Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-09

neutrality-suspicious. i,,aus.a.& half long In his
| mouth! That was
| what Secretary
| Gresham was seen
doing one morning this week. From the
pipe hung long, green tassel and the
owner pulled at 1t vigorously as he struck
out for the Department Of State.
| Lack Of pretcnsion is Gen. Gresham's
| most mark I'd characteristic. He pays no
| attention whatever to fashion, and the raj
son d'etre Of a duke is beyond his imagining.
People who know him well say that he Is
4 very companionable man. That must be
true. else the President would not take him
| along ON his fishing excursions.
Secretary Gresham is as eager a sports
man as the President, and that IL saying
a good deal. A short time ago Mr.. Thurber
suggested to Mr.. Cleveland that the latter
might as well go off into the country and
take his work with him. But the President
said: Not much! When l take my vaca-
ton. I'll fish" And so he did. Gen. Gresh-
am lives at the Arlington Hotel. but In
private way. He and his wife occupy four
rooms on the ground floor Of a house for
| merly tenanted by Charles Sumner. This
| dwelling has been absorbed into the hotel
| premises The windows Of the Secretary's
drawing room look across Lafayette Square
| toward the White House. A sitting room
| and two bed rooms, adorned with ordinary
| hotel furniture, complete the suite,
| Out of the door from which Gen. Gresh-
am emerged with his pipe and tassel Gro
| yer Cleveland went TO his Inauguration a
little over year ago. The President had
| five rooms at the hotel, for which, with
meals, &C., ne paid $500 a day-half
weeks salary chief executive of the
| nation. But, then. he had nine servants
at his exclusive disposal and the table
ware furnished for his use included knives.
| forks and spoons once owned by the EN-
press Eugene and a coffee cup that be-
| lonsed to the great Napoleon.
The Best-Drcssed Man.
| A few doors further up the same street.
| likewise looking across Lafayette Square
toward the White House. is a soiid-looking
cream colored dwelling. Like nearly all the
rest Of tie houses facing upon that famous
parallelos,ram of green, it has history.
| Siidell, afterward confederate commissioner,
| lived in 1t. At present 1t Is the home of
| the best-dressed man In the cablnet-Daniel
| Lamont. Secretary Lamont could hardly be
| called dude. hut he is always most taste
| fully attred. and undoubtedly spends
| good deal of money on dress. Nevertheless.
| costume claims a comparatively small frac-
| ton OF his time and attention. His hobby
| is work Next after the President, he is
| the hardest worker in the administration.
| He must have forgotten how 10 play, for
those who know him best say that he has
| no amusement.
| AS one enters the front door Of the cream
| colored house on II street the library is the
| FIRST room the right. This is Mr.. La
| monts snuggery-the den" in which he
| spends his evenings when he Is not at the
| War Department. He works at night, as
well as by day. No stmulant or narcotic
| helps him with his toll. for he neither drinks
| nor smokes. His bookshelves are laden
| with several thousand carefully selected
| volumes. Three children brighten the home
Of the Lannon'S with their presence. The
eldest Bessie. is nearly grown up and will
| be going out In Washington society before
| the close Of the present administration.
| The other two are also girls Julia is ten
years OLD. and the baby" four years. Des-
| sic and Julia are taking lessons in music
and dancing. Their mother plays the piano
| admirably.
| position requiring much attention to social
| duties. She could not be considered a real
society woman, however. Both she and her
| husband are even: more devoted to their
| children than can be said of most affection
| ate parents. Next door to them lives SEN
| ator Brice. in the old Corcoran house. which
| was owned and occupied formerly by Dan
| Tel Webster.
A Typical Bostoninn.
| The handsomest cabinet residence in this
| a
Massachusetts, avenue occupied by Attorney
General Olney. 1t has been leased by the
latter from ex-senator Edmunds. The dwell
ing has an English basement. In the hall
Is a coy fireplace, with trophies of the
chase. in the shape of heads Of moose and
] deer. hung about On the lower floor also
| Is billiard room. not now in USE for Mr.
| Olney does not play billiards. His game is
| tennis, and almost any day he may be seen
disporting himself, racquet In hand, on his
| private court.
Being in mourning for Mr. Minot, the At
| torney Generals son-in-law, MIR. and Mrs.
Olney have not gone out in society at all
of late. Next winter, however, they will
| give a series of dinners. Some people &C
cuse Mr. Olney Of being an iceberg" New
| ertheless. he is said TO be very agreeable
| when properly thawed At the entertain-
| Endicott when the latter was Secretary of
| War, under Mr.. Cleveiand's former admin
| istration. icicles actually used to form on
| the chandeliers.
| The very proper hauteur and low-tem-
perature manners of the typical Bostonian
| do not seem to be understood in this part OF
| the country. Speaking of Mr.. Olney
Congressman. remarked the other day that
| he was all right when the ice was broken.
| But" he added, what / object to is that
| I have to break the ice anew every time
meet him." Mr.. Olney's special hobby is
''family"-especially Boston family. Wthal,
| though SO proud, he Is not vain man. Wit
ness the fact that when he was chosen for
| Attorney General by Mr.. Cleveland he had
| no photograph OF himself to give to the
| newspapers. He had not had one taken
! since he was sixteen years of age Re-
porters were obliged to pursue him like
| hired braves, with pop cameras and sketch
| books, in order to catch his likeness for
| publication.
| Musical Home.
| One of the most important features of the
| Postmaster Generals homo at 1909 street
| Is superb piano. which adorns the main
drawing room. Mrs. Bissell is a remark
| ably fine musician. On one occasion last
winter she charmed Washington society by
her singing and playing at the home
| Of Senator Hale. the entertainment be-
| ing given for the benefit of local
| charity. Upon the piano above re-
| ferred to stand two photographs of Mr..
| and Mrs. Cleveland in massive silver
| frames. Both Mr.. and Mrs. Bissell have
| artistic tastes. Their dwelling is furnished
| with the utmost elegance, though simply
| There is a good deal of costly bric-a-brac
scattered about, and the pictures on the
| walls are first-rate. On the floor below the
| drawing room is the Postmaster Generals
study Here he sits often in the evenings
working and smoking big cigars One little
| girl, two years old, is the only child
| Next door but one to the Bissells lives the
| Secretary of the Interior, Hoke Smith In
| t,,rip a visitor finds in II