The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-09
GOSSIP OF THE
CAPITAL CITY
Perry Belmont to Try Again For
Congress.
PRESIDENT GETTING STOUT
A
CHIEF EXECUTIVE HAS DOUBLE
CHIN NOW.
PRESIDENT GETTING STOUT
lspeeial Corresnondenee.l

! a.
White House roof to join in the sport
The young Roosevelts entered into the
fun with all the vim for which the
family is famous. In the afternoon, as
has been the custom on Easter Mon
days for many years, the Marine band
played for the children and the presi-
dent and his wife and their friends
watched the game from the porch.
Egg-rolling day has been the annual
children's holiday in Washington for
fifty years or more. Just when it was
started no one seems TO know. nor is
anyone able to tell exactly where the
custom originated. 1t is believed to be
the survival of some quaint German
peasant holiday
After it is all over the White House
grounds bear the appearance of hav-
ing been swept by a cyclone. 1t gem
orally takes the gardeners a week to
clear up the lawns and repair the havoc
wrought by the thousands of merry
makers upon shrubbeTy and grass, but
Uncle Sam is indulgent on the Mon
day following Easter, and really does
not care what the children do, so long
as they have a good time.
Senators keep closely in touch with
times while in this city. The weather
bureau service in both the senate and
house allows them to know every morn
ing the temperature, rate at which the
wind blows, the rainfall or presence Of
clouds, all over the country, so that
they cannot only know the conditions
at their homes but can see what is
/ likely TO occdr during the coming TWEEN
ty-four hours. Senators interested in
stock farms of the west find much sat
isfaction in seeing just what conditions
prevail during the severe weather Of
the winter or during the tOrrid periods
of the summer. Senators interested in
shipping on the lakes and rivers can
keep track of the conditions allowing
the running of the boats. Various other
lines of industry, depending in one way
or another on the condition of the
weather. make the branch office of the
weather bureau in the house and senate
/ Hobbies popular resorts. The weather
conditions are shown on large maps
covered with glass, on which the tenn
perature, etc, of all the stations Of
the weather bureau are written with
chalk daily.
Belmont to Try Again.
There seems to be considerable doubt
about Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont
being a candidate for reelection to
congress from New York this year. Mr..
Belmont is now serving his first term
| in congress. and has not attra cted any
particular attention, either in political
or social circles. during his temporary
residence in Washington When the
/ present Mrs. Belmont was the wife Of
w. K. Vanderbilt, she was more con-
spicuoUs socially than she is as the wife
of Mr.. Belmont.
they came to Washington last Deem
Der that they would take a prominent
! position in society. Whether this her
aiding was authorized or not is a ques-
tion. Mrs. Belmont did not participate
in any of the social festivities of the
! past season, except some affairs which
took place in the Willard hotel, where
the Belmonts live. Il is understood
that President Roosevelt manifested a
/ disposition early in the social season to
fToWn upon Mrs. Belmont because of
! her being a divorced woman. 1t is
/ known that the president is a stickler
( for the stTictest rules in social affairs,
and is by no means friend TO those
who seek the divorce courts.
( Mr. Belmont is a Democrat in poll
( tics. and is politically hostile 10 the
president. but personally they have
4 been good friends for years. While Mr.
] Perry Belmont may be member of the
next congress, it is rather doubtful
whether his brother, the present MEM
/ Der, viii stand for reelection.
! Speaker Henderson, it is said. viii
/ have to fight for his official life in his
congressional district next summer.
! His opponent viii be c. B. Cartwright
of Waterloo, Ia, and the opposition to
/ Speaker Henderson will be based on
/ the assertion that he no longer repre-
sents the sentiment of the Republicans
of his district. COurtwright is one of
/ the best known attorneys in the dis
trict, a lifelong Republican, a brilliant
( speaker and a politician of considerable
ability. He is serving his first term
I in the state senate. The fight against
/ the speaker will be carried into every
county in the district Speaker Hen
/ derson has been in congress since 1852,
and has always been nominated with
/ out opposition His home is in Du-
buque, the only Democratic county in
/ the section.
Roosevelt Getting Stout.
President Roosevelt is getting fat.
/ His cheeks are fuller than when he be-
/ came president. He has a suspicion oF
a double chin, his frock coats strain a
} bit across the abdomen. He has put
on fifteen or twenty pounds in the last
six months. He is not able to live the
outdoor life to the extent he has been
/ accustomed, and this undoubtedly has
( the effect of causing him to gain in
weight.
From the scores of persons who have
F., dined with him come constant stories
I of the presidents appetite He is as
valiant a trencherman as Washington
has seen in years. He enjoys his food.
His digestion is perfect. He likes beef
balls and roast beef, plenty of plainly
/ cooked vegetables. Like many other
men of great vitality and energy he is
/ particular partial to corned beet and
| cabbage. He has this dish once or
twice a week.
He likes TO surround himself with
those who are as capable with the knife
and fork as he is There have been
some famous eating bouts in the White
House when the right kind of people
were around the board. He eats be-
/ cause he needs the food. There is
nothing of the glutton about him.
Since he has been in the White
I House he has completed the manuscript
of . book on the Deer Of North Amer
lea" in addition 10 keeping his official
/ work up to date and attending more
closer to details than any other presi-
dent since Cleveland
The report comes from New York
/ that Mr.. Paul Dana, son OF his father.
/ the late Charles A. Dana. who, since
! the death of that distinguished editor.
has been at the head Of the editorial
department Of the paper, will soon re-
/ tire from journalism and wiz be ap-
! pointed ambassador to Italy. succeed
ing the present ambassador. Mr.. George
L. Won Meyer. Mr.. Won Meyer has ex-
pressed his intention of resiguing and
/ entering the race for congress to sue
coed the present representative VIII
liam H Moody. who. after the 1st Of