The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-20
USEFUL AND CHARMING
Mr.. Thomas Beatty Is a Social
Secretary.
AND lie is LOOKING FOR A JOB.

WASHINGTON, May IL Special Now
that Senator Brice has left public life,
with small prospect Of returning, Thomas
Beatty Is looking for a job Tom Beatty
Is one Of the most interesting characters
Of Washington. He is unique He has his
special field Of usefulness. and in. IL he
brooks no rivalry. For years he has been
the social secretary Of Mr. and Mrs Brice,
and right well has he served them. He
has managed all their affairs in this line,
ordered the dinners, negotiated with the
musicians and artists, attended 20 the for
lists and other decorations, selected the
wines, written the invitations, growled al
the dressmakers and, In short. has taken
charge Of the complicated business Of car
rying on an aristocratic social establish
ment. Mr.. Beatty is not only indispen
sable; he is perfection. Everything under
his charge is done 10 the queens taste
He knows etiquette from the first 10 the
last chapter Of the book and, what is a
good deal better is keen student Of men
and women, especially women. His tact
and diplomacy have averted many COLI
sions and suppressed numerous unpleas
ant scenes in certain drawing rooms
a Strange Paradox.
In bis own person Mr. Beatty Is model,
young and handsome. attircd as fashion
ably and perfectly as the Prince Of Wales
himself, glib with small talk and fruitful
Of compliments. Mr.. Beatty is the most
charming. most useful and best liked la-
dies man go Washington The best of 10
j. be actually possesses plenty ri good
sense. lie recognizes that this Is a queer
SORT ~ profession which De hls entered up-
on. and, icing Do it. BE- intends % make
tho best ~ II, upon thC theory that acting
well ones part IS the only thing that
brings honor Air. Beatty is gallant 90
probably scare cf pretty women every
day az IBIS lllc. but such "a thing as Coz
Cuetry Irritation, alaire or nonsense new
CT enters bis level head IL g. all matter
of business with shrewd Tom Beatty.
There has been some talk 20 The effect that
De would be employed % take charge of
the sccial aGairs at the White House. but
Secretary Porter says they are able 20 get
along without Mr. Beatry's assistance.
Cabinet Onices.
Some one has taken the trouble 70 look
through the records OF the country and
evolve the interesting fact that more than
oDe-third q all the men appointed TO cab
met positions in this government have re-
signed their Offices. This proportion j.
exclusive Of men who have been trans
ferred from one department TO another
and Of those who retire with outgoing
presidents. All but one Of the presidents
have had their cabinets more or less broken
mp - deaths or designations. Though il /
Is customary for all Of the members of !
the cabinet council to retire when their (
chiefs term Of office expires, there have /
been exceptions even 10 this rule In the
early part 81 the republics history Gideon
Granger served as postmaster general Is
years continuously-that is, in four differ.
ent presidential terms. The largest mum
Der OF designations has been from the Of
fee Of attorney general.
IL is hoped here that one result i'm the
constantly increasing prominence Of the
United States in diplomatic matters will
be an improvement in the quality of the
ENJOYS sent TO this capital by European
governments. Until recently Washington !
has been looked upon as a sort of Botany /
Bay in the diplomatic world. The theory !
of European foreign offices has been that |
Washington was at the foot Of the ladder. !
and, as a rule diplomatists who were |
promoted from secretaries to ENJOYS have I
been given their first post of respon. |
sibility at the American capital The re /
suit has been that with few noteworthy ex.
ceptions the European ministers in Wash.
ington rank in ability and experience ]
much below the ENJOYS from South Ameri- }
can and oriental nations At the present
time the ablest members of the diplomatic
corps In this city are from South Americas
and not from Europe.
Reward For Genius.
Uncle Sam is very lucky parsonage in
10 fc L. 30, |
services of experts in various lines at mis-
cradle salaries. a striking instance of
this is found in the case of David W. Tay.
Tor, naval constructor Mr.. Taylor is con
coded to be the best naval architect in the
world. He is so regarded not only in the
United States, but in England, France
and Germany. He is everywhere looked
up to as the highest authority and great
est genius in this line of work. 1t is he
who prepared the designs for the new bat
tleships for which congress appropriated
The sum OF - 900, 900 for each vessel The
ultimate cost Of these ships, when fully
armed and ready for commission, will be
very nearly S5,000,000, and the expecta.
ton OF the government is that the new
craft Will be the finest battleships i'm the
world, comprising the latest and most an.
proved designs and features. And the one
man whose skill and ability are 10 be di
rectly responsible for the success Of these
great fighting machines gives his services
20 the government for the paltry sum of
t3, 200 year. a number of the best naval
contractors whom our government has
turned out have left the public service and
gone To the Cramps or other shipbuilders
or $4,000 "a year, and IL is understood
hat Mr. Taylor has a similar offer, which
ne declines from motives of pride in his
work as designer of the new battleships
There Is still a great deal of speculation
as to the date of the passage of the tariff
bill, debate upon that very wide and i'm.
portant subject being about to start up in
The senate. Perhaps the records of the
past may help to form an estimate Of the
time which may be required to perfect
this bill. The Dingley bill was reported
to the house March Is. 1t will be signed
by President McKinley-wheni The Nc.
kinley bill was reported to the house
April 10, 1890. But IL did not reach Pres
Ident Harrison until Sept 80 The vii. |
son bill was presented to the house Dec.
10, 1898, but IL did not reach President |
Cleveland's hands till Aug. 10, becoming |
D law Aug. % by the expiration of the