Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-14

was connected with the House for eighteen
years, is widely known. Senator and Mrs.
Hopkins have four children, daughter and
three sons, who have all spent much the
greater part of their short lives at the ma
tional capital. Miss Hopkins, an attractive
blonde, was debutante of year or so ago
and possesses charm of manner which has
made her, like her mother, general IA
vorite in society. She was educated at
Ferry Hall College. ILL.,. where she carried
off the honors Of her class at her graduation
as it's valedictorian. The eldest son of the
family is attending law school at the Uni
versity of Chicago, the second in the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania and the youngest is
at Phillips Academy, Exefer. N. H.
Senator Latimer of South Carolina had
been member of the House for four terms
at the time of his transfer to the Senate.
Mrs Latimer is a typical southern gentle
woman genial of temperament and cordial
in manner. She is the niece Of ex-Gov.
Joseph Brown of Georgia, who represented
his state In the United States Senate for
twelve years. She attended the Green
castle Female College of South Carolina,
where so many daughters of the best fam
lilies of the south have spent their school
years. Senator and Mrs. Latimer have been
married twenty-six years Hnd have a most
interesting family of five children, one son
and four daughters. Their son, who is the
oldest, is studying law at the University of
Virginia; the oldest and youngest daughters
are with them at the Cochran Hotel, while
the other two are at boarding school. Miss
Latimer is a striking blonde, with auburn
hair, dark eyes and very fair skin. She is
q bright girl with literary tastes, but is
fond Of out-of-door sports and the gayeties
Of society. Nevada's junior senator is a
southerner also by birth, but he has lived
In almost all sections Of the country. Dur
ing the last eight years his family has be-
come prominently identified with the social
life of the capital. Mr.. Newlands pur-
chased ex-President Cleveland's summer
home, Woodley, in Cleveland Park, which
they usually occupy in preference to a town
house when at Washington. Mrs. New
lands and the daughters have recently re-
turned from an extended trip abroad.
Kansas Junior senator, Mr.. Chester L.
Long, is worthy son of the progressive
and aggressive commonwealth. He strug-
gled with poverty in attaining his educa-
ton. he taught school to pay the expenses
Of his law course and made every round on
the political ladder only by the hardest
fighting.
Paola Normal College he met pretty,
gray-eyed, dark-haired young girl, Annie
Bache by name, who was pursuing her
studies at the same institution. They be-
grew into friendship when later they both
comm enced teaching in the school where
they had formerly been pupils. 1t was not
until some years afterward, however, when
Miss Bache returned from a trip abroad
and Mr.. Long was making his first sue
ceSsful run for Congress, that the friend
ship ripened into warmer sentiment Just
after Mr.. Longs election in 1895 they were
married, and, with the one exception of the
term when Mr.. Jerry Simpson defeated
him, they have spent their winters in
Washington ever since. Mrs. Long is an
admirable wife for a statesman. She is not
a politician in any sense of the word, but
she has excellent judgment, and tact, and
she has a good memory for faces and
names. In addition she is a charming host
ess and an accomplished musician. Mr.
and Mrs. Long have two little girls, Agnes
and Margaret, aged five and seven, and an
adopted daughter of eleven, winsome lit
tie orphaned cousin of Mrs. Longs, who
has been with them since her infancy.
Senator Ball of Delaware has had a
shorter congressional experience than any
Of his colleagues of this group, but before
coming to Washington he had served III
both branches of the Delaware legislature.
He is a gentleman of scholarly attainm ents,
a college and university graduate, with the
degrees of Ph.B. and MD. Neither he nor
Mrs. Ball. who before her marriage was
Miss Catherine S. Justis of Brandy wine