Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-29
" ESHTVTIO'S TEI7T Z.
Gossip bb.uI the Texas DsIe alton.
CHARACTERISTICS Nf lis Congress-
msn sud shesr Families.
The As'istsEcc Rendered their Hu,oancR
by Mrs. Reagan and Mrs abbott.
The Lanham Hausehold
Correspondence OF the Gazette.

! Correspondence OF the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, June Ex-senator Res
gSn, who was enc OF the Congressional
visitors at the closing exercises st West
Point, IS emphatic in his prsises ct the
| way the nstionsl military school is man
sged. He was close observer OF the
examinations, and says there Is 10 col
| lege or university in the land where the
mental discipline is more perfect or the
| system Of instruction more thorough snd
| scientific. "a grand feature of the
course Is: West Point" ssid the Senator,
sis tho splendid physical training the
cadets gfE along WIsa their book learning.
| The theory OF Sound mind IN 2 sound
| oody' is rlg!dlY adhered -, sid the fects
the young men are sole TO perform are
really astonishing. | think any OF them,
il taiicg il $ military career, n gLt easily
make = livjTg as al acrobat. The horse
back exercises were beautiful, aud
the violations Of the riders would lave
mao band Cf COmncCnes sick with
envy" Senator R35gtQ has 6 sCH,
young msn Of so!endid promise, who vii
s1Ogtly enter West Point. TIE youngest
child, Mills, q bright boy OF twelve, Is
attending school here. There
! is no harder working member OK tae
United States Sanste than John H z y
gan. Besides attending to the varied
requests OF constituency scattered over
| al TeXas,h keeps track IN his Character
istic, WatChiuI manner CT every measure
coming before Congress. His long exper-
fence ard thorough knowledge CT public
sfAirs enables him to form rapid and
correct conclusions on the merits CT {
question, and he never hesitstes TO
express MS convictions from hie place il
the Senate chamber. Despite TIE fact
that It is his first term in tnst 5uguSt
body, s1d that there is Z sort OF tradition
thst nrs!~teTm SenstCr is not expected
TO cut auV prominent figure in
| senatorial proceedings, he went to
| the front from the stsrt,
and quickly came TO be recognized BY Ms
| colleagues as a man CT ability, well
qutpped by nature and 3 m1gI tic ntly
stured mind 10 hold his own IN deCate on
any SUBJECT,
| Senator Reagan has splendid assist
suc in certain depart ents Of his work in
his talented wife. When it comes 20 5
thorough knowledge of politics both local
@rd national, there are few ladies IN
| the land wdo would tske precedence
| over Mrs. Reagan. she is CT q lively
! teup1lsment, s clever conversstioDalist
and enteTLains company with q charming
hospitality. Tne Resgsns live in q Land
! some three-story brick mensiCn, in the
northwest part Of the city, which the
Senator recently purchased. Il is more
than nile from the Capitol, yet Mr.
| K sagsu usually talks the distance twice
o&liY. To ignore the chief ornament Of
| their home, however, Wculi net be Just,
as al who have the pleasure OF Miss
| Mo- lie Resgan's acquaintance will admit.
| She is : highly cultured, ar exceedingly
| pretty ana d very gmi6ble young lady,
| aGG proud 10 csI hersei d Texas girl.
| Size is the only young lady in s2Cieiv, he
| forging to the family of any CT the Texas
| delegation, ard Is a general fiVorite.
| Miss Reagan is brunette and is well
posted On political topics.
| l. ls notorious that southern boJs walk
CT with academic hoGors whenever they
leave northern or eastern institutions OF
lesrnirg. Joseph D. Savers, Jr, 2
nephew Of Congressman Savers .nd
son Of Msj0r SsyeTs Of Gorz.!es, took
the class medal for scholarship few days
| sgo st Emerson Institute, famous
SSAOOA aD4 JOUuk UGu IN
| this city. The class numbered
over the gold embiems of distinction, he
highly COmplimenteG the blushibg Texas
youth amidst the cheers OF his classmates.
Mrs. Abbott, wife Of the able and pop
uisr representative f-oIn the Fort Worth
district, spends . good deal OF time with
40 stunt on the eastern shore CT MARY
lend c5IubTf-I1S a. p,n
OF that section having greatly improved
her hes.th. Mrs. Abbott is another enc
| 0i those ladies' who sre almost Invaluable
to .Seir husbands, il the latter happen to
be in politics. To help them vita their
| correspondence, keep their papers
straight, assist IN sending cut GOcUm 7nts,
ard various otter se1v ces, ere duties
that tie helpful wives CT national legis-
ls,o1s soon become expert in performing
Mrs. ABBOT, ike most CT the Texas
laciss hers, much prefers The quiet
aGd comparative retirement O. her
comfortable home 10 q residence in Wash
ingtOnr yet derives pleasure IN he ecu
PISTON re- Tted 10 sbcgc. SGa IS = JHdy
oi the finest ia,eI'igenc spd possessed CT
tue gentlest and most winning :1L1Ee-s.
C1lcueI sra Mrs. Lsrham 1lvr in cczy
home # ihei- OWE On NV YCIk cv,aue.
one CT the ht0d5omest resi-
deLce streets in TIE CITY. Mrs.
L0nhsm ia South Carolina lady,
q decided intellectual fcrce As the
helPmeet 10 one Cf the mcst active,
busy, scientiCus sTd shle Congress-
men that sv' = came to Wssh;ngtoG, Mrs
Linham is Co15picuaus, acd without her
sid no doubt the gentleman who so sbly
represents ninety otd counties. would
often feel SIS ii his TASK wss too heavy for
endurance. There are three bays, brim
full OF j0llity, and ct the same
time uncomDonly clever in their books,
who, with sweet-feced little girl make
plenty Of sunshine shout the Lsuham
household. 1t is 70 exeggeration nor
in the way Of fuisome praise to say thst
Colonel L1nham tzs made record here
for ability and energy that reflects credit
not on him alone, but on the entire state.
he is now 81 the head eff en- important
committee, and il he is reelected, as his
merits emirently justif", he will con-
tiEue to grow in usefulness among his
colleagues and his constituents.