Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-18

home, and having the ready money he.
with that good luck which had been follow
Ing him ever since he became an accidental
United States Senator In 1873, scooped I'm the
bargain. 1t was handsome place to begin
with, but not grand enough to suit its fas-
udfous new owner, who Immediately gave
an architect carte blanche to enlarge and
change the style of the mansion SO as to
conform to the Ingalls, idea of the proper
thing in architecture. Then he found that
the grounds were not extensive enough. and
he bought an adjacent tract The services
OF landscape gardener were next required
and now. after three years ownership. the
property has become perfect in every detail
and 1t is the pride OF the local population
to point 1t out to strangers as the finest
home in Kansas. 1t is in town, but at the
edge OF II, away from and above the COM
mon herd of people, and SO far from the
nearest nsighbor that there is no back door
visiting. All this was planned and in pro-
gress on the eve of the election of 1890 when
cyclone struck the republican party and
gave the peoples party enough votes in the
legislature to turn ingalls, down and elect
William Alfred PETER TO succeed him. AS the
republicans managed to pull their state
ticket through at that election, there were
some people mean enough to say that DOS
sioly the pride of house building went be-
fore the Senator's fall.
5 Regal Style I'm Kansas.
q ingalls, lives like a prince. and his family
set the pace of the local four hundred. They
have stable full OF horses, carriages to fit
any occasion, and house full OF servants.
They have hardly educated the community
to stand coachman in livery yet, but their
trim little housemaids are the wonder and
delight OF the matrons Of the place. who
have not yet got beyond the good old Gus
tom of one hired girl" for all work.
They have brought Washington manners
and customs into their western life. and
when they entertain IL is with all the stilted
solemnfty, state and dignity which they ac-
auired while the head OF the family was in
the Senate chamber. All this was AT hrst
somewhat wearing upon western simplicity.
and guests sometimes responded to Invita-.
tions with fear and trembling, but the COM
munlty mas In a measure become used to
the gait. and among the younger well-to-do
families six O'Clock dinners with evening
dress accomplishments are now Considered
the proper thing. The first man 70 make
had not the Ingalls, complement of helm
but by calling in his stable boy and puttine
a white jacket on him to wait on table he
to get through the ordeal with
nying colors. and soon thereafter organized
a dining out club" a sort of school of in
struction, whereby ambitious people learned
to eat with their forks, which in the wild
and woolly west is considered the sum OF
polite education. The ex-Senator's career
been in vain after all.
INGALLS, is very domestic man, although
not by any means q recluse; when in town
ne Is generally to be found at home. He
reads and writes a great deal, but he finds
plenty OF time for hospitality, visiting and
exercise. When people call he is always
at home, and unless time is pressing
nothing delights him more than an after
Moons visit with an intelligent man or
woman. There is not a more Interesting
in the world To the
newspaper interviewer he is a mine of in
formation. He has habit after giving
MS views with the greatest OF freedom Of
an interview with an Injunction
Of confidence. but the interviewer who
Knows him pays no attention to this. and
prints the story as he gets It. OF course
ingalls, will promptly deny it all. but that
s to be expected: no interview with ingalls,
s complete without a denial afterward
At odd hours ingalls, works on a book of
memoirs. 1t may, like his much promised |
lovei few years ago. never get beyond |
/ beginning. but he has begun in all seri- |
BUSINESS and will probably complete IT. He |
says 1t is laborious work and he disliked |
l start he has promised himself TO COM
olete II. When he works he writes about /
100 words day. The book will contain /
about $4,000 words. or nearly 500 pages
md there will not be a date or figure in 81 /
except the numbers over the chapters
Personal Habits of the Man.
In his dress ingalls, is a fashion plate.
he keeps up with the modes as with litera-
ure. He Is invariably clad in a suit of |
Prince Albert style. usually of light color,
md rarely is seen in the same suit twice
n succession. He affects gay colors in
leckwear, as was his practice in Washing
on, and his example leads the local fur
lishers to fill their windows with all the
,olors Of the rainbow. Usually he wears
silk hat, subdued by a modest band of |
'repe. and always OF the latest block, but
lie has also supply of slouches, brushes
md even caps. which he parades on occa-
'ions. He is always doing the dramatic
md sometimes when he wants to remind