The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1902-11-20
CHAT OF THE CORRIDORS.

CHAT OF THE CORRIDORS.
A death in Petersburg. Va. recalls one
of the pathetically -tragic incidents of the
war of the rebellion. William David Por-
ter. son of Rear-Admiral Porter. has just
died at the age of G2. During the war,
while his gallant old father was helping
to save the Union and drive the rebel flag
from the highseas, his two sons, the one
who has just died. and his brother, NJ. q.
Porter We're couriers for Gen. Robert h.
Lee, and later officers in the rebel army.
One of the farces of Government adj
ADMINISTRATION has been the employment of
"Letter-carriers' Physician In all the
large Postoffices of the country an alleged
physician has been employed and paid a
big salary, his principal duty, being to go
round and look after the letter carriers
who remained away from the Office because
of Illness" and to ascertain if the carrier
was playing off on the Government. which
is often the case. 1t was a position of
honor without labor, and got to be farm
ed out for political purposes. The Post
dispense with the assistance of medical
man in all offices except the very largest,
and thus save about $4,000 a year to the
Government.
The defeat of Hon. Charles f. Joy for
reelection in the North st. Louis District
is a diSagreeable surprise to his Republic
can friends. His successor is John T.
Hunt, a carpenter by trade and labor
agitator of the pronounced type.
Gen. Grosvenor is optimistic "The
country is now too strongly Republican for
anybody to be afraid of Democratic sue
cess" he said the other day. AS statisti-
clan. Gen. Grosvenor has no peer, and it
is to be hoped that he has hidden about his
person the figures to back up his assertion.
Over confidence sometimes affords the
other fellow an opportunity to steal the
home base.
The official procession can now move
Secretary of State John Hay has issued
invitations to the dinner which, in his Off
cial capacity, he must give to the Presi-
dent each year. The dinner date is for
Jan. 3. This dinner sets the pace for the
other members of the Cabinet. and until
it is announced, none Of the others dare
issue their invitations, as they might con-
fiict with those of the Secretary of State.
There is story told of a certain King
who nearly roasted to death because when
his clothes caught fire from the blaze in
the fire place, official etiquet would not per-
NIT him to put it out himself, neither
would it permit any of those near to touch
his loyal person, and he was pretty well
broiled before the right lackey was found to
put him out" Washington official So
ciety has not reached this most puissant
stage, but it is getting there.
Now that Minister WI is really going to
leave US. many of his rather spicy stories
are being recalled. A celebrated society
woman who was also reformer with a
big "R." once tackled Mr.. WI, when at
of Madame Wu's feet. Don't you know
it is simply criminal to cause so much
pain and suffering?' she questioned him.
as one having right.
Madame" he parted, "why do you so
immOdestly uncover so much of yourself?
1t is a crime against the artistic, as you
are much too old and too fat for low
corsage, which is an abominatiOn in my
country. And your waist, Madame, it is
much too tightly compressed for comfort
or beauty, and''-but Madame Reformer
had fed She knew when she had enough.
For some reason or another, foreign wo-
men do not like the official life in Wash
ington, and for this reason many of the
Legation homes are kept as Bachelors
Hail. Sonora de Ojeda. wife of the
Spanish Minister, will not be in Washing
ton this Winter, but will remain in Ma
drid for the purpose of introducing at Court
her daughter, Senorita Luz. While the
wife of any Turkish Minister keeps as
close as q clustered nun, the Turkish Le-
CATION has had for its presiding genius
for several years. Madame Sidkey Bey,
wife of the Second Secretary. and a strik-
ingly handsome and accomplished woman.
an Armenian beautifully dark and dash
ing in style. Sidkey Bey, being as fair as
his wife is dark, and of fine proportions,
the two present striking appearance.
Sidkey Bey will be stationed in New York
this Winter, and his wife and beautiful
little son viii be there with him. The
mother of Chekib Bey, the Turkish Min
lister, will preside over the Legation, the
Minister being unmarried, but the lady
will never be seen unveiled, even by wO-
men, and will take no part in the festivi-
ties of the Winter. She is strict Ma
hometan, but is said to be woman of
great force of character. 1t is said that
one reason NJ. Jules CamDon. the French
ambassador is leaving is because Madame
Cambon finds the prospects of life in the
United States most depressing.
Jonah Kunio Kalauiauoale, delegate
from Hawaii Now, wouldn't that jar
you2 Just imagine the tongue of the
Reading Clerk of the House twisting it.
self around that name in $50 roll calls a
day. 1t would take all the Hop Tea" in
the Capitol saloons to preserve him from
nervous prostratiOn and heart failure. A
man who suffered might accomplish it.
Apropos of this cognomen of 'Princt
Cupid as this dusky skinned delegate
from the Sandwich Islands is dubbed by
his fapiliars, the average American makes
no attempt TO pronounce Hawaii correctly
1t is pronounced as though spelled Hah
vah-yee; "a as in ''ah" in the first two
syllables, and the last pronounced a.
spelled. the accent being on the secont
syllable, and the last pronounced quickly
1t is asserted by the stenographers of thu
House and Senate that during the discus
sion of the Hawaiian question, the name
got % different RECOMMENDATIONS. Senato
Sherman always pronounced it Hay
way" and in the same manner he twisted
Samoa into Sam-my-way." 1t Away
raised laugh, but lie never corrected hi
peculiar orthoepy. In the same way. hal
the members Of Congress go out of thei
way to add 4 syllable to Cuban and max
it 'Cubian," which is simply ludicrous.
Many believe that the Speakership aues
ton is up to Mr.. Cannon, of Illinois, Ill
is now almost the only link between tn