Quaint corners in Philadelphia, with one hundred and seventy-four illustrations . ar-e and ruddy. , and -eiierou-. She wa- not iL;nheknew what wa- uun\. hiit -he wa- not critical, ami shetook a -reat intere-t in people. If >he liked the poetwho read hi- unpuhli-hed poem- to her. that wasenou^ih. even if hi- nci-c- were had. and her pity who h;i,l no other patron, -ave her helief inhis future. She did not hlaiiw people they hadnot .-ucceeded, hut uave h. r waiui. -tron^hand to manya poor soul who had never heloiv known so friendly a«:ra-p. Her hu-haiid. in
Quaint corners in Philadelphia, with one hundred and seventy-four illustrations . ar-e and ruddy. , and -eiierou-. She wa- not iL;nheknew what wa- uun\. hiit -he wa- not critical, ami shetook a -reat intere-t in people. If >he liked the poetwho read hi- unpuhli-hed poem- to her. that wasenou^ih. even if hi- nci-c- were had. and her pity who h;i,l no other patron, -ave her helief inhis future. She did not hlaiiw people they hadnot .-ucceeded, hut uave h. r waiui. -tron^hand to manya poor soul who had never heloiv known so friendly a«:ra-p. Her hu-haiid. in a ivnioie corn, r of the huildinL^far .-If from all thi- ;,oin;: and eomiii-. thi- dancin- and THE OLD PHILADELPHIA LIBRARY, 159 singing, this talk of art and of people, wondered over]Mrs. Rushs likings, but he never interfered, and .she likedbest to have him content and to live her own life. Shehad her own delinite amlntions, and she meant to revo-lutionize rhiladeljihia society. Slie saw no reason whysociety should be broken into so many sets, or why so. STAIRWAY AT HISTORICAL SOCIETY. many good peoi>le should not know each other ; so fromher spacious house she sent invitations here and there,and she bid to her great l)alls every one she thoughthad a claim of family, fortune or merit. At lirst peoplecame willingly enough, but they soon discovered thatthey did not like such promiscuous company. The IGO .1 >} riTY. litiiiilii > who lived south of Market street were not ilh- |io>r(l h) inaki- \i>iliii,i: ;i( conminn i:rund oliuteiist, and instead otthe halls havini; a eosniopolitan eharucter, they delinedelasses even more elosely than l)etore. Peo})le he;j;an tound(r>taiid who il wa-- they iu>t to know, and(ach >ct drew into itself with stilfer reserve. J)Ut Ma-dame Kush «lid not lox* lu-art. She wi>hed to l)e a leaderill
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