Evening star., 1896-01-11

and Jesse were not to dine with the queens
party, but with the household
But said the general, that's your good
fortune; the household is composed of young
ladies and gentlemen of the nobility of
England, and would not this be pleasanter
for both you young men than to be at the
other table,?
"Mr. Badeau, however, contended that he
and Jesse. were not being treated properly,
and complained that it was an insult. A
moment later Jesse came in and said that
Mr.. Badeau had informed him that he was
to dine. with the household and not with
the queen, and if this was so he wanted
to go back to London and go to his ball.
He said that he had come out there to dine
with the queen and if it was mistake, he
thought he ought to be permitted to go
back to London. He wanted to know of
Gen. Grant as to whether he had lot given
the queens a dinner at the White
House when he was at Washington, and
was so earnest in his desire to return to
London that the general finally said he
would ascertain as to the truth of the re-
port. He then sent out and asked the per-
son in authority if it true that Mr.
Grant had not been invited to dine at the
queens table. The answer came back at
once. 1t was to the effect that the queen
nest certainly expected Mr.. Grant to be
one of the party at her table, and the
suit was that Jesse stayed. 1 think, my
self, that Mr.. Badeau was much provoked
at the thought tnat he not to be one
of the party at the queens table and that
this was the cause of the trouble.
Prince bismarck and Mrs. Grant.
"Hcw were you treated at Berlin, Mrs.
Grant. Did you meet the old emperor,
Kaiser Wilhelm, when you were there?'
NO. replied Mrs. Grant. 1T was just
after the emperor had been shot by would
be assassin, and though his wound was not
mortal, he could mot receive visitors. His
palace was shut off by iron chains and the
streets and pavements about 1t were cush-
ioned with hemlock bark. We were enter
tanned, however, by the crown prince and
crown princess and again by the Prince and
Princess Otto Won Bismarck. Prince Bis
marck took the general and myself to the
war chamber, where the commission was
then sitting to settle the terms of the Russo
Turkish The chamber was empty at
the time and he pointed out the chairs in
which the different commissioners sat, show
ing me his chair, that of BeacOEStieid and
others. AS he did so 1 asked him what it
was all for, and he looked at NE evidently
very much surprised at my apparent ignor-
ance. I fastened to answer that 1 knew
that it was to settle the terms of the war
between the Russians and the Turks. but I
could not see what the Germans had to do
with it. Prince Bismarck straightened him.
self up. His face at first was quite sober,
hut his mouth socn softened into smile,
and he replied: To tell you the truth,
madam, Russia has taken too much Turkey
and we are helping her to digest it,
Bismarck, the COurtier.
"Prince Bismarck was very courteous in
his Manner Mrs Grant went on. II re-
member upon our departure he walked with
me out to the carriage, and when bade him
goodbye and offered him my hand, he took
it in his, and then bending low over it, kissed
it. AS he did so l said: Now, prince, if
go back to America and the people there
learn that you have kissed my hand, every
German in America will want to kiss it,
well replied Prince Bismarck, as he
oEo6 rat her adr nirjD DsplV at NV han
which looked very small in contrast with his
great palm, well, I should not wonder at
that He then handed me into the carriage
and said goodbye
Speaking of the meeting of Prince Bis
marck and Gen. Grant," Mrs Grant went
on, Il have seen the statement that when
the two met together that the chancellor
and the general talked dogs and duck hunt
ing like two boys. This is not true. The
general has been represented by some as
being effusive In his manner at times. He
was always retired and reserved. Even in
mis- own family he was not demonstrative,
and he never was what is called hail
fellow. well met man with strangers
How Gen. Grant Wrote His State
Papers.
I here referred to Gen. Grants book, and
Mrs. Grant told me that it had already
netted almost 100000 to the family, and
that it was still selling. She said that Col.
Fred had gone over the book and revised
it, adding a great many marginal notes as
to dates and other matters, and that the
new edition, which had recently been
brought out, was much better than the
first, which had been hurriedly prepared.
1 spoke to her Of Grants wonderful lit
erary ability, and asked her If it was not
surprise even to her. She replied that 1t
was not. Said she: "Gen. Grant always
had wonderful power of expressing him
self quickly and clearly. 1t used to make
me very angry to see the papers question
whether he had written his own reports
from the war, or whether they had not
been the work of some of his literary
clerks. He wrote all of his own reports
and tnat with pen. His last report of the
war was penned in Georgetown in a house
near the reservoir there, in which we were
living at the time. Every one of his mes
sages as President was written with his
own hand, and no one ever saw them until
they were sent to be copied, or to the
printers. He wrote many of them in my
loom. coming there to be free from callers