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Morning News Bui ding Savannah, Go.
•ATUHDAYi J.VSCARY l !, 1898.
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INDEX TO KEWTaDmfISR9&ENTS.
Mebti.no —Tybee Hotel Company.
Spbctal Notices— As to Bills Against Swedish
Bark E. V. Almqvist; A Complete Novel Given
Away with the Sunday Morning News; A First
class Modern Dwelling to Rent, Lovell A
Lattimore.
Best Values —Appel A Schaul.
Some New Kink*—B. H. Levy A Bro.
Steamship Schedule— Ocean Steamship Com
pany.
Bio Bargains— Falk Clothing Company
Railroad Bchbditler —Florida Central and
Peninsular Railroad; J>, St. A. and 1. R. Rail
way.
Ot-B $8 Suit Sale— Falk Clothing Company.
Cheap Column Advertisement# Help
Wanted; Empl lyment Wan tel: For Rent; For
Sale: Lost; Personal: Miscellaneous
A Cbioago bath tub manufacturing com
pany baa made au assignment. Anarchists,
or cold weather ?
Old winter was rather tardy in comiug,
but when he did arrive "he got here with
both feet,” as the boys say.
The "oldest inhabitants" were talking
about snow yesterday, and how bard it
snowed years ago. after just such a day.
The situnti on in W'eat Virginia offers no
opportunity for Mr. Stephen B. Elkins to
succeed the late Senator Kenna. For whioh
AVest Virginia and the oouutry at large
should be grateful.
The heirs of Boatswain's Mate Riggin,
who was killed in the Valpariso riot, will
receive $25,000 of the (75,000 indemnity
fund paid by Chile. Higgin’s heirs, by the
way, are a brother and two married sisters,
neither of whom was dependent upon him
lor support.
Gen. Butler died a very rich man. HU
wealth is estimated at $7,000,000, which will
be divided between his only son, Paul, and
his two nieces, Miss Nesmith and Miss Web
ster. The heirs are all residents of Lowell.
Gen. Butler was interested in manufactur
ing at various points, and held a largo
share of the stock of the American Bunting
Company, of Lowell. Among the western
investments were the Craig ranch of 100,000
acres in Colorado, three-fourths of the Mora
grant of 000,000 acres in New Mexico, and
Ills large holdings in the San Miguel Con
solidated Gold Placer Mining Company, of
which he was president.
A reporter who saw Mr. Cleveland a day
or two ago says he “doei not seem in the
least cast down by his utter defeat by the
New York state machine at Albany” In the
selection of Murphy to auccecd Senator.
Hiscock. Why should he feel cast down!
Mr. Cleveland only exercUed his right as a
citizen of New York in the contest, and he
knows he will have the democracy of the
country behind him in his administration,
including the two New York senators, who
may, indeed, try to annoy him when it
comes to the distribution of the federal
offices in New York, but that is only a
email matter with so broad-minded a man
as Mr. Cleveland.
A Pittsburg man Is .lust now rejoicing
over an accident which, under ordinary
circumstances would bring about a damage
suit against a corporation. Several months
ago Lis blp joint was.dislocated by accident,
and all the doctors in town could not get it
back iDlo place again, consequently he was
• cripple, scarcely able to walk. A day or
two ago, as be attempted to get off a street
car, the car started forward with a lurch,
and be was thrown violently to the pave
ment. striking on bis injured leg. Friends
rushed to pick him up. but before they could
do so be got up aloue and walked off as well
ns be ever walked in bis life. The fall had
knocked the joint back into place.
A correspondent says Mr. Cleveland bas
determined to make bis forthcoming in
augural address “theeffort of bis life,” and
that be will devote more of bis time at
Lakewood to the message, "putting it In
literary form,” than to tne f rmotion of
his oablnet. The personnel of the cabinet,
the correspondent says, has been practically
determined upon, though the President
elect will keep bis conclusions to himself
until "the proper time to mske them public.”
If it Is Mr. Cleveland’s purpose to write a
mods go that will take precedence in public
commendation of even his famous tariff
moesags be bee set h unself a bard task.
That message inode him famous, and
there are few men In public life who could
write two fame-building state papers on
the some general linee of policy,
A Mischievous Measure.
The prevailing belief in Washington is
i that the anti-option bill will be passed by
1 the Senate within a week It vrlll not be as
radical a measure, however, as it was when
: it was passed by the House. The Senate, to
: some extent, has responded to the growing
-entiment throughout the country that the
uiraeure is a mischievous one,and will injure
the very interests it is intended to protect.
It las not yet been forgotten that con
gress once undertook to prevent dealing in
1 gold that was not intended to be delivered.
It was tbougbt that by prohibiting specu
lation in gold a rise in the premium on it
would be prevented. The enacting of auch
a law showed how little congressmen knew
about the matter. The law did not have
the effect It was expected it would. The
premium increased much more rapidly
after the passage of the bill than it did
before. The premium on gold became so
high that Congress got soared and repealed
the law a few days after it had been passed.
Business men and farmers who have
studied the anti-option bill carefully have
sent petitions to coDgrees stating that it
would be a great mistake to pass it. I heir
views, however, have not been sufficient to
oreate a majority against it, though they
have greatly strengthened the opposition Cos
it. Those congressmen who are supporting
it seem to think that the majority of the
farmers favor it. They may be right about
that, but the great majority of
the farmers do not even know its
provisions and, therefore, are not in
a position to give an opinion
relative to the effect it would have on the
prices of farm products that are bought and
sold for future delivery. They have an idea
that speculation depresses prices, and that
if there were no such thing a# a future
market the money made by tnose who deal
in futures would go into their pockets. If
the pending bill becomes a law they will not
be long io discovering they asked to have
destroyed the very thmg that does the most
to keep up prices when condition* are against
high prices.
The bill, of course, will go baok to the
House, if it passes the Mena to, for concur
rence in the (Senate amendments. It is
quite certain that the House committee to
which it will be referred will make a report
that will help to make it a law, because it
is favored by that committee. The mem
bers of the committee would prefer,
of course, the bill as it was before it
was sent to the (Senate, but ea they cannot
get thatthey will favor getting all they can.
It is probable, therefore, that they will re
port in favor of some of the amendments
and against others, so os to get the bill in
a committee of conference. When onoe it
is there they will try to fix it so that it will
meet with their approval to s much grsatar
extent than it does now.
If it gets through both the House and the
Senate the President may veto it. It is
hardly probable that be would, however. He
is good deal of a politician, and may think
that by signing it he might bring about a
better feeling between his party and the
populists.
It is considered certain that the supreme
court will be asked to pass upon the ques
tion of its constitutionality if it should be
come a law. A few days ago Senator Vilas
delivered a speech against the bill that has
arrested the attention of the whole country.
He took the position that if it should be
come a law it would be unconstitutional.
That view of it had never been so stroDgly
presented before. There is a chance, there
fore, that if it should be passed it would not
be permitted to become operative.
South Carolina's Messenger.
Is it legal for a citizen of one state to a?t
as the messenger of the electoral college of
another state ‘ Col. T. L. Gantt, of Georgia,
was recently selected to serve in that
capacity for the electoral college of the
state of South Carolina, notwithstanding
the faot that the constitution under au
thority of which the electoral college met
at Columbia and cast its ballot provides
that the messenger must be a resident of
the Jtnte for which be acts. Col. Gantt, it
is claimed, is only a temporary resident of
South Carolina ao>l retains bis citizenship
in Georgia. He took a leading part in the
receot campaign, on the winning side as be
tween the democratic factious, and this
measengership was given him for his good
work. The amount of money involved was
small, of course, but it gave the colonel an
opportunity to lake a little vacation, ex
l>euses paid, which was probably very agree
able to him after several months of hard
labor at the editorial desk.
In the legal aspect of Gantt’s messenger
ship, howe\er,a serious question is involved
and the case may be used as a precedent.
It the recent election had been close—it tte
result had depended on Souta Carolina's
vote—the republicans would, very probably,
continue in charge of tne government after
March 4, next, lor South Carolina’s vote
plight be held as illegally delivered aud
finally thrown out. The AVasbiugtou Post
rave if this kind of thing bad occurred in
18. j Tiiden would probably hove been
I’resident instead of llayes.
It is a very goed idea for South Carolina
to “work in” a Georgiau every time the
opportunity is presented, but it is some
times dangerous to “monkey” with the
constitution.
They must raise some queer legislative
geniuses up in New York state—some
quite as unique os any that ever electrified
the Georgia legislature. A New York
senator bas introduced a bill providing for
the admission to the bar without examine
tlon of any person who has served seven
years in the legislature. There is an opinion
abroad that a little more than the ordinary
amount of brain fores, a comprehensive
education and a character above reproach
•re prerequisites to admission to the bar.
Bat a man lacklug in all of these may be
come a member of the New York legisla
ture. If this Solon’s proposition should be
come law ail a man would have to do to be
come a full-fledged legal light would be to
make himself solid with "the boys" and get
them to send bun to Albauy for awhile.
Tbat would be very much easier than to
study Mlackstone, Coke aud Chitty for
years. But the easiest way of doing thiugs
is not always the beet, and lawyer! created
by enactment would probable turn out to
be the most ordinary kind of shysters.
Gen B. K. Butler, some three years ago,
selected bis own epitaph, as follows. "Here
lies the general who saved the lives of bis
soldiers at Big Bethel and Fort Fisoer, and
who never commanded the Army of the
Fotornac." 1 here are those in New Orleans
who would have ad 1 dto tbat: “But who
originated, promulgated and sustained
Order No.
The mao who is “treading on thin toe” is
the old inhabitant wbo prefaces bis remarks
with something like tine "Coll this odd
weather, why twenty year* ego ——
THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1893.
The City Tickets.
The aldermanio ticket* have been com
pleted. The names of the candidates will
be found in the local columns of the Morn
ing News. The next board of alierraeu
will be composed of twelve of these eandi
dates There are among them men well
qualified to manage the city's affairs.
It is well knowu what Mayor McDonough s
policy will be if re-elected. It will be, in
the main, the policy he Las pursued during
the term that is cow nearly at an end. It is
a policy that is very generally approved.
If the real sentiments of tbe people could
be learned it would be found that nice
tenths of them are in favor of having the
saloon* closed tightly on Sundays, not be
cause of ooy particular hostility to the
saloons, but because the closing of them on
those days insures two things. One is more
comforts in tbe homes of hundred of work
men and tbe other is the observance of
the laws against drunkenness, disturbances
of tbe peace and crimes of violence.
When tbe saloons are open on Sundays a
large percentage of idle workmen spend a
great portion of their week's wages in them.
They drink more than is good fur them and
are then in a condition to break the peaoe
and commit offenses against tbe laws.
If the saloons are closed on Sundays, tbe
temptation to drink to excess is removed,
and workmen are in a condition to do a full
day’s work on Mondays. Their families get
the full benefit of their wages.
And the great majority of the saloon
keepers would rather close their places on
Sundays than keep them open. But if
some are permitted to violate the law others
will do so through fear of losing regular
week day customers.
No one will say that the strict enforce
ment of the law against tbe selling of in
toxicating liquors on Sundays has not been
productive of great good and there are few
who will say they are against tbe enforce
ment of that law. Indeed, about every
body that feels an Interest in Savannah and
the welfare of her people want it enforced.
The Unexpected Happened.
An hour or two before bis death
Gen Butler thought death was a long way
from him. He had been attending to his
business affairs throughout tbe day, and
was particularly strong mentally and
physically for a man of his age. He had
been at the tressury department for several
hours discussing a matter of considerable
importance and did not reach his home
until late in the afternoon. He sat up uutil
11 o’clock, talking with his family. Just
before he retired tbe subject of Mr. Blaine’s
illness came up, and he said he thought It
was a dreadful thing to hang between life
and death so long, and that be hoped when
his time came he would pass away quickly
and without pain. “Blaine,” he said,
“may outlive some of us.” In resp >nse to
a remark that it did not seem probable that
Mr. Blaine would outlive the general
judging from the latter's appearance, he
said, “You cannot tell.”
In less than three hours from that time
Oen. Butler was dead. The fatal illness at
tacked him soon after he retired to his bed,
and painless death came with startling
quietness.
He would have died at tbe time he did,
and bis death would have been quick and
painless, even if he had not expressed a
wish for such a death, or suggested
a doubt that Mr. Blaine would
precede aim to the grave, but it will hardly
be denied that it was rather remarkable
that he should have died so suddenly after
bit conversation in respect to Mr. Blaine
and should have bad the kind of a death for
which he wished.
Sundays at the Fair.
It is probable that notbiDg new will be
presented in the arguments that are now
being made before the House committee on
the Columbian fair on the question of open
ing the fair on Sundays. The question has
been so thoroughly gone over that there is
really nothing new to tie said.
It is iinuossihle to predict what the report
of the committee will be, but It is not Im
probable tbat it will offer a compromise of
some sort. The management of the fair is
bent on having the fair opened on Sundays,
mainly because the gate receipts are certain
to he large on those days.
The chief thing those who oppose Sunday
opening are contending for is to havo
the religious character of Sunday formally
recognized. They do not seem to think that
people who would ilsit the fair on Sundays
would have any less respect for the day or
for the Christian rellgiou. They consider It
would be a great thing to have the whole
world understand that the American people
have such regard for Sunday that they
would not consent to have the fair open to
visitors on that day.
Asa matter of fact the closing of the fair
on Sundays would do more harm than good.
Not one-tonth of the visitors who would La
in Chicago during the fair would attend
religious services on Sundays if the fair
were closed on those days, and Chicago
churches could not accommodate them if
they wanted to attend. Avery largo por
tion of them would spend the day at places
of amusements, in the l>eer gardens and sa
loons. From the standpoint of morality,
therefore, it would be advisable to open the
fair on Sundays.
But it cannot be denied that the closing
of the fair on Sundays would nave a tre
mendous moral effect, not only in this, but
ail other civilized countries.
It is probable that if a compromise is
favored by the House committee it will Be
that the fair shall be opened a portion of
the day on Sundays.
V nder the prohibition law in South Da
kota druggists are permitted to sell any
sort of liquor, wiue or beer by the glass,
provided tbs purchaser signs an affidavit
that be is afflicted with some complaint.
The prohibitionists are trying to change the
law and make it more stringent. But, very
naturally, the druggists object. The fight
has led to an investigation of bow the law
in force works, and some of the things that
have been discovered are amusing. The
books of the druggists show that pain in tbe
stomach prevails to an alarming extent.
The books are full of name., of patients wbo
have received treatment for the oomplaint,
and they seem never to have gotten a bit
better, although they took the mediciDe.
three or four times a day. The druggist*
keep affidavits of lllneas in blank, so that
all a sick man bes to do Is order bis drug
and sign his name on a elip while tbe clerk
Is pouring out tbe draft.
It l estimated tbat 5,000 or more men in
tbe oyster dietrlots of Norfolk end Ports
mouth were temporarily locked out by
Js- k Frost night before last. Tbe weather
was to cold that neither the "tongers” nor
tbs ' ■ebucsers” could work, and as a con
sequence tbe oyetar supply ran very tow.
I sssuossshs assemblies in tbs French capital
sometime* include as many os thirty titled
American women.
SAVANNAH'S MONUMENTS.
BHAFTA THAT ViSTIFY TO THE
CHIVALRY OfK'tß PEOPLE.
Her Revareboe to the Noble Dead of
Her Own History—The P ctureeque
f auaree to’ Which the Monuments
Are Situated.
[From the Eqilin.ore Manufae'urer a’ Record.
Traneiatilmf .to } fetch hrj Mr. I. Charri.r.
Bei-jiun CO n sal, and to German by Mr Arno
Jfsoir] ... .
’*Y OOU TANARUS, W. AVERY.
Savannah’s adornment of picturesque
squares is ooe of her most attractive feat
ures. Tby are sweet breathing spaces of
shaded beauty.in her physical autonomy.
And a number of them on Bull street, ber
leading th roughfare, with its asphalt pave
ment and handsome residence* and churches,
are vivified with historic aud stately monu
ments. Probably no city of the country
has more monuments in proportion to its
people than Savannah, unless it is Wash
ington.
The oldest monument is that of Gen.
Nathaniel Greene, tbe revolutionary hero,
in Johnson square, tbe neare t lo the river.
It* corner-stone was laid by Marquis de
Lafayette in 1825, it was finished in 1829,
and the inscriptipnal and portrait tablets
put on in 1886, Jefferson Davis taking part
in the ceremonies.
The ntxt monument was the one to Count
Casimir Pulaski, the heroic Pole who fell at
tbe seige of Savannah, Oct. 9, 1779. Lafay
ette lad the corner-stone of ibis in 1825, at
the same time and place with the corner
stone of the Greene monument, but it was
removed to Monterey square in 1853. This
is a beautiful, sb&it. On its summit is a
statue of Liberty bolding the s.era and
stripes, and On the side the tablet, between
reversed cannon, of an officer falling
wc unded from his hi fse, and above him the
arms of Geo: gia and Poland.
Ihe handsomest monument is that
erected to the gallant Irishman, Sergt. Jas
per, in Mud. son square. It was erected by
the Jasper Monument Association. The
corner stone was laid Uot. 9, 1879, the cen
tennial anniversary of the death of Jasper
at tbe seige oY Savannah, and the monu
ment was unveiled Keb. 22, 1888, President
Grover Cleveland taking part In the cere
monies.
On tbe top of the shaft stands a statue of
the soldier lu feet high, his left arm bold
ing out a fluttering tanner, and his right
hand pressing to his wounded s de an up
turned saber, his bullet-pierced hat lying
by him, his hair waving in the smoke, atul
his face expressive of courage in suffering.
Tablets represent his heroic deeds—his
rescue cf the prisoners at Jasper Springs
aud of the colons at Fort Moultrie, and tbe
scene of his death. His heroism has im
mortalized the unlettered soldier.
A stately .confederate- monument adorns
the parade 'gFouhd beyond the beautiful
Forsyth park, erected bv tbe Ladies
Memorial Association. The corner-stone
was laid June BV, 1875, and tbe monument
unveiled May, 1876. It is 50 feet high end
bus a bronze statue op its summit of a pri
vate confederate soldier with his musket,
worn hat and tattered garb, with its patches
and rent*. The panels are suggestively
filled aud the monument is artistic.
These monuments are to military heroes.
The fourth monument is located in court
house square, and was erected in 1883 by
that great and grateful corporation, the
Central Railroad of Georgia, to its first
president aod tbe pioneer In railroad build
ing in Georgia, William W. Gordon. It is
a haudsome monument with suggestive in
scriptions and tablets, representing his
work. ;t '
These monuments typify the spirit of the
Savannah people, and embody their ohiv
airy and reverence for noble things.
WIVES Q.E,CONURBSbMSN.
What la Ahead of Those About to
Enter Society pi the CaDltal.
Washington Letter tdKansas City Ttmes.
Tbe aocial mason that is about to open in
Washington will furnish food for study to
the wive# of tbe recently elected ib'amberg
of tbe Fifty-third congress who expect to
make their debut in the society of the na
tional capita! in the winter of 1893-’94.
The new congressman’s wife is a unique
object in Washington society and a source
of perennial amusement. In her owu home,
perhaps a small town in some far western
state, she has led a quiet domestic life, ner
wildest dissipation a country fair or a
church festival, her best gown a black silk,
bought after much deliberation and caieful
calculation. As the wife of the mayor of
the town,.or possibly a leading merchant,
she has been a woman of considerable
prominence and a leader in all its social
gatherings. . . ; -
When her husband is elected ro congress
sbo becomes an object of the liveliest inter
est to all’ ber female friends. They envy her
the brilliant prospect of a winter in Wa-h
--ton and picture her taking ns conspicuous a
part in the gaieties of the giddy capital as
she does in those of her own town.
Her husband goes to Washington in ad
vance to engege abous* or hamisome quar
ters at a hotel, tint w'uetl ho calculates the
oxpanee r.f living iin this style,
upon the bdsi* of id’s Salary,
he usually finds that twQ rooms
iu a boniduigbouse, with the prlvi'ege of
the parlor, come more- nearly wilhin bis
meat s A o jiyre isnia!| s rf * >.oob a year will
not keep up sniy great degree of style in
\Vashiugt- n. A great, nemy congressmen
live in dingy.-iluiTy boarding houses, where
the ghosts of ibo dinners of week before last
hold high carnival in the dining room and
the odors of cabbage and soapsuds struggle
for supremacy in the balls.
The majority of theneople in congress
live in Washington in a style they wonld
scorn at home. Ibe landlady of the Wash
ington boarding house is frequently in office,
and she leaves the management other house
hold to slipshod colored servants. More
than likely she is of an oid Virginia family,
aod she entertains her guests during the
dinner hour' With accounts of formor ele
gance which they would gladly take u ex
change for the meager comforts of her pres
ent home.
The unwritten laws of Washington so
ciety are a'hopeless puzzle to the congress-_
man’s wife till she consults the wife of an
older member. From tbit authority she
learns that she must make calls in the offi
cial circle first. She is expected to call on
tbe wives of the I’resjdent and Vice Presi
dent, of the eight cabinet officers, the nine
supreme court justices and tbe eighty-eight
senator* before they call on her.
The prospect appall* her, but in time she
gains courage and (Usually in company of a
friend) she sallies fprth with her new card*
and her best dress, and feels that she is
fairly launched on the tea of Washington
society She'finds that the costume which
was considered a triumph of art by the
dressmaker at home is plain and even dowdy
oompared with the elegant toilets the sees
on every side. Bbe feel* uncomfortably
conscious that she 1b a mere nobody in the
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She makes an early exit and goes back to
her boarding bouse to tell her husband of
her first day’s exoerience. She does not
know whether she likes it or noi. She goes
to sleep that night with a distinct sense of
disappointment, which has worn away a
little by mornihg. It is succeeded by a little
glow of pleasure when she see* la the society
column of the Morning I’ost among the
names of those who were calling the day
before “Mrs. Representative Blank.”
Her next dissipation is probably a white
bouse reception, to' which she has looked
forward as the very acme of social bliss.
Tbe gathering is made up mostly of people
prominent inofficial and social circles, mem
bers of tbe supreme court and bar, of the
Senate and House, citizens and strangers,
distinguished foreigners and leader* of fash
ion, with a sprinkling of the leading profes
sions.
How a crush like this belittles greatness!
Here is a gallant admiral, one of the com
pressed mass; there a brave general, wedged
in a corner, cut off from supplies; here a
man whose breezy air of self-oonsequence
betrays the westerner still new to bis sur
roundings; at his side bis daughter, timid
and uncomfortatde, getting, perhaps, her
first glimpse of \Vashiugton society.
Tbe new congressman s wife looks admir
ingly aud enviously at tbe handsome, wetl
dre-sed women about her, who move with
that easy, noiseless grace which she feela she
can never achieve either by study or re
hearsal. She feels out of place and pain
fully realizes her insignificance. She recalls
with a feeling of homesickness her promi
nence and importance la the little gatherings
at Blankviile, where no social event was
considered complete without her.
When she has been to two or three recep
tions see will feel a little morec nfident. and
in time she will begin to look about her for
someone less experienced than she whom
ebe can patronize in a mild way, us she was
patronized at first. The air of patronage will
come very natural to her in a year or two,
and in time the may become an important
constituent in society at the capital, or de
ceive herself into tho 1 elief that she is. For
the present she deceives ouly her neigh
tiors who come to visit her and bar friends
whom she sees on her return home. To
them Congressman B ank’s wife, taken at
her own valuation, is one of tbe leaders of
Washington society, and the consideration
she has received at the bands of tbe ray
world (as recounted to an admiring group
of womeuli* a feather added to tbe gaudy
display iu the political cap of her husband.
This is the most common type of tbe new
congressman’s wife. There are others whose
personalities are more unique and perhaps
more interesting. The wife of the congress
man from tbe eastern states brings with her
not more confidence perhaps, hut a wider ex
perience in social matters. She has visited
large cities and has seen more of life in gen
eral. She takes a house and prepares to en
tertain. To her the prospect of making first
calls has no terrors. She rushes in where
her western sister fear* to tread. She does
not iimit her first calls to those who rank
her officially, but makes them indiscrimi
nately upon people in private life—all this
to make a good showing at her own recep
tions. I know of one case where she went
so far as to leave cards at the homes of the
members of the corps diplomatique, uncon
scious that many of them are bachelors.
Her toilet# are gorgeous and in marked
contrast to the shab: y cab which she en
gages by the mouth during tbe calling
season. She makes a lively business of her
social duties and performs them at break
neck speed. _ She gives entertainments
which are attended by half the people she
invites and twico as many whom she did
not invite, whose prime object is to devour
her croquettes aud drink her punch. And
perhaps hajf of them ridicule her and her
reception in tier own dressing-rooms.
Some of the senators’ wives claim that
they rank the wives of the cabinet officers
because the members of the cabinet are
confirmed by the Senate, but this is a nioe
distinction which is not generally recog
nized. The President’s tamilv make no calls.
The senators’wives come after the cabinet
peotfie and the congressmen’s wives oome
last iu the official list, So you see the con
gressman's wife is not o important a person
as she expects to be. But for that matter
her husband It a very small unit in the
Home, and in the shadow of tbe "big men”
of his party his light is apt to be entirely
obscured.
Twenty years ago. gays the New York Brett.
Edwia Lord of this city had a balance in a
downtown bank to hie credit of ICO. He neg
lected to draw it and forgot all about it. Tne
other day he received a letter from a bank
president, inquiring if he was the Edwin Lord
who used to live at such and such a number on
Broadway. “I could not remember ever having
.Jived mere,“said Mr. Lord to me. “and learned
the letter around a week without answering it.
I was on the point of throwing it in the waste
basket unanswered, when it occurred to me
that I had boarded at that number mentioned
more than twenty years ago I accordingly
wrote the bank president that I was probably
the F.dwin Lord he was looking for. He invited
me to call at his office, and I did so. After I had
proved my identity to hi* satisfaction he told
me about the J6O which bad been in his bank to
my credit all t’leee years The interest brought
it up to nearly $400." To make this tale com
p>let Mr. Lord should be poor, with a large
family to support, just as the long forgotten
bank account turned up. But such i* not the
case He is rich, a bachelor, and lives at the
Fifth Avenue hotel
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