Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-22


great tragedy actress Of this couutI! T.
known as Jean Davenport. she = sup-
Z posed 10 have been the orlglhal AHia"'
[ Phenomenon" but denies TINS because
she saws her latnef refused 10 oe taken IS
the model OF "CTummles sue hNe@ iu
1 a charming Old-iasnIOned d0rmer-W n
Z d0wed. frame house on capitol NIL, ana
looks and is pretty ripe peach. she Is
. the sharpest satirist la Washington. and,
! having most gracious person, plump
/ body aud sweet English face, drops into
e canded, but not candid sweets OF con-
yersational monot0ny her inVIg-
Grating acid drops. she IS 70 the
literary world what Mrs. Gen. Ricketts, is
10 the social world and what Mrs Gen. To-
gan ls TO the diplomatic facet Of Washing
tor society. Mrs Lander's house sets up
high with tiny box OF piazza in front.
uny ball, and tiny rooms with quaint
furnitures on each side the hail. Here
sue lives all alone attended by two trim
maids. and a SpuZ dog. One son is at
I ale, another hanging on the ragged edge
or the operate world in London
Inose quaint rooms are full
Of claWfOot furniture. chairs
with spldery legs and tall, gloomy carved
Dacks with strange mirrors over tue nlgn
and narrow mantel shelves. Tue mis-
tress IS plumply pretty aud Just tribe
0OhemlenNe. " ednesday evening her
SQt0H Is suggestive OF Holland House.
Here you might meet Senator Hawley. a
me, gray-m 0ustached lltterateur some
times witty, occasionally remlniscential,
and always elegantly polished. Here you
will mud the last discovered magazine
writer, the artist the poet, drawing in
SEPARATION from The cups Of Orange Pekoe
and VARY cakes thai are English, quite
English, you konw.
Mrs. Gen. Ricketts, is the society leader.
she lives In a handsome house in q street,
and is herself large, somewhat coarse
looking woman, intensely vain and auto
cratic and powerful. But where this fat
lady, with her yellOw-scallOped head,
jumps the fence, all the rest Of society fol-
lows. She Is the bell-wether, / do not
mean OF official society but Of that per-
manent growth that affects to look down
on those who are the caprices Of popu-
lar political vote.
MRS. LOGAN Is AS Willy
as Richeieu, but is truly lovely and no.
bic woman. / suppose she is the only Off
cial lady mere who has never made fdu1
pas. Her house is one OF the north mills,
at the edge Of town. 1t was built by Gen.
stone, the first government engineer, and
the Logans bought "StOue Farm" last
year and christened it Calumet Place"
It is an Old-fashiOned brick house,
with stone piazza, where the
sun blinks, like lazy watch
dog all the day. The house is fur
nished with Indian trophies; the well
waXed floors are set out with claw-fOOt
tables, chairs, chests Of drawers-a har-
vest Of Mrs. LOgan's, whose desire il was
10 refurnlsh the house as it mad been ia
It's early days. She has a set of old and
ugly dlnlng-rOOm chairs, made by john
Kirby, Of NIrginia-Oh, ages ago; a secre-
tary that belonged to President Monroe, a
wonderful pOnderous dressing table, used
by Buchanan at the Court OF ot. James,
when he was Minister, you know, and a
brass-bOund chest Of drawers and old
mahogany wardrobe that belonged to the
Carroll family. The rooms at "Calumet
Place" are large, several with large fire.
places, and the long, narrow mirrors,
steep bureaus and curious straight
backed schairs, are in perfect harmony
with the house. The hillside, bare and
brown, rails OFF about the old red house,
and the very country itself, like a timid-
eyed Phyllis, creeps up the sunny slopes
and peeps over The fence at the beautiful
mouse and it's night-eyed, silYer-haired,
winsome ''Mistress Mary
Within the last five DAYS there have
been three notable ceremonials over the
remains OF three distinguished dead. The
funeral services in tue Senate chamber
over the body Of Senator Miller, OF Cali
fOrnia, were most imposing. The Presi-
dent and Cabinet attended in a body; the
Supreme Court Of the United states, a
train Of fat, red-faced. pompous Judges,
IN their flowing black satin gowns. the
diplomatic corps, in their brilliant court
uni orms. ana the members of Congress.
badged with the white and black scaris OF
official grief. This funeral cost the ma
ton, including the 'cfOss-the-continent
spree OF the Congressional cOmmittee-a
special train with carte blanche for ex.
penses-the tidy little sum Of $4,000.
Tuesday the body OF Representative
Hahn, whom the Louisiana Democrats
used to call "Greasy Nike" was sent
home after scant ceremonies in an UNDER
takers shop. Toe pOmp of a Congress
iOna funeral, was not, for some reason.
mentioned Tor the poor clay Of the little
lame member from New Orleans.
On Sunday afternoon few empty car
riages followed behind the casket that
contained all that was mortal OF woman
who, two years ago, was the reignmg
queen of Washington, Mrs. Brewster.
Her life could be summed up iu half a
dozen sentences. A beautiful society
belle in Washington. a toasted beauty
abroad. When her father, Robert Walker,
was living like "a prince on foreign shores
at the beginning Of the war engaged in
the laudable work of floating the United
States government bonds. She married
Edmond DeslOnde. the brother-in-law OF
Gen. Beauregard, who now lives in New
Orleans: was divorced from him: became
poor, hungry, desOlate and fOrlorn; drift
ed back to Washington and got clerk
ship in one OF the departments. Met Mr..
Brewster, married him and became the
most brilliant, beautiful and popular Cab
met lady whom Washington had seen for
many day. Her son, the child OF Ed
mond Deslonde. lives in Washington now,
] believe, but goes by the name OF Brews-
ter. Not one of her former favOrite Hat
terers followed her poor clay to its mound
or earth. e. G..
A PUGILIST KNOCKED OUT,
Hg.