Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-05-01
Washington Letter.
(From our Regular Correspondent


900, and now carries total of $751;
900. The last policy was taken from
one Of the big New York companies
and the agent who secured 1t got, in
addition to his regular commission,
gold medal from his company. The
company does not consider the presi-
dent an extra hazardous risk. He
paid Just the same rate per thousand
that any other man of his age would
be charged, and on account OF his
rugged health and sound constitution
the company considers it did fine
stroke of business, aside from the
benefit it will get in free advertising,
when it wrote a $4,000 policy on
him.
Mrs. Roosevelt remained in New
York to do some shopping and to ar
range for putting their Oyster Bay
house, where the family expect to
spend much of the summer. in condi-
zion, and Miss Alice has been per-
forming the duties of housekeeper
and helping her father entertain his
lunch and dinner guests, and she
does it well, as Mrs. Roosevelt be-
lieves that every girl should be taught
how to manage a household. Miss
Alice is also getting quite reputa-
ton as whip. She drives a high
double seat dog cart quite frequently
and drives a pair quite as we'll as a
single horse. l saw her leave the
White House the other afternoon en-
tirely alone, driving double team,
bat she called at the houses of near
by friends and soon had three girls
with her. The party then went for a
long drive without tootman or lackey.
Edward Atkinson Of Boston, the
gentleman who once upon time in
vented scheme and stove by which
every man could be his own cook and
live we'll on ten cents day, is the
maddest man in Washington, and
considering the state of mind of sew
eral prominent mem ers of the House
that is saying great deal. He came
to Washington cooked and primed
with secondhand information con-
corning the Philippines, expecting to
be witness before the Senate COM
1nittee on the Philippines but mem
bers of that committee took the
ground that as Mr.. Atkinson had
never been to the Philippines he could
not have any information that would
Justify the con- mittee in assisting
him to little fresh notoriety, and
voted not to hear him as witness.
Official society is in a great furry.
That is, the. feminine side of it. The
cause is the coming to Washington
for the first time Of Nine. Cambon,
wife of the French Am bassador. Mrs.
Hay, wife of the secretary of State,
has sent note to the wives of all the
officials whom official etiquette, as
she interprets it, requires to cali upon
the wife of an ambassador, and the
by those who have rec sived copies of
it. All the wives of Senators received
notes, but none went to the wives of
representatives, although some Of the
latter are among the leaders in So
ciety. Like all previous attempts to
enforce social rules similar to those
in vogue in European capitals, this
one has started several thousand
tongues to wagging. Nine. Cambon
is expected to reach Washing ton next
week.
Justice Harlan is not only an en-
thuslastic golfer, but an early golfer.
He makes practice in good weather
of going around the links before
breakfast. Although his early habits
are known, he greatly surprised a
golfng friend, who thought himself
an unusually early bird, the other
morning at 1880. Meeting Justice
Harlan out near the links, in knicker-
bockers and carrying bag of clubs,
ne asked: ''Going out to play,
iudge?" "Ch no." returned the JUS
tice, with smile; II have already
been around. | am now going home
to breakfast He has been trying to
figure how early the justice must
started to have got around the links
and have been on his way home at
7:3O.
Men who voluntarily relinquish Of
fee and men who voluntarily refuse
to accept rendered office are so rare
~ seen in Washington that they new
er fail to attract attention when
known. Two of them met on the
street in front of the treasury build
ing one day this week, both from New
England, and exchanged handshake
and 'howdy." They were Hon.