The National tribune., 1902-09-11
CHAT OF THE CORRIDORS.

A few years ago one Of the street rail-
| way lines Of Washington lost its great
power house on Pennsylvania Avenue by
fire. Not one brick was left upon another,
except in the tremendous chimney which
lowered into the sky 80 feet. 1t has
| stood for i've years on the brick
| lot, an eye-sore and blot on the landscape.
A fine new City Building is to be erected
| on the spot, and last week the chimney
was toppied over. Part Of the base on
one side was removed, and wooden beams
inserted. A big charge OF dynamite was
then put in the opening and set of. The
chimney rose straight in the air for the
| fraction of a second and then, as work
man said. jus sot down on herself"
1t fell little to one side, crumbling like
house Of cards. 1t was called beau
tiful job"
Washington official society is making
faces at the Duchess of Marlborough. who
stole march on it, and visited the war
ships during the manuvers. Some say
she did, and she says she didn't. Prize
Money Capt. Chadwick says he was not
her escort or sponsor, and it threatens
to become BILLY Patterson" affair.
The War Department, after debating
the matter seriously and deliberately. has
evolved from its red-tape ENHANCEMENT
tn. decision that retired army officer
may wear the uniform of the rank that
he held when retired from the service.
and he must not mix his dates and wear
the trousers of 1865, for instance, the coat
Of 1880, and the cap Of the Spanish war
period. OF course retired officers have
been wearing the uniform Of their rank
right along, so nothing is changed.
Miss Ruth Bryan has DeeIi visiting the
Brides on Capitol Hill. During his brief
and not too brilliant Congressional career,
Col. William Jennings Bryan and family
boarded with the Brides, and it is current
ly reported that if Mr.. Bryan had been
elected President, Mr.. Bride was to be the
Secretary of the Interior. Miss Ruth
Bryan has grown into very charming
young lady of II.
A young colored girl stepped off NOV
| ing electric car last Friday. and received
injuries in falling from which she died.
A man is permitted to be a chump and risk
his life if he likes in trying to gain Eve
seconds by jumping from moving cars, but
there seems to be no good reason why
women should fall into the insane habit.
Senator HawIey, Of Connecticut, has
been i'll at his home at Woodmont, on the
Sound, ever since he left Washington. He
took his departure from Washington be-
fore the close of the session, because Of
his impaired physical condition, and has
gone steadily down instead Of improving.
On Saturday last he was attacked by
fainting spells. 1t is feared that the ven
cradle Senator may not be able tO fill his
seat during the coming session.
| Private Dalzell has suffered crushing
loss in the death Of his daughter, Miss
Nellie G. Dalzell. She was bright, eff
cient young woman, with engaging man
ners, and greatly beloved by her fathers
comrades and friends. She was a thor
ough business woman, had studied law
with her father, and had been the light
of his life for years. She had been for
FIVE years a clerk in the Agricultural De-
partment.
There is no accounting for tastes. John
Edward Green, of Petersburg, Va, and
Miss Esther Collier, of Chesterfield, Va,
visited the Pension Office last week. TAX
ing sudden notion to marry, they sent
for Rev William II. Black, friend, who
is employed in the Pension Office, and
Pension Office Court, they were married.
| The people of Washington remember
Ruth Cleveland, first child of President
Cleveland, as a very squally little girl,
with a temper little short of yixenish.
When her distinguished parents left the
White House, Miss Ruth had grown into
rather pretty. but decidedly spoiled
young miss of some six years. Time flies,
for Just the other day, Miss Ruth Cleve-
land, while driving her dog cart, accom-
panied by her grandmother, Mrs. Perrin,
got tipped out through the antics Of her
frightened pony. She calmly climbed
back into the cart after it was righted,
quieted her horse and drove away, unhurt.
|
| President Roosevelt can't find excite
ment enough in a strenuous life Of peace,
with himself the center Of smashed car
riages and entanglements with trolley
cars, and so he is going in for lion hunt
up in Colorado the last of September. The
lions are just the mountain cat" variety,
however. and not particularly dangerous
to wide-awake man.
Count Won Mumm Schwartzenstein,