The National tribune., 1903-01-15

tsMoving made easy is the motto OF an
~nterprising firm in Washington, which
has imported ''lift van" from Europe,
the first ever seen here. 1t is an immense
concern half as big as common freight
car, which is placed on a fiat wagon and
hauled to the house which is to be de-
nuded. The household goods are packed
into this van, everything from tin cup
to a piano, cook stove to parlor lamp,
and the van is then taken to the railway
station and picked up and placed bodily
on a fiat car. When it gets to its destina-
tiop. the van is taken off and ni:icei on
another fiat wagon and taken directly to
the house where the parties desire to To-
cate, and there is unsealed and unpacked,
not thing having been disturbed. If the
parties desire to move their goods to Eu-
rope the van is placed on shpboard, and
Is unpacked in the foreign city.
Mrs. Dewey has always been ambitious
for social supremacy. Briefly. when the
wife of Gen. HaZen, she enjoyed whlrl
in Army life, which is considered the most
exclusive of all circles. but after his death
she went into retirement from which she
was never able to emerge. She was
strictly a has been" 1t is said that
her marriage to Admiral Dewey was
largely prompted by her overweening de-
sire to be leader in Washington so
ciety She offended the proprieties, how
ever, when she accepted the house which
q grateful people had given to the Admiral.
and came near wrecking his happiness as
well as her own, and she then went into
retirement, seldom receiving. and when
she did it was at the home of her mother.
and not in the house of the Admiral
When he desired to entertain he had to
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"away," Eli or any other convenient ex-
cuse to keep from appearing.
1t is said that Mrs. Dewey wouldn't
even have in the house any of the trophies
which came to Admiral Dewey because of
the Manila Bay affair The huge silver
vase made of dimes which cost a fabulous
sum, and which is a magnificent thing.
stood in downtown jewelers. window
for weeks and then was taken over to
the National Museum along with a thou
sand other mementoes of the same char
acter.
Mr.. Moody, Secretary of the Navy, is a
bachelor. and through him Mrs. Dewey is
now about to realize renaissance of her
social delights. Mrs. Dewey entertains
for the bachelor Secretary of the Navy.
and "Matronizes" all his social affairs for
him. Society can't very well snub the
Secretary of the Navy, SO it will not try
to snub Mrs. Dewey.
The first State reception, that to the
Diplomatic Corps, was held at the White
House last Thursday ni.ht. 1t was in all
respects exactly like the New Years re-
ception, except that the women wore no
clothes on their shoulders and great deal
on the floor, and the electric lights were
turned on. The men, too-or those who
had them-wore evening clothes and those
who didn't, stood round looking most I'M
comfortable and wishing that they had
hired some.
The capacity of the remodeled house
was tested, and it is not big enough-at
least it is not. the way the crowds were
handled. The dressing-rooms are ample
Heretofore, the women stood round in the
corridor with the wintry blasts striking
athwart their bare shoulders. adjusting
feathers and flowers and rougiItg and
powdering in barefaced abandon before
the men. who stood around smoothing out
the wrinkles in their own clothes and put
ting on their gloves. Women even shed
their carriage shoes and adjusted satin
slippers in this public way.
The dressing rooms are in the basement
One little mirror about two feet by three
had to do duty for about 1000 women.
and can scarcely he called adequate for
the purpose. The query naturally arises
"What became of all the great mirrors in
the White HouseT' Only two or three
possibly four-are there now. yet there
were two superb mirrors in each of the
Green Blue and Red Parlors. and i'm
mense mirrors decorated the east wall of
the old Red Corridor There were also
two very handsome mirrors in the State
Dining Room All these have disappeared.
The East Room was all in gold and
white, very Colonial. and very quaint and
beautiful, or would have been but for
those awful brown marble mantels. Some
Jars of great white carnations and ferns
stood on the mantels. the only floral dec.
orations. In the Green Parlor were tw,
jars of American Beauty roses. and some
consumptive looking palms stood around
back of the receiving party. Those were
all the decorations.
Mrs. Roosevelt was gowned In ione
trained heavy white silk trimmed witt
Quantities of rare lace. Miss Alice Roose
welt wore silver spangled white tulle, and
seemed to be having very good time. She
came down on the arm of the Secretary
OF the Navy. MIR. Moody. Maybe tongues
entrance into the Blue Room. Mr.. Moody
re 1t remembered is bachelor.
There had been an insane rumor af1oa,
for day that Secretary Moody would
bring Mrs. Dewey in. and that she woulf
represent the Navy Portfolio in the Re
eeiying line. This was SO manifestly alb
surd that Informed people gave it no ere
dence. Then II was announced with
great flourish of trumpats that Mis-
Roosevelt would stand beside her father
OF course. the President cnnld have On
her there. but he has troubles enough
without adding those Of deadly socia
feud to the burden. President Jackson de
ned the women IF his Cabinet family ono
by placing Peggy Eaton in the line Al
the Others went on strike and boycotte,
his social functions. No other Presiden
has since cared To so offend.
DIR. von Hoileben, the German Embas
sador, and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps
was not present to lead the glittering ar
ray of foreigners. Many think this sig
niicant The distinguished diplomat wa
reported very i'll of rheumatic govt Th
attack must have been as Sudden as sc
serc, and rtImor is rife thar the reporte
= Illness is ruse. and that DIR. Won Holls
ben is really under the displeasure of tn
Emperor, because he was not able to II
duce the President to arbitrafe in the Yer
ezuelan matter. and that Germany
about to Jisplace him with Baron Hel
man Speck Won Sternherg. who is no.
Fastening To the Washington Embassy, O.
tensibly to fill the office during the el
forced absence of DR. Won Hoileben