The San Francisco call., 1895-12-01
Happy Household of Spain's Rep
resentative at Wash.
ington.
GOSSIP ABOUT THE LEGATION.
The New Residence of DR.. Talmage
to Be Rented This
Winter.

can court, ard he has Just moved into a
| new and beautiful house in the fashionable
part OF the city. Senior Dupuy de LONE
has been in this country in the capacity of
Minister only since June, and, as the old
legation was not at all to his taste, he has
found one that will enable him to keep up
the proper dignity of his country.
Madame Dupuy de LONE is very beau
tiful woman. of the real Spanish type,
with round figure, lovely face from
which two big dark eyes look out under a
white brow from which the black hair is
| becomingly combed. She is an accom-
| plished linguist, and the happy mother of
| two handsome boys, one of about IL and
the other 9. Senor Dupuy de LONE is
very young-looking man for his age,
which is A. but to look at him one would
not think him more than 33. He is fine
| looking, ACCOMPLISHED, and very deter
mined in his ways, his manners being
| quick and nervous. He is great student
and spends much time on astronomy, a
science in which he is instructing his two
boys. The troubles with Cuba and the
necessity of keeping sharp lookout for
| the friends in this country who might
smugge arms to the insurgents are giving
the Minister great deal to do and his post
| is by no means an easy one to I'LL with dig
nifty ana satisfaction. The legation is
| handsomely furnished and will be presided
over by the Madame, who was many years
| ago in this city, when her husband was act
| ing as secretary to the Minister a good
while ago. The opening of Congress-
which will be this week, will likely bring
matters to a crisis, as far as our interest in
the matter is concerned, and this proceed
| ing is being watched with a great deal of
| inf hu hn cfn frOo
The Minister from Portugal, Senor
| Sequiera de Thedim, who was quite i'll for
some time, is now well, and it is ex-
pected that he will soon leave on trip to
his native land.
| Now that the cold weather has come
| and all OF the officials are in the city, and
! Congress is about to meet, the town looks
| quite lively, for the hotels are full of new
members and the hearts of the boarding
house keepers are glad. There are so
many new mem herS this year that it will
be some time before they get acquainted
among themselves, but it is likely to be
| lively winter, for all of the big men are
settled and politics will be hot. The Sher-
mans are at their beautiful white stone
house and living very quietly and the
wife of the Senator says that he has no
political aspirations. Senator Quay of
| Pennsylvania is settled in his home,
which was just finished last winter, and,
though it is a fine mansion, yet he never
| does any ntertaining, and his family live
in most quiet style. The homes of the
prominent Senators are all open and the
legations prepared for the winter.
| The house which was recently purchased
by the Rev. DIR. Talmage, the famous
| Brooklyn divine, has been repainted and
is now light green tint, while the interior
has been remodeled and freshly papered.
| The place will be rented out by DR.. Tai.
| h.,
winter. AT present Talmage and his two
daughters are living at the Arlington Ho-
| tel.
Congressman Barham of California is in
the city and SO also is his colleague, j John
son, the latter being most anxious that a
new White House be erected, as he thinks
the present one too small for the dignity of
the American Nation. He will no doubt
present a bill for this. purpose during the
| session of Congress- and it is to be hoped
that his ideas will be acted upon, for the
executive mansion is entirely too small,
and the private residence of the President
should be separate from the public offices
of the President.
The Minister from Russia, Kotzebue, is
expected to reach town some time this
month, and the legation of Russia, which
is now shut up, will be opened. Kotzebue
will not bring his wife on at the same
time that he reaches here, but she will
bly, be over some months later. As
the Russian legation has been tor some
time without any hostess it is hoped that
| the Minister will soon be joined by his
wife.
A daughter of Senator German was mar
ried this week to young Mr.. Johnston of
this city. The Germans live very quietly
| in brick house near TO the home of
| Mrs. Secretary Carlisle and go but little in
society. Another OF the daughters is to
| be married during the month OF December.
Senator Brce's family are expected to
occupy the beautiful home Of which they
hoiC the lease. 1t is the house which was
the home of the late w. W. Corcoran, the
great philanthropist, and ii is regarded as
one of the most posing residences in the
city. 1t is magnitcently furnished in
palatial style and full of curios and gem
like ornaments from Europe. In the dining
room is q buffet of carved wood that
rises from the floor to the ceiling, and on
it is glittering service of gold that is the
wonder of all visitors. Now that Brice
has been defeated it is likely that he will
give up his lease except for this win
ter. If SO he will be much missed
here, for last winter he spent fabulous
sums on entertainments, and his affairs
were always regarded as the handsomest of
any in town. He paid large sums for the
music, and would import musicians from
New York in order to play for few hours.
Mrs. Hearst, mother of Editor Hearst of
the Examiner and the widow of the late
Senator Hearst, is back from her trip to
Europe and has opened her home in this
city. The Hearst house is beautiful one
of brownstone and is furnished in exqui-
site taste and in a style in keeping with
the wealth of the owner. Mrs. Hearst has
collected great many valuable antiques
and has a fine collection of rare china,
besides many other priceless things
IN jewels and laces. She is very
prominent in charitable work, as
well as in the social world, and is regarded
as one of the leading ladies at the capital.
She is ever ready to help in any good work
and kindergartens of the city are much
indebted to her kindness.
The fact that her suit has been advanced
on the calendar of the Supreme Court, and
that it will as a consequence be tried with
in a few weeks, is a great cause of con-
graduation to Mrs. Stanford, who was on
few weeks ago in order to hasten its trial.
The case will be watched with interest by
all Washingtonians, for It is only a short
while since the home of the Senator from
California was the most hospltable in
town, and the sums he spent on entertain
ing were immense. He thought nothing of
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