Evening Star Newspaper, May 26, 1929, Page 99

THE SUNDAY STAR, W \SIH’;\'CTO.\; 20. D. €, MAY Star tells us, “as he appeared in the courtroom or dashing along the Avenue upon his iron- gray horse is in the memory of dl Of late he has been somewhat of an invalid and last year, it will be remembered, he took a trip to Cuba for the benefit of his health.” Koy, who was 39 years of age, was buried from his home, on C street northwest, then numbered 388, and the remains were taken to Baltimore and interred beside those of his wife. Tha pallbearers were James M. Carlisle, Charles Lec Jones, Richard Wallach, Joseph H. Brad- ley, sr.; A. B. Upshur and Richard Weightinan. Tha dwelling in which the funeral services over Mr. Key were held was probably the former home of his father, which later bore the num- ber 308 C street. The ceiebrated author and lawyer had another son, who met a tragic death when he fought a duel with Midshipman Sherburnz of New Hampshire. A woman also figured in this case, so it is said. WHA’I‘EVEB justification, real or imaginary, which Mr. Sickies may have had, or thought he had, there was surely no cxcuse for the brutal and inhuman way in which he killed Mr. Key; for when the latter had been shot three times and was prestrate on the ground and in a dying condition, Sickles de- liberately put the barrel of his pistol to Key's temple and pulled the trigger, but somehow the cap did not explode. Of course, Sickles went free. Key was dead and could not defend himself. Sickles con- tinued in Congress until 1§61, when he joined the Army as colonel. He continued in the military service until 1869, when he retired from the Regular establishment as major gen- eral. At Gettysburg he commanded the 3d Army Corps and was awarded by Congress, October 30, 1897, a modal of honer for “most distinguished gallantry in action at Gettys- burg, Pa., July 2/1863, both before and alter the loss of a leg.” After leaving the Army, ha again’ returned :to ‘Congress, where he. served with. distinction, until he retired: a few years before his death, in 1914. i : No. 12 Jackson place was built by Mrs. James Blair, daughter ‘of Gen. Jessup. “Sh> resided’ theré until' her death, and the house 'is now occupied by : her daughter, Mrs.. Viclet . Blair Janin. ’ : Business has taken over No. 10 in this square, which has had a number of prominent tenants, among themr Nicholas' L. Anderson, father of Larz Anderson; Wiiliam 'J. Boardmarw, father of Miss Mabel Boardman and Senator Arthur P. Gorman. 4 ‘o No. 8 is now also being devoted to business. It was at oné time the residence of Admiral Alden. Later it became the home of Col. Henry R. Rathbone, who, with his fiance2, Miss Harris, daughter of ‘Senator Ira Harris of ‘'New York, accompanied President and Mrs. Linceln to Ford’s Theater on the fatal 14th of April, 1865. It was in making his escape that Booth wounded Col. Rathbone, whose mind subsequently be- came affected, resulting in another tragedy. A son and namesake of Col. Rathbone, who died a year ago, was for several years a Representa- tive in Congress from Illinois and was a most valuable friend to the District of Columbia. . Col. William L. Phillips, John R: McLean and Mrs. Green, daughter of Admiral Dahlgren, occupied No. 6 Jackson place. Maj. Gist Blair, in his article on Lafayette Square, tells us that No. 4 Jackson place was for a long time owned and occupied by Frank- lin A. Dick, a well known lawyer and pariner of his father, Montgomery Blair. The corner house, No. 2, at Pennsylvania avenue, was for a long time occupied by Peter Parker, Minister to China, and here was the early home of the Burcau of American Republics, which then Residence buil: by Cormadure Rodyers, where en attempt was made upon the life of Secretary Seward April 15, 1865. A had as its ehief William E. Curtis... Nos. 2 and 4 Jackson place are-now the library of the Carnegic Endowment for Internaticnal Peace. N the east side of Lafayette Square, south of the alley, cnce stood the heme of Com- modore John Rodgers, ‘crected in 1831. It was a large residence, with more than two dozen rocms, and the commodore, ‘finding’ its’ upkeep required more than he ‘could afford, moved elsewhere, and it be¢ame for a time a fash- jonable boarding house in which lived a num- ber of distinguished people, including John C. Calhoun, while serving as Secretary of War in President Jackson's cabinet, and Henry Clay a part of the time that he was Secretary of State for the second Adains. After ceasing to be a boarding housz, it was taken over as a clubhouse and took the name of the Washington Club. Daniel E. Sickies and Philip Barton Key belcnged to this club at the time of the tragedy mentioned, and it was in this house Key was carried in a dying condition. “The next event of importance which occurred in the house formerly on this sile was the at- tempted assassmation of Secretary Seward on the same night Lincoin was shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater. Scoward, who had Rosidence occupied by Gen. Daniel E. Sickles wien he mortally wound=d Pailip Borton Key. Vice President Colfax also lived in the same house. taken over the house for himself and family and was living there at the time, was ill in bed and occupying the south fropt room in the third story of the mansion.. His son Fred- erick -and - wife, who had retired, occupied -the adjoining room. In the room, with the Secre- tary at the time of the atiack.were his daugh- ter Fanny and a male nurse. Mrs. Seward, the mother, had retired for the night, and Maj. Seward, another son, was lying on a lounge, the better to be in readiness to later nltsve one 1929.—PART 77 * pathetic to its depssitors. ‘ office of the Depariment of Justice. - Cosmos Club. of the watchers at his father’s bedside. Lewis, Payne, who afterward was tried for his parc in the conspiracy and executed, proved to ba; the onz who made the assault cn Secretary,. Seward. : A On the night of the assault he vode.up toa} the mansion and hilched his horse to a lamp-, fost. Under the prelense of delivering a pre=, acription to the ill Secretary, Payne gained ad-, mission to the hcuse and, being confronted by Frederick Seward, proceeded to cut his way through to Mr. Seward's chamber. There ho severely slashed the Secretary, who only saved his life by rolling from the wall side of the bed on to the flocy. In addition to cutting the, Secretary scriously, he left Frederick Seward in an unconscious and heipless condition, but both the Secretary and his son spon recovered from the attack. After the inauguration of President Benjamin Harrison, when James G. Blainz was looking for a home, he s2lectad the old Seward mansion, and after making extensive repairs and im- provements moved in. As Harrison's Secretarp of State (the second iime he had been called to occupy this high office, he having previously. been in Garfield's Cabinet) he desired a resi- dence close by, and this admirably suited his needs. There, happiness and sadness were mingled together for Blaine, for there his son and almost constant companion, Walker Blaine, passed away, and there he himself died on January 27, 1893, at the age of 63. The VUnited States cwed politically but one thing to Blaine, and this was the presidency. Indeed, he was even given the nomination to this high office but defeated by Grover Cleveland in the election of 1384. In his time no man was more powerful politizally. DURING the administration of President Polk the Rodgers home was occupied by the President whilc repairs were being made to the White Hcuse, Around the corner, on the Pennsylvania ave- nue side, at the east end of the Treasury Annex, for many years stood the Freedmen’s Savings Bank Building, end of which was tragic ard It later became the The Tayloe house, the’ first: building® north of the alley on Madison piace, was erected by Benjamin Ogle Tayloe, and had as occupants Admiral Paulding,” Vice * Presidens Gurret .a. . Hobart, Senator Marcus A. Hanna, Senator Don Cameron and was: the birthplace of Lilly Ham- mersley, who in after life became the Dowager Duchess of Marlboro. It is now owned by th2 Its original - owner, B2njamin Ogle ‘Tayloe, was the first president of th> Association of Oidest Inhabitants, the cffice he held until his death, in 1868. The two intervening hcus:s which formerly- stood betwzen th2 Tayloe hous> and th2 Doliy- Madison house. at the corner, were onec? oceupied by Willilam Windcm, Secretary of the Treasury- - They ‘are now &, and Col. Rcbert G. Ingersoll.- part of the Cosmes Club. 100 Much Romiance " Contnued from Seventh Page. drabness of life. . Certainly the women_that he writes of are more like lovely automata molded in day-dreaming than everyday creatures of fiesh and blood. They are rarely the efficient, independent, practical women of today. Each one is as exquisite and as beautiful as a paint- ing. It is said by many ecritics that Herges- heimer brings the painter's eye to lterature. P:rhaps the fact that he began his career in that role may have much to do with the exotiz and romantic quality of his writing. At the age of 17 he entered the Philadelphia Academy of the Fine Arts to study painting. He was not very persistent or conscientious about it, and when at 21 he inherited some money he gave up his art work to travel through Italy. He lived there until his funds were gone and was forced to return home. Later he embarked on a walking tour, and it was then that he met o woman novelist who asked his aid in proofreading her manuscript. He disliked her story and decided that he could do better him- self. He retired to a village in the Virginia mountains and wrote constantly without any success. It was not until 14 years later that he scid his first tale, “The Lay Anthony.” THE fact that it took Hergesheimer 14 years to reach his goal was due to his persistent ignoring of what the market wanted. He was an ariist and not a tradesman. "And yet, by following his own artstic inclinations, he has now come out far above many who made it a business to follow the market. Mr. Hergesheimer is a passionate collector of antiqu:s and spares neither time nor expense to hunt down the things he wants or that have caught his fancy. He loves beautiful things, beautiful furniture, pictures, rugs and statuettes, He dresses with carefu! and meticulous elegance, loves beautiful neckites—owns hundreds of them, cut especially for him- from material sclecied by himself—and siik handkerchiefs. ‘He plays an excellent game of golf, is inter- ested in horse racing, fishing and sailing, dogs—- Airedales are his favorite breed—and like poker, But he does not care for crowds in any form. He rarely goes to New York City and seldom attends the theater. The novelist lives in an old and beautiful colonial home, in West Ch-ster, Pa., called the Dower House, which is famed for its early American furniture and antiques. This is pre- «ided over by a charmingz wife, of whom Herges- heimer sp-aks with fondness. After. 22 years of married life, this man, who believes that ro- mance should be eliminatzd from matrimony, does not hesita’e warmly to recommend it to avery one. . “The man who do=s not marry and who thinks that more joy and bliss are to be de- rived from bachelorhood is a fool. Granted that it means responsibilitics, troubles and a@- justments, yet the pleasure and the happiness it can give, particulaily in later years, more than make up for it. It is only in marriags that one can ccmpletely give oneself; that all the fine feeling and affection can develop. Spiritual closeness, montal companionship and deep loyally come only after one has lived with a person for years. Even a passable marriage is better than bachelorhood. “Any marriage can be successful if it is con- sciously planned apd if the partners are not too greatly izabued with romantic ideas as to what it shou'd b2 like, 6] THINK, wh:n ysu come down to it, that what 2 man really wants from marriage is comfort. H> wants a wife who will attend to his needs and who will manage his house and children properly. If she possesses a semse of humor, he may consider hmself fortunate. Such a woman isn't likely to be suspicious of his every move, and shi= will not imagine the worst if he looks &t another woman. She has the ability to sce thirgs and people in their relative values. - And yet another thing the man wan’s,” twinkled the author, “is flattery. No matter how clever a fcllow he may be, he will just bask in fattery. If the woman will give him plenty cf {t, there won't be a thing she can't get from him. I know, for 1 love it myself,” he grinned. “One of tne things hc himself can do to make her happy is to give her a $200 bill— when he has fi—io spend on herszlf. Don% call her a spendthrift or flighty or extravagant if she spends your monesy cn a cress for horself, That's where she should spand i 4 lovely dress, at any price what:ver, is wise ! any econ- omy. It is money well inves.e.. With a new dress on she will bz a diiferent woman. Haven't you ndticed how much’ brighter and gayer he~ mood will be? How much b=tier sh> will feel? I think “that feminia> vanity in clothes is the most valid of vanities. Thare is no greater treat, after a da work, than to have onc's wife greet one bicoming’y med and delight- fully perfunmicd. “What is more, every wife his o meoet with a man’s tendency to go alter some ‘cutie.’ And a great deal of heor su-cess in keeping him at the hearthplace will deperd on her own at- tractiveness. 1If. in = ols tience and keeps h-r s -he’ll leave her only under “A great love isn't band and wife. I° cnly d of the ralationshinp and is likely to structive to marriag: itself. Th> thing is that marriaze should b> fine physical fitncss. In the emn there will devclop a frelfnz of = will be as poignant and as ’ tic love.” bz de- essential >d on - a » of time * tion that (Copyr.ght, 1039.)