Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-01-16
Gov TYLER HAS EATEN LITTLE
OF THE BREAD OF rpLENEss.
SAYS IT'S LIKE "THRESHING-TIME. I"
'ound OF Callers Day and Night
Keep Him Busy-Rcason. Set Forth
showing Why He Likes to Work
ut the Mansion.

as Governor of the Commonwealth had
peen busy one. To the Governor, who
IS proud of being a farmer, and OF never
having been anything else, the week
could only be compared 10 the season
when farmers thresh their grain, when
everybody on the farm. according to Gov
ernor Tyler, is expected to do twice as
much as at ordinary times. and to do II
In a run.
But the Governor, as subsequent con-
Versation proved, likened the last two
weeks to the threshing season, not only
because Of its having been busy. He re-
ceived the reporter in one OF the rear
parlors at the Executive Mansion
Through the porteres that screened the
entrance into the adjoining parlor came
the sound Of voices in busy conversation;
merry laughter. little restrained, fioated
through the open doors of the front
parlor, mingllng with sounds similar
from the library opposite The hour was
800 o'clock in the evening, and the house
was full Of callers, many OF them young
people, but the mirth and the good
cheer were not restricted by age. The
Governor remarked that about the
noisiest machine yet devised by man Is
thresher. and that he found his hours
since he became Governor very like those
about his barn when the wheat was be-
Ing threshed from the chan.
HE DIDN'T MIND.
But he did not appear to mind It seri-
ously His face wore its usual good
N 10
his appearance, or his manner, to indi-
cate that the danger of his becoming
victim to nervous exhaustion was even
possible.
Governor Tyler has been very hard
worked during the past two weeks. Five
hours sleep has been about what he has
claimed since he has been In the Execu-
tive Mansion. and a great deal of the
time taken from the legitimate hours Of
rest has been spent at his desk. Work
had accumulated a great deal, the out
going Governor having thought it proper
IN many cases, to leave certain matters
to be decided by his successor, and this
added to much business OF a private
nature, and that incidental to change
OF administration, has kept the Execu-
tive and his secretary anything but idle
men.
The number OF callers a the Governor
office at the Capitol, and at the Execu-
tive Mansion has been large, and it is
often midnight when the last visitor
leaves. While many of these have called
in the interest of aspirants for various
places. many ladies and gentlemen have
visited the Mansion TO pay their respects
to the Governor and his family.
The people believe that the present
administration is going TO be popular and
successful, because Of the strictly bust
ness character which Governor Tyler will
give it, and those who have been inside
the Mansion have. no doubt, that not
the least popular point from which it
may be viewed will be the social.
THE GOVERNOR AT HOME.
The traits that have made Governor
Tyler so popular among Virginians cause
him TO appear TO the best advantage in
his home, and a friend who calls for the
first time becomes a friend forever when
he has been the recipient Of the hearty
welcome he is sure TO receive. Mrs.
Tyler and her daughters make ideal Vir-
ginia hostesses, and to them will be due
the credit of giving to the Mansion the
glow of Virginia hospitality for which It
has become famous.
Mrs. Tyler was a Virginia GIRL and
70 the qualities that make these pro-
verbal for being all that women should
ne are duOtl the NlNdciiy ana love OF
good cheer that pertain TO the Irish race
for her father, the late Colonel Edward
Hammett, was a native OF Ireland, and
on her mothers side. also, there Is
broad Irish strain. Though surrounded
by a family Of sons and daughters who
have reached manhood and womanhood.
much Of the brightness of her youth re-
mains, toned down into the matronly
dignity and composure that sit upon
women so gracefully. Her quiet appre-
citation Of the fun-lovlng members Of the
family, who constitute the majority, and
include her distinguished husband, is
the pleasure OF her friends
SONS AND DAUGHTERS.
The Gracchi never seemed more really
Jewels to their mother. whose maternal
pride is historic. than do Governor
Tyler's children to his wife and himself
The eldest. Edward. has managed his
fathers business affairs, or helped TO do
80, for some time, and steadfastly refuses
to come 10 Richmond. preferring TO re-
main on the old homestead, "Belle
Hampton" where he lives a life of
bachelor ease, looking after the things Of
the farm.
The next son, J. Hoge, Jr., has been
in Richmond since the first week in De-
Bell Bigger, Clerk Of the House OF Dele
gates. Jimmie" as the Governor calls
him, has it in mind TO be a doctor some
day. but just at present he Is perfectly
satisfied to mingle with men awhile as he
finds them in the Virginia Legislature
before taking up pills and potions as a
means of livelihood.
Heth Tyler came to the city with the
rest of the family and will practice law
here. He IS an alumnus Of Washington
and Lee University, and has made a sue
cessful beginning in his profession in
Radford. At present he IS assisting his
father in his private correspondence.
THE YOUNG LADIES.
Miss Sue Hampton Tyler. the eldest
of the daughters, will be much seen at the
Mansion, as she is the formally COM
missioned Lieutenant OF her mother in
everything. On the farm she was recog-
nized by the family and domestics as
second in authority as to household mat
ters. and the cares of housekeeping and
family affairs were assumed readily, and
borne rather with enjoyment than other
wise. She is very fond Of directing the
studies Of younger members OF the
family, and the advancement of Hal and
I.ily i'm their studies is due largely to her
careful supervision. She Is also or a
literary turn. During the trip TO Rich
mond she was making the acquaintance
of SOLDIERS OF Fortune" which she has
completed during her first week in the
Mansion. despite the multiplicity OF duties
which have engaged her attention.
Miss Tyler is OF petite figure, decidedly
brunette. rather inclined 20 nervousness
of Temperament. OF a reflective DISPOSE
ton. but an animated and fluent CONVEX