The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-05-11
PERSONALS.

Senator Quay intends to go Off for another lit
tie vacation next week. He will go down to
Chincoteague to hunt and fish for a few days.
Last year, when returning from n similar trip,
the yacht was caught in severe storm on the
Chesapeake, and things looked so desperate for
awhile that Squire "Bill" McMullin, who was OF
Senator Quay's party, got down on his knees
and fervently poured forth such fragments of
the Lords Prayer as still fingered in neglected
corners of his brain.
1t was generally remarked that Secretary
Blaine looked in poor health at the funeral of
Senator Beck at the Capitol the other day. 1t is
understood the President tries in every way to
make Mr.. Blaine's duties as light as possible. He
is said to have informed an applicant for Office
the other day that he was now making the ap-
pointments to consular places, and not the
Secretary of State. This consideration is, no
doubt, deeply appreciated by Mr.. Blaine.
Either most of the members of the House of
Representatives are on bad terms with their
tailors or they have no confidence in Washington
weather. Very few of them have inaugurated
their spring suits yet nor has the pioneer pair of
yellow shoes appeared on the floor: Speaker
Reed, however, has new hat, and 1t is not two
sizes larger than his old one malicious rumor to
the contrary Notwithstanding.
The resignation of DR.. Ernest +. King secre-
tary of the Choral Society is decided loss to that
organization. DR.. King has been untiring in his
efforts to promote the interests of the society
and much of the success of its entertainments in
the last few seasons has been due to his energy
aud ability. DR.. Kings growing practice will
not longer allow him to devote so much time to
the work of the society.
Representative Crisp, of Georgia, seems to
have the lead in the contest for the Speakership
of the Fifty-secoud Congress. It's rather long
look ahead, but the Democrats are confident
they will have majority in the next House, and
Mr. Carlisle is understood to have had all he
wants of the Speakershp. Besides, it is probable
he will go over to the Senate to succeed Beck.
Civil Service Commissioner Thompson caused
a sensation by his speech in defen Sc of civil SER
vice reform before the House committee the
other day. Representative Henry Cabot Lodge,
usually as cold and unenthusiastic as Boston
in October, thawed out under the eloQuence of
the South Carolinian, and declared the speech
one of the finest he had ever heard.
Mr, Stringfelow, of Alabama, will appear be-
fore the House Committee on Public Lands to-
morrow as witness in the defalcation cases.
The interesting thing is the peculiar fitness of
his name, as he is six feet seven and three
eighths inches in height, very slight, and as
straight as corn-cob.
Vice President Eddie Hood, of the South
Mountain Fishing Club, is proud and happy
man. Last Sunday he made the champion catch
of the season thus far, in the shape OF four
anda-h -half-pound bass This makes Mr.. Hood
| very strong candidate for the presidency at the
| next election
| 1t is said that eleven members of the present
| house of Representatives smoke cigarettes,
| fourteen chew gum, and ninety-seven eat pie
| for lunch at least three times week. Several of
| them, sad to relate, eat it with knife, too.
Mr.. Harry Manhal, leading man of Maude
| Granger's Company, met many sold friends in
| Washington during his stay last week. He is
! pleasant gentleman and a conscientious actor.
| The many friends of Mr.. NJ. B. Latimer will
regret to learn that he has been quite ill the past
| week.