Show ihra I toscoe conkling thae reappearance of mrs boscoe conkling on the streets of new york brings back to the thousands of friends of her lamented husband who were familiar with her face only at rare intervals recollections of her earlier beauty mrs conkling must be more than sixty now she is unusually tall looking being so erect and in her mourning garments teems actually taller than her real height which cant ba less than 6 feet 6 her eyes are blue and her features finely chi selled seen side by side with mrs grant the contrast between her stately proportions and the shorter stouter figure of her companion whose complexion is much darker is noticeable mrs Con klings married daughter mrs oakman was the companioni compan iori of these two ladies on their visit to the conking painting in the hoffman house new york world |