The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-13
LEApERs ~ SOCIETY.
Possible Rivals Of Ward KcAllt
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Gaining Great Social Promin ence.
The social festivities in New York, says a
letter in the Philadelphia Press, are so ire
quent and so elaborate that they really
make the topic Of the moment.
Perhaps the con'picious figure at the
Patriarchs' ball was Mr.. Franklin Bartlett,
who has been making decided strides In So
ciety. especially sIEce be became connected
with the military and was chosen captain
10 company If one of the crack regiments.
Mr.. Bartlett Is lawyer, about 40 years of
age, ana u a son OF that very able lawyer,
W. U. Bartlett, who for years was
known as the most intimate Of Mr..
Charles A Dana's flisndG w. o. Bartlett
was very brilliant man, but something of
recluse and somewhat eccentric IN his per-
sonal characteristics. He was the writer,
80 1t is understood, of famous editorial
in the Sun in which Gen. Hancock was
described as "a good man, and weighs $50
pounds Some of the most brilliant arti-
Giles which used to appear On the editorial
page OF the Sun we're inspirations of Mr..
Bartlett's intellect.
His three sons, while inheriting some of
their fathers ability, do not inherit his love
OF solitude. One OF them, Willard Bartlett,
is justice of the supreme C 1urt, and an
other, Gen- Bartlett. is a lawyer, who is
regarded as an authority on military law in
the state militia, and who holds an import
ant commission in that service. IL was his
enthusiasm for the military that infected
his brother and law partner, Franklin, ead
brought MIN into the service. Franklin is
handsome man, dark eyed, dark haired,
and most companionable aud genial one.
AT one time be was associate editor of the
Sun, and has long been its counsel
At the Patriarchs' ball Franklin Bartlett
stepped out into the front rank of those who
are socially honored, becau,e be was chosen
as leader OF the german and he led IL with
sucn grace and charming suggestion of
social tact as will easily enable him to re-
tain his distinguished place. No one who
saw him would have dreamed it was posi-
BILE that on the morrow he could be a
hustling, busting lawyer, driving case
through one OF our courts at a four-in-hand
pace.
ANOTHER NEW LEADER.
At the charity ball another young lawyer
took place OF prominence. This was Gen.
James ID. Varnum. He has been a child of
fortune from his birth. In his college days
at Yale he was the pct of the small but re-
fined New Haven society, and was esteemed
as good fellow by his classmates, and as a
particularly handsome chap by everybody.
His family was wealthy, and has been active
In politics from the time of the revolution;
conspicuous in the law profession, and emit
tied to admittance of the Four Hundred Of
the earlier days of the century, when most
OF the membership consisted Of persons
whose names were Van something, or Stuy-
yes mt, or Livingstone, or Lennox.
Varnum has had all the political honors
that the republicans have been able to be-
stow on so young q man. They did not
elect him attorney-general of the state, but
tried to, and ran him ahead of his ticket
They did not elect lin judge of one of the
higher courts, although the first he knew of
his nomination FOR that Office was when he
read 1t In the morning papers. he has lots
OF business as a lawyer, but has not until
lately been conspicuous in social affairs, al
though he could have taken a high place at
any time 81 zee his college graduation. He
Is curlY-halred, dark-eyed, rosy-cheeked,
Van Dyke-bearded young man, who has
political future before him, in case the re-
publicans ever have a show here again. But,
as he would rather be republica than an
otiiceholder, he will have to wait until his
party comes out ahead for further honors.
Gen. Varnum, as his name indicates,
likes the military, which is one of the
stepping-stones of social advancement: but
his chief service in that field has been as
staff associate to older men. The general
was the chief figure at the charity ball, and
it would have delighted the great McAllister
bad he seen the charm with watch this
young man invested this new function.