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at all theirs was a cheeriness and warmth with hand grasp quite away from the blase' limp formula of modern fashionable use. As it is not as far away as Dolly Madison and Mrs Stearns still graces the village with her genial hospitality I ought not to dwell perhaps on the youthful beauty of the President with his family celestial smile -- no touch of a simper or approbative- ness about it-- I think it came from a rift in Heaven -- The galantries of the green seniors seemed rather trite after his invitation to promenade in the grounds in the moonlight. With them came a touch of the world in the general appearance of the house always so plain and simple -- Very rich odd cabinets and chair and bric a brac from the southern living in India and inherited silver of aristocratic pattern but an air of elegance quite agreeable and suitable -- The early hours were long kept -- the inherited ten o'clock Pres. Hitchcock hour I believe still lingers in the social at- mosphere rather banefully -- The late witching hour -- the golden glow of the night -- the foam of the beakers? alas has no potent charm for our rather heavy-balanced folk. Sometimes funny episodes could have been chronicled as the result of our early hours. A wife of one of our Prof's coming among simplicities lost several of her guests before her leisurely elaborate supper served after the manner of her own gay city was entirely served -- Can he blame her H bMS Am 1118.95, Box 9
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Not to be reproduced in whole or in part without permission. Transcription and commentary copyright 1998 by Martha Nell Smith, Laura Elyn Lauth, and Lara Vetter, all rights reserved Maintained by Rebecca Mooney <rnmooney@umd.edu> Last updated on January 25, 2008 |
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