Belles, beaux and brains of the 60's . en he played Jack Absolutes valet.• David and Coachman, re- spectively, fell into thehands—and right capableones they proved—of GeorgeRobinson, of the artillery,and Robert A. Dobbin, ofBaltimore, now most po-tent, grave and reverendsenior of the Monumentalbar. He is that also of anadult family, whose homesare so close about him thatgrandchildren clamber allover him at will. The ex-ception is his daughter,Ellen Swan Dobbin, who wasmade an especial paragraph ofby the leading young journalist, Frederick Hoppin Howland,of Providence Journal, and is now a popu
Belles, beaux and brains of the 60's . en he played Jack Absolutes valet.• David and Coachman, re- spectively, fell into thehands—and right capableones they proved—of GeorgeRobinson, of the artillery,and Robert A. Dobbin, ofBaltimore, now most po-tent, grave and reverendsenior of the Monumentalbar. He is that also of anadult family, whose homesare so close about him thatgrandchildren clamber allover him at will. The ex-ception is his daughter,Ellen Swan Dobbin, who wasmade an especial paragraph ofby the leading young journalist, Frederick Hoppin Howland,of Providence Journal, and is now a popular young matron ofthat town. When he retired from the stage Mr. Dobbin playedthe lovers part so successfully as to bring him very close to the old flag, and with no desire to rebel forevermore. He mar-ried Miss Lizzie Key, the fair and lovable daughter of PhilipBarton Key, the handsome, popular and lamented districtattorney of older Washington days, and his father was Fran-cis Scott Key, who wrote The Star Spangled Banner. captain l. m. tucker(jack absolute) BELLES, BEAUX AND BEAINS OF THE SIXTIES 227 Dobbin was doubtless proud of that anthem; but she hadeven better reason to be proud of the praiseful prose sheheard of her sons the elder, Dr. George W. Dobbin, being atthe head of his surgical branch in Baltimore; and his brotherRobert winning golden opinions as secretary of that citysUnited Sureties. But, at the closing of the last year, pridewas replaced by mourning in all these homes; the tender,helpful mother having been called from them; leaving herhusband lone and desolate. I am chatting of The Rivals with the ghbness of senility,but it was one of the greatest social successes of its time,and a dramatic one, in real view. Some of the charactersmust needs be touched upon more briefly, in view of recentand detailed description by a pen too trained and facile formine to cross. And when its keenness of Saladins scimitaris wielded by one of the players herself the
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