Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-11-29

From the Chicago News
Old Senator Tabor, of Colorado. occupied q
box at the Grand Opera house in this city last
saturday evening. He was accompanied BY his
beautiful and accomplished young bride, who
carried in her arms their four-months-old babe
a fat, pretty little thing. who was exquisitely
dressed and conspicuously held up to the
admiring gaze of the crowded auditorium. The
baby behaved very well for half an hour, and
seemed rather to enjoy the severe scrutiny to
which she was subjected by the critical lorgnettes
OF divers ladies and gentlemen present, and as
for the parents, they appeared to revel in the
sensation the baby produced. Old Tabor himself
paid no attention to the play; his orbs were
glued upon the baby Pretty soon the baby grew
restless and seemed to be clawing at invisible
objects in the circumambient atmosphere and
at the same time she gave utterance to those
infantile walls which the subtle instincts of a
motner teach her to cOnstrue as a demand for
refreshments. This produced palpable hustle
I'D the TABOR family. Papa looked inquiringly
at mamma, whereupOn mamma nodded mean
ingly at papa. and then papa got up and took
the baby in his arms and ambed out OF the box,
followed by mamma. The procession passed up
side aisle and through the foyer into the ladies'
dressing room, eleven hundred pairs of eyes fol-
lowing them. and eleven hundred beating soft
responses TO this touching spectacle. We very
much doubt whether there ever was a more pa
thetic tableau presented in a Chicago theater
There was a towering intellect. mighty states
man, sublime orator, social king, unbending
himself to the sweet occupation of tender
ana 1ndulgent pa The same grand old eyes
which had guarded our countrys interests at
Washington were lovingly bent upon the palpi-
tatlng cherub that claimed their paternal vigil
lance; the same unfinching arms which for
thirty long tempestuOus days had held the helm
OF the ship of state and guided our nation
through hostile pillows now clasped the per-
TUNED darling of Colorado to her fathers heart
and with their gentle squeeZes conveyed pleas
ant assurances of the treat that was In store for
the yearning baby palate; that same majestic
voice which had Numbered through the halls of
the national Senate, had thrilled the souls of
listening thousands, and had commanded the
admiration and awe of the civilized world now
crooned tuneful lullabes and sank to melodies
sWeeter by far than the murmurs Of soft lutes or
the signing OF summer zephyrs or the clamor of
mountain brooks. They entered the dressing
r0om-pa and ma did, and the baby too and
there the three remained for long time. Pa
returned to the box in about an hour and sat
the play out. but he paid little attention to the
stage performance; his soulful eyes were turned
constantly towards that yonder dressing
where ma and the baby were. and where they
remained the rest OF the evening. 0 thou dear
father loyel how dost thou sanctiy and glorfy
the heart of man! To thy sweet influences how
are the conquests OF the intellect. the rewards
OF craftsmanship, the eXctements of public SER
vice, the adulatiOn Of the multitude, the benefits
OF riches. the doatry Of nation. and the clam
ofOus gratitude OF posterity to be compared
And thou, o famed and puissant Tabor, how
doth the paterna instinct symmetrize thy career
and beautify thy exalted character. resting
about thy brow like glorious halo and crown
ing thv splendid lite with diadem of inestima-
bic yalue