The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-01-01

littIa before the fourth of March.
met Mrs Mckinley at the inaugural
ball Mr.. Wilcox was appointed one OF
the reception committee by General
Miles. The President staid there in the
balcony and MI Wilcox and l and MISS
Lillian Cramer were walking around
said l wanted TO see the President. MI
Wilcox had already gone up stairs with
the reception committee and had come
down again and was walking around
with us | wanted to go up stairs ana
| wanted TO see the Ice-President. |
looked up t. Mr.. McA-.niey as we pass
ed and bowed and he bowed IN return
and turned to his wife and called her
attention TO us and she bowed: Then
he turned to the Vice President Rcose-
welt ana pointed out the Delegate from
Hawaii and his wife. Then he nudged
his wife and Mrs. Roosevelt looked at
us and bowed.
The inaugural ball was very elegant.
such a lot of American beauty roses
But there was no dancing and no re-
freshments | had hoped to have
dance. bur there was such crush II
was impossible.
The first social function l went to
was at the CorcOran Art Gallery. II
took us nearly three hours To get IN.
We had to go in two by two. | do not
know exactly what it was. but ii was
some sort of a society and there was d
reception being held To the President OF
the society. EV5 ryb Jdy was in evening
dress Everybody had on fine Things
When we got there in our carriage we
Y ere ushered into a room To take our
things off and then taken into another
room. where we were TO meet this
&C. iafN
was over. we met some Of the Senators
and Representatives and their wives
and took a look through the beautiful
arr gallery We went into every room
and looked at all the paintings and OF
course met several people there we
came away at almost quarter 10
twelve and were driven home in our
own carriage-as we always Kept
carriage and coachman.
Mr. Wilcox and | were invited to the
White House three times-once to dine
and twice to receptions. | was not able
to go on any of the occasions on ac-
count of my eyes. but Mr. Wilcox was
present each time alone. We never at
tended an evening party because l was
not we'll but | liked Washington So
ciety very much indeed. We went to
the Capitol and looked all through that
and went to the different departments
and met the heads of the big depart
ments like Mr. Hitchcock, Mr.. Wilson
and Mr.. Long and other notables. l
liked everybody in Washington. Every
body seemed to be good.
| cannot remember all the people that
l met. but Hon. Dennis Flynn, delegate
from Oklahoma. and his wife, called at
our house; also the ambassador from
Peru. I also met Senator Cullum in the
capital at the time that Mr. Wilcox
and | went all through it. Among 9TH
ers was Representative Woods of
Stockton. Cal, Mrs. Oscar Turner,
mother of the representative from Ken
lucky, who was stopping at the Ebbett
house. Mr.. Henderson, the Speaker of
the House. / also met, as well as his
wife. One of the most pleasant people
L met was Mr.. Hermann, the Commits
sioner of Lands.
AS to the thea tres in Washington we
attended the Lafayette, the Columbia
and the Grand Opera, beside the vaude-
Willie houses. They treated us very well
at all the theatres. AS long as l was in
9.