The Winslow Mail

Characteristics

Characteristics of some great men are particularly interesting. J. Pierpont Morgan, for instance, seldom comes to Washington, but when he does his habit for a quarter of a century has been to stop at the Arlington Hotel. At the time it was proposed to interest Mr. Morgan in a proposition to tear down the old structure and to erect one of the most magnificent hotels in the country on its site, the great financier took a big block of the hotel stock upon the stipulation that the rooms reserved for him in the new hotel should be arranged in exact duplicate, and furnished in the same manner as the suite which has been at his disposal in the old Arlington for many years.

It is said that Senator Penrose who always stops at the New Willard, pays $30 a day for his rooms, and that the Senator frequently proclaims that any one who pays such fancy prices is privileged to use or abuse the furniture and surroundings as he sees fit, and that he acts accordingly. The Senator is known to be a very rich man, and as a bachelor has formed some peculiar habits, one of which is said to be that he frequently stores the half smoked butts of cigars in his trouser pockets, where they are kept handy for use.