Telegram-herald., 1890-04-22


never loFsel anything which / learn
sbous eeEs4lsgy. Il Ar Blame haa nog
beoonae = statesman. ooatluue3 Mr..
Enog. - az sure ne would have sseea
al eminent genesloglst
a woman nsxt Surasts oar attention.
She i achly dressed and has TIE car-
riage of eaesn. Of ore sho has kno~n
what is Is - * adnlirea - resolve hoaa-
Sge. SIZE his sparkling eyes-the soTt q .
syes whioh shins ia tAs gloomy galleries
- hioh surround Tie senate aud hoase
halls. Nrs. Kate Chase spfagae Il
i she-was tweaty wears ago the most
beautiful woman known ia this Capitol.
Now. though sgil handsome ~omSn.
few know her. She Is on her WAY - the
suOrerue court ehAnlsr TO hear the argu-
ment there ia . case Involving the wreck
OF the great estate oi Ter former hus-
band.
The old justices know her, every one
I OF them, and her eyes become brighter
I than ever as she pauses 10 tell. In that
I mellow voice which years ago made her
1 one Of the most fascinating conversation
/ alists in Washington or Paris. of the at
/ tentions shown her by the members Of
/ the court Of which her father Was once
the chief justice. Mrs. Chase's eldest
daughter is Just going on the stage, for
which she has been carefully educated.
She starts out. not to make her debut,
bat simply 10 get little actual work be-
/ hind the footlights. By tie way. the
/ historic Chase home, Edgewood, is likely
70 be soon broken up and covered by the
buildings Of this rapidly extending city
A syndicate Of wealthy senators, who
have already made much money in
| Washington real estate, are contemplate
ing the purchase and subdivision OF the
beautiful grounds, nearly fifty acres in
extent, which overlook the city and Cap
itol.
1t will seem almost like sacrilege 10
me TO break up the old home. said Mrs.
Chase; "a bookful Of memories cling
around it. Only today, as | was riding
toward the Capitol, my eye turned in
.tinctively toward the window OF the
senate wing in which nay father used 10
hang a piece OF red curtain az in the
afternoon If more than two guests were
| coming Out Will W Ou
see, we could accommodate one or two
guests without extra preparation, bur IL
four or five were expected we had TO in
crease the quantities More often than
not the red curtain hung in the window" !"
4 dark bearded man, with the stopped
shoulders of student or a worker comes
along, arm in arm with q substantial
bright eyed, handsome friend. We may
well say these men are friends. The first
is Public Printer Palmer, a sterling fel-
low, who not only has control of the
greatest printing Office in the world, but
who has behind him a record which any
man might be proud Of.
When his friend whom we see with
him. First Assistant Postmaster General
Clarkson. went into Des Moines from the
farm TO become a newspaper man, his
first employment was given him by Palm
er. Afterward Clarkson bought Palm
er's paper, and Palmer. against the ad-
vice of many Of his frieads, bought The
Chicago Inter-Ocean, then "a rathole for
swallowing up money, and in At sunk
, $240, 900 IN few years. Later on Palm
er's sterling honesty showed the stuff it
was made OF. AS postmaster of Chicago
he lived almost parsimoniously, on a
mere clerks income, and devoted the re-
mainder of his salary to paying old debts.
Each month, am told certain part of
, bis salary as public printer Is set aside
for the wiping out of old newspaper LA
bilities. Not every man one meets in the
rotunda is honest enough TO make such
sacrifices for dead horse.
Clarkson drags his friend up TO look at
the paintings in the rotunds. The chief
, headsman Of the postofiice department
has passion for pictures. His hand.
some home here is filled with rare works
. of art. 1t is said he has the second
finest Corot in America, the postmaster
general having the third finest. Clark,
son narrowly escaped possessing the
J finest Corot this country can boast Of
While in New York helping manage ths
> national campaign OF 1880 he wandered
, into Goupils picture store on Broad
: way. a painting attracted his attention
reused his admiration. He yearned tC
, possess it, as be yesrns to possess every
beautiful picture which he sees. II,
> asked the price. 1t was 81 ,440.
Glarkson was not then as rich man a
he is now. and 81 40 was a large sum G.
. money for him 10 invest in picture
4, But be pulled out bis check book and wa
about 10 make the purchase when frienC
. 90 knew his weakness for painting
!, tugged at bis sleeve and begged him {,
at least think about the matter over nigh
: before buying you may be making
. mistake" said the friend, land, at AM
rate. the picture will be here tomorrow
, Sleep on it. Clarkson." Thus raticoall,
= appealed to, the art lover put his checl
book back in bis pocket.
: Next day he called to buy the picture
. and it was marked sold" Mr. Clark
q son did not see the painting again til thr
: year 1884. when Mr Jay Gould ask
him to dine and TO take look through
his picture gallery. In the Gould gal
= lery Clarkson saw the picture ne had
= tad check written for four years before
/, And NAV ] ask how long you bsv.
had this Corot. Mr.. GouldY' ne asked.
= "Only a few months
. "And II you have no objections should
/. ike TO know what you paid for ity'
! sixteen thousand dollars"
In this way one half hosfr passes Dor
ms AZ other famous men come and 20
! ,nd more gossip is talked than one Letter
! an hold. Great a the rotundsl
: WALTER WEILEAB