The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-30
GOSSIP IN
WASHINGTON
Letter from the Federal
Capital.
.L|L|UOKALAN|' PLANS
News Notes Picked Up by Close
Observer of the Passing
Show.

WASHINGTON, Dec. s (By maiD.-
Liliuokalani is still keeping house in
this city and is quietly entertaining
her Hawaiian friends and visitors.
The malady from which she is suffer
ing makes slow progress and this in
clines her to return to her Honolulu
home as soon as possible. 1t is not un-
likely that she will leave Washington
after the holidays, taking the South
ern route to San Francisco and arriv-
ing at home about February 1st.
Roberts the Mormon.
(Which is Roberts," and do you
know which gallery Miss Roberts is
in?' were questions asked by nearly
every woman who occupied seat in
the gallery Of the House during the
first two days of the session of Con-
gress. Admission was by card, and
never were there SO many women in
the House gallery before, and every
one of them had a personal interest in
the Roberts case. An amusing thing
about the affair was that until Roberts
spoke in his own behalf, Senator
Pritchard, of North Carolina, who was
on the floor of the House both days,
after the adjournment of the Senate,
who is enough like Roberts to be his
twin brother, was pointed out as the
husband of three wives about as often
as Roberts was, and if he doesn't have
some of his hair cut off he is likely to
keep on being pointed out as Roberts
until public interest dies out. Miss
who is a handsome young
woman, and devoted to her father and
his interests, occupied seat in the
members gallery both days, but as
she was known to very few she suf-
fered no annoyance. Mr.. Roberts is a
good talker, but the best talker on
earth could not save his seat, which
has been demanded by the women of
the country-what the women Of this
demand they always get.
Our Senators.
BY unanimous consent the Hon.
Chauncey NJ. Depew has been declared
% be the most self-satisfied man, in
appearance, in the Senate. He looks
as happy as a kid with christmas in
MS bones" as he beams upon every
body with gorgeous smile that would
make the fortune of a goldbrick ar
ist Owing to the location of their |
seats, 6. facetious newspaper man has |
dubbed Senator Depew and his grim |
ooking colleague, Senator Platt, Of |
New York, "the end men of the Sen |
lte" Senator Depew enjoys another |
listinction-he has the longest biOgra- |
,hy in the new Congressional direct |
ry.
He is a Duke.
The only genuine lord in the business |
If news gathering in this cOuntry-the |
Duke of Manchester. who is reputed |
O draw $4,000 a month as member of |
he staff of one of the yelloWest of the |
elbow Journals of New York-was in
Washington this week, to write some |
pieces" for his paper about Congress.
lie looks as though he were a little bit
shamed of trafficking on his title, but
he men who draw less money but
now a heap more tried to make him
eel that it was the man who paid |
i'm that ought to be ashamed. The
Oung man appears to go on the prin-
iple that everybody knows who he is,
ince he only writes one word upon
he register of the hotel he patrOniZes
Manchester"
A Coming Event.
Colonel Francis Michler, one of the
lost popular officers on the staff OF
,eneral Miles, who is also member
f the Metropolitan and Chevy Chase
ilubs, is receiving congratulations on
he announcement Of his engagement
D Miss Marion Lowry, daughter OF
ne late Commodore Lowry, one OF the
rettiest and most popular girls in the
rmy and navy set. The wedding will
e in January.
A Congress sional Detective. !
Representative Thomas, of Iowa, be-
ewes in every man being his own
and when one of the
ght-fngered fraternity snatched a
aIuabIe diamond stud from his shirt ,,
ont. as he was leaving the Capitol.
a crowd, Mr.. Thomas put his beliet | !
ITO practice by chasing and catching
le thief and compelling him to return ,,
le diamond.
Dewey's Pew. :
The Deweys went over to New York :
is week. but before going the Adj