The Washington critic., 1886-09-11

THIS State have recently been visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Spencer Trask at their
elegant residence, "Yaddo," on the
road to the lake at Saratoga.
The cottage people at Saratoga are
still giving entertainments. | hear
through private sources. There was a
surprise party given at the residence of
Mrs. Ellis, TO which every one went in
fancy costume, last week,
Mrs. Barclay has given two com.
merce parties since the first of this
month at the residence OF her mother,
Mrs. Rugglos.
DOM PIATT.
A private letter from the West tells
me that Colonel Dom Piatt, who was
dangerously i'll few months back, has
spent most OF the summer with his
wife at ST. Clair Springs, Michigan,
where the baths have greatly benefited
him. lie Is now again at his home,
Mac-o check, Ohio, where he aud his
wife five years ago built an elegant
stone house, which is finished inside
and decorated like city mansion.
They employed very talented artist
to paint the walls and ceilings for
them.
MIR. AND MRS. HAYES
are this week attending an army re.
union at Portsmouth, Ohio, and from
there Mrs. Hayes and her only daugh.
ter, Miss Fannie, who is now full.
fltdged young lady, and has finished
her schooling, will go to Lexington.
KY, to make visit to relatives who
live there. Most of Mrs. Hayes rcla.
tions live in Kentucky.
MIR. TYLER At TEN PINS.
In connection with what is gener.
ally mentioned as "the truly demo.
cratic manner" in which President
Cleveland has been amusing himself
during his summer outing, the follow;
ing as to how one of his Democratic
predecessors, Mr.. Tyler, whiled away
his vacation, becomes of interest. In
August. 1Si3, paragraph In the New
York Herdld said. "The President of
the United States has been at the
White Sulphur Springs, and in the
most democratic manner played at
bowls in the ten pin alley. He is said
TO be the champion of the alley"
PORTRAITS OF PRESIDENTS WIVES.
have seen an extract from a Wash.
ington letter recently which asserts
that there are portraits of Mrs. Grant
and Mrs. Madison among those of
Presidents wives in the White House
at Washington. Mrs. Grant told me
when saw her in June at Long Branch
that she had never had portrait
painted, and her remark was reply to
mine, that there ought to be In the
Presidents House portraits Of the
wives of all the Presidents. Mrs. Grant
did not seem to think that, even to aid
In completing that collection, she could
conquer her aversion to sitting for her
portrait, though she did not say posi-
lively that she would not do so. The
only portraits of ladies have ever seen
among the permanent ones in the
White House are those of Martha
Washington, Mrs. Tyler, Mrs. Polk
and Mrs. Hayes.
But believe there are portraits in
existence of the wives OF most of the
Presidents, and have always thought it
a pity that II the originals can not be
secured copies should not be painted
by good artists for the White House.
| Mrs. Samuel Gouverneur has, at her
residence In Washington, a fine portrait
of President Monroe's wife, painted in
France when her husband was Minister
there. There used to be one of Mrs
John Quincy Adams in the house SC
long owned by his sons widow (whc
| died about 1879, on the corner of Six
teenth and | streets, and, l suppose,
when the property went into other
hands the portrait was secured by
some member of the Adams family
who, also, doubtless, have portrait o.
John Adams wife, Abigail, to whom
he was married over sixty years Good
copies of these could certainly be Sc
cured for the walls of the Executive
Mansion, and | wish some one in q
position TO do 50 would make a move
In that direction,
EARLY NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE.
saw copied in The CRITIC recently
from an article on New York news
papers an account Of "the specia
newspaper train service" and how tht
New York HerdM started delivering it
issues to different points by fast trains
before any other newspaper haC
thought Of doing it, or had the money
to venture in the enterprise. But the
article did not mention how early tn
Herald began getting its paper in aheaC
of the mails and all other newspapers
at Saratoga, for instance. have how
ever found something which throw
light upon this. In a bound volume o
the Weekly HeraM for the year 1913
which have lately seen, there are
number Of letters from Saratoga, on
of which, dated there July IS, 1913
mentions the following as something
remarkable: "On my appearance II
Broadway early this morning / foun
one of your newsboys with the Uera,
of yesterday morning. This is at leas
seven hours earlier than | would hav
received it by mail. On inquiry
learned that the paper arrived by ey
press from Troy at twelve last night
So your agent here shows mos
commendable spirit of enterprise. A
least 100 copies were sold in half a
hours time"
1t was also recorded by the SAN
writer earlier that season that tn
Herd}d's agent, Lewis, ran an expires
nightly from Troy after the arrival q
the day boat from Albany, $50 that W
have" continued the correspondent
1.-THE Horad here the day, or rathe
the night, of its publication. 1t wa
then thought very wonderful that
paper published in New York coul
get to Saratoga in less than twenty-for
hours after 1t was issued from th
press, whereas now the New Yor
papers are sold there daily at 10 q. IL
on the day of their publication.
BAGGAGE sMAsHERs
have been doing better business th
summer than ever before; that Is I
say, they have made their work MOI
thorough and eiIectual. ! have hear