Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-26

| fell grateful to those in authority for their
prompt and unanimous action. You see,
by my marriage to Mr.. Sartoris, an English
man, ! became a subject Of Great Britain.
I left England when my husband died and
returned to the United States; l am glad
to be In America and to be a citizen Of my
fathers country. England has the tender
est associations for me and for my chill
dren. but We shall be happy mere. This is
our home. My son is proud OF the fact
that he was born in America and long ago
he expressed a desire to become Identified
with the United States"
The first news that Mrs. Sartoris had that
her son had a thought of going to war was
when he showed her General Lees reply:
IF there is war and | am again in the sad
die, you shall ride with me- The lieuten-
ants commission was a long time coming
from the president and young Sartoris had
almost made up his mind to enlist as a
private, for stay at home he would not.
There never was such enthusiasm as his
and it is a novelty to hear the expression
Of 1t in accents that are as strongly English
as any sound ever listened to.
The mother is patriotic; she believes in
standing by the president" and in main
tanning the honor Of the country, but she
is waiting anxiously for the fulfllment OF
her fathers sentiment; Let us have
peace" II cannot say that ! am glad to
see my son go to war. For his sake though
l try to look, IL l cannot be, pleased. This
war has already accomplished one thing Tor
which my father longed, even in his last
moments-the wiping out of sectional lines
and the uniting Of the whole people, and !
know he would rejoice greatly to see my
son riding by the side of General Lee; both
moved by one hope, the success II the stars
and stripes" Young Sartoris. by the way,
was the first man in Washington to set the
example of removing his hat when The
Star 'Spangled Banner was played.
The house in which Mrs. Grant lives with
her daughter and her grandchildren formerly
was owned by Senator Edmunds and is on
Massachusetts avenue. 1t Is an English
basement house, richly fdrnisIel and with
an unusually large library. A collection OF
tiger skins is one of the conso' .uou5 beau
ties of the place. Mrs. Grant and Yrs,
Sartoris entertain continually in the season
and may be spoken of as the most prominent
of the famous Washington widows in the
list of which ere included Mrs. Sherida0
widow of General Sheridan. Mrs. HarSict
Lane Johnson, etc.
Mrs. Sartoris is a marvel of youthfulness
she has the complexion and figure of
young girl and her glorious brown eyes ar,
the most wonderful eyes in Washington
Her daughters are both dark like thei
mother, but the son has inherited from hi
father the rosy blonde beauty of the typ
ical Englishman. The young ladies are ro
mantle in name and in appearance. Til
elder, Vivien, has her mother's eyes an,
has a good deal of beauty of an exquisite
dreamy type. She is poetical looking an
is not at all like the ordinary, common
= place society girl. She was introduced int
: society last year with much pomp and sh
has had a career of triumphant popularit
I ever since. She was one of the most in
; teresting performers in the beauty show
; tableauX, in which all the fashionable beau
Il ties in Washington posed for the benef
e of the soldiers and sailors wounded in tn
e war, and which, in spite of the contradic
tory claims of the d. A. r.. of New Yorl
was the first entertainment given in Amer
S lea for the war sufferers. Rosemary, Mrs
Sartoris' younger daughter, is still a scho'
girl, but she will probably come out neA
winter.