The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-06
SOME WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
A CHAPTER ABOUT THE LETTERS
AND THEIR AFFAIRS.

sonS-Mnny of Them Returning
From Their Summer Outing-NOt
Successful Season at the Resorts.
4 Note About the Countess Waldo
see-Rumorcd That Mrs. ChiIds Ia
to Become a Resident of CaIifOr-
nia-Other Matters of General In
terest.
Washington. D. C., Sept. 4-Now that
the summer is ended-the chilliest and
dampest. and dreariest on record, at
this end of the country-the Washing
ton contingent, which has been trying
Vainly to make itself comfortable at
various fashionable resorts. is hocking
homeward by every train. The few who
remained here all summer assert that
they have had altogether the best of
it. so far as weather is concerned.
The last Atlantic storm, which prevail
ed for days all along the coast, ac-
Centuated the dullness at the resorts
and made paramount the pleasures of
the fire side. Even the unique yacht
club of Bar Harbor, which is compos-
ed exclusively of multi-millioniares mo
man whose millions amount to less
than five being eligible) had to aban
don its races and postpone the award
ing of the golden. jewel-studded trophy,
which was to have been presented on
Aug 81 to the boat winning the great
est number of races during, the sum-
mer. Newport has at last reluctant
ly abandoned all hope this season of
visits from the numerous noble-wo-
men who had been announced at Eek
pected.' In the halcyon days of June
Mrs. 0. H. l. Belmont assured her
intimates that her daughter the Ouch
ess of Marlborough, would shortly be
her guest at Belcourt; and even a
week ago when the Duke and Duchess
cabeled that they We're going to Mount
Dore. France. to finish the summer,
the fond mamma surmised that they
might change their mind and run over
in September.
Mrs. Letter, too, who is seldom out
done in anything, talked until the last
minute of the intending visit of her
daughter tile vice-reime of India-al-
though that distinguished lady is very
much engaged at the antipodes. Both
Long Branch and Cape May boosted
long and loud Git appears without foun-
dalton in facD of the coming of those
three much-envied titled Americans,
the Garner sisters-Lady Gordon Cum
ming, the Marquaise de Bretcuil, and
the Countess Leon de Moltke- HUT
feldt They have lately been awarded
$4,000. 600 apiece, you know, out of the
vast estate left by their parents, who
were drowned in their yacht some seven
years ago.
Mr.. Garner left the lions share of his
money to other purposes, avowing a
distaste for supporting titled sons-in-
law; but, after long litigation, the
courts awarded the amount above men
toned to the daughters.
Speaking of the Letters, it is quite
probable that Lady Curzon would have
spent a part of next winter with her
parents in Washington. had not her
husbands turn as viceroy been extend
ed from January next to May of 1904
The last state ball given by the viceroy
and Lady Curzon was a particularly
brilliant function. Nearly 1000 peo-
ple were present, the men in full dress
uniform. Lady Curzon wore a gale
yellow gown of satin, with gold Sc
Quins all over it and ruff1es of chiffon
caught up with golden clasps sets with
rubies and diamonds.
When the Letters first came to Wash
ington. feeling that there was very
little in this world which their money
could not buy, they met with many
surprising disappointments. The first
setback occurred almost Immediately
when they bought the biggest house
in the National Capital and proceeded
TO furnish it in way to make Sar-
danapalus' eyes bulge with envy. The
master of the mansion gave a book
seller an order for 1872 cubic feet of
literature for his library, bound to
match the woodwork and to fit the
shelves without a wrinkle His idea
Iiol Of hi
unique. He wanted punches of grapes,
baskets of peaches and pears and other
fruit pieces, made of colored glass
with electric lights concealed in them
Just how many of them he succeeded
in getting you'll have to dine with the
Letters to find out. 1t was when Mrs
Letter unfolded her inspiration to the
artist in electricity for the lighting of
the conservatory that the first snag
was struck She insisted on having
gilded cages containing tropical birds
hung about here and there. The birds
were to be of the rarest kind of stain
ed glass with tiny electric light bulbs
inside of them, and the effect was to
be more dazzling than you can inn
agine. The decorator said that the
idea was perfectly lovely; the only
thing that interfered with carrying it
out was the fact that human work.
man couldn't make such birds and
such cages. He intimated that per-
haps the American Croesus could i'm
port special artisans from Fairyland,
but as for him he wouldn't undertake
the contract. #.
Senator Perkins of California and
Miss Perkins, Mrs Shaw, wife of the
Secretary of the Treasury, and the
Misses Shaw, are now in London The
Perkinses are on their way to Ireland,
but Mrs. Shaw and her daughter will
sail this week for home.
Senator Spooner is again back on
his farm at Pittsburg, N. H. The
Senator prefers the quiet life of the
farm to that of any fashionable resort,
and says that he will never again leave
1t during the summer, unless it is alb
eolutely necessary.
Senator Clarke of Montana has gone
from London to Paris. His daughter.
Mrs. f. NJ. Culver. of New York, sailed
for Europe a fortnight ago and will
remain abroad until November.
Gen. and Mrs. Henry c. Corbin have
closed their most delightful visit with
Sir Thomas Upton and gone to Murray
Bay, Canada, where they are the guest is
of Mrs. William A Terry. Afterwards
Mrs. Corbin will go to Newport to pay
an early September visit to friends,
while the General, in company with
Gen. John A. Johnson, will go on a
ten-days' fishing trip to the Thousand
Islands II is said that Mrs. Corbin S
exquisite gowns and jewels have heen
the envy of all feminine beholders
wherever she has displayed them this