The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-19

 Mrs. Champ Clark, wife of the speaker
 of the House of Representatives, Will l be a notable figure in Washington this winter, and 1t is by no means impossl- ' ble that she will be more notapie figure before many years.
 Mrs. Clark has always been immense | ly popular She is one of the old 1asn- toned southern women to the manner born. And if this isn't the very flower of civilization it would be hard to find any such flower
 She is an ideal hostess, and withal IS as high an authority on American pol 1 itics and affairs of state as Is her ois- tinguished husband, and to use the yer nacular, this is certainly going some With her husband not only the in- cumbent of the second highest place in the United States government, but formidable candidate for the very high est Mrs Clark will naturally fill a very large place in the social life or the ca pital.
 l 1t is no secret that she takes a very keen interest in the work of her hus-
 band, and she will be a very strong element in his further success If he should be chosen as the democratic standard bearer.
 With leap year only few weeks off. I there are indications of concerted movement of hostesses to marry off some of the eligible bachelors of of- 1 ficia1 Washington.
 Among the names which are being considered are those of Frank Hitch cock, Postmaster General, the lone bachelor of the cabinet: perennially I pleasing Captain Archie Barrett, direc- ltor- of the bureau of American repub- lies; Senator Boies Penrose of Penn sylvania, Representative Butler Ames | of Massachusetts, Lee McClung, United States treasurer; Benjamin B. Cable, assistant secretary of commerce and I labor; Prince Nicholas Koudacheff Of the Russian embassy, Count d'Adhemar, viscount d'Alte. Portuguese minister, and Count Ehrensyaard. the Swedish 1 minister
 | One of the most eligible. yet to all appearances the most adamant of of | ficial bachelors Is MT. Hitchcock. Like Senator Boies Penrose, who is bach elor so confirmed that he has been al-
 most given up, Mir Hitchcock seems to
 enjoy. himself best at stag" affairs.
 Several times since he became well
 known his name has been connected with matrimonial rumor, but the close of each recurrent season found him I still a bachelor.
 Captain Butt is the despair of all the matchmakers. Strange to say, the matchmakers in Washington are not Hound among those who have daughters of their, own to marry off. The desire lthat Captain Butt shall take a wife in l Washington is general, but tho Presi- dential aide smilingly evades all ques- tions on that score. It has been hinted that. President Taft, who has found in
 Captain Butt the. 5most congenial of daily. companions, while not exactly
 drowning on the idea of marriage for This alter ego, is more reconciled to hav- 1tnr him walt a while. Captain Butts lduties require him to accompany the l President on all his trips. to appear whenever he gives an entertainment or attends one, in short to be with him from morning until night.
 Another we'll liked bachelor is Butler Ames of Massachusetts. MT. Ames' father. Adelbert Ames, was an officer in the army, and his mother, Blanche Butler Ames, was the daughter of Ben Butler. Mr. Ames Is a millionaire and I is much in society He was popular lin the set in which Mrs. Longworth moved when in her first season as Alice Roosevelt; and like many popular bach I elor was supposed to have been a suiter | for her hand. He is still on the sunny l side of 40, and handsome and socially Il accomplished. Apparently he has no aversion whatever to feminine society, and his continued bachelorhood is pug zling to his many friends | Then there is John Barrett, one of the most eligible and most popular bach elors in washington. MT. Barrett has lbeen connected by fumor with lots of sup posed matrimonial intentions. There has not been a season for the past few years that has not been enlivened by the rumor lthat MT. Barrett intended "at last to marry. NOW 1t was a belle in Begota, then member of the American colony in London. But nothing ever came of It. MT. Barrett cultivated feminine company and seems never so happy as when play ing host or escort to the charming maids and matrons in society.
 Lee. McCluug, one of the most popular bachelors in society here. does his part lin entertaining. and his evident enjoy ment of the society of his girl friends encourages the matchmakers to hope I that he may 'fall' before the coming
 Beniamin S. Cable. the Chicago attor- lnev who succeeded Ormsby McCammor
 as assistant secretary of commerce and labor. is another attractive and wealthy bachelor. He is still under 70. was l"hones'' man at Yale. and has added
 much to the past social season here.
 Basil Miles, whom Secretary Meyer
 when postmaster general. brought from the embassy at Berlin to be superintend' snt of foreign mails, is much fsted bach