The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-18

The residential SET" as it is called,
is fairly crowded with youthful beauties;
but as their parents names are not prom
inenty before the public, readers of the
Savannah News can have little interest
in them There are a few notables such
as Miss Adola Greedy, daughter of the ia
nous Arctic explorer, Gen. Greedy, who
is now at the head of the signal service of
the war department. Like all the Greedy
children, Miss Adola is remarkably beau
tiful.
AS to the married bellies in official life
the subject is much too large 10 be COM
passed in the limits of one newspaper let
ter. There are hundreds of beautiful ma
irons in Washington, and when their
mammas are in the ball room or recep-
tions field, the blushing debutantes may
look well to their laurels. Among the new
er senatorial families from the South may
be mentioned that of Senator McEnery
of louisiana who came in with the Fifty
fifth Congress. Mrs. McEnery is a Louis
lana by birth-a very handsome
woman, of charming personality. who
was a leader in New Orleans society
even before her husband was Governor of
that state. She is the happy mother of
two boys and a girl: the eldest a youth
of 10, who is nearly through college. Sem
ator Money of Mississippi, though compar-
atively new" in the upper house, is an
old habitue of Washington society, from
the fourteen years he served in Congress
and the several more years he practiced
law in this city. 1t would be hard to
find family more popular with the entire
Southern contingency than the Moneys.
The Senator and his wife have five chill
dren, three OF them some time married.
Everybody remembers the two beautiful
Money girls, who were so popular here
before they became wives and went away.
Herman, the younger son, was married
about year ago, and Miss Mabel, the re-
naming daughter is one of the sweetest
girls in capital society. Senator and Mrs.
Money have always retained their home
at Carrolton, Miss, much of the time hav-
ing it open all the year, as we'll as keep
ing up an establishment on their large
plantation; therefore they have not taken
a house in Washington, but occupy
handsome fiat. Mrs. Money is one of the
brightest women in official circles with
decided literary talent. For many years
she has been her husbands most valued
counsellor and assistant. While he was
in Congress, she gave her personal super
vision to all his mail. and wherever he
was to speak on any given subject, she
diligently read up on II and posted him
thoroughly. Dialect stories especially
flow from his ready pen, and many of
them have been published in magazines
and the daily press. Notwithstanding her
Southern birth and training, Mrs. Money is
a firm believer in the advanced movement
for women all except female suffrage.
She laughingly declares that she has seen
too much of that side of politics to care to
go into it herself.
With but two executions, Senator Nc
Iaurin of South Carolina is the young st
man in the Senate. But he has served in
the general assembly of his state, ard
also as its Attorney General, besides ho.d-
ing numerous other offices of trust ard
honor long before he came to Washing
ton. where he served three terms in the
House before he was appointed to fill the
unexpired term of Senator Earle, who died
shortly after taking his seat in the Senate
Senator and Mrs McLaurin are delightful
people and their home, over in North
east Washington, on Capital Hill. is one
Of typical Southern hospitality. With her
growing family of six little folks, Mrs
McLaurin has little time for society; but
she Is never too busy to see her friends.
and her cordiality of manner has won hei
hosts of them.
Senator Pettus of Alabama Is the oldes,
member of that august body and fine
specimen of the old-school Southerner.
Both he and his wife have spent nearly
all their lives in Alabama. except when
he contracted the gold fever In the days
of 40 which kept him a few years in
California Mrs. Pettus is a dear old
lady. with the sweetest and most mother
ly Of faces and the kndest of smiles.
She was the daughter of a Supreme
Court Judge and the niece of a Governor,
with whom she lived during his several
terms in the executive mansion of Ala
bama Though accustomed TO the best
society from her earliest girlhood. she IL
very domestic IN her tastes and like her
husband, devoted to their home and
church-the Presbyterian. They have
three children, all long since mar
ried. Their son, Mr. Francis Pettus, Is
a member of the state Senate. and will
probably some time succeed his father IN
the Senate Of the United States. The Pet
tus home in Selma, Ala. is a lovely one.
shared by this son and his family