, 1879-02-19
MRS. SENATOR BRUCE.


Gallery.
The Washington correspondent Of the Louis.
Vile Courer.Journal writes Of Mrs. Senator
Bruce rs follows:
"llclcn Of Troy was not greater lsturbcr
Of the peace, nordId sso give rise to more gossip
una twudlto than the wife of tic colorcd Soma.
tor from hfssEssippt does. As long as Bsuco
remained unmarried his Senatorial career was
uurut'lcd. His brother Senators accorded him
tho courtesy Of the Senate, which WIS total
oblivion us to his presence among tllcn. It WIS
m almost forgotten fact That tho colorcu race
had representative tu the scnate. Social rec
ognttlon was not thought ot, and 60 lttlc
WAS known Of lie private life OF tin
Senator TINT Wien bis marriage was n,,-
nounccd It surprised every one, al they sup.
posed be already had wife. Newspapers hayc
Inscribed great beauty Anll accofn plshtncnts to
Mira. bruce, md the attempt has been lnutic to
oRt!ow her with more culture than TINT of any
lady In Washington. Ever slncu her nlyent III
this city lnalu correspondents have bec1l de-
@ IN III e as e n wns sur
ported that Mrs. Hayes bad invited Mrs. Bruce
to receive With her on Ncw-Ycar's Day. Tho
reccption took place minus Mrs. BRUCE. Then
t!Ic indefatlgable applo OF dscord mcu called ut
there and how Madame appeared. THIS WIS
chroniclcd III the most Sensational style. Next
It was reportcd that Mira: Huyes had called, n,nl
was 50 pleased With Mrs. Bruce TINT she lmtl
to the Whitc.11ouae. Tho writer lad not
the fear brfuro tbs eyes OF tic ready
contradiction TO tl's, ,as t!cru Is no point
ol etiquette 60 rIgtdly, observed as tho
Ilou5o from. mixing any calls. II this fact
were not sutliclcut, Nj. Bsurcs vote on it,e New
York nominations would Clearly Indicate tt,nt
there Is 10 sorta recognition of himself or vile
I'm, ht.tn
stepped aside from her rule Of nuil-intcrycutton
Mhu called upon Mrs. Bruce anu invited lIcr to
the lunch which she recently gave to forty.four
ladies. there Is no dpubt lllat senator Bruce
the Administration. II & not Kind or friendly
Tor any one to advocate tho social recognition,
Of Mrs. Rsucc. 1t appears that size ls native
OF clcyalnnd, Q. Her parents, live there. She
waa ,' educated t u oberlln College, mud at thy
school In Cleveland. No one In Cleveland visits
M the family, an.l tl'o tlree times thu. met
tie Association Of Ohio Teachers at tcir
annual meeting at Pnt.in-Bay, nclther Mrs.
was with the noflu sewn hundred. A spirit Of
mischief has caused some correspondents 10
keep continually proddlns Senator anil Mrs.
Brnte to ASSERT themselves socially. Two 10
dies from Boston, who were stopping tempo
rarlly at Que OF tho hotels, were. prompted BY
Taursday (seuatortat day.. They did not mon.
t!oH LUIS Ff8lL " 1uy QUO Ill Lie hottl> hliu ore Dl
tic la1cs Rbsentcd herselt upon tile regular re-
ccpttou day at the hotel. It was fine Monday
afternoon, and the rcd parlor was full OF c'o-
ptlydrcsscd ladles receiving the highest ton
of tho city. "Mrs. Senator Brucc,n called cut
The usher. colorcd man III drcas-coat, white
gloves aud uecktte. The buzz Of conversation
ceased, nl,d there wns u dead silence. Mrs.
Bruce, who is sa!d to enamel, was
richly dressed In vuivot, With a whtc
bonnet, md white ynIl over her face. Bhu
asked for Mrs. Leopold Morse a,ll Mrs. and h,Iss
French. Tic latter ladies', who wcru present,
received her Eracously aud male her welcome.
Well! Perhaps IL Is not best to reveal tho &C.
qucl; but there was some lively md spirited
conversation that evening III tic hotel, and II tllu
public ts Interested to knuw what hns been said
thero 1s quite II variety Of opinions alll COM
nicnts to select from, for am bound to confess
that tho ladies arc uot unanimous. 1t Is affirmed
that tile code nf etiquette requires tint the now
additions TO thu Senate hayo to call upon the
older ones, atItl that Mrs. Bruce was prompt In
performing her duty, and thut tho calls have
been returned. have not met cil,er Scnator
Bruce or flla wife. l am sorry that n.n nut
ablo to gratify the curiosity VI the public as to
her personal 'and mental attractions. only
know tint tho wile Of Congressman wns
deeply al1Toutcd bccuuse a0ule olo nsscrtcA lint
Mrs. Druco appeared much better than halt OF
tho wlves Of Congressman.