The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-13
LIST OF EuGIBLES
At NATIONAL CAPITAL
Washington Has the Greatest Mat
rimonial Possibilities of
Any City.
BOTH HONORS AND WEALT
Unusual Number of Manageable
Widowers and Bachelors
Among Public Men.


and writer's have lately treated at length
of the capitals supply of eligible spinsters
and feminine relicts; but the stock of pub
Ished information concerning the matri-
monial catches Of the sterner sex congre-
gated here is nil.
The ambitious mother who has studied
her little book diligently appreciates the
great matrimonial possibilities OF the city OF
magnificent distances. Consequently the
west end OF the town Is dotted with young
ladies seminaries guaranteeing an entree
OF some kind into official society. The fed
eral city is also becoming so thoroughly
Parisianized that one cannot look out of his
window in any direction without impinging
his sight against the gray walls of apart
ment houses rapidly climbing to the sky
This architectural transition has this mean
ing; That the transient population of the
city-always great-is rapidly growing. The
social climbers from everywhere within our
bounds are docking here for the season"
in greater numbers each year.
Where do they all come from?' asked
q well-known beau Of the streets day or
two ago. Every winter the promenades
are flooded with new women, and each sea-
sons wave seems to bring prettier faces,
costlier gowns and more feminine clever
ness AS soon as one gets to know them
by name they are vanished-the good part
like breath In the wind"
II seems TO be a natural law that each
sex seeks matrimonial fortune away from
home, and just as the feminine social
climbers make pilgrimages TO the capitals
matrimonial mart In search OF lords and
masters the wealthy sons Of Washington
go out beyond their city walls to look for
yokemates- But more than compromising
for this male exodus Is a powerful counter
current of distinguished diplomats from
abroad, OF statesmen, legislators, turists,
sayants, litterateurs and their army OF
camp followers from our four cardinal
points.
BACHELOR SENATORS.
The Senate has lately achieved a record
as a market place for husbands Stewart.
the two Platts and Depew are some Of its
solons to have lately taken to themselves
new spouses. All OF these wise lawmaksr s
were widowers before they made their last
alliances.
There are three eligible bachelors In this
dignified body. and naturally they are much
sought after by ambitious mammals.
The wealthiest Of these is John Kean,
who represents the sovereign State OF New
Jersey. He is millionaire lawyer, bank
president and an officer in many great cor
porations Of New York and New Jersey.
He celebrated his fifty-hrst birthday last
week. but looks fully fifteen years his own
Junior He wears his brown hair parted in
the middle. is smooth shaven, save for a
mustache, and Is one of the best-groomed
men Of the upper legislative chamber. To
discover this distinguished bachelor from
the galleries matrimonially ambitious ladies
need but look for the most amiable face
among the coterie of younger lawmakers.
In fact, he is always beaming. and some
have been cynical enough to suggest that
his chronic state OF happiness is due to his
single blessedness. Besides maintaining a
handsome home at Ursino, near Elizabeth.
N J., Senator Kean leases a pretentious
Washington mansion on the corner Of Sew
enteenth and streets, where he lives with
his sisters. He is an alumnus OF both Yale
and Columbia, but, although admitted to
the bar in early manhood, has never prac-
ticed law He was elected to the House of
Representatives when but thirty-one, was
reelected four years later, and was the
Republican nominee for Governor of New
Jersey in 1882 Some politicians attributed
the defeat OF Mr.. Kean that year to the
effect OF his dapper appearance upon the
farmer vote, but, as matter OF fact, he
led foriorn hope, New Jersey not having
been carried by the Republicans in a presi-
Dental year for two decades.
APOLLO OF THE SENATE.
Senator Penrose. of Pennsylvania, is a
bachelor. just passed forty-three. AL
though not wealthy as Senator Kean. he
possesses more than a comfortable fortune
and just such social attributes as an am
cir
Apollo In physique. standing about six feet
four, and has as broad shoulders as ever
maiden's head rested upon. He has black
curly hair. black eyes and black mustache,
high-bridged nose and dimpled chin. In
fact. ii might be said that he hath
'Hyperion's curls; the front of Jove him
self;
An eye like Mars. to threaten and COM
mand;
station like the herald Mercury"
He was graduated from Harvard at the
very head OF his class. He is an accom-
plished equestrian, popular clubman.
known good fellow socially, but
manifesting a dignified reserve-austerity.
perhaps-toward those who do not count
themselves among his innermost friends.
Moreover, he is a scion Of the Oldest and
most exclusive OF Philadelphia families.
being related to the Biddles of blue blood
and the Drexels OF wealth. He has hunted
big game, Is also an author-which latter
fact will. OF the two, be Of less import to
the socially ambitious Observation-Disclosures
The youngest bachelor senator is Alfred
3. Kittredge. of South Dakota. He is only
forty-two years old. and. what is still more
exciting. Is celebrated lawyer of Sioux
Falls. the Western city which has come to
fame for Its numerous and ready discs
pousals. In spite of the fact that the mat
rimonial yoke is less binding in Mr. Kit
tredge's sovereign State than elsewhere in
the Nation. he continues TO be skittish about
risking his neck Hereunder. but he has not
shown symptoms OF confirmed misogyny
as that displayed by Senator Kean, who has
had nine years start in the flight from Hy-
men, Senator Edttredge is a New Hamp-
shire Yankee by birth and a graduate of
Yale. where he took a course in law after
finishing the university curriculum. He is
attorney for two powerful railroads Of the
West-the Chicago. Milwaukee & st. Paul
and the Great Northern.
RICHEST CATCH IN AMERICA
BY far the greatest catch in Washington