The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-03

bewitching schoolgirl wife. Some two
months afterward while about to take a
stage for California, via Denver, spent a
Sunday and Sunday nigh, at Fort Riley as
the guest of General and Mrs. Custer, and
among other things showmme by my agree
able hostess was the last flag of truce used
in the war of the rebellion, which was car
RED by Colonel R. M. Sims from the Con-
federate general, John B. Gordon, to Cen
eral Sheridan, and was merely a white
Towel.
H. rung ago as lean remember Mrs. John
Logan-thirty- years-she had a daz-
singly fair complexion, tremendously black
eyes and snow-white hair. But she always
seemed severe and seldom smiled except the
smile of sarcasm or scorn.
Mrs. Roscoe Conkling looked like picture
by Botticelli, pale and delicate with
lustrous dark eyes. She was reserved and
poetic, but elegant and ladylke in the ex-
treme.
The one lady's name the best throughout
the north just prior to the commencement
of hostilities between the sections was that
of Mrs. Lieutenant Slemmer. The lieutenant
commanded a fort in the Gulf of Mexico
and when requested by the rebels to sur
render was ably assisted by his heroic wife,
and the word returned-"Never!-W
written in capital letters with dashing
italicization mark, as big nearly as saber,
placed underneath. Slemmer was compelled
to surrender, the same as Anderson at
Sumpter, and was soon made major and
- lost a leg at Stone river during the first
days fight, Wednesday, Dec. 81, 1862 Mrs.
4temmer arrived in Nashville a few days
afterward. and stayed at the st. Cloud hotel
Cor several weeks. At that time she was
said to be the most beautiful woman in the
army.
One of the most brilliant and, accom-
plished young ladies that have graced
Washing ton of late years, and just as witty
as brilliant and accomplished, was the
daughter of Chief Justice Waite. She was
not pretty, but at times radiant, notwith-
standing her New England features and
Boston eyeglasses. One evening. while
conversing with Mrs. Senator Stanford re-
garding certain southern senator's wife,
Miss Waite said: "Why, She takes care Of
her two children and attends to much of
her husbands correspondence, and the
poor thing can neither sing, play nor paint"
The wife of Senator Williams of Oregon
was a remarkably beautiful and attractive
woman in Washington society thirty years
ago. In 1870, when General John f. Miller
was at the national capital assisting in get
ting through the first Alaska sea fur bill,
Mrs. Williams was actively engagedtn look
ing out for susceptible senators. 1 was
spending an evening with the general, hav-
Ing been engaged to do some writing for a
Washington newspaper favoring the lease,
when the fascinating Oregon.an came into
the room, accompanied by Senator WILL
Jams, and said 1.-THE bill will pass the SEN
a:e tomorrow, general have five carpet
baggers in the palm Of my hand!'
One of the most famous of all the Ameri-
cam women Of note, who will end her
days as the most famous for eminent charit-
able and educational work, is Mrs. Phobe
I Hearst, Californian, most delightful
person in every way. have met her at her
home on Van Ness avenue and in Washing
ton. and rated her many years before Sem
ator Hearsts death as one of the most prom
inent women of her day.
O O O
Mrs. Stanford, one of the richest widows
lin the United States, and also Californian,
Is a philanthropist of high order and will
leave behind her an imperishable name.
o O O
Rome of the most lovely women this coun-
try has ever produced was Mrs. Madeline
Vinton Dahlgren, widow of the gallant adj
niral, who has done good deal of excellent