The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1901-11-08
WASHINGTON LETTER..
Chatty Personal Gossip
the Man Who Declined
An Invitation to
DINE With OUR President
Mrs Roosevelt and Her House
hold Arrangements; Admiral
Schley and Others.
(From Our Regular Correspondent
wAsHIhGToE, - c., Nov. g., 10

WASHINGTON, - c., Nov 3, 1901.
The first lady in the land" find
after arranging for her family that there
will be only n spare room at the dis
posal of any guests who may chance to
spend the night with the family Of the
President of the United States there
is Ii ely to be doubling up, trlpling.ul
and even quadrupling up in that room
during the coming social season. The
large oval library, on the second floor
just over the Blue Room. and the sam
shape and size, is the sitting or living
rpom Of the family. 1t has three large
windows facing south, and command
ipg a beautiful view of the Potomac
river and the Virginia hills, with TIL
Washington Monument in the fore.
p, round. Mrs Rosevelt's room is a
the southwest corner of the building
and previous to the Mckinley regim,
was always the the chamber Of III,
chamber Of the mistress of the Whit
House. Miss Alice will have the Blu
Room. in the northwest corner know,
tor he past five years as Mrs. Nc.
Kinley's room, and a smaller room,
opening from this will be occupied b,
Miss Ethel. As no announcement ha'
been made about the beds. it is pre-
sumed they are to b, tucked away in
any old corner OF the mansion.
Mrs. James G.. Blaine and daughter
Mrs Beale have returned to Washing
tod and reopened their K street house
Mr. and Mrs. James G. Blaine, Jr.
are settled in New York, where they
will make Il cir home, but thay will
spend some time in Washington dur.
ing the winter. Jim is saip to have
come a full -hedg,d Wall street specu
lator, and it is to be hoped he will not
figure laier as a 'well-feeced lamb
as so many would-ba Napoleons o.
finance have done.
Rear Admiral Schley accompanied
Capt, Parker, one of his counsel. wen
into the hotel at which Mr.. Raynor
his chief counsel is a guest, and it took
him more than a hall hour to get away
rom the crowd Of ladies and gentle.
men VINO surrounded him and begar
to shake his hand anG extended theil
congratulations on tn o. look of {
complete vindication from the Court o
Inquiry.
Mr.. Charl Janish, Of Berlin. who i,
in Washinton, is an ardsnt admirer {
Emperor William In the course {
an interesting conversation he said
"Your people do not understand gu
our Emperor. He is like your presi
dent; he has -what you call it? Push
Yah, that is it. He's a hustler lik,
Roosevelt, ane we who understand hin
anmire him much. Others do no
know what it means. but he's alright
We learn much from America. VIII
don't We make good machinery lik,
yours? do not know unless it is W,
have no push.
Mrs. Hay and her youngest daugh
ter. Miss Alice, are in Cleveland. The
family being still in deep mourning OF
account of the tragic death Of Adelber
Hay, last hune, will taking no part il
the social ayeties of The coming sea
son, although Mr.. Hay, as Secretary
OF State, will have to be present a
S ONE Of the official functions. espec
ally those in which members Of the dip
lomatic corps participate.
The original intention of making the
marriage of Miss Edyth Patten to Ad,
jutant Corbin a big social event, which
was Abandoned for q time on account
o fiji c death OF President McKinle,