The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-03
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BILL I'M THE SENATE
|. c~t7f2sr7sn Gebafed Senator Crane on fie Floor z7d
r. J'1 H"i ~ho
!, goardg1an in the Gallery Kept Their Secret

worked around the questions. ami r.
was not long beoIre the senator yea
l!Zed mat ne was talking to a real UoI,-
lic1an. Miss Boardman did not exhi5s,
Ine casual knowledge IL the question
"nlcn many women in Washington
nave, but demonstrated that she had
gwen the subject deep thought and
was capable Of a~nalyZing it and orner
public questions with wonderful self
poise.
This Immediately struck the senator
FOR while many women in Washinetoo
read the papers sufficiently TO acuuain.
themselves with what is going on IT.
few AXE the pains really t.
study out these questions, and coIse.
quently the scope of their analysis is
limited.
MISS BOARDMAN A CONSTANT
VISITOR.
From that time on the senator ami
Miss Josephine found other questions
or mutual interest. The found that
driving was much to their liking and
automobiling as we'll. They learned
that each liked the same road, and in
a few short weeks they We're pretty
well convinced that that they likei
each other a great deal better than
anything else. All the months of
their acquaintance had done nothing to
open their eyes to the great secret, and
President Roosevelt little dreamed
when he insisted on railroad-rate leg
islation that it would lead to the well
ding Of two of his best friends. The
bill has been absorbing the senator's
attention oVpJ. Sinco i =, r, ,o orI
long before, and having so conferred
his interests or it within the senate
chamber he DOL off his hat to Cupid
In advocate on the outside.
Miss Boardman has attended the
senate nearly afternoon for the last six
weeks. She has always sat il the di-
plOmatic gallery, and those who were
not i'll the secret-and they were le-
giOn-tOOk no notice of Senator Crane
as he frequently glanced up in that d.
rectiOn. They thought little Of it when
he would disappear from the floor and
soon afterwards enter the gallery 70
a few minutes chat; and so, with all
their tact, all their foresight, and all
the cleVerness in their laWyer-brains
that great body Of men failed to see a
pretty little game that was being play
ed right under their noses.
When the engagement was announ-
ced there was but one senator who
failed to exhibit surprise. That was
Senator Lodge, the senior senator from
Massachusetts, who blandly informed
everybody that he had known all about
it for several days. Persons in the
senate galleries could not understand
why everybody was shaking hands
with Senator Crane, while he in turn,
wholly unprepared for the deluge of
congratulations, blushed like aAschool-
boy. To all inquiries as to the date
of the wedding and details of the
ceremony. Senator Crane exhibited
the same blissful ignorance that Al
most every prospective bridegroom
does about his W wedding
SECRET WE'LL KEPT.
His colleagues were genuinely sur
prised and pleased. and n Of them
said it was a regular Crane secret. ad-
ding: And that means it was wei!
kept"
Senator Crane and Miss Boardman
became engaged in the latter part OF
May. Their wedding will take place
on July 10. at Windycliffe. Manchester
by-the-sea, Mass, the summer home Of
the Boardman family. There will be
no wedding party, as both Senator
Crane and his bride-tO-be have decided
that even the services OF a maid or
honor and best man can be dispenser
with. No invitations will be issued,
and only the immediat relatives or
the two families will see he cere-
mony.
Senator Crane will build a new home
for his bride at Dalton, Mass, which
is to be their permanent nome. Inc
senator's summer home at Windsor,
six miles out, is n of the handsomeS-
in Massachusetts. 1t is fitted up IN
old English style, and the living room
occupies the entire first floor. Inc
is lighted by electricity from
by special wires.
Miss Boardman has never met Sena-
Cranes relatives. Before h lett
washington a few days ago, u eX-
pressed her pleasure at the prospect OF
an early visit to the Senator's mother.
Mrs. Zenas Marshall Crane, at Dalton.
devotion of Senator Crane to his
mother has been one of the. consplc-
nous qualities Of the Massachusetts
Statesman. Since the death of lis
wife she has been his ~conidante n
the object of ~unceasing devotion from
him. When it was decided that the
engagement should be announced. Sen
ator Crane hurried to Dalton TO tell
the news to his mother before n
formal announcement should De nli'de
nv Miss Boardman's parents.
PROMINENT IN WASHINGTON So
Getty.
Miss Josephine Boardman h ions
been one of the conspicuous figures In
Washington society. She came mere
with her family sixteen years g
Cleveland. They built a handsome
mansion on Dupont circle
site which has since come to be
as "millionaire's row" Inc
Roardman home stands near the Letter
cd pohort Patterson mansions, II