The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-27

ure which may vitality affect the inter-
ests of those who have elected him.
and he win not once enter the argu-
ment But at the last moment inst as
the vote is about TO be taken. German
VIII break his ominOus silence. His
calm and critical judgment viii make
ms opponents vince. and his final
rhetorical effort viii rouse his follow
ers 10 enthusiasm A New England
senator, on being congratulated on the
erect. Of speech he had made. his
friends swearing IL had insured the tri-
I umph Of his cause. shook his head.
Don't be oversanguine he said, Cor
man has not been heard from vet" IT
IS said he has never been known TO
I laugh in Washington. but in Maryland
I IN his own home, be is a iovial and
wholly charming man. In all his long
public career he has never vet been
absent from home over Sunday. To see
! MN there. rOmping with his own chill
dren. one could not imagine him as that
grim politician whose severity would
do credit to an ancient Roman.
Golden Girls.
Washington is fast taking the laurels
from New York in the matter OF gold
en- girls for the wealth of the coun-
try is drifting 70 the capital. Rich
I
them, while their sons remain at home
10 look after their own fortunes So
Washington has many heiresses and
but few manageable young men. Miss
Katherine ElSins the daughter of Sen
ator Elkins Of West Virginia, ard the
granddaughter of Senator Davis OF that
state, is doUbly an heiress. She makes
her debut this winter. She is only l..
Tall and decidedly brunette, with a
slender figure, she cuts dashing fig
ure on horseback. Her Chum. Miss
FGwendoline FOUlke is the daintiest lit
tie beauty in Washington OF the same
coterie is Miss Pansy Bloomer. whose
picture has appeared in countless mag
aZines as one of the best of Wash
tngtOn's equestriennes. They are so
young. too, these three little maids, and
I they don't seem the least bit in n
hurry to be caught in matrimonial
snares. The Letter girls-AIiss Nan and
Miss Daisy-are the best dressed wo-
men in Washington and so in for
more Out-Of-dOOr, active kind Of fun
than any others. Prof. Gallaudet, who
is devoting his wealth to the blind
and deaf. and whose institution stands
on the edge Of the city has a beau
tiful little golden haired daughter who
appeared as bridesmaid last spring at
her brothers marriage to Miss Mar
ion COCkrel, the daughter Of the Mis-
souri, senator. No girl was more pOpu-
lar in Washington than Miss Cock
reI, whose tact and exquisite manner
made up for any lack of weather.
A Source Of Revenue.
Uncle Sam, feeling particularly ag-
grieved over his losses through one
branch Of the postal service, takes an
immoderate pleasure in a hitherto un-
suspected source of revenue. He now
values as one of his chief assets the
carelessness Of his nieces and nephews.
An experienced clerk at a stamp ship
ping desk estimates that the old gqn-
teman is millions in pocket every year
through the postage stamps that are
lost or destroyed. Warm weather and
warm pockets help out a lot and ig-
nOranCe Of postal regulations puts sew
eral dollars into the treasury Bulky
letters are generally Overpaid, mer-
chandise is paid for at the rate Of let
ter mail, the nice new stamp books lose
themselves, it seems and then the gov
eminent makes 20 cents or more at one
fell swoop.
Olympia A Hoodoo.
The Olympia is declared a hoodoo
boat First of all the bottle did not
break on her christening day. Next.
when she was getting her final coat of
red lead on the keel one Of the hawsers
with which she was warped to the
dock snapped, and the knotted end
struck Naval Constructor Armistead as
1t fell. He was killed instantly. Then
on her trial trip a couple Of seamen
got caught in a cable that was being
wound by a steam windlass. In a sec
ond both had lost their legs. one Of
them died. The boat was on her way
to a fiesta at San Diego. on the return
trip TO San Francisco a drill was held
and the guns tried One Of them re-
coiled and knocked the gunner into
shaDelesS pulp. Two crews deserted
because they believed her hoodooed-
yet she carried Dewey through Manila.