The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-03
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went. to Europe In the COS and while
the;s served on the stan Of the London
Index and contributed 10 Blackwood. Dur.
ing this period ls64.65, ne kept a journal
which has been edited by General James
Grant Wilson and is appearing In the
Criterion. 1t contains many interesting bits
Of conversation and portraits Of the IA
nous people, literary and otherwise. whom
he met. lie was often at the Carlyles' and
here is the record Of one Of these visits;
May t7.-DIned at Kuhn's in Han
over street with Faunteroy and Fitzhugh,
and afterwards took the latter out TO
Chelsea TO call on Thomas Carlyle. We
were most kindly received by the philoso-
pher and Mrs. Carlyle, remaining till past
IL o'clock. MIR. Carlyle amused me very
much by his comments on the recent
proclamation Of Andy johnson charging
jefferson Davis with being in the con
splracy for the assassination OF Mr., Lin.
coin. He styled President johnson a san.
culinary tailor seated on Olympus
His rllmpses Of Dickens corroborate other
testimony regarding the social attributes
Of that author VINO has been often charged
with not being a gentleman.
May 25.--whlle dining with Fauntleroy
at Verey's saw Charles Dickens. He
looked very little like gentleman. aud.
to our smazement. took out pocket comb
and comhcd his hair aud whiskers, or,
rather his soatee, at the table. And yet
this is the celebrated man that ridlculed
the manners OF the AmericOns!"
May 27-Diued at verey's with Mr..
and Mrs. De Leon md Fltzhugh Saw
Charles Dickens again with a repetition
OF the comb performance"
IL would be interesting to learn why
Dickens contemporaries and fellow couu.
trymen Endorsed ard accepted his structures
on American manners in view OF his own
manifest shortcomings in this direction,
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It may be stated, in response to an In
CURRY, that the earliest record of Girls
elda' is found in the Decamcron, where
she enjoys the prehx Of Patient" Many
subsequent writer's have borrowed, revised
and remodeled her Chaucer was one Of
these, while both Haas Anderson and
Grimm have pcrpetuated her memory.
Sometimes she appeared under new
name, but the incidents Of her career
were essentially the same and her pop.
ulanty suffered no diminuton. As Il
model of wifehood she was IDEAL accord.
ing to the standard Of the dark ages there
being no outrage nor cruelty short Of per
sonal violence and death which she lid
not suffer without remonstrance or com
plant at her husbands hands Her ac-
Qulescence in those oftenses against her
self was so complete that 1t may be truly
said Of her that few characters have been
more utterly lacking in proper dignity aud
self-respect than Grlselda.
It might seem that she was likewise
markedly deficient in common sense, but
that there Is good reason to suppose that
when the marquis Of Saluzzo set out to
give his people on object lesson In wifely
submission he was not quite so competent
to play the requisite role as he imagined.
other husbands. before ana since, have
dug pits for their own feet after this
fashion. Under her submissive front Girls
elda carried shrewd Wit that did not
fail to recognize "blun" when she met
It, and undoubtedly she kept herself well
posted regarding her husbands plans while
she played her own hand so well that when
Lord Walter was congratuatlng himself
upon his fneness and skill the game was
in reality hers. Which demonstrates that
where women are concerned appearances
are deceptive, ana that the man who pins
his faith regarding marital discipline to
that proverb which classes them with
walnut trees frequently proves rod
FOR his own edhcatlon
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No American should ever again tnunt
John Bull with an inability to see Joke,
for the latter has seen Mr.. Roosevelt and
Identified him instantly The St James
Gazette's horoscope Of our new president
Is gaiIy reminiscent Of "The Torpedo and
the Whale" and sounds like an echo from
Patience" eve might" says the Lon
don Journal SUN up Colonel Roosevelt
as follows: Smack of Lord Cromer, Jeh
Davis a touch Of him, little If Lincoln, hut
not very much Of him Kitchener, Bis
marck aud Germanys VIII, Jupiter, Cham
berlain Buffalo Bill It remains TO he
seen whether thc residuUm will make
president after the heart Of the United
States"
Some time since there was reviewed IN
this column THE Private Life Of the Sui
tan" by Georges Doris The author, who
lives In Paris, is the son of the late prince
Of Samos, a former minister Of Abdul
Hamid. who was also governor OF Crete.
The testimony OF the son regarding the
man whom Gladstone designated as 'Srhe
Great Assassin" will be interesting and
instructive to those who accept the pic
turesque portraits Of the Turkish ruler
which exhibit him as IN amiable potentatc.
pursued by persistent creditors. harassed
by ungrateful ATmenlaus and menaced by
unjushhable attempts upon his life. NJ.
Doris estimate Of the sultan might al
most serve for one of the author Of all
evil. but that the superhuman intellect Is
wanting. The most recent portrait Of him,
which appears IN this book, is not that
most generally circulated, but an older
craftier and far more wicked face, one
which well bears out the charges against
him. Georges Doris has been condemned
70 death for his biography, should be ever
venture 10 return to hls native land. 1t
Is probable that no book heretofore pub.
llshed gives so clear an insight into con-
ditions political and social In Turkey as
this. That the sultan has the influence
abroad with which the author credits
him Is proved by the fact that the work
has been suppressed In some Of the con,
tinentsl capitals.
There is now living in London n cele-
brated Turkish poet, Memdouh Bey, who
corroborates much that is set forth In