Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-03-12

thing that | done jest as / did bu
) someway, Polly never liked to hea
much about it, an as 1 said afore,
wouldn't do it ag'in. Come, David
make fire in the cook stove, I'm
goin' to make some cream biscuits
an hev Miss Adams stay to supper. ,
Thumbnail Sketch of Calvin s. Brice
Brice gives one pony impression
and is fashion of Senate Shetland
he is light rather than slight, and
triumphs in a shock wilderness OF
hair and beard which assists at the
Shelly effect by being in sort and
color rough sorrel. He is nervous,
abrupt; keen rather than deep; is a
man of force unhampered by scru.
ple-or conscience, il you will-be.
lieves in nothing save money, and
amuses his lighter hour by being
cynical. He wears his hands in
his pockets, puts in much time on
his feet, talks much in private and
never at all in public. Brice never
makes speech in or out of the
Senate.
His temper is blunt, bitter; he is
great doubter of goodness, and
while he believes firmly in money as
above stated, he is the master rather
than its man. He will spend wealth
Ike water when it matches his
whim, and is generous to fault.
Brlce has no reverence, and pro-
fesses no more respect for the Sen
ate as body than he would enter
tain for ward caucus. Men are all
alike to Brice; that is, no one Of
them is great. He is frank and
makes no effort to hide. OF all
things, Brice despises hypocrisy.
Taken by and large, Brice is a hard,
dangerous man from the standpoint
of the public.
This may illustrate how deeply
the responsibility of flaw-making for
seventy millions OF people prays on
him. Dubois two Years ago spoke
casually but complainingly to Brice
to the effect that the tariff bill then
before the Senate Finance Commit
tee made small provision for any
special good to Dubois's region of
the far Northwest.
"Why," quoth Brice cheerily,
otis your own fault. Step up and
get what you want put into the bill.
There should be no trouble about
tariff at this crisis. It's free
Iunch."
Brice's ready flowing comment on
the character of other Senators had
exhibition when some one said:
Dnn1or Dhof hn f.o 80 -
Senator left recently at home) comes
to the Senate for ?"
"Two purposes" answered Brice
this was in cloak room chat
she comes for two purposes. One
Is grand and the other petit lar
ceny."
Brice does frequently the contra.
dictory. He lives in New York and
exists as Senator from Ohio. He
hates and reviles the administra-
tion, yet stretches his short wlry legs
beneath the White House mahogany
as often as any. This is his cyni-
cism, however, not his duplicity. He
would declare his distaste for Cleve-
land in CIeveland's house at a mo-
ment's notice, were Cleveland to put
the question. There's nothing bogus
about Brice; he's hard; he's bad,
but he's genuine.
Brice cuts swell socially. He
lives In the Corcoran house, on La
fayette square. Webster and Clay
both lived in this house in their
times and turns, and people have
wondered what these worthless, as
they looked down, thought of the
present tenant. It's rent is $4,000.
This is the merest beginning of
Brice's Washington expenditure. He
has social secretary-J. Sanford
Beatty is the dignitary's name-sal-
ary $4,000 and house at the Ar
lington. The pilot of society takes
the Brices up and won the channel
of a Washington season. He makes
great sailing of it. Rubs off no paint
bumps into nobody. He organizes
all the fetes, arrangas the music,
makes up the menus, selects the
wines, dictates the guests and even
settles such matters as the costumes
for the fairer ones of the fold OF
Brice.
Beatty, too, attends the Brices in
their carriage is abundant in the
Bricean background at opera; should
the Brice daughters go hiking,
Beatty bikes; should they shop
Beatty shops. He is the dictator.
Over all in Washington wintei
Brice will spend S250,000. At his
musicales Melba will sing Isl, 500
two songs), and De Reszke Isl, ,O0(
two songs), and there will be gen
eral burning Of money to match
When a notable comes-the Enfanta
for sample-that notable will b,
pounced upon and paraded by th'
Brices. And yet Brice himsel
would laugh at the whole busines