The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-05-09
BY ARTHUR BRISBANE.
THOSE INTERESTING BUTTONS.

~ THOSE INTERESTING BUTTONS.
~ Mr., Morton's frock coat is impor-
SAINT. II is of dark gray MATERIAL
cut 80 long that, if the Secretary of
Agriculture wore nothing else, he
would not be subjected 10 arrest in the
sIost crowded thoroughfare. 1t is the
modern frock coat worn by the intel
ligent william in society plays and by
the society hero In real life. This
frock coat has two rows of buttons
up the trent, and even these buttons
are interesting, since they must have
been selected and ordered by the man
who holds our vast wheat fields and
cattle ranches in the hollow of his
hand. They are buttons of sort OF
criss-cross pattern, such as girls wear
on their winter cloth jackets. AT the
upper end of the frock coat, of which
ally man in the world might be proud,
ithere is sort of revival of the farmer
an turn-down collar of very old pat
tern. 1t is the sort of collar that men
wear before they learn that it is pos
sible to have starched linen sticking
up under ones ears and still be COM
f able,
i The bucolic effect of the collar is
destroyed as soon as its better half,
the necktie, is studied. 1t is pale
gray necktie, with small black
stripes, ostjustifying the suspicion
that the Secretary of Agriculture
buys ties to match his trousers, and in
il there is planted big, flaming ca
Ihochon ruby. This ruby, which OF
course, may be any kind of a red
stone cut in round shape, is set in a
cup of plain gold as big as a dolls
saucer. If it is really a ruby, it is
worth many hundreds of bushels of
fins apples which Mr.. Morton sells to
$hsSsainers of Colorado.
Above the collar, sixteen and one
half inches round, and the big caboch-
on ruby, there is the real Secretary of
Agriculture, the head and face of the
man to whom are intrusted the inter-
-ests Of the most important class OF
men in the country, The main fea-
ture of the face is firmness and decis-
7on. The eyes are set rather deep,
and in talking the eyebrows are
drawn down. The features of Mr..
,Morton's face which may serve as
guides to his Characteristic is to say
The features of his own choice-are
gray mnstache with dropping ends, a
small goatee, not more than an inch
dong, and eyeglasses heavily trimmed
with tortoise, shell, which give him a
aook of age and solemnity. The new
;Secretary's ears are large, which is
supposed to be sign of intelligence
and generosity, and they grow close
to the head all the way down-that is
to say, the lobes are not detached.
The popularity is considered to be a
sign of beauty in st. Louis, an opinion
perhaps, due to the fact that Miss
Cora Baker, the most beautiful woman
in the city, had ears made in that way.
Mr.. Morton is straightforward
man who evidently thinks on his own
account, and who has formed opinions
e-most of the subjects that have pre-
scented themselves to him. He has
evidently found more time for think
ing than for reading, that is to say,
sgie has relied largely on individual
IA perience, and has not devoted much
tine lin considering the results of
other mems Investigations. He is a
very good, practical man excellently
adapted to carrying out a conserva-
tive policy, and will doubtless be use
full to the country, at least in the way
OF restraining enthusiasm ana lack OF
balance among his subordinates, if
not as creator of original methods.
The Department of Agriculture,
which has been intrusted TO Mr.. Nor
ton by Grover Cleveland, ought to be
the most important of all the depart
ments. Agriculture dose more than
anything else to supply the national
money which Mr.. Carlisle controls.
1t also supplies milk to the children
and bread and meat to the men of the
Republic. 1t makes the United
States independent of the rest of the
world. and makes many other coun-
tries depend upon us.
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