The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-26

panied his mother and invalid sister
from Cobourg, left yesterday for his
home in California
Gen. and Mrs. Corbin, who sailed
from Europe yesterday, after a splen-
did series of hob-nobbing with royal
ty i'm foreign courts, will come at once
to their Washington home. They are
expected to entertain extensively dur
ing the coming winter. Another army
household of considerable social prom
inence-that of Gen. and Mrs. Giles
pie (the general is chief of engineers)-
has just opened its hospita bic doors
for the season. Rear Admiral and
Mrs. Ludlow are spending the autumn
at their home on Long Island. Mrs.
Ludlow's son, Mr.. Fred H. Bugher, has
built a beautiful summer home adtoin-
ing the Ludlow estate, where he and
his family are now living. Mrs. Ben
Butterworth, widow of the former
congressman from Ohio, has taken up
her winter abode in an apartment
house of this city, and is expecting a
long visit from her daughter. Mrs. Ha-
zelton. The latter is now on her way
from California During Gen. and
Mrs. Miles recent stay in San Fran
cisco, Mr.. and Mrs. Hazelton gave a
dinner in their honor at their home in
San Raphael. Senator Proctor of Yer
mont has just returned from his an
nual hunting-trip. What yachting is to
some men, horses to others, automobiles
to still others, the chase of big game
is to the venerable and widely-liked
senator from the Green Mountain
State. When asked about his luck, a
pleasant smile overspread his face and
he replied: Il killed a fine moose in
the wilds of New Brunswick, making
the fifth that has fallen to my gun.
The Canadian law forbids the killing
of more than one moose in a season
by one hunter" Every man to his
notion" but from the feminine stand
point it is a mystery how so kind and
gentle a soul as Senator Proctor's can
find pleasure in the murder of harm
less animals.
Everybody is envy;ng the proprietor
of the Arlington Hotel and the few
other fortunate individuals who re-
ceived the magnificent golden jewelry
boxes which the Prince of Siam dis
tributed among those to whom he felt
himself indebted. The boxes are not
only valuable, but are exquisite works
of art. They were produced by the
cleverest goldsmiths of Siam and each
represents a considerable sum of
money. In presenting them the Prince
made a neat little school boy speech,
to this affect: please to accept this
small token of my appreciation as a
souvenir from one who has had much
pleasure during his stay in your beau
tiful city. Some time hope to come
again. 1 thank you sir
The first of the furniture for the rem
ovated White House arrived yesterday
and was unloaded in the upper corridor
of the mansion. So far, it is mostly
bedroom furniture, and will not be put
in place until Mrs. Roosevelt's return
from oyster Bay, when it is expected
that the sleeping apartments will be in
readiness for occupation. The President
wants to get into the mansion as soon
as possible and may conclude to go
over, bag and baggage, next Saturday,
when he takes possession of his new
executive offices. Should he do so, it
will be necessary for him and his fam
lily to depend entirely upon the freight
elevator, or the small spiral stairway
which starts from the pantry, to go
from floor to floor of the mansion, as
the main stairways are yet in state
of chaos. The only room
on the first floor, within
six or eight weeks of habitation, is
the family dining room. The library
on the second floor, which will be used
by the family as a temporary drawing
room, is still unpapered and without
and shelves to replace those that were
removed. The wide corridor running
from east to west is already decorated
and ready for the hangings. Mrs. and
Miss RoOsevelt's rooms and the nurs-
cry are finished and the kitchen is in
apple-pie order, with a fire lighted to
help dry the newly plastered walls of
the family dining room. With the ex-
ception of the corridor, which is treat
ed in a rich green burlap, and the
library, which is in brown burlap, the
second floor walls are all papered in
neutral tints, with the adjoining dress
ing rooms in gay floral designs.
The Countess Macmillan EsterhaZy,
who spent the past summer at New
London and made a delightful visit to
New York on her homeward way, is
again established for the winter in her
apartments at a Washington hotel.
This extremely interesting woman of
middle age, who, in spite of her for
eign name and title, is the ideal repre-
sentative of the old resident type which
made Washington society famous
generation or more ago. was much fet-
ed at the Connecticut resort. She cap
tured the special "bridge" prize of the
season, a silver cup, which now occu-
| pies the place of honor amid a multi
| tude of trophies and souvenirs that
| adorn the Countess rooms. Her re-
! turn to Washington was FASTENED. to
! enable her to welcome the old soldiers
| of the G.. A. r. who composed the reg
iment commanded by her first husband,
/ Gen. Griffith, u. S. A, during the Civil
| War. During the recent encampment,
| Countess Esterhazy was the guest of
honor at a reception given by the
Fifth Army Corps.