The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-22
KATE FIELDS HEIR.
Brice's Social Secretary, tom" Beatty,
Is Her Legatee.

Washington Letter in Boston Transcript.
Mrs. Francis has been house hunting the
past week, and every particularly hand
some house in town has been rumored to be
the place selected for the residence of the
new Secretary: So much has been deter
mined upon. The house will be palatial in
extent, for Mrs. Francis says she has never
| lived in any other sort. and it must be near
the White House. as becomes the home of
a man officially near the President. Jen-
kns has even gone so far as to hint with
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. never SO much as hints
but with authority-that Mrs. Francis
means to take the wind out of the sails of
the Brices in society this winter.
This will be very expensive, indeed. and
causes Mr.. T. Sanford Beatty to resign his
Office in the Brice household. L do not hest
tate to inform Jenkins this will also be
Mr. T. Sanford Beatty. Familiarity known
$50 as Miss Betty, might be s'1 vuiga gar
called Mrs. Brice's social secretary. No
one, however, thinks of speaking thus rude
only vulgarity Of Office that attches to him.
The purely aesthetic nature of his duties
gives lofty character !:al to his office; which
sembling the isagreeable lot of bread
winner. lis most laborious task is eating
at all the superb and very select dinners
the Brices give during the season. For the
rest it is a thinking part entirely. He
with De Reszke Calve to sing. a 81 500
a. song, novelties of that, sort and degree
schemes for luncheons and thinks to inform
the French maids of the ladies of the color
he determines, upon, that the gowns of
all occasions, preserve the harmony of the
occasion. lie thinks out new figures for
the German and sometimes he thinks the
design for the dinner cards. Nothing, how
ever, approaching the hard routine of work
of pleasure falls to his lot to do, and he
is provided with two secretaries, who keep
the visiting lists of the house for him and
perform all similar manual labor. Wheth-
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Brice millions could hold their own against
Mrs. Francis in Washington. l do not pre-
sumo to say but with Mr.. Beaty's brain l
doubt if Mrs. Brice has anything to fear
from Mrs. Francis
To be sure, as I said, Mrs. Francis has
hope in the estate that has unexpectedly
befailen Mr.. Beatty. In the lately discov-
cred will of Kate Field this young man is
named as residuary legatee He inherits
Miss Fields real estate as wen as her fur
nitUre. trunks, pictures and boxes, which
contain all her papers and manuscripts, and
he is named by Miss Field as her literary
executor. Whether under the burden of all
this he will be able to continue his think
impossible to state now. as Mr.. Beatty is
in Europe and has not yet been heard from
on the subject. His mission. to Europe is
understood to be very delicate one-in-
deed, that is the only kind of mission he
would undertake. 1t is. according to some
to dispose of the attachment and attrae-
lions which a certain very, very handsome
young Englishman lately in the diplomatic
service in this country possesses for Miss
Kate Brice Others saw that so irnpossible
TO remove are both the attachment and the
attractions of this Fascinating but untitled
Englishman Mr.. Beatty expects to arrange
with the Queen for a title for him. where
upon Mr.. Beatty VIII proceed to Paris : o buy
Miss Brice's troussseau.
No one in Washington quite understands
why Kate Field should have so ST Dsta an
TALLY remembered Mr.. Reaty n her last
will and testament. Had Ruth Ashmore
died and bequeathed him her real estate
and ideas it would appear the natural act
of a kindred spirit departing from a scene
in which it's twin is left to labor. Eut
virile. vituperative Kate Fieldi-still. she
grew gentler in her last days. and in the
devotion to the cause of American art
which was among her latest enthusia SINS
1t is. after all, not strange that she should
seek TO encourage the existence of T. San
ford Beatty.