The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-01-10


ent administration will be marked by
an unusual amount of gayety in Off
cial life, at which Mrs. Cleveland will
lead the way. It is not improbable
that the retiring President will give
state dinner to the incoming Presi-
dent about March 2 or 8. Mrs. Cleve-
land has also arranged to receive her
friends by appointment two evenings
a week at o'clock, which will be an
agreeable innovation upon the routine
social entertainments.
Some commotion was created at the
House yesterday by frisky page fall
ing through the skylight Of the Com
mittee on Commerce and landing
astride of the gas burner which hung
suspended in the centre of the room.
The grave and reserved members,
who were sitting around the commit
tee room table, were taken unawares
and were not for some time certain
whether the young page was an angel
without wings or whether they them
selves had entirely recovered from
their New Years calls.
With the dying year comes up the
faces long familiar to Washington
that vanished in 1888. First in the
ghostly procession comes the imper-
ious Conkling. Next the military
figure of General Sheridan. Then
the robed form of Chief Justice Waite
The crowd grows. E1- attorney Gen
eral Brewster, DR.. Cornelius Agnew,
General Alexander, Rear Admiral
Simpson, the banker Riggs, the phil
anthropist Corcoran-these are but
few of the people best known in
Washington who died duriug the year
Just passed. The good die first, and
only sew ancient sinners ike Ben
Butler remain eternally young to
strikingly demonstrate the truth of
the adage.
Drifting through the we'll dressed
throng that crowded the avenue ON
New Years Day, 1 saw the shrinking,
shambling, shabby figure of an aim
less tramp. Less than ten years ago
many millionaire bought a seat in
the Senate. The purchase was notori
Gus. Among his followers was a
bright young newspaper man The
newspaper man did not get his share
of the spoils, and he swore eternal ven-
geance. He came to Washington and
he wore his life out trying to get the
Senate to investigate. The inyestiga-
ton was long delayed, and the result
was an acquital of the Senator. "Sen-
atorial courtesy" covers a multitude
of sins, and a committee of foxes was
a poor one to which to leave the ques-
ton of killing fowl. The newspaper
man never went back to his home.
He is the tramp l just met. There is
no special lesson in the story, but if
there were one, it would teach the
folly Of biting off more than one can
masticate.
There is tafented young New York
artist here named Miss Campbell who
has painted the portraits of a number
of distinguished men among whom is
Senator Vance. The picture repre-
sents him as he looks now and he i.
handsomer than he was as young
man. 1 have known him great
mduy years, auu nave never seen
him look better. The winter his hair
gets the more becoming it is to him,
and every year of stud dy-and even
the added cares and responsibilities of
age and high position-make him
handsomer. The portrait by Miss
Campbell is very fine one. Yester-
day her studio at Willard's Hotel was
thronged with many of the most prom
inent in social and political life, upon
the occasion of her first card reception,
one of pleasant series which she in
tends to give throughout the season.
A number of fine new portraits have
lately been added to her collection,
among them handsome life size
painting of Miss Elizabeth Drexel,
her present guest, who is one of the
most admired bellies OF New York.
Miss Campbell, assisted by Mrs. Sena-
tor Hearst, Mrs. Ingalls,, Mrs. Vance,
Miss Bayard, Miss Dahlgren and
Miss Head, guests of Mrs. Hearst,
with numerous other ladies, graceful
ly received her friends.