mere o.
fore say that the supper was not az eIesdh'
as they had seen there In the middle was an
orange tree with ripe fruit. and where com
mon spectator might imagine the root was, u
| was covered with evergreens. some natural ana
some artificial flow ers. Nothing scarcely ap-
peared on the ia bic without evergreens TO Dec
crate It, The eirondole. which hangs lmme'
dately over the table. was let down JUST to
reach the ton of the tree You can't think how
beautiful II looked imagine there were
thirty at the table besides table full in an
other room and I believe every soul said. no"
prettv"' as a they were seated All III
nv hearing AS with consent. uttered the
same thing. The only meats saw or hearc
Of were turkey fowls pheasants and tongues
the latter the best that ever ] tasted Whlcf
wa. the only meat I ate. The dessert fall was
on the table, consisted OF everything mat on
could conceive OF except Jelly. though ] daresaN
there was Jelly, too. but. TO my mortifcaton,
could not get any. ! never ate better than a
Mrs. Bingham's Plenty of blanc mango anC
excellent Near me were three different sort!
of cake: tasted all. but could eat Of only one
the others were Indifferent. Besides a quantity
10 eat there was a vast deal for ornament anC
eome Of them | thought would have delighted
my little girl for her baby house. In short, TAKE
It altogether. it was an agreeable entertain
ment to me Notwithstanding the Crowd-o
numbers rather. for the house Is so large tina
1t was not crowded-there was no noise or TIL