The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-01

busily hunting for a milk white steed,
| the handsome commander of the army
having decided that none other will
! answer for his use on public occasions
| of ceremony. They have secured the
| regions round about, for miles beyond
! the District of Columbia; but so far
| with Indifferent success. Numbers OF
so-called white horses have been found
but not one that comes up to require
Adjutant General and Mrs. Henry G.
Corbin, whose marriage early in the
present month was noted in these col
umns, have returned from their we'd
ding journey. and are now honey
incoming in the generals former bach
elor quarters, while awaiting the COM
pletiOn of their new house on Twenty
second street. The last of their splen-
did wedding presents arrived this week
an enormous punch bowl, of solid sill
yer, made in the Philippines by native
workmen and worth about 5000 in act
ual weight of the bullion, to say moth
ing of the wonderful work upon it.
Mrs. James G.. Blaine, widow of the
late "Plumed knight" of Maine. is re-
moving the furniture from her former
home in this city which for several
Years was leased, furnished,to a veal
thy family. She will retain the his
toric pieces associated with her dis
tinguished husband and place them IN
a smaller house, she has recently pur-
chased on K street. Representative
Beidler, of Cleveland, o., who repre-
sents the district in which Senator
Hanna lives. has arrived in Washing
ton with his family and taken the
handsome old Sherman house, which
has been vacant since the senator died.
1t is one of the best residences in the
city, and the Beidlers are expected to
renew its traditions of generous EUS-
pitality Senator Foraker AMI family
have just returned to their Sixteenth
street residence, after months Of alb
sence, minus the 1ower of the flock
the young daughter, who was recently
married in Cincinnati. Miss Julia F or
aker will also go the way OF all prrt-
ty girls very soon, becoming Mrs. King
Wainwright, of Philadelphia, -arly in
January. That event leaves but one
daughter in the home, Miss Louise, the
youngest of the trio. Miss Fannie Full
Ter, youngest daughter of the Chief JUS
tice of Supreme Court, who was a
bud" only last year, and a very pop
ular one, has deserted Washington for
the winter. She is now on the high
seas, sailing for Italy, where she will
spend several months with her brother
in-law and sister Mr.. and Mrs. Ma
thaniel Francis. Thus Mrs. Fuller, de-
spite her family of girls, must bear the
social "brunt" alone this season-and
a good deal is expected of the wife of
the chief justice, you know. 1t is the
way of this sad, old world-that the
parents are left alone in the later days
OF life, when they need the children
most
The wedding day of Senator ]. G. S.
Blackburn and Mrs. Mary E. Black
burn, has been set for Dec. 10. 1t will
occur in this city, the brides home,
and be a very quiet affair, witnessed
only by near relatives of the couple.
After a brief trip to New York. the
senator and his bride will return to
reside permanently here.
Senator Blaclburns daughter, Mrs.
Lucie Blackburn I.ane-a very wealthy
young widow of this city, whose hus-
band died about a year ago, has an
nounced her betrothal to the celebrated
Italian Sculptor. Chevalier Trentanove.
The latter is now abroad, but will sail
for this country Immediately. The
wedding will occur on Dec. II, at the
brides elegant home in this city, and
then the couple will return to Europe
for the winter. Mrs. Lane has inner
tied some valuable interests in London,
and it is there they will spend the COM
ing fashionable season. Chevalier
Trentanove secured a divorce from a
former wife some two years ago, and
also became an American citizen. He
is Florentine by birth, and Is under
stood to have ancestral halls" with
traditions as thick as the ivy upon
them. He has recently been appointed
by the st. Louis Exposition to pass
upon works of art offered by European
exhibitors. and will therefore remain
some time abroad. His bride-to-be is
the youngest of Senator Black
burns,s three daughters. and
one of the most beautiful
women in society. She is tall
MISUNDERSTANDING blonde, a fine
horsewoman and brilliant CONVERSE