The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-16
SENATE BACHELOR
 QUARTET IS GONE One of the Eligibles Is De-
 prived of His Seat NOW BACHELOR TRIO Burton of Ohio, Penrose of Pennsyl- vania and Bandagee of Con-
 necticut-All Would Make
 Good Husbands
NOW BACHELOR TRIO
By JONATHAN WINFIELD

Washington April 15.-tSpecial. .)-Thc
 famous bachelor quartette of the United States Senate is no rnore-at least 1t is
 no longer a quartette. Fate and the de- cree of the voting population, or more particularly the voting population Of New Jersey, has robbed that most au- gust body of one of the eligible ones, the Hon. John Kean, who retired to private l life on March after having escaped the
 matrimonial lariat for 59 years, 12 of | which were spent In the United States Senate and the society of Washington,
 where every effort Is made to transform the bashful bachelor into a benedict.
 Senator Kean, however, successfully | frequently reported that he was about
 to be ensnared, and has now returned to mosquito land' as free and unham-
 pered of lovely woman as when first te
 essayed to become a politician.
 There is still bachelor trio in the l United States Senate. This trio is made up of the Hon. Theodore E. Burton of Ohio the Hon. Boise Penrose of Penn 1 sylvania, and Hon. Frank B. Bandagec | of Connecticut all of them republicans and each with a good, strong grip upon | his seat In the Senate and likely to rt- main there for some years to come.
 whether they continue in the state of single heSsedness or take unto them selves life partners. Moreover, equal I suffrage has not made any inroads in
 the states which they represent and | sc nf from | their political posts by use of the female l ballot
 Of course 1t would be considered too
 much of a personal matter to discuss | the reasons why this trio of illustrious statesmen have seen fit, If any of them really have reasons to dodge the matri- | monial yoke and the burdens and re- I responsibilities of maintaining a family, but 1t Is not improper to point out their
 availability and the qualities which they
 possess each for becoming husband.
 Senator Burton has sidestepped the ad- | vances of the ladies now for more than 1 sixty years, and those who know him best regard his case as utterly hopeless
 ard believe that he Is destined to go on I to the end of his career in the solemnity and solitude of an unmarried man. Why
  come enamored of some fair charmer
 those who most enjoy his confidence I have never been able to ascertain, and I they have too much regard for his feel i irgs to broach the subject to him. A
 master of tact and diplomacy, an enter | taining conversationalist of surpassing
 originality, and possessing all the at | tributes which go to make happy and 1 contented married man, the Ohio Sena- l f4,- ie nrf1f n ri q a n when he is in the company of women. Nevertheless he is almost nightly the dinner guest of some select company where there are ladies present. Not in- | frequently the hostess assigns him to
 escort some clever woman to the festal
 board. and the Senator Is always able | to carry out the obligation imposed, but it Is not to his liking.
 So courteous are his manners, how
 ever. that the fair one is never aware
 of the embarrassment and discontinue
 which her proximity Is causing the dis
 tinguished statesman. Perhaps Senator Burton has never had time for love
 making. for he Is a very busy man and
 has no idle moments. He is an invet-
 crate reader and student of deep subjects. l He is authority on finance and upon
 waterways as well as upon other sub i jects and has written numerous books including financial treatises and histori-
 cal works. He is also a linguist but
 withal devotes himself unceasingly to
 to the affairs of state.
 More hopeful. however. is the case rf 1 Senator Penrose He Is tall. handsome.
 and a perfect physical specimen of man
 hood. But Penrose is by natural bent a politician. Since he attained manhood | he has lived in an atmosphere of politics and conditions and circumstances have I forced him into leadership in his own state. where the whole machinery of the commonwealth is responsive to his slightest command. He must be a busy I man who manages the affairs of great | state like Pennsylvania, even to tho
 most minute detail of its political organ
 izstion, and Penrose has therefore had | little time to give to the sentimental side of life. But he is the sort of man
 whom most any young girl possessing a
 modicum of human intelligence would | really take to. He possesses all tho
 manly qualities and moreover is a mao Of considerable wealth. Social matters, however. give him little or no concern. He would prefer to go fishing than courting whenever he has respite from duties of statesmanship and politics. Senator Penrose is now the leader of the United States Senate and is so rec ognized under the new organization which has placed him at the head of the committee of finance. and debutantes here will have to throw out tempting
 bait if they catch this willy bachelor. The most eligible and probably the one most likely to be entrapped Is the Hon Frank Brandagee. Like Penrose, he too is handsome. and what most girls would declare to be the proper sort. He does not avoid the society of women, but re- vels in it. but he is too foxy to permit any of the fair ones to throw the net over his head. He Is gallant and but little past 45. So there is chance for Brandagee If the right one comes along, for his colleagues do not regard him as immune from the wiles of cupid.