The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-21

gresham works. Said one of his COL
leagues: Continuous mental labor. in
suIllclent exercise loss of sleep and in,
discriminate over-eating have ruined many
a brainy man like Boutelle OF course.
lSere are men who don't care a rap for
'nelr legislative duties, but he was not
| Oh that number Take the committee
| CHAIRMAN, the floor leaders, the wheel
horses generally. They often sit up
nearly all night. hard at work over pa
pers ana hgures. Toward morning they
snatch two or three hours rest, and meet
the next days strain, tired and irritable
| IN Inc middle of the afternoon they go
Gown to the Senate restaurant and eat
la rlch hearty meal, that in Itself ia
enough TO cause death from Indigestion:
while the deep mental activity of their
hours in the committee rooms is beguiIed
| by heaVy, black cigars. In the evening
there are formal dinners, and afterward
the wearing night of work. Without
doubt, Mr.. Dingley died of the same thing
mat has undermined Mr. Boutelle's
| health"
Aside from these workers, there is an
other class of Washington statesmen for
whom the life of the capital Is suicidal
| Ihey are the wealthy men of leisure who
| get elected to Congress for the honor and
pleasure of the positic... They are OF the
| topmost wavS or the social swim They
att@1u big dinners every day They wine
and dine and are ION the go" all the time,
| ana sleep Is TO them almost a stranger.
Few men can long endure such a life. un-
| less they have cast-iron constitutions and
| copper-lined stomach.
Senator Perkins is authority upon all
| questions pertaining TO steamships and
| practical marine affairs. A an early age
| he ran away from home to become a sail
| or. AT last he fetched up in California
and he declares he never knew how or
why; probably because of the destiny
| that shapes our ends rough hew them as
| we will" He has since been engaged in
banking, milling. mining, and principally
operating steamship lines, for the last
| twenty-five years-along the coast Of Cat
| ffornia Oregon, Washington, British Co.
lumbia Alaska, and Mexico, Since 60 he
| has been interested in politics. He sue
ceeded Leland Stamford in the Senate,
| and was reelected three years ago, with
no opposition in his own party.
| Upon Senator Gears desk yesterday
stood a large and beautiful basket Of red
roses, whose perfume filled the Sen
ate chamber. Senator Gear has just been
| reelected and his admiring friends in the
| District chose this method of Offering
| their congratulations. Senator T'illman is
| an expert, if not pretty, penman and
can write equally bad with either hand.
| He uses his left hand oftener than his
right-not because he is "left-handed."
| but because $50 he says, the right hand
| has the most to do in other lines and de-
| serves all the rest it can get
| The springtlike weather which is bless
| ing Washington this week makes calling
| general; so that the social world is divided
| into two great partes-those who are
| making the rounds in their carria ges. and
| those who are "at home to receive them.
| The most notable reception of This week
was that held by Mrs. Dewey, in the ball
room of her mothers residence. She was
| gowned in black satin and jetted net, and
| her admiring husband, the hero of Manila,
stood besides her. Mrs. Fred Grant, in
white satin and black lace, with sheat
of diamonds in her beautiful black hair,
| poured tea at the f1oWer-decked table in
! the alcove. Aiding in the gracious du-
ties of the afternoon were Mrs. Elkins, in
| a strikingly handsome toilette of silver
gray satin and ivory lace; Miss Padding
! and Miss Hegerman, nieces of Senator
Depew-the former in black spanged net
| and cerise velvet the latter in light
striped silk with pretty touches of yellow.
1.-The season is now at its hight, and
| the giddy Whirl of dinners, receptions,
dances and teas will continue undated,
| dozens deep per diem, until Lent cuts them
| all off suddenly one midnight next month.
| Whatever happens in the way of social
| functions there can be none finer than
| two which marked last week-the recep-
| ton given by the President and Mrs Nc
| kinney in honor of the diplomatic corps,
| and the marriage of Gen. Miles daughter,
| which was solemnized at noon of the same
| day Historic old st. Johns Church,
which has witnessed so many splendid
| weddings never received within its time
| honored walls a statelier bride or more
| distinguished assemblage. Spectacularly
| considered, the scene was a glory of gold
| lace and army colors, worn by officers OF
| the various branches of the service, who
| n ms n do honor their
| chief The old church, EMPOWERED in
| Mains and Southern vines, was packed
| from chancel to doors with men and wo-
| men. who make the official political. lit
| erary and social history of the country.
| EVERYWHERE there was a fash of jewels
and a simmer of satin, and the air was
heavy with the perfume of corsage bou-
| quets.
| Last night President and Mrs Mckinley
| we're entertained at dinner by the 6ecre-
| tarv of State and Mrs. Hay. To meet
| Them were invited the Secretary of the
| Treasury and Mrs. Gage, the Secretary of
| War and Mrs. Root, the Postmaster Gen
| eral and Mrs Smith, the Secretary of the
| Inferior and Mrs Hitchcock. the Secretary
| of Agriculture and Miss Wilson. the Ad-
| roiraI Of the Navy and Mrs Dewey, mrs.
Tevi p Morton of New York, representa-
| live and Mrs. f. j. Hill, Senator Depew
and his nieces. and. the two young ladies'
| of the White House, MISS Grace MchHley
and Miss Sarah Duncan.
Last night the Spanish minister and the
| ouchess D'Areos gave splendid dinner
| TO twenty guests, including several dlp,o-
mats and their wives. Senator and Mrs
Fairbanks were also among those VINO
| cave elegant dinners, as wei as MIS- sar-
| 1oris col. and Mrs. Bingham, Senator
Kean. Representative Loring Assistant
| postmaster General and Mrs, Heath, and
a number of others.
The Baroness Henselmuller has as
guests this week Miss Gary Of baItlnore'
cal and Mrs. Snyder of Philadelphia.
| Roth Young ladies will remain until nfter
! ~ Raroness' bail on the night OF FEB. q
| ---s-f-s----
,,o,,v,s FIRST AND ONLY RACE.
she won 100000 on the Track an"
| Left for Home in "A Blaze OF glory