The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-10-20

many ways. He never owned a hat in
MS hfe-ln his own country his head
being sheltered by parasol carried by
a slave. How he well meet the wintry
blasts of Washington remains to be
seem On his feet he wears sandals,
satin soles without uppers. over silken
stockings embroidered with pearls and
other precious stones. His ancestors
have been amassing gems for many
generations, and as his father and
grandfather went sometime ago to the
SlameSe heaven, wherever that
may be located, it goes without
saying that the Oldest son has no
mean store of personal jewelry EN-
eralds, rubies, pearls and sapphires
are sewn all over his ceremonial cos
tunes; diamonds beyond prise flash in
his pins, rings, belts, pendants, sword
and orders; while chief among all and
fairly dazzling the eyes of beholders
is the cluster of enormous blue-white
diamonds of the sacred Order of the
White Elephant. Besides all that,
when he adds the prismatic glory of
the crown which he is entitled to wear
on state occasions, he is really as wor-
thy of worship of any Chinese Jos,
whom, in fact, he rather resembles.
Like most Siamese, Phya Charoon Raja
Maitri is a good deal below the me-
dunn size-a puny figure to wear such
long name and all those wonderful
decorations.
Mr. r. S. Hit, a son of Representa-
tive Hit of Illinois, has lately been
appointed third secretary of the U. S.
embassy at Paris. Mr.. Hit has had
no diplomatic experience, unless his
participation in the gayeties of Wash
ington society can be considered such.
For years he has been accustomed to
a diplomatic atmosphere, so to speak,
as his father has been in diplomatic
service abroad, and as assistant sec
rotary of state and chairman of the
House committee of foreign affairs, has
had a good deal to do with the repre-
sentatives of other countries. So mo-
body apprehends that the young sec
rotary will fail in the performance of
his not very onerous duties, which will
be largely of social nature in gay
Paree.
How John G.. Long, United States
Consul General and diplomatic agent at
Cairo, Egypt, sails for Europe to-day.
The wife of Secretary Hitchcock and
their daughters will not leave their
country home and return to Washing
ton before Nov. 1. Mrs. Stewart wife
of the senator from Nevada, has just
returned from Atlantic City, quite re-
covered from her recent serious illness.
She will join the senator at their Vir-
ginia farm for some weeks before open
ing their Washington house. Admiral
and Mrs. Dewey are still enjoying the
delights of their country home. Before
her second marriage, the widow Hazen
had no special fondness for the coun-
try; she preferred the city every time,
or the most fashionable resorts in
summer. Now she declares that she
enjoys a quiet life quite as much as
the admiral does. He has ample means
| to go wherever he pleases, and his du-
ties are so nearly nominal that they
do not keep him in any particular
| place; so it is to be presumed that their
| long honeymoon is not yet over. All
summer, at their suburban cottage
near Newport one might have seen the
niddle-aged lovers sitting on the broad
and shady porch, like Darby and Joan,
| both in big arm chairs-he clad in spot
| less white duck and leisurely smoking
| a cigar: she as faultlessly attired as
usual. Their rural home near Wash
| ington is even more retired, but they
have friends to dinner nearly every
| day. among them many of the admiral S
old service cronies: and the laughter
which greets the ears of those who
| drive past in the early evening, tells its
own pleasant story.
And now we are actually promised a
| royal visitor King Leopold, of Bel
| gium, has announced his intention Of
| coming to see US, some time in the near
| future Whether the dear old grand
motherly gentleman will bring his knit
| ting and spend the afternoon is not yet
arranged. He has always been inter
ested in America; and America is dis
tinctly interested in him. His Males
ty is not quite 81 years young, and is
| as fond of iunketing as a youth of 20.