Evening star., 1897-01-30

thirty pages, asking that she be sent $1Q,-
00O to be used in completing her musical
education, and requesting that Mrs. Hobart
telegraph her at ONCE how soon she can
have the money. Then there are letters
from widows who need support. There
are letters from uaers who have mort
cages which they want lifted, and, queerest
of all, there came today q pathetic appeal
from girl In the copntry for 81, to be used
to buy her set ofIfalse teeth. She writes
that she has three SISTERS and that they
all have false teeth, and that she needs the
same in order thattehe may appear as well
as her sisters. Thea there are from seven
to eight letters every day announcing the
births of the finest babies of the United
States each of which has been named Gar
ret A. Hobart, and the owners OF which
each expect q present by return mall. One
of the funniest OF these has just been re-
ceived. 1t is signed by the man and his
wife, and states that they are so poor that
they can hardly support themselves. Never
theless few days ago the Lord added to
their responsibilities by sending them
twins. One of these they have named Will
liam Mckinley and the other Garret A.
Hobart. The couple request that a twin
baby carriage be- sent them at once, and
they close their letter with the pathetic
postscript: I'VE ask this especially as we
did not expect twins
The Vice Presidents Home.
During my stay here I have spent some
time with the Vice President-eect at his
home. He lives in an unpretentious-look-
ing frame house of three stories on the
corner of Carroll and Ellison streets. The
house is surrounded by a large lawn, and
great elm trees hang over it. Upon en-
tering it you are surprised at its size. 1t
has about twenty rooms, all of which are
large and well lighted. A wide hall runs
through the center. At the right and left
there are parlors, and at the back of the
right-hand parlor there Is a large library
with a picture gallery more than thirty
Nba lie of oil ha
rooms are hung with fine paintings. and
everywhere about you you see the memen-
toes of travel. There are bits of fine art
from the different countries of Europe.
There are wonderful mosaic pictures from
Itaty and carvings from the great mas
ters of Japan. There are bits of fine
china, a statue or statuette shines out
here and there, and the whole house is, In
fact, a museum embracing the collections
of the Vice President and his family dur
ing their European travels. Still. with all
this, everything Is so tastefully arranged
that the house Is comfortable home, and,
unlike many rich mems houses, it does not
seem too nice to live In. This is chiefly
due to Mrs. Hobart, who, by the way, will
be an important part Of the vice presiden-
tial family during the next four years.
She was, you know, the daughter of Socra-
tes Tuttle, the man with whom Mr.. Hobart
studied law, and with whom he afterward
went into partnership. Mrs. Hobart and
her husband were acquainted with each
They have been married for score Of
years, and their relations are as close to-
day as they were during their honey
| moon. They are both fond of society, and
Mrs. Hobart is weH fitted to take the place
which, owing to the delicate health of
Mrs. Mckinley. she will probably have of
being the leading lady of the coming ad-
miniStration.
Garret A. Hobart, jr.
There is only one other member of the
| Hobart family, and he is by all odds too
| important a member for me to leave out of
! this letter. l refer to the little boy who is
| the only child that Mr.. Hobart now las.
His daughter, a Beautiful girl of twenty,
died in Italy about Two years ago. The
| boys name Is CARED "A. Hobart, jr., but
| his father and mother call him Junior for
short. Junior is just twelve years old. He
| is bright little fellow, with decided
| taste for mechanics. and what might be
called almost a craze for electrical work.
| He has little electrical laboratory in
| the top of the house. and with boy
! friend, he has established a partnership
for the putting up and repairing of electric
| bells, electric lights and matters Of that
kind. don't think his father much likes
J his doing any such work outside of the
! family, but the boy, you know, is an only
child, and that makes a difference. He
| really does wonderful work in electricity
! He has put up many of the electric bells
| in his fathers house, and during my stay
he took me up to bis laboratory and show
| ed me the different electrical achines
| which he had there. He has a half horse
| power electric motor which runs his ma
| chinery, and he has a large lathe, by
| means of which he carries on his boyisf
| experiments. There are five different
| lights in the room which he put up him.
self, and these range in size from little
! incandescent globe OF two-candle power VI
| to large one of ffty-candle power. Aftel
1 had admired these he induced me to take
rf ella frix
| battery and set every nerve in my body te
quivering until 1 persuaded him to turn of
| the current. He showed me some trans
| honor of McKinley's election. and upor
| leaving handed me couple of his IIslnes:
| cards for my friends
| FRANK G. CARPENTER.