The morning call., 1893-10-15

! liked him. / remember Daniel
Webster. too. He seemed to me at that
time to be my ideal of how a statesman
ought to look. He was very sober and i'm
presslve in his manner lie seldom
laughed, but he was very kind and he used
10 send me his speeches. l don't suppose
he thought | would read them, but he
wanted to compliment me and show that
he embered me and / know that | felt
very proud when / saw Daniel Webster's
frank upon pieces IF mail which came to
me at the New York school. Another
great man who was my friend up to the
time of his death was Charles Sumner. He
was noble man. warm, KIND and great;
knew him when be was bachelor and |
saw much of him after his marriage and
the trouble which followed"
How did Sumner happen to marry?" L
asked.
''He was not married until late in life,"
replied Mrs. Chase. HE spent most of
his existence in bachelOrhood and he was
married to his studies and his profession.
He was a great friend of Congressman
Hooper OF Massachusetts. and it was at
Honper's house that he met the young
widow whom he married. She had mar
ried Hooper's son and he bad died.
used TO see Mr.. Sumner nearly every day
at this time. He was fathers friend and
spent much of his time at our house.
marriage. and in a lestiEg way cited the
examples of prominent men no had mar
T'~a young wives. Charles Sumner was
happy, however. in the approaching mar
riage. and it was not until his wedding
day had for some time gone by that
made. He found that instead of
helpmeet and companion be had
married a butterfly, who cared more for
the german and for the social festivities
of the capital than for her husband and his
studies. For time he went with ner to
parties and receptions. l have sat beside
him on some such occasions when l could
see that he was miserable. He had work
to do, and he felt that he should be at it.
and the result was the separation. He
felt the blow terribly, and 1t was this, 1
believe. that FASTENED his death"
What kind Of man was Sumner, So
ciallyP"
He was most charming" was the reply.
HE was full of anecdotes and was bril-
liant talker. He was warm hearted and
sensitive. He was man of wide range OF
thought and OF a thorough appreciation of
the good the true and the beautiful"
l here spoke to Mrs. Chase of her famous
social reign, and asked her if she had
picture of herself which was taken at the
time of the war.
"You speak of my social reign" Mrs.
Chase replied. II did not 60 into society,
| venture to say. half as much as many
women in Washington to-day. 1 never
cared for society much. My friendships
were strong and | knew all Of the great
men of my time. My social life was made
up of dinners and with the associations of
such men rather than the common round
of receptions and calls. As to entertain
ing, | was thrown upon my own resources
at very early age. l was only IA when |
took charge of my fathers household, and
| continued at the head of it from that
time Until his DEATH"
Mrs. Chase then said that she had no
photograph or daguerreotype of that time,
but that she could give me steel engrav-
ing. when was said to be very good like
ness. She thereupOn went into the house
and returned with this engraving and
photograph of her daughter Ethel. After
speaking Of Mss EthePs success on the
stage and her delight that she had been
able to carve out place for herself, she
showed me the engraving. 1t was the pic
ture of beautiful woman in the full dress
of about 1860. 1t lies before me as / write.
The hoopSklrt is very large. but the lOw-cut
gown shows q beautiful neck aud shoulders
and the symmetrical features are full of
beauty, much of which still may be seen
on the face Of Mrs. Chase. As she handed
it out TO me she said: That picture
has curious history. 1t was made when
my father was Secretary of the Treasury
Some of my friends wanted to put my pic
ture on ore of the bank notes, and they
took one Of my photographs without my
knowledge and sent it TO the Am eTican
Bank Note Company of New York and
had this engraving made. AS soon as l
heard of it l positively forbade them using
it in connection with the bank notes. My