The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-15


Washington, d. c., May il.
The contributions of Speaker Reed
to the worlds epigrams go steadily
on. A few evenings ago Mr.. Joseph
Fl. Choate, of New York, and Senator
Edward o. Wolcott, of Colorado, were
his dinner guests. Mr.. Choate took
in his life won or lost money at any
game Of chance, with cards or other
wise. 81 wish could say as much, !"
interrupted Senator Nolcott. "Well,
why don't you. Wolcott," drawled out
the big Speaker; "Choate does"
Major Jack Hayes, of the United
States Army, who may go to Cuba
with Gen. Fitzhugh lee, Consul
General to the Island, was here few
days ago. He was talking of the days
when Col. William It. Cody, Buffalo
BILL was employed by him as scout
on the plains at a salary of sixty-five
dollars month. When Col. Cody went
to England he was doubtful as to the
outcome, but was joyful over what
really did happen. So he wrote
often to Major Hayes, telling him of
his good luck; saying in one letter
that he had never expected when he
was getting sixty-five dollars a month,
to be earning SO much money as he
then was. He spoke of one perform
ance saying: II had three Kings this
afternoon to see me. and they were
more profitable to me by far than the
three kings / held when you and i
were together in the West"
When President Cleveland went fish
ing the other night, after his tangle-
up in his carriage, nobody knew he
had gone. He went TO a quiet little
pond near Leesburg, Va, and sat on
the bank good part of the day. The
gentleman who sat by him waited for
him to set the pace in the conversation,
but he made very few remarks. Fin
ally, he said, after landing a good
club: did those newspaper fellows.
catch on TO me this morning? Have
sou seen the papers," His compan-
ion replied No: they think you are
ut Woodley." After a pause of a mo-
ment or so. the President resumed:
:.Well, about the only thing | minded
in connection with the accident was
the cutting up of my new set of har-
ness to get the horses extricated.'
Since an enterprising resident Of
Washington's Chinatown started
sure-enough Oriental restaurant, the
relations between the otherwise far
away mandarins of the Flowery King
dom's legation have somewhat changed
toward their lower caste countrymen
who inhabit the National capital, Min
lister Yang-Yu's secretaries and at
taches dearly love a dinner served in
the style of their own land, and they
often patronize the eating-piace here
spoken of. There they are treated
with the great distinction that be-
comes their rank, but they are wise
enough to appreciate that conditions
are different in this free country, and
accordingly they occasionally stop to
chat with the proprietor and to play
with his children, things they would
not dream of in China. A great en-
ioyment. too, of the legation people
consists i'm riding on the cable-cars,
and il is a common sight to see some
times a dozen of them seated in a grip
car laughing and talking in an ami
mated way. Mr.. Yang-Yu is popular
in society, and is particularly liked
by the women for his habit OF taking
his quaint little wife to all official
functions.
This delicious spring weather is
bringing many visitors to Washing
ton, and the White House appears TO
be their Mecca. Since Mr.. Cleveland
resumed his tri-weekly receptions for
the benefit Of the general public. after
an interim of nearly two years sus-
pension. the number of those who GO
to the White House for sight seeing
has increased greatly. The receptions
seldom take up more than half an
hour, and the President seems 10 en-
joy shaking hands with everybody.
The stranger sees in the East room
on reception days all sorts and con
ditions, from the wealthy young cou-
pie on their wedding-trip TO the old
uncle or nanny from Virginia, and
the s'hobo" is not infrequently in eVi-
dence. One may watch the effect Of
the presence of greatness upon those
i'm every walk of life. One of the mark.
ed characteristics of the majority OF
those who shake hands with the Pres
ident is that they rarely look hin
straight in the face. and the intend
ed little speech is frequently forgot
ten in the shyness of the moment Those
who attend these leyees range in mum
Der from two hundred to five hundred
and are sometimes much more numer
Gus. as was the case during the holi
day season. W.E.CHRISTIAN.