In that period of social activity it was no uncommon2 thing for society women to find themselves completely exhausted3 ere bedtime arrived. Often so tired was I that I have declared I couldn’t have wiggled an antennae4 had I numbered anything so absurd and minute among my members! For my quicker recuperation, after a day spent in the making of calls, or in entertainment, with, it may be, an hour or two in the Senate gallery, in preparation for the evening’s pleasure, my invaluable5 maid, Emily (for whom my husband paid $1,600), was wont6 to get out my “shocking-box” (for so she termed the electrical apparatus7 upon which I often depended), and, to a full charge of the magical current and a half-hour’s nap before dinner, I was indebted for many a happy evening.
Amid the round of dinners, and dances, and receptions, to which Congressional circles are necessarily compelled, the pleasures of the theatre were only occasionally to be enjoyed. Nor were the great artists of that day always to be heard at the capital, and resident theatre and musiclovers not infrequently made excursions to Baltimore, Philadelphia, or New York, in order to hear to advantage some particularly noted8 star. Before our advent9 in the capital it had been my good fortune, while travelling in the North, to hear Grisi and Mario, the lovely Bozio, and Jenny Lind, the incomparable Swede, whose concerts at Castle Garden were such epoch-marking events to musiclovers in America. I remember that one estimate of the audience present on the occasion of my hearing the last-named 102cantatrice was placed at ten thousand. Whether or not this number was approximately correct I do not know, but seats and aisles10 in the great hall were densely11 packed, and gentlemen in evening dress came with camp-stools under their arms, in the hope of finding an opportunity to place them, during a lull12 in the programme, where they might rest for a moment.
The wild enthusiasm of the vast crowds, the simplicity13 of the singer who elicited14 it, have been recorded by many an abler pen. Suffice to say that none have borne, I think, for a longer time, a clearer remembrance of that triumphant15 evening. When, at the end of the programme the fair, modest songstress came out, music in hand, to win her crowning triumph in the rendering16 of a familiar melody, the beauty of her marvellous art rose superior to the amusement which her broken English might have aroused, and men and women wept freely and unashamed as she sang.
“Mid bleasures and balaces,
Do we may roam,” etc.
It was by way of a flight from the capital that Senator Clay and I and a few congenial friends were enabled to hear Parepa Rosa and Forrest; and Julia Dean, in “Ingomar,” drew us to the metropolis17, as did Agnes Robertson, who set the town wild in the “Siege of Sebastopol.”
JENNY LIND
From a photograph made about 1851
103I remember very well my first impression of Broadway, which designation seemed to me a downright misnomer18; for its narrowness, after the great width of Pennsylvania Avenue, was at once striking and absurd to the visitor from the capital. Upon one of my visits to New York my attention was caught by a most unusual sight. It was an immense equipage, glowing and gaudy19 under the sun as one of Mrs. Jarley’s vans. It was drawn20 by six prancing21 steeds, all gaily22 caparisoned, while in the huge structure (a young house, “all but”——) were women in gaudy costumes. A band of musicians were concealed23 within, and these gave out some lively melodies as the vehicle dashed gaily by the Astor House (then the popular up-town hotel), attracting general attention as it passed. Thinking a circus had come to town, I made inquiry24, when I learned to my amusement that the gorgeous cavalcade25 was but an ingenious advertisement of the new Sewing Machine!
Charlotte Cushman, giving her unapproachable “Meg Merrilies” in Washington, stirred the city to its depths. Her histrionism was splendid, and her conversation in private proved no less remarkable26 and delightful27. “I could listen to her all day,” wrote a friend in a brief note. “I envy her her genius, and would willingly take her ugliness for it! What is beauty compared with such genius!”
A most amusing metrical farce28, “Pocahontas,” was given during the winter of ’7–58, which set all Washington a-laughing. In the cast were Mrs. Gilbert, and Brougham, the comedian29 and author. Two of the ridiculous couplets come back to me, and, as if it were yesterday, revive the amusing scenes in which they were spoken.
Mrs. Gilbert’s r?le was that of a Yankee schoolma’am, whose continual effort it was to make her naughty young Indian charges behave themselves. “Young ladies!” she cried, with that inimitable austerity behind which one always feels the actress’s consciousness of the “fun of the thing” which she is dissembling,
“Young Ladies! Stand with your feet right square!
Miss Pocahontas! just look at your hair!”
and as she wandered off, a top-knot of feathers waving over her head, her wand, with which she had been drilling her dusky maidens30, held firmly in hand, she cut a pigeonwing 104that brought forth31 a perfect shout of laughter from the audience.
This troupe32 appeared just after the Brooks-Sumner encounter, of which the capital talked still excitedly, and the comedian did not hesitate to introduce a mild local allusion33 which was generally understood. Breaking in upon her as Pocahontas wept, between ear-splitting cries of woe34 at the bier of Captain Smith, he called out impatiently,
“What’s all this noise? Be done! Be done!
D’you think you are in Washington?”
Mr. Thackeray’s lecture on poetry was a red-letter occasion, and the simplicity of that great man of letters as he recited “Lord Lovel” and “Barbara Allen” was long afterward35 a criterion by which others were judged. Notable soloists36 now and then appeared at the capital, among them Ap Thomas, the great Welsh harpist, and Bochsa, as great a performer, whose concerts gained so much in interest by the singing of the romantic French woman, Mme. Anna Bishop37. Her rendering of “On the Banks of the Gaudalquiver” made her a great favourite and gave the song a vogue38. That musical prodigy39, Blind Tom, also made his appearance in ante-bellum Washington, and I was one of several ladies of the capital invited by Miss Lane to hear him play at the White House. Among the guests on that occasion were Miss Phillips of Alabama and her cousin Miss Cohen of South Carolina, who were brilliant amateur players with a local reputation. They were the daughter and niece, respectively, of Mrs. Eugenia Phillips, who, less than two years afterward, was imprisoned40 by the Federal authorities for alleged41 assistance to the newly formed Confederate Government.
At the invitation of Miss Lane, the Misses Phillips and Cohen took their places at the piano and performed a 105brilliant and intricate duet, during which Blind Tom’s face twitched42 with what, it must be confessed, were horrible grimaces43. He was evidently greatly excited by the music he was listening to, and was eager to reproduce it. As the piece was concluded, he shuffled44 about nervously45. Seeing his excitement, one of the pianistes volunteered to play with him and took her seat at the instrument. Desiring to test him, however, in the second rendering, the lady cleverly, as she supposed, elided a page of the composition; when, drawing himself back angrily, this remarkable idiot exclaimed indignantly, “You cheat me! You cheat me!”
While a visit to the dentist, be he never so famous, may hardly be regarded as among the recreations of Congressional folk, yet a trip to Dr. Maynard, the fashionable operator of that day, was certainly among the luxuries of the time; as costly46, for example, as a trip to New York, to hear sweet Jenny Lind. Dr. Maynard was distinctively47 one of Washington’s famous characters. He was not only the expert dentist of his day, being as great an element in life at the capital as was Dr. Evans in Paris, but he was also the inventor of the world-renowned three-barrelled rifle known as the Maynard. His office was like an arsenal48, every inch of wall-space being taken up with glittering arms.
A peculiarity50 of Dr. Maynard was his dislike for the odour of the geranium, from which he shrank as from some deadly poison. Upon the occasion of one necessary visit to him, unaware51 of this eccentricity52, I wore a sprig of that blossom upon my corsage. As I entered the office the doctor detected it.
“Pardon me, Mrs. Clay,” he said at once, “I must ask you to remove that geranium!” I was astonished, but of course the offending flower was at once detached and discarded; but so sensitive were the olfactories53 of the doctor, that before he could begin his operating, I was 106obliged to bury the spot on which the blossom had lain under several folds of napkin.
Dr. Maynard was exceedingly fond of sleight54 of hand, and on one occasion bought for his children an outfit55 which Heller had owned. In after years the Czar of Russia made tempting56 offers to this celebrated57 dentist, with a view to inducing him to take up his residence in St. Petersburg, but his Imperial allurements58 were unavailing, and Dr. Maynard returned again to his own orbit.
A feature of weekly recurrence59, and one to which all Washington and every visitor thronged60, was the concert of the Marine61 Band, given within the White House grounds on the green slope back of the Executive Mansion62 overlooking the Potomac. Strolling among the multitude, I remember often to have seen Miss Cutts, in the simplest of white muslin gowns, but conspicuous63 for her beauty wherever she passed. Here military uniforms glistened64 or glowed, as the case might be, among a crowd of black-coated sight-seers, and one was likely to meet with the President or his Cabinet, mingling65 democratically with the crowd of smiling citizens.
At one of these concerts a provincial66 visitor was observed to linger in the vicinity of the President, whom it was obvious he recognised. Presently, in an accession of sudden courage, he approached Mr. Pierce, and, uncovering his head respectfully, said, “Mr. President, can’t I go through your fine house? I’ve heard so much about it that I’d give a great deal to see it.”
“Why, my dear sir!” responded the President, kindly67, “that is not my house. It’s the people’s house. You shall certainly go through it if you wish!” and, calling an attendant, he instructed him to take the grateful stranger through the White House.
The recounting of that episode revives the recollection of another which took place in the time of President Buchanan, and which was the subject of discussion for 107full many a day after its occurrence. It was on the occasion of an annual visit of the redmen, always a rather exciting event in the capital.
The delegations69 which came to Washington in the winters of ’4–58 numbered several hundred. They camped in a square in the Barracks, where, with almost naked bodies, scalps at belt and tomahawks in hand, they were viewed daily by crowds of curious folk as they beat their monotonous70 drums, danced, or threw their tomahawks dexterously71 in air. Here and there one redskin, more fortunate than the rest, was wrapped in a gaudy blanket, and many were decked out with large earrings72 and huge feather-duster head-dresses. A single chain only separated the savages74 from the assembled spectators, who were often thrown into somewhat of a panic by the sullen75 or belligerent76 behaviour of the former. When in this mood, the surest means of conciliating the Indians was to pass over the barrier (which some spectator was sure to do) some whisky, whereupon their sullenness77 immediately would give place to an amiable78 desire to display their prowess by twirling the tomahawk, or in the dance.
To see the copper79-hued sons of the Far West, clad in buckskin and moccasins, paint and feathers, stalking about the East Room of the White House at any time was a spectacle not easily to be forgotten; but, upon the occasion of which I write, and at which I was present, a scene took place, the character of which became so spirited that many of the ladies became frightened and rose hurriedly to withdraw. A number of chiefs were present, accompanied by their interpreter, Mr. Garrett, of Alabama, and many of them had expressed their pleasure at seeing the President. They desired peace and good-will to be continued; they wished for agricultural implements80 for the advancement81 of husbandry among their tribes; and grist mills, that their squaws 108no longer need grind their corn between stones to make “sofky” (and the spokesman illustrated82 the process by a circular motion of the hand). In fact, they wished to smoke the Calumet pipe of peace with their white brothers.
Thus far their discourse83 was most comfortable and pleasing to our white man’s amour propre; but, ere the last warrior84 had ceased his placating85 speech, the dusky form of a younger redskin sprang from the floor, where, with the others of the delegation68, he had been squatting86. He was lithe87 and graceful88 as Longfellow’s dream of Hiawatha. The muscles of his upper body, bare of all drapery, glistened like burnished89 metal. His gesticulations were fierce and imperative90, his voice strangely thrilling.
“These walls and these halls belong to the redmen!” he cried. “The very ground on which they stand is ours! You have stolen it from us and I am for war, that the wrongs of my people may be righted!”
Here his motions became so violent and threatening that many of the ladies, alarmed, rose up instinctively91, as I have said, as if they would fly the room; but our dear old Mr. Buchanan, with admirable diplomacy92, replied in most kindly manner, bidding the interpreter assure the spirited young brave that the White House was his possession in common with all the people of the Great Spirit, and that he did but welcome his red brothers to their own on behalf of the country. This was the gist93 of his speech, which calmed the excitement of the savage73, and relieved the apprehension94 of the ladies about.
A conspicuous member of the delegation of ’4–55 was the old chief Apothleohola, who was brought to see me by the interpreter Garrett. His accumulated wealth was said to be $80,000, and he had a farm in the West, it was added, which was worked entirely95 by negroes. Apothleohola was a patriarch of his tribe, some eighty years of age, but erect96 and powerful still. His face on the occasion of his afternoon visit to me was gaudy with paint, and he was wrapped in a brilliant red blanket, around which was a black border; but despite his gay attire97 there was about him an air of weariness and even sadness.
JAMES BUCHANAN
President of the United States, 1857–61
109While I was still a child I had seen this now aged98 warrior. At that time, five thousand Cherokees and Choctaws, passing west to their new reservations beyond the Mississippi, had rested in Tuscaloosa, where they camped for several weeks. The occasion was a notable one. All the city turned out to see the Indian youths dash through the streets on their ponies99. They were superb horsemen and their animals were as remarkable. Many of the latter, for a consideration, were left in the hands of the emulous white youth of the town. Along the river banks, too, carriages stood, crowded with sight-seers watching the squaws as they tossed their young children into the stream that they might learn to swim. Very picturesque100 were the roomy vehicles of that day as they grouped themselves along the leafy shore of the Black Warrior, their capacity tested to the fullest by the belles101 of the little city, arrayed in dainty muslins, and bonneted102 in the sweet fashions of the time.
During that encampment a redman was set upon by some quarrelsome rowdies, and in the altercation103 was killed. Fearing the vengeance104 of the allied105 tribes about them, the miscreants106 disembowelled their victim, and, filling the cavity with rocks, sank the body in the river. The Indians, missing their companion, and suspecting some evil had befallen him, appealed to Governor C. C. Clay, who immediately uttered a proclamation for the recovery of the body. In a few days the crime and its perpetrators were discovered, and justice was meted107 out to them. By this prompt act Governor Clay, to whose wisdom is accredited108 by historians the repression109 of the 110Indian troubles in Alabama in 1835–’7, won the good-will of the savages, among whom was the great warrior, Apothleohola.
It was at ex-Governor Clay’s request I sent for the now aged brave. He gravely inclined his head when I asked him whether he remembered the Governor. I told him my father wished to know whether the chief Nea Mathla still lived and if the brave Apothleohola was happy in his western home. His sadness deepened as he answered, slowly, “Me happy, some!”
Before the close of his visit, Mr. Garrett, the interpreter, asked me if I would not talk Indian to his charge. “You must know some!” he urged, “having been brought up in an Indian country!”
I knew three or four words, as it happened, and these I pronounced, to the great chief’s amusement; for, pointing his finger at me he said, with a half-smile, “She talk Creek110!”
A few days after this memorable111 call, I happened into the house of Harper & Mitchell, then a famous drygoods emporium in the capital, just as the old warrior was beginning to bargain, and I had the pleasure and entertainment of assisting him to select two crêpe shawls which he purchased for his daughters at one hundred dollars apiece!
It was my good fortune to witness the arrival of the Japanese Embassy, which was the outcome of Commodore Perry’s expedition to the Orient. The horticulturist of the party, Dr. Morrow, of South Carolina, was a frequent visitor to my parlours, and upon his return from the East regaled me with many amusing stories of his Eastern experiences. A special object of his visit to Japan was to obtain, if possible, some specimens112 of the world-famous rice of that country, with which to experiment in the United States. Until that period our native rice was inferior; but, despite every effort made and inducement 111offered, our Government had been unable to obtain even a kernel113 of the unhusked rice which would germinate114.
During his stay in the Orient, Dr. Morrow made numberless futile115 attempts to supply himself with even a stealthy pocketful of the precious grain, and in one instance, he told us, remembering how Professor Henry had introduced millet116 seed by planting so little as a single seed that fell from the wrappings of a mummy,[11] he had offered a purse of gold to a native for a single grain; but the Japanese only shook his head, declining the proposition, and drew his finger significantly across his throat to indicate his probable fate if he were to become party to such commerce.
On the arrival of the Japanese embassy in Washington, to the doctor’s delight, it was found that among the presents sent by the picturesque Emperor of Japan to the President of the United States was a hogshead of rice. Alas117! the doctor’s hopes were again dashed when the case was opened, for the wily donors118 had carefully sifted119 their gift, and, though minutely examined, there was not in all the myriad120 grains a single kernel in which the germinal vesicle was still intact!
The arrival of the browned Asiatics was made a gala occasion in the capital. Half the town repaired to the Barracks to witness the debarkation121 of the strange and gorgeously apparelled voyagers from the gaily decorated vessel122. Their usually yellow skins, now, after a long sea-trip, were burned to the colour of copper; and not stranger to our eyes would have been the sight of Paul du Chaillu’s newly discovered gorillas123, than were these Orientals as they descended124 the flag-bedecked gangplanks and passed out through a corridor formed of eager people, crowding curiously125 to gaze at them. Some 112of the Japanese had acquired a little English during the journey to America, and, as friendly shouts of “Welcome to America” greeted them, they nodded cordially to the people, shaking hands here and there as they passed along, and saying, to our great amusement, “How de!”
Dr. Morrow had brought a gift to me from the East, a scarf of crêpe, delicate as the blossom of the mountain laurel, the texture126 being very similar to that of the petals127 of that bloom, and, to do honour to the occasion, I wore it conspicuously128 draped over my corsage. Observing this drapery, one of the strangers, his oily face wreathed in smiles, his well-pomatumed top-knot meantime giving out under the heat of a scorching129 sun a peculiar49 and never-to-be-forgotten odour, advanced toward me as our party called their welcome, and, pointing to my beautiful trophy130, said, “Me lakee! me lakee!” Then, parting his silken robe over his breast, he pulled out a bit of an undergarment (the character of which it required no shrewdness to surmise) which proved identical in weave with my lovely scarf! Holding the bit of crêpe out toward us, the Oriental smiled complacently131, as if in this discovery we had established a kind of preliminary international entente132 cordiale!
This same pomatum upon which I have remarked was a source of great chagrin133 to the proprietor134 of Willard’s Hotel, who, after the departure of his Oriental visitors, found several coats of paint and a general repapering to be necessary ere the pristine135 purity of atmosphere which had characterised that hostelry could again be depended upon not to offend the delicate olfactories of American guests.
During the stay of this embassy, its members attracted universal attention as they strolled about the streets or drawing-rooms which opened for their entertainment. Their garments were marvellously rich and massed with elaborate ornamentation in glistening136 silks and gold 113thread. They carried innumerable paper handkerchiefs tucked away somewhere in their capacious sleeves, the chief purpose of these filmy things seeming to be the removal of superfluous137 oil from the foreheads of their yellow owners. A happy circumstance; for, having once so served, the little squares were dropped forthwith wherever the Oriental happened to be standing138, whether in street or parlour, and the Asiatic dignitary passed on innocently, ignorant alike of his social and hygienic shortcoming.
It was no uncommon thing during the sojourn139 of these strangers at the capital, to see some distinguished140 Senator or Cabinet Minister stoop at the sight of one of these gauzy trifles (looking quite like the mouchoir of some fastidious woman) and pick it up, only to throw it from him in disgust a moment later. He was fortunate when his error passed unseen by his confrères; for the Japanese handkerchief joke went the round of the capital, and the victim of such misplaced gallantry was sure to be the laughing-stock of his fellows if caught in the act.
The most popular member of this notable commission was an Oriental who was nicknamed “Tommy.” He had scarce arrived when he capitulated to the charms of the American lady; in fact, he became so devoted141 to them that, it was said, he had no sooner returned to Japan than he paid the price of his devotion by the forfeit142 of his head in a basket!
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