Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-02-19

~ gether for many ad-
miniStrationS. The
national capital. therefore. offers very I'M
Usual opportunities just now to marriage
apie women and would-be mothers-in-iaw
VIII do we'll to look over the figures.
Women in official circles here have been
correctly called accidents. Among their
sex they enjoy the same prestige and pre-
ceoent granted their husbands by contem-
poraries in office.
vacancies for women ambitious To be
come distinguished wives exist in practi-
cally all of the higher official circles. ex-
cept the Supreme Court. whose wise JUS
tees are all too wise to remain unmarried
one place Is now vacant by the hearth
stone or a cabinet officer. Secretary of
Agriculture Wilson is widoWer who
might be called a good catch" His Of
nee, perhaps is the least picturesque of
all those Immediately adjacent to the
Presidents household but his wife. in
her turn, would enjoy every courtesy Of
fered to the wife of the "premier'-as the
secretary OF State is sometimes called by
the less democratic element Secretary
wilson. though sixty-three years old, Is
strong and active.
To a Hornan of congenfal age he has to
CHER comfortable fortune and a brand
new mansion Of unusual beauty in the
very newest and SWEETEST corner of the
northwest. Although never SUSPECTED of
entertaining presidential ambitions him
self, it may be stated that his wife need
never hope to become the lady of the
White House. He was born in Scotland,
and therefore. can never become the chief
executive of the United States. At present
he is in no urgent need of new official
head for mis- household. His attractive
daughter gracefully performs all of the
duties required of a cabinet lady. A new
Mrs. Wilson would become StenmOther
only to this young housekeeper but to
several promising sons, occupied in the
west.
In the Senate.
There are only two bachelors at present
in the Senate Boies Penrose Is, perhaps,
more eligible matrimonialiy, than any man
in official life here just now. Although not
the wealthiest bachelor in Congress, he
possesses a more than comfortable for
tune and just such social and personal
characteristics as the most ambitious
American girl might ask for. He is only
thirty-eight years of age, over six feet
tall, very handsome. college bred a shrewd
lawyer and politician and a social favorite
among friends of his own sex. He was
graduated from Harvard at the very head
of his class. He has long. thoughtful
face. a high and broad forehead and a
mustache which curls down at the sides
of his mouth. In fair weather he is a
conspicuous figure in the envrons which
he frequents astride his saddle horse, a
fine specimen of equine beauty. He Is a
scion of the oldest and most aristocratic
of Philadelphia families, being related to
the Biddles of blue-blood and the Drexels
Of wealth.
The other eligible bachelor of the Senate
is Lee Mantle of Montana. With relation
to the presidency, he Is in the same diff
Guilty as Secretary Wilson. having been
born In England Senator Mantle came to
this country in 1862. when but eleven years
old. He Is in all respects a self-made
man, ha ing served in his time as farm
boy, telegrapher. express agent, editor and
politician. He Is a millionaire and be-
sides his wealth has many personal charms
to guarantee double blessedness.
Besides these fascinating bachelors, the
Senate has to offer several widOwers, some
what ripe of years. but possessed of abil-
ity and farne. Foremost among these is
Senator Allison Of Iowa, who is widower
twice over and yet has children to
conflict in third romance. Scores Of
mothers with marriageable daughters have
had their eagle eyes on this statesman,
who also has from time to time been men
toned as presidential possibility. Though
almost sixty nine, Senator Allison looks
but few years beyond fifty. He Is pos
sessed of considerable wealth. but is not
a millionaire. The two other widowers of
the Senate are Cockrell Of Missouri, six
ty-four years old, and Morgan of Alabama
ten years older, both distinguished men,
with large families of grown children
but neither of whom is suspected of gam
boiling directly beneath the matrimonial
net.
Plenty of Representatives.
No less than seventy-five members of the
lower house of Congress occupy bachelor
apartments at the various hotels and clubs.
One Of the most prepossessing bachelors
Of the House is Hugh A. Dinsmore of
Arkansas, handsome, distinguished in bear
ing. forty-eight years old. an able lawyer
and some time minister resident and con-
sui general to Corea.
Representative Bennett of Greater New
York is another striking member of the
House bachelor colony. He Is but thirty
four years old. and Is lawyer of consider
able ability. Jesse Overstreet. the bache-
lor Indiana representative, is the same
age, while John Simpkins. bachelor repre-
sentative from Massachusetts, is but thirty
five. Harvard graduate and distin-
guished son of the bay state. He lives
with his sister during sessions of Con-
gress. Wallace T. Foote of Port Henry,
N Y. notorious as the handsomest man
thirty-four and highly educated young
man, having been graduated both as law
yer and civil engineer. He Is at the head
or a law firm in his native state and is
Said TO nave brilliant future before him.
He possesses luxuriance of wavy hair,
parted very nearly In the middle, and a
long. heavy mustache brought to points
at the ends An older widower Of the
for personal beauty, is Boutelle of Maine.
chairman of the committee on naval af-
fairs and now in his sxtieth year,
Titles by the score fairly yawning for
ambitious though unpatriotic American
girls willing to sacrifice citizenship for the
notoriety attached to marriage with for
eign diplomats accredited to this gov
eminent, and the questionable glory of
presentation at foreign courts. The re-
cent diplomatic dinner at the White House
made conspicuous the fact that Just now
there are more bachelors among repre-
sentatives sent here by foreign powers
than there have been for many years.
Bachelor diplomats are almost invariably
susceptible to the superior charms of the
American girl. Particularly are they fas-
cinated by the conventionalities and cere-
monies required of women met at official
functions, while bachelor legislators usu-
ally have little time for afternoon recep-
lions or frequent evening entertainments.
such as might jeopardize their popularity
among democratic constituents.
A bachelor Ambas sador,
Since the arrival of the official representa-
tive from Germany, the diplomatic corps
can boast Of bachelor ambassador Baron
DIR. Won Holleben is particularly eligible to
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