The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-10

once a newspaper man, always
newspaper man." has passed into prov
erb, and II we analyze the charm OF the
calling. Of which this Is proof, we Will,
perhaps, find that one OF It's chief tn
gradients Is tho. easy access which It
gives to- persons OF real interest. Through
It, intercourse usually gained by long
ladder OF circunstances, Is reached at
a single bound. A card with the name
Of we'll known paper printed In the
corner Is q magic key opening many
doors, and however poor the experienced
Journalist may be In stocks and bonds.
{ he is m,llti-tnillionaire in acquaintance
and interesting memories.
ip Searching among these we come TO
delightful interviews covering number
of years, with tho late Mrs. Williams, OF
Washington, tho wife Of General Robert
Williams whose brilliant bellehood as
the beautiful Addie Cuts" was a.bbre-
Waited by an early marriage to Stephen
A. Douglas. the Little Giant OF the
West"
II Mrs. Williams was tho granddaughter
OF Anna Payne, Dolly Mndison's Sister
child" who accompanied her on her we'd
/ ding journey to Montpelier and lived
with her until her own marriage at the
White House in 1904 to Hon. Richard
Cults, member Of Congress from Maine.
sto had, by the way, n painting Of this
lady by Gilbert Stuart, the value. OF
which was enhanced by likeness OF the
artist himself. Anna, who was brilliant
and clever. and a great favorite with
him. remarked during one OF her sittings
that It was q pity he had no portrait OF
himself, upon which he declared that
4 no would paint his likeness with hers
Ho accordingly outlined his profile In the
8draperies. anticipating modern puzzle
pictures, and mcrrily car1catured the nose.
~ In Mrs. Williamss P Street home there
were, indeed, many objects associated
with her own and a more distant past, ns
Healy's portrait Of herself, taken In the
flush OF youth an another by a French
artist, who, seeing her at his Washing
ton studio, was so charmed with her
beauty that he prevailed upon her to!
give him sittings. Her father afterwards
discovered that he was exhibiting this
portrait In Baltimore for money. and
hurrying there he bought 1t and returned
with 1t home
Mrs. WILLIAMS had also a, valuable col
lection OF paintings and statuary pur-
chased by Mr.. Douglas abroad; gowns
and jewels worn by Dolly Madison and
stuarts portrait and an ivory miniature
OF that lady. which were aids to Mr.. An <
drews. former director OF tho Corcoran
School Of Art, in his beautiful full
White House. To portrait Of her
father, James Madison Cults, second
COMPTROLLER OF the currency under Mon
roc, Mrs. Williams would point with the
laughing comment that he was "a gay
bladc in his day. while the beautiful
painting Of Payne Todd Mrs. Madlson.s
unworthy son.sto pay whose debts Mont
pelcr was sold. and whose name was the
last upon his dying mothers lips, opened
a flood gate OF recollec tions.
Mrs. Williams remembered her distin-
guished aunt, having often gone with
her mother as child to tho levees when
she gave after her return to Washington
as a widow, while living OF what Is
now the Cosmos clubhouse, near Lafay-
cite Square. These levees she Described
as like the modern teas where people
came and went. eossipped little and
81, 81, !. IN va nlaca to others. owe Of the