Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1895 — SOME NOTED WIDOWS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SOME NOTED WIDOWS.

WELL-KNOWN WOMEN WHO LIVE AT WASHINGTON. Society Has No Attractions for Mrs. James G. Blaine—Mrs. Nellie GrantSartoris, Mrs. Harriet Lane Jobn•on, and Mrs. Phil Sheridan. Many Who Are Interesting. Washington is not the only Mecca toward which the eyes of all the politicians turn, but it is the goal of the

hopes of many fair women, whose names are known over the Union. Perhaps the best known of the women in Washington ;is Mrs. Blaine, the widow of the late Secretary , of State under President Harrison. Her home is a large

brick on a fashionable avenue, and its Interior is furnished in handsome style with warm tli and luxury. Mrs. Beale, who was Hattie Blaine, spends most of her time with her mother, and young James Blaine, who is a law student at

the University of Virginia, also manages to pass a great deal of his time at his mother’s home. Mrs. Nellie Grant-Sartoris has a lovely home. It is of white carved stone, and has all the interior work of oak, while tlie polished floors are covered with rich rugs, and the whole house is decorated in the light, cozy modern style. Mrs. Sartoris is believed to be quite wealthy. There have been many rumors of her marriage, but these reports are believed to be without any foundation at all. Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnson’s house is a large brick of yellow tint, it having been remodeled last year when she bought it. A good many years ago Mrs.

Johnson, as Miss Lane, was the fair mistress of the White House under the administration of her uncle, Buchanan. She lives almost alone, having no one with her, except a niece. Perhaps Mrs. Phil Sheridan is one of the prettiest of the young widows at the capital. She is a tall woman with

a slight, graceful figure, dark hair combed back from a high brow, brown eyes, and a small head well poised on a straight pair of shoulders. She isslender and youthful in appearance, being a child when married, about nineteen years ago.

nnd is a woman of fine manners and attractive presence. Her home is a brick standing alone in a square, and the interior is cut up into queer corners and full of interesting souvenirs of her famous husband. There are four children. No one has ever succeeded in winning the heart of the charming widow, and it is likely that she will always be Mrs. Phil Sheridan to the American Nation. Mrs. John A. Logan has a lovely oldfashioned home in the suburbs of the city, and the house is in the center of a

big yard full of flowers. In one part of the house is a hall full of medals, flags, and hundreds of other souvenirs of the dead statesman, and it is a veritable treasure house. Mrs. Logan is a handsome woman, with a line, intellectual face, and a wealth of gray hair, which is worn high on her shapely head.

MRS. BLAINE.

MRS. BLAINE’S RESIDENCE.

WHERE MRS. SHERIDAN LIVES.

MRS. SHERIDAN.

HOME OF MRS. JOHNSON.