The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19


 surely fitting recognition of his emi- nent services. As Mrs. Roosevelt has the reputation of being the most hospitable mistress which the White House has ever known, the arduous tasks which have fallen to Major McCawley's lot can be imagined. #s
 According to some of his friends, he must sleep in his uniform, for he has been seen for twenty-four hours at a stretch clad in the glorious raiment of the marine corps. His constant attend ance at the White House renders his pres ence in full dress necessary. The Presi- dent, as is well-known. Is partial to all the paraphernalia which the martial line can muster
 But as said before. Major McCawley does not confine all his energy to plan ming White House amenities. Two or three times a week, at least, he is called to the aid of some hostess who wants to entertain high officials and is not certain how they should be seated around her board. He can give advice on that lins ana add finishing touches to the banquet It is said that Major McCawley can get up better menu than Senator Kean's s10,000 year chef.
 Excluded Diplomats Daughter.
 As social arbiter, the same gentleman determines each season which of the numerous candidates for popularity are really smart enough to figure at the Bachelors cotillion. This year he ex- clLded the pretty young daughter of a South American diplomat, though many members of the Bachelors did not disdain to accept her fathers lavish hospitality He Is great at getting up what is called young peoples dinners, and woe betide the belles and beaux who have offended Major Charles.
 In the matter of selecting a gown the dashing maine is without a peer There is q whisper in the social circle that 1t was whisper in the social circle that it was he who advised Mrs. Roosevelt to wear black velvet, and the mistress of the White House never appeared at better advantage than at the diplomatic dinner where she wore the regal gown of black velvet trimmed in rarc old lace and cut jet.
 Personally, Major McCawIey does not fill the popular idea of the hero He is just above medium height, of somewhat fiorid complexion and small curling brown mustache and crisp curly brown hair He is proud of his erect soldierly bearing and in regard to this tale is current that like General Corbin, he has called art to the aid of the nature and patron izes little French stay-maker who has shop on F street.
 Connected as he is with the White House, and on terms of intimacy with the pretty young daughter, 1t is only natural that Major McCawley's name should have been associated with Miss Alice in a matrimonial way. But the gossip is discredited in well-informed circles For years, 1t is declared, McCawley has cher ished a romantic regard for distinguish ed and highly gifted widow in Washing ton, and while there is not the remotest possibility of his love ending in matri- mony, the tie is too strong to permit another attachment. This lady. it may be added, is nearly twenty-five years his senior and is the daughter of an illus trious secretary of state and the widow of jurist of national reputation. This devotion. extending over many years. seems the one serious phase of Major McCawley's character.
 As to this age, well, society men never get old The Majors dark locks show streaks of grey and the top of his head displays a radiance barely covered by the curling crop. But his friends assert that he Is barely forty, and he does not act over twenty.