Show SHERIDAN AT HOME A Great Family Mast But Popular in Society Reminiscence General Sheridan is not well He is i suffering some inconvenience from the tumble he got out West It is not true as has been reported that he is lying on his back with his injured leg in a plaster cast in order that the bones might have a chance to knit but he is not able to take the long daily walks of which he is so fond He does not object though to being home more than usualhe likes his home There is every reason why he should His wife is of the oldfashionec sort She loves her husband and children in the good oldfashioned style and makes their home very happy for them One of the leaders of society declined a verbal invitation to dinner last winter by saying Im very sorry but I ieall cant come You see I always give the luncheon hour to my children and as I never see them at any other time I dont like to < be away from home thenH Mrs Sheridan sees her children more than once a day The I Sheridans are not only very happy in their own home but very popular outside of it Everybody likes them because they are sensible and sympathetic modest mod-est and bright Sheridan is one of the best story tellers in Washington Many of his best stories are on himself and he always laughs heartily at another of the same sort He is the central figure of many a good story One of the best recently re-cently heard was about an old army comrade com-rade of Sheridan who was attacked by the scribbling fever superinduced in many old veterans now by the demand for war reminiscences He rushed in on Sheridan one day with a query as to whether he would listen to some reminiscences rem-iniscences which he had written about a famous fight in which they were both engaged and then give him the benefit of his opinion of them Sheridan did not want to listen as he doesnt believe infighting in-fighting his battles over but he said goodnaturedly that he would Thereupon There-upon his old friend milled out a bulky roll of manuscript and plunged into a highly exaggerated account ot the battle in question in which Sheridan and his achievements were praised in language so luxuriant as to be ludicrous The reminiscences were in short of a highly romantic sort soaring with proud disdain above the facts of the fight At the end of an hour when the last page was reached Sheridan made his first comment John he said you know thats all a lie and then he turned to his neglected desk and the old comrade walked sadly awayChicago Herald |