Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-02-01

have some real reason for calling upon him he
| is always courteous. A ring at the door bell of
the generals handsome brown stone residence
brings pleasant-faced servant girl to answer
the call.
HOW HE PECULIAR.
The old fighter is peculiar in one respect.
The girl who opens his door for visitors never
has to go and ask him if he is in. At the first
she tells one,that 'the general is in or he il
not That settles IT. If ne is in he will see
You. If you are a bore, good many of his
callers are. look out tor squalls. and under anv
circumstances it is not well to be prolix. Gen
Sherman likes one to get to the point at once
Ii the visitor Is not able to do this he is likely
to be interrupted.
There is one sort of a caller that is ALWAYS re-
ceived with warmth, and that is one of Gen.
Sherman's old soldiers, or his boys" as he
calls them. Just how much assistance Gen
Sherman gives to old and unfortunate soldiers
1t would be hard to say No one but himself
knows, and he won'ttell. But these are among
the more numerous of the visitors at his house.
Besides them there are all sorts and conditions
OF callers at his house.
Gen. Sherman is methodical in his habits
anu In his work. He is an early riser. He eats
an early and light breakfast and afterward is
to be seen III his library at the end of the hall
on the parlor floor of his house. He has COM
paratlvely large library, not entirely made up
OF military books either He has always had a
are better posted on the literary and historical
records of this and other lands. A large
amount OF the space in his library is taken up
by the maps which were drawn by himself and
his generals during the civil war. He has the
original copies of the maps, and there is
scarcely day when he is not called upon to
settle by reference some dispute to a mill
tary nlaneuyer made by himself or some other
general. These maps are his hobby. and very
valuable they are, too, viewed from any stand
point
ENORMOUS CORRESPONDENCE.
The correspondence of Gen. Sherman is
simply enormous. He has in the first place
thousands of members of the Grand Army
who write to him with reference to all sorts of
matters He has more invitations to speak
before Grand Army posts than any other man
IN America. His receipts of begging letters
daily Is simply enormous There are many let
tiers asking him tor literary contributions for
everything from the big reviews down to some
church fair journal. Whenever the general
does dip into the scribbiing business it is usu-
ally for the North American Review.
10 call man of seventy man about town
may seem hippant. And yet Gen. Sherman is
man about town in the best sense of the word.
He is to be seen at the clubs and the big din
ners. such as that of the New England society,"
for instance; he shares the oratorical honors
with such stars Chauncey NJ. Depew and
Gen. Horace Porter. At most of the big social
events the tall form and grizzled face of the
famous soldier is to be seen, and he is fav
with all.
In short the old general is passing through
the evening of his life in a calm and quiet
manner. liked by all. He is happy in his
home is admired in public, and as one of the
most unique of our historical characters, as
we'll as one of the last, he is a figure that
stands out prominently in the crowded,
busting metropolis. That is why so much
interest is attached to his coming birthday.