The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-03-06
CAPITAL CHAT.
A Most Unique Position in
Washington Society.
senator Brice's Social isecretary-TvsH Hard.
working senators-senator Mills scnsa-
tionni speeches-The Senate bad Boy.
Unhappy Senators.

tionni speeches-The Senate Bad boy.
Unhappy Senators.
WASHINGTON. March 8. Especial. THE
social season ended with Shrove Tuesday,
and Tom Beatty Is out of job. Mr.. Beat
ty holds the most unique position in Wash
ington society. He Is undoubtedly the
only man seen i'm the fashionable whirl
who indulges In this sport as matter OF
business. Mr.. Beatty revels In society
and Is paid very good salary for doing so.
He Is the social secretary of Senator and
Mrs, Brice and manages all their affairs
in this line. He ordeie-the dinners, ncgo
tates with the musicians and artists, at
tends To the florists and other decorations.
selects the wines, writes the invitations
swcars at the dressmakers, and. In short.
takes charge of the whole complicated bust
ness of carrying on an aristocratio social
establishment. Mr.. Beatty is not only In.
dispensable, he Is perfection Everything
under his charge Is done to tho queens
taste. IIo knows etiquette from the first to
the last chapter Of the book, and, what 10 a
good deal better is keen student Of men
and women, especially women. His tact
and diplomacy have avertcd many COLI
slons and suppressed numerous unpleasant
scenes In certain drawing rooms. In his
own person Mr.. Beatty Is a model Young
and handsome attircd as. fashionably and
perfectly as the Prince OF Wales himself,
glib with small talk and fruitful Of CON-
pliments Mr. Beatty is the most charm
ing most useful and best liked ladies' man
in Washington. The best of IL is he actu-
ally possesses plenty of good sense He
recognizes that IL is queer sort of profcs-
sion which he has entered upon, and, be-
ing in it. he intends to make the best OF IL
upon the theory that acting well ones part
is the only thing that brings honor. Mr..
Beatty is gallant TO probably n score OF
pretty women every day OF his life. but
such thing as coquetry, filtration, affairs
or nonsense never enters his level head. IL
is all a matter of business with shrewd
Tom Beatty.
Industrious Senators.
Senator Hill has been noted about the
senate chamber as one of tho most indus
trious men in that body. He Is always at
work. Even during debates Of the most
interesting and sensational character the
senator from New York pursued his
ytudios OF lawbooks, reports and docu-
ments. III his namo was mentioned or
some statement made which attracted his
attention. he looked up from his books,
listened FOR moment and then went on
with his reading. His friends say this
studiousncss was carried on in his rooms
at night after the adjournment Of tho SEN
ate. He is an omnivorous reader, espe-
cially of political economies and history.
OF late no has added fiction to his library
and is an enthusiastic reader Of novels.
Senator Sherman is another of the hard
workers about the senate chamber. Dur
ing the past session Mr.. Sherman has been
constantly reading poring over piles of
reports, looking up statutes and authori-
ties just as If he were one Of the youngest
men in public life, with his spurs to earn.
When asked the other day why he worked
so hard and was so constantly busy read
ing and writing. Senator Sherman replied:
''It IL all matter Of habit. have boen
working in this way throughout my life,
and though there is no necessity for me to
keep ii up now find that am miserable
when idle, and SO keep plodding away"
During the past Session Senator Mills
has made two or three sensational speeches
The senator from Texas is one OF the bold
est and frankest men in public life. He Is
noted for his somewhat fanatical devotion
TO principles. IL he thinks q thing is right,
he will advocate it to the full extent of his
ability, no matter how many of his friends
chance to be on the other side. Observers
about the senate chamber have discovered
q curious trait of Mr.. Mills. For day or
so before rising TO make one Of his earnest
and sensational addresses Ii has been no
ticed no sits with legs crossed and swing
ing foot. Ii has become an axiom
about the capitol that Senator Mills shak-
ing foot Is the surest sign of coming
storm, and tho livelier and more energet-
ically it swings To and fro the sharper
will be the thunder reports when he gets
on his feet.
During the past winter Senator Call Of
Florida has risen in his place and addressed
the presiding officer l32 times, and exactly
l32 times Senator Wolcott of Colorado
who Is known as the bad boy Of the scn-
ate, has Immediately afterward arisen, and,
addressing the chair, exclaimed: Mr.
President, before the gentle n from
Florida proceeds let us have order. Wo arc
all exceedingly anxious 20 iIoar tho words
of the eloquent senator from Florida, and
i desire that there may bc no confusion in
tho chamber" The joke Of this oft re-
pcated scene is that no ono ever listens to
Mr. Call, and the chamber is always the
sceno of much confusion whenever he OBJ
tains the floor.
Unnerved and Unhappy.
A great deal of sympathy is expressed
here for Senator Dolph and especially for
his amiable and ambitious wife, who long
has been one of tho shining lights of Wash
ington society Mr.. and Mrs. Dolph had
set their hearts upon another torn In tho
senate and their friends predict that both
the senator and his charming mato y.sil
become victims of flt of melanchoiia be-
side which the blues from which Senator
Washburn Is suffering will pale into insig-
niilcancc. Mr.. Washburn has been noted
shout the senate chamber as the most un-
happy man seen In that body for many a
day He has taken his defeat so much TO
heart that he Is completely unnorvcd APP
parently he thinks Of nothing else and
walks about disconsolatc, nervous of man.
ncr and sad of eye. Mr.. Washburn, with
all his pccuharitics, is one of the most pop
ular men In the senate. and his friends oc-
casionally slap him on tho back and advise
him TO brace uD.