The National tribune., 1903-06-25
fWAyIiINGTON~%
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Diary Castle, the home of the Hendersons,
is a beautiful place, with grounds that do
not make its name such glaring mis-
nomer, but the house itself is not pic
turesque, nor SO very large.
Senator Clark is credited with desire
to put a large-sized slice of his uncounted
millions in this contemplated house. !he
site is that of the old Stewart Castle,
the former home of Senator Stewart, OF
Nevada. He rented it to the Chinese Lega-
ton for a number of years, and the place
had to be renovated and scraped with hoes
after the Orientals left it, going at the
behest of the neghbors who declared they
would not live any longer in that vicinity
if the Legation remained there. rms
house has been pulled down, and the splen-
did mansion will be erected in its place
Senator Clark expects to be at least two
years in building his house, and it will be
filled with art treasures from every point
of the compass when completed.
Senator Clark has been widower for
some years Who will manage this beau
tiful home?
Pictures of the late ruler of Servia are
just coming to the front. The only Won
der is that the man lived as long as he
his face is that of one devoid of all the at
tributes of a man. One wonders that King
Alexander was able to rule as long as he
did. and carry that face and head around
with him.
The Rough Riders are planning Re-
union at San Antonio. Texas, next WIN
ter, and the President has promised to at
tend if it IS held at time that will per-
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The President has detailed Maj.-Gen
S. NJ B. Young to be Chief of Staff, pur-
suant to the provisions of the act to in
crease the efficiency of the army, passed
last Winter. Gen. Young will retire for
age next January, and he will then be
succeeded by Gen. Chaffee. Gen. Young
has splendid record both in the war OF
the rebellion and the Spanish
in the 18th Pa, in 1861. and at the close
of the war was a Brevet Brigadier-Gen-
eral.
Mrs. Bessie Stewart Hooker, daughter
of the Nevada Senator, the late apostle of
free silver, married, against her fathers
wishes. Lieut.. Hooker, q. S. A, and was
disinherited. The marriage was most I'M
happy and a divorce followed. Then Mrs.
Hooker tried to make living by estab-
fishing a swell dressmaking establishment
in Newport, II. /. Mrs. Hooker-Or
Stewart, for she took her maiden name
is big, fine-lOoking woman, and as the
daughter of her father was quite belle in
Washington, with hosts of friends. But
belle with scads of money and position
and woman with no money, no position
and her living to make are two different
propositions. Mrs. Stewart's swell friends
failed to patronize her, and the venture
fell through, the business having just been
sold under the hammer.
The world is mighty unkind to "have
beens." If you are 'IT'' you are all right
But the callousness Of those who are in
the push" to those who have been showed
out of it is proverbiaI. There is no sadder
sight in the world than that which is wit
messed every day in this city of men and
women who have been at one time or an
other the sun around which the little world
of Washington revolved socially or Off
cially, and who go away for time. When
they return they find that they are out of
the '.swim" and that the world gets along
just as well without as it did with them.
1t is often an awful shock, but it happens
every day. The lesson it teaches is not
much of bolster to ones pride, for it is
quite evident that the going away of one
man, be he the highest in position in the
world, never makes the old machine slip
even cog. 1t goes right on, and natural
laws bring to the surface another to fill
the space left
The Encampment of the Department of
New York, g. A. r.. adopted a resolu-
tion asking the National Encampment at
San Francisco to change the date of Me
mortal Day so as to make it fall on the
last Sunday in May. They hope by this
change to take away the holiday" ap-
pearance of the day, which is now so
largely given over to horseraces, baseball,
picnics, and such amusements, which are
entirely out of harmony with the sentiment
of the day.
Representative Hepburn, of Iowa, says
that ''the limitations upon men for public
offices grow more and more circumscribed.
1t is become now that only a young man
can be President, only rich man Embas-
sador, and only a very patriotic man a
Cabinet officer"
Men in corsets! The real thing is on
sale in Washington, and i. is known that
a great many men wear them.
The President expects to leave Wash
ington for Oyster Bay about June 26. he
will deliver the 4th of July address at
that place. He will not return to Wash,
ington till Fail.
Col. J. W. Cronkhite died at Plainfield
N. j., last week. Col. Cronkhite was a
well-known veteran of the war of the re-
bellion, entering the service in 1862 and
receiving successive promotions to the
rank of Lieutenant-C Colonel of the 121st
| n. Y, known as Uptons Regulars, one OF
the most distinguished regiments of the
war. For the past 30 years Col. Cronk
hite had been Deputy Commissioner Of
Customs of the port of New York. After
the Spanish war he was sent to Cuba and
assisted in establishing the customs ser
vice in the island during the American oc
cupatiOn, returning to his place in New
York when the American officials with
drew and the Government of the islan(
was turned over to the Cubans.
Lord Grey, Director of the British
South African Company, expresses regre
that Booker Washington declined to ac
cept the invitation to visit South Africa
He said that Prof. Washington's "gospe
of excellence in labor was the only tru,
solution of the colored problem, and tha
preached by colored man, it would hav
had a great effect on the South African
natives"
The company desired Prof. Washington
to visit South Africa and make n study O
racial conditions in British territory an,
report to the company and to the Britis
Government his plans for the bettermen
/ Of the industrial, educational, and mora
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