The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-09

by Mr.. Vivian Burnett. son of the
celebrated autkoress and the original
Of Little Lord Fauntleroy." AS is
well knvwn his mother was. divorced
some years ago from DR.. Burnett, and
is again married and living quietly
| in London. Mr.. Vivian, the only living
son, visited her not long since, in her
new home but prefers to reside with
his father in this city. His tea" of
| the other day was a beautiful
affair. in the nature of a musicale. and
! inclined nearly all the prominent men,
/ bers of the younger set in society. The
! quaint rooms occupied by DR.. Burnett
and his son were all thrown open and
| prettily decorated with flowers, and the
many novel curios which both have
| collected from time to time in travel
were the subjects of much attention.
/ Mr.. Burnett was assisted in receiving
/ his guests by several married ladies,
| who chaperOned the buds"
Mrs. Hanna and her daughters have
| gone to Thomasville, Ga, where they
will remain until the middle of the
month. visiting Senator Hanna's sister
Mrs. Jones. Mr.. and Mrs. EVhitelaw
| Reid and their daughter, Jean, are off
for California, to visit Mrs. Reds
former home. Miss Alice Hay is one
OF the party now touring Florida, as
! the guest of Miss Frances Griscom of
| Philadelphia There are several other
young ladies, all enthusiastic golfers
Miss Griscom being formerly the wo-
man amateur golf champion of Ameri-
ca. They remain several weeks on the
St Johns river and will doubtless be
heard from in the goltlng annals cf
that region.
If you are not a Daughter, n MOthers'
Congress woman, a SuffTagist, cham
pion something or other, at. at least,
club fiend at large, there is no hope
for you nowadays in Washington So
ciety. The real and re 1gni~c1 thing
is to enter the dress competition of the
Daughters of the American Revolution;
to leave your own children TO servants
while you discuss thea universal duties
of motherhood; to let the spring sew
ing anguish while you so in for
council q league. a federation or
union; and to shout for voting privi-
leges, though you wouldn know tie
G.. O. p. elephant from the Tammany
tiger, if you met them both at the
polls. The raging epidemic of club
fever has invaded even the kitchen
ranks, and the lady who does our
washing is 'fn it, to the finish. Last
week my rheumatic black cook, who
wears a turban and tips the scales at
21S. toiled puffingly up three flights of
stairs to beg an advance Of 50 to meet
the dues of her society. This morning
she climbed up once more, despite the
painful protest of rheumatism, asthma
and averdupois, to ask for two addi-
tional dollars for ode purposes Of de
sassiety." But / gave you 50 the other
4 ia
think it is too expensive for you?" I
said.
Dat you suttenly did, money" was
the answer. But the matter is dis-a-
way: I done paid my righteous dues
with de money you gimme; but, you
see, las night we hole meetln' of the
club and dey was shoutin' out parmi-
lentery rules, and I jes nacherly got
excited and riz nah voice consider
able. You know how it's yo'5elf when
deer's debatin' goin' on. 1 got fined 81
for sassin' de chair and OATS how
come l AK you for annodder loan"
Perhaps the happiest man in the
| House the other day was Delegate
Rodney of New Mexico. He appeared
as playful as kitten and as joyful as
boy with his first pair of red. top
boots The moving cause was the ac-
/
tories in agreeing to unanimously re-
port the Rodney bill, admitting New
| Mexico to Statehood. The popular del
egate from the land of the Zunis could
| hardly contain himself He saw bliss
| full visions of the speedy passage CT his
bill through House and Senate, and its
immediate approval by the President.
He saw the statehood of his territory
secured and the, one wish OF his 20
20 f1aI n. owl in En
Senate called the names Of the sena-
| tors from New Mexico IN which his
own, like Abou Ben Adams, "let all the
rest" But his dream was rudely shat
tered by Delegate Mark Smith of Ari-
IONA. Said he, "Why, Rodney, what's
the matter? Don't you know that the
action of the House Committee of Ter
ritories amounts to just nothing at all?
I've seen a bill to admit Arizona and
New Mexico pass half a dozen Houses
of Congress-but they still remain ter
ritories. The House will probably pass
our bills, if only from force of habit;
but that is no guarantee that they will
get through the Senate. My advice to
you is, don't get gay, but keep right
on working for statehood, and maybe
our great grandsons win realize some
results from our labors."
the youngest member of the House is
finally settled, at least, for the present
Congress. Until lately Hon. Ashbury
F. Lever of South Carolina enjoyed
that honor-till somebody raked up
family records and found that the dis
tinction really belongs to Representa-
tive John ]. Feely of Illinois, who was
born the same year as Mr.. Lever QS75),
the former in August, the latter in
January. Mr.. Lever looks much the
younger of the two-in fact, so en-
barrassingly young that he is often
mistaken for one of the House pages.
1t is even said that he was once ad-
dressed by a rural constituent, who
came to Washington after a job, in
these words, accompanied by the ten
der of half a dollar: "Bub, you look
likely I am going to sit right here,
and / want you to find Congressman
Lever and bring him here to me. Don't
you take no for an answer"
Hon. Abner Taylor. who represented
Chicago district in Congress for many
years, threaded his way through the
maze of seats in the House yesterday
morning and finally stopped in front of
"Uncle Joe" Cannons desk.
Hello, Taylori" said Mr.. Cannon, eX-