Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-06-25
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Some Prominent Characters at the
National Capital.
The Female Lawyer and Accomplished d
Tricyclist-A Genius Wrecked by Iu-
temperancc-A War Photog-
rapher-"Aunt Clara"
Special Correspondencel ]

them notoriety almost world wide one o
the most prominent figures is Belva Lock
wood, the female lawyer. Mrs. Lockwood
may be seen any day riding about the
streets on her tricycle.. For a long time
she was the only woman tricyclist in
Washington, and it was said that many
ladies would have used that vehicle long
ago had it not been for the npleasant no.
Ioriety which Mrs. Lockwood had given it,
Fhe female lawyer is n tall, spare, bright
laced woman, who moves and acts with
great independence. and in her genera
spanner and conversation is not much un
Ike the ordinary lawyer of the opposite
sex. She dresses i'll black, shows good
taste in the use of materials and wears n
EoOu deal OF lace and Jauntv bonnet.
She rides the tricycle. WELL with her skirts
gracefully and properly arranged about
ter ankles, and goes at as rapid n pace as
could be desired. She uses the machine ex
clusive in her trips about the city upon
business, goes to court upon it, visits the
capitol, the White House, and even rides To
church on it. She is very flppant and
witty conversationalist, and whoever tries
So draw the long-bow with her finds him
Lelf easily vanqushed. in court she is
equal to any retort, and never yet has seen
the lawyer who has gone off with the last
word. She has great endurance as IL
talRcr, and it is very difficult to get in {;
word even edgcwise when she has the floor
Her office Is on + street in tho busiest part
OF the city.-and she has usually n docket
fnll of business. Mrs. Lockwood is n
woman of sense, despite her careless utter.
ances which have given her Il reputation
for being only half i'm earnest in her atiyo
cacy oi woman's rights. The TACT is that
while she has more than ordinary ability,
and by hard study hns made herself fair
ly good lawyer, she is like all the rest OF
her sex, more or less given to flippancy,
end makes jest of many things that
should be treated sobcry. There is no
doubt that her candidacy in SS4 for Pres
idential honors was great mistake and 8
detrimcnt To the female suffrage party
bat it was one that NAV have its advan
tagcs as an example to prevent similar
ones hereafter
George Butler. who died the other day.
was rs well known in Washington as any
OF the most public men. He was the most
conspicuous drunkard ut the apital and
his singular force of intellect, when even
hallway sober, made such n contrast to
his soddcn condition when he was in the
gutter that he was always II good deal
talked about. The last time saw him he
was lying dead drunk on my Office floor.
the day after he had written n most elo-
qucnt confession of his proiligacv and n
most solemn declaration to abstain en-
tirely from the use of liquor thereafter and
make "a man of himself. The story of But
lrr's life is by this time so familiar that
little need be said about it, lie was gifted
with far more than ordinary ability, which
he inherited largely from the maternal side
OF his fathers family. The influence of his
uncle would have ut almost any time in
his career gained hin high and honorable
public positions, and the old man alwavs
loved the hayward profligatc. Through
him he was made Consul-Gcneral at Egypt;
through him also he obtained lucrative
army position; but in both he proved him
self the migrate and brought only disgrace
upon himself and his friends. lie was n
man of large frame, full-orbed face, sting
ing black eyes, an ugly, fcrocious OK
pression usually, and, before he
became 80 utterly degraded. was II
strong, vigorous talker. So much
drink gave him stammerinS and haltinC
way of speech. and for the last few years
OF his life he talked n good deal Ikea
drivc.inS IDIOT, repeating and catching up
his sentences and stammcring out remarks
too silly to mention. A curious incident
in his life is his second marriage. which
was kept secret, except to Il very few. NJ
so the time OF his death. In early lie h.
met girl Of remarkable beauty and OF
thoroughly good character to whom he
seemed II hero. She fell in love with him,
bu: he was welded to his idol After
twenty years, in which he had married q
New York woman from whom he was
subsequently, divorced because OF his
own eXcesses, this old admirer was
thrown into his society and n clandestine
marriage was performed, Butler at the
time piedPing himself to total abstinence
and in streak OF more than usual re-
morse swearing that he would become an
honorable man. The two never lived to:
gether, and it was only q lew days before all
promises were again broken and Butler
was in the ditch. This woman, still re.
tainIng her maiden name, working hard ns
department clerk, supported her hus-
band and Tor years paid his alinIony to his
former wife, at n time when that person
was hv.ng IN luxury, receiving n large in
come as an nctress. When Butler died,
the marriage was for the first time an.
! nounced.
One of the most interesting reminiscent
characters about town is Brady. the pho
tographer. lie frequents Wizards Hotel,
and IS well known. from his long residence
| at the capital, by almost everybody who
has ever come upon the stage of promi-
nence in public affairs. lie is Il short. we'll
| preserved old gentleman, with an extended
mustache and goatce. and n soft gentle
manner that easily distinguish him.
| Brady's fame as photographer was made
almost entirely during the war. when Ire
was in Government employ. and by his
| activity at the front did most excellent
serv &c in making up tho pictorial history
OF the great struggle. Whenever there was
q great battle Brady sure TO be on
hand. The correspondents often satched
| his movements closely indication oI
what might happen, and il VAS claimed
| that he had authoritative advice in
advance Of military movements in
order that he might be present with his
camera to photograph TIE scenes of bat
tie. There is hardly a public man who
| had any thing to do with the war. or with
politics since. that Brady has not had to
''sit" for him. His collection of negatives,
one Of the largest in the country, although
some fifteen Thousand of them have been
sold Go the Government, contains the hest
existing portraits oi nearly all OF the Con-
sederate Generals anu all those of any
prominence on the Union side The old
gentleman has a comfortable income from
the sale of his pict1res and is beyond the
reach of want, although he has long since
| retired from active labor and lives nm easy
going life. His portrait OF Robert T.. Lee,
which is undoubtedly the best that was
ever made has soiJ throughout the South