The Washington critic., 1888-03-17

btutIbl llOintHt Dul lnt ltuulY Ntl-
eran has a good deal of capacity for
enjoyment about him yet. During
the rebellion he was chief quarter
master Of the Army of the Potomac,
and it is said of him that he is
the only officer who ever be-
longed to our army for any
reasonable length Of time who
never asked nor received day leave
of absence. lie was on duty continu-
ously from the day he graduated at
West Point until he was retired, six
years ago, on his comfortable pension
of $3.50 per year. General Frank A.
Starring was also over here from his
pleasant Washington home. The
. once brown head of the good-looking,
soldierly gentleman, and the men who
knew him more than u quarter of q
century ago as the brave young colonel
of the regiment raised for the war by
the Board of Trade of Chicago would
easily recognize him yet When the
battles were over he went to Europe
in the pleasant capacity of a special
agent for the Treasury Department,
and wandered the Old World over for
eight or ten years from ST. Petersburg
to the vineyards of tire Douro. Then
he came back, married q charming
and lovely wife, and built home in
Washington that is famed as well for
its beauty as for the genial kindness
of its owner,
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Says Crofrut in the Pittsburg Press:
DIR. William A. Hammond is coming
to Washington, after living in New
York 25 years. / met \. B. NGulett,
architect, who, under the adminstra.
tions of Lincoln, johnson and Grant,
built some of the largest public build
ings in the county, and he said: "Dr.
Hammond has just commissioned me
to make the plans of the mansion he
is to occupy on Fifteenth street, in
Washington. Washington is probably
the only town in the United States
that could induce wealthy and popu-
lar man, with the strongest family
and social ties, to pull up stakes, sell
his home and quit New York" Long
before / myself concluded to come to
Washington, DR.. Hammond told me
that he was coming. Twas, one morn
ing in 'S4, talking with him in the
beautiful library of his great double
house on Fifty-iirst street, when he
suddenly remarked that he was going
to remove to Washington. 1T is in.
comprehensive to me, | said, "why
a man of 90, in q luxurious home, with
thousands of friends, and especially
n doctor with thousands of patients,
al 10 al,
New York" Washington Is much
pleasanter in winter than any other
American city," he answered, "and |
have many old friends there, and am
going back on September 20, because l
said would" l inquired how that
was-why he was going back on Sep
tember 26. "Well, left Washington
on that day under a cloud, and l said
to myself, Tn twenty-five years will
come back. So have bought lot
there, and am going to build, that on
the twenty-ffth anniversary of my
exit | may return"
~.
Husbands are getting to be of some
account in Washington, says the
Cleveland Leaders, correspondent, as
will be seen from this true statement
A society lady of much prominence
whose husband holds clerkship in
one of the Departments, has mother
of much financial wealth living in the
West. The mother is in the habit of
sending handsome presents to her
daughter. Recently a small package
containing some ribbons, pocket
handkerchiefs, bonbons, etc, nothing
of much value. The daughter felt
hurt that her mothers present was so
insignificant rs compared with former
ones, and she began to shed tears as
the box was emptied of its trihes. The
servant was ordered to take the
debris and throw ii away.
The husband had confidence in
his mother-in-law--a rare thing to
have, to be sure. He said, soothingly,
to his wife; "My dear, | will look
carefully through the paper and straw
which came in the box, perhaps we
have overlooked something" He did
look carefully and was rewarded by
finding an envelope with n neatly
folded check for 81 900 in it, together
with an endearing note to her chill
dren. The husband was so overcome
with Joy at the find that he could
only say, God bless our mother"
Most sons-in-law vary that expression.