The Chilhowee echo. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1899-19??, 1900-03-31
Washington Letter


years have passed since there was a
grand ball in the White House. Con-
sequently the announcement that the
President and Mrs. Mckinley would
give one in the near future as part OF
the festivities connected with the be-
trothal of Miss Mabel Mckinley, niece
of the President, to Mr.. Baer, has fur
nished society with a bit of pleasant
gossip and aroused the anticipations OF
all those who have reason to expect in
vitations.
1t is far cry from Shakespeare to
progressive euchre, but one followed
the other on successive evenings this
week, in the spacious drawing-rooms of
Senator and Mrs. Cushman X. Davis.
The Shakesperian recital-Julius Ca-
sar-was by Mr. Marshall Darrach, OF
New York, and at its close the guests
were furnished buffet supper in the
dining-room. The euchre party was
given for the benefit of the National
Homeopathic Hospital, and was attend
ed by about two hundred of the most
prominent men and women in Washing
ton society.
Secretary and Mrs. Gage are strictly
up to date in their entertainments, al
though they haven't gone in for any
thing big. They gave box party at a
theatre this week, taking their guests,
among whom were Mrs. Stanley Brown,
Miss Mary Barber, Miss Mabel McKin-
ley, and Mr.. Vanderslip, Assistant Sec
rotary of the Treasury, to and from the
theatre in automobiles.
An intellectual party assembled at
Belmont" the palatial resid ance OF
Mr., and Mrs. A. L. Barber, one after.
noon this week, to hear an exposition
of Schiller's ballad, 1.-THE Diver" by
Mrs. John w. Hoyt. Preceding the
exposition, which was read by Mr..
Keplsr HoEt en- Of The aptlor : t, cs4i's
latioh u 70 Ballad was read by Mrs.
Warren, wife of Senator Warren, and
Mrs. Lentz, wife of Representative
Lentz, gave some of the finest passages
in German.
Hon. Don NJ. Dickinson, who was
Postmaster-General in the Cleveland
Cabinet, is in Washington in connec-
ton with case before the Supreme
Court. He has the same smile, the
same whiskers, and a few more pounds
of flesh, but time deals gently with him,
and he doesn't look a day older than
when he was a resident of Washington.
But his friends say that he is consider
ably richer, and that his income is
growing larger all the time.
Capt. Charles w. Filler, of the Penn
sylvania Bureau, has been thoroughly
convinced that the world is after all
very small place. Last summer, while
workmen were engaged in tearing up
an old floor in Washington Hall which
was once used as skating rink a work
man found a pin of the Phi Delta Theta
fraternity with "Frederick Funston"
engraved on the back. Capt. Filler
learned of the incident and it occurred
to him that the pin might be the prop
erty of Gen. Fred Funston, the Kansas
swimming fighter. He wrote to Gen.
Funston describing the pin and how
and where it was found, and in due
time received an answer saying that
the pin was unquestionably one lost by
Gen. Funston in Alaska several wears
ago and requesting him to secure it
and forward to Gen. Funston, who is
now in the Philippines This he did.
Gen. Funston wrote that the pin was
attached to a vest which was in KNAPP
sack which was lost by the capsizing of
boat on an Alaskan river, when he
and his EsquimO companion had to
swim hard to save their lives. Capt.
Filler agrees with Gen. Funston in saw
ing: 1T is certainly very much of
mystery how it ever reac he'd Washing
ton, . and would give something hand
some to have it explained Perhaps
the publication of the incident may do
so, if it was found in Alaska and
brought back by some one.
Gen. Joe Wheeler and Representa-
tive Bingham, of Pennsylvania, known
as 1.-The Father of the House," owing to
his having served longer continuously
than any other member of that body.
met in the lobby of the hotel at which
Speaker Henderson makes his home, \
and engaged in the following dialogue:
Mr.. Bingham: "Why how do you do
General? Welcome back to civiliza-
ton" Gen. Wheeler, as they shook
hands: why, find civilization every
where | go, even in the Philippines"
Mr.. Bingham: "You look more like
Philadelphia Quaker than a warrior. "
Gen. Wheeler: "And you are an aw-