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Show SOME FAMOUS WOMEN OF HISTORY By WlMlg J. Abbot, I COUXTEM Of BLESWMOTOK, 178114. Parliaps It la not xtraordlnarr tli nf.rMt approach to real Parta salon that JeiHlon sver knew was presided pre-sided over by an woman- The dletinctlvely rlrltiah typ doti nH laud Iteelf to th seyety, tha eapTlt, tha Intellectual In-tellectual thruat and parry of tha eon-verathn eon-verathn In a typical aalon. But your Irlahinan, from bo t roller to pear, la var talk In, and alt la hla aavlna; grace whether ba ba Mr. Doolar of Bernard Shaw. Tha childhood of Marfruerite fVwer, who beeama count aaa of Biaaalnaton. reads ilka a paa from ona of Lover a IriPh novala. .ir fatliar waa a typical atilr. hot of tamper, hard ridlnc. hard drlnklna. Ha waa a "rale old Iriah en-I en-I leman, who around the faces of tha tenants, who repaid him hy mutilating hla cattle and burning his hayrlcke. Ilia daughter aaaiua to have Inaptrad him with no mora affenton than hi peaaantry. Before aha waa If. ha married mar-ried her, despite her plteoua protests, to a car tain ('apt- Maurice Farmer of the nelghtiorhood. Captain Kafluer knew that tha girl deleated tha alghtnf htm, to he fore bora addreaalng her Nperaorially, but made hla propoaala tn t(ie father, supporting: sup-porting: them by nneirvlal arguments which appealed to 1'owir. who waa chronically "broke." Tha father knew well enough that hla daughter hated her aultor, and that the latter waa eubject to Intermittent attue of daiuremua Insanity, In-sanity, hut, needing the money, he aold hla child. tfhe lived with hep huabatid but three monlha, enduring; the while all aorta of nhyidoal brutality from him In hla periodical nta of madnaaa. At the end that time tha era ay captain waa ordered to join hla reajlment. Ax hi a wife could nut II. e with him In Chit i p, aha returned to her paranta houee. finding there but a cold welcome and the aaeurarK.a that aha must return to her huarmnd when hla period of eervhe had expired. Happily for her, tha warrior. war-rior. In a tit of rage, draw hla aword on hla colonel, and for thia waa expelled from the army. Not long after, drinking det-p with aoine friends In King' Bench prlnonln those old Rritfllah debtors' prtaona great Uxllv waa permitted he fell from a aeoond -story window and ended his tlptty and uelea life. Shortly thereafter A,ulre Power dim), hoaMtin on hts last day that the day before ha had taken hla "tiiual four or live glasses of punch." Thus freed from shout as worthless a pair of male retatUes as ever afflicted a young1 lady. Mrs. Farmer spent several sev-eral y.-arn In ohwurlty. which la the more mysterious for that her biographers rinhhornly refuse to enlighten us as to where and hw aha lived. Hut In heins; then tl years old and seemingly well provided with this world's ffooda, he appeared In London and took up a house in Mrtnchester square By dint of her beauty and her wit sha speedily gathered atout her a company of Interesting Inter-esting people. Among; these waa the earl of Hieaaltigton, a gentleman of fortune and with extravagant habits quite sufficient suffi-cient to prevent that fortune from growing grow-ing any larger. Ha was fond of private theatricals, actresses, gay raiment and beautifully adorned rooms. His first wife hsd died before ha mat Marguerite Farmer, but as ha had spent SCO. flirt on a stately, not to say stagey, funeral r gaunt tn her honor and mourned her vallv for two ysars, he thought tliat ntatrjmonlal account closed. Mrs. Farmer wag then In tha perfection perfec-tion of matured beauty. "Her form," writes a chronicler of her tlma. Mwas exquisitely molded, with an Inclination tn fulness, hut no finer proportions nould he Imagined, her movements were pleaa-Ing pleaa-Ing and graceful at all times." Blea- 1 lnKtn wits captivated with her at one, and thev were married in IRIS. He took M hrlde to his Irish estate. Mount Joy r oreei, wnere ene waa aomewnai overwhelmed over-whelmed to find her private sitting room "hune; with crtmeon Oenoa silk velvet, trimmed with gold bullion fringe and all the furniture of equal rlchnena a rlrh-noHH rlrh-noHH that waa only autted to a stateroom In a palace.' Ilia town houne In Pt. James e,uare, to whleh the roirple s-xn returned, waa eiuitlly niMgnlfWnt. To It there floeked on I.udv Ttleritlngton'a nljrlitn polltlolarif like Teorda Palmers ton. Russell and Hroualiain; aetors Dke-Kemhle and Mai-thews, Mai-thews, the literary men and aoa.-lHl ll n of the city. It waa the mnet brilliant coterie in town, winning Ita pre-eml-nenee througb the leauty and charm fof Ita mlatrene. Hut Lord Rlrsaington concluded he wanted to make a grand tour of the continentand con-tinentand make It he did In eta tel. ft vie, devoting neve ml yenrs to the ex-ruron. ex-ruron. He took with him a chef from the kitchen of an emperor, a whole bal-terle bal-terle tie culalne taken from a club famous fa-mous for good cooking-, and surh a train of rrnoma, valet, mnhla and couriers aa to make H neem like a royal pen rein. It waa an IntellectUHl pllxrlmuge despite the prominence of the oook 1n lite prepare prep-are 1 ions. Hiatorlo and lit era rv nhrtnea were aought out, and I.ady Hleaslnglon tried her 'prentice hand on hooka ot travel, doing them very readably. Al intia she met Byron, whoae weakneas ahe deaerlhed an "a fllppauey Inconipat-IMe Inconipat-IMe with the nature we attarh to the author of ChUde Harold and Manfred, and a aant of aelf pownrHnion and dlgmtv that ounht to r)i,irgtteriK. a man of worth and genius. " Nevertheleaa, her hook, "Conversation!- With Myr- n," la a niKi readable record of he poet a small talk. Ncarlng the end of this royal progress through F.urope Hlenmiiiaton took III In Pan and died. HIk estate unen-iMimhered. unen-iMimhered. hia If Km leu itianv and gener-one. gener-one. To hla -Alt tow there remalneil onlv 0.tNr a veur ami a houee In Hherioan mimire. They had been living at tlie rate of $.fi,nnn a year, a nil Marguerite, who ri.l eau.tllit f. ire.illan I.. a. ,.t,:,llwl'. t iMtna of poverty, neither knew how por trll to Ave on her redure1 Inrnme. Her r.ondm entertainments were aa alendid a ever, and she became the acknowl- eflKcl head of London aortetv. To make lift the difference betwixt her Income of ji in. Of hi and her expenditure, river trior ;',nitn, .ie turned to wrtttnu Her fah-iontibte fah-iontibte iague ah1el ftornewliat the aale of iter noelN and articles, but the rlxtiia tide of bankruptcy cmM n l . temmed bv o ltxht a bark Her ieacf of mind lin not enhanced bv the fact that her house sheltered the faiii'm e)ullMe, I'ount d'Ornay. who personal de'it ex ceedtMi fiinn.non. As that nas the era of impriHonmeut fr the ilehi. the noble loiint wa pre. bided from taking the air except on Sondas. The Inevitable smash ra me In llllt. w hn th' crt-ilif'Ts by cotirted action put ballllTs in the house and nil of the treasurM collectetd bv Lo'rf Hnd I,ady ltleHtnaton went under the hammer. The total mini ren!isMt ateout $i,-K..'i, ihnugh the collection wa well worth three time the amount. None of Die , brilliant compmiy t' ai had thronged her .1'Rwlrig r nam came to her aid In the 'day .f her llsnler tiioiinh II is pleaeoint to record 1'iat line old Thackerav, who i batetl nnohs, was seen wljiing awav sur-ji-epib.u teurs h he sat at tlie sale and saw the art treasure of the rooms she had grace) sold to Nlrarger. A stroke of apoplexv In Pari a carried her fT In IM". Fortune, which had given her ao unhapnv a MM hood, re-dmibled re-dmibled ita buffet a a uhe drew near hei eii'l. I'or a woman wlm Miove only ti foi nrd the if a vet y and the pleaute of her ciri'le her late eeins hard. |
