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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-30

their own in d street brawl or can sing
songs and recite verses In good French
They play barefoot in the streets In the
summer, and are Charmingly bohemian
and free in their manners. While a SOW
eruess is kept ct the legation 70 teach
them French the minister, who IS one
81 the best scholars in the -liplomatlc
Corns, conef uded. as did the former chi
nese minister SIR. Wa, and other dipio-
mats, that the best and quickest way for
the handsome young boys Of his family
to Ieara English was ia the public
schools, so 1T IS there they have had
their training They are under the di-
rect supervision of their maternal
grandmother.
Sir Chentuug Liang-Cheng has Two
fine boys who are learning 70 speak
English. and who, like their beautiful
sister. viii be quite Americanized before
they return 90 the Orient.
Mrs Xuug KWai, the wife OF the sec
rotary and Interpreter OF the Chinese
legation has several attractive chill
dreu. who speak English without an ac-
cent. and who are get masters OF l4e
intricacies OF the Chinese tongue she
is AN American woman or good euuca-
ton. and has named one or her sons
George Washington. for the IaIner OF
his adopted cOuutr--
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-30

But Austria Has the Only
AmbaSsadorial Baby
in Town.

Both the British and French embassies
are barren OF baby NE IN their midst
and there are no babies In the Italian
ambassador official family.
President R00EeVelts Cabinet family
is with a single baby. which must be q
sore disappointment TO this great advo-
cate Of large families. Quentin Rose
Welt the Presidents own baby. Is no
longer entitled 10 the term, for he
is a lusty boy of hve, with a Russian
blouse and knickerbocker trousers. He
can ride the spotted pony. Algonquin
and can drive william the White, his
own pet goat.
He can go faster through the White
House halls GA roller skates than any
other member of the Presidents family
and is conductor OF the elevator. He is
also chief Of STAFF of policemen who
guard the Presidents residence, and
monarch of the cooks realm, where
ginger bread horses and little pies and
caKes attract him.
He is handsome. iovable little boy,
and is dressed and raised in the simplest
ana most sensible manner Already tais
little boy has had his portrait painted q
number of times. and the me photo
graph taken OF aim by Frances Benja-
mine johnson shortly after he came TO
che White House. seated on the Imo az
an old fruit tree and wearing O. torn
straw hat. has become famous
All of the diplomatic bables-eZcept
those on strictly milk diet-were invited
/ TO that memorable children party q
fI7a White House last winter, ana
though none Of them appeared IN native
costume extent the Chinese minister s
sons. they formed am attractive aQaALioA
20 the ranks 81 lntanIlle soclety-
While many OF the women or me
T3f0T0usatfc Corps have native nurses Tor
their children when they nfsL e9lle =
TV-asf,fr-gr0n thew soon leave 5sE ts;eaz
t1fctures0ue caps and aprons and long
CsDss. and take TO the simple hat ana
/ Ts-szF,ire-Fon lit IS now quite rare 10 see
one of the queer betuTbau6d women
arout the parks. and these foreign
/ babies are only dlsJlng ulsEled rom tL-S
I 15rfrs A rnariraus bv their curious for
f efen carriages ana unintelhg1bls accent
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-30
The Ancestry of Current Jokes
And Their Peregriaatfons

fSh-American argument. Those jokes
were written during the exciting sums
mer OF lSes. away back in the last cen-
tury. They failed 10 ma a market at
thar time. bat they may so now m
Russia or Japan" IS inserted IN
place OF Spain" One joke refers 10
a man who refused TO enlist because he
was under bonds to keep the peace.
Now. thar seemed funny 70 me when
could sell it six years ago. hope for
better luck before the AIikaGo and the
Gar smoke a cigarette together.
Here is another. one man begins
SPANS heet'-but before ne says more
the other declares, spain has no feet"
The first makes the statement again.
SPANS feet-and is again inter-
rupted After several such interrupt
tious the hrst man completes his sen-
tence as follows: SPANS feet OF foot"
Recent incidents Ia the waters OF the
Far East. taken with other incidents on
land. indicate that this Joke can soon
be started on its rounds again, vita
Russia inserted i'm place OF spain
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-30

- ONE Of the jokes going The rounds
are really original with the au-
4 thors. Others have been born
upon reading the work Of rival.
Occa sionaIy a very old JOKE viii sus-
gest new one. There is, for instance,
the joke which has been used for twenty
years or more ON the minstrel ana Varl-
et.- stage. one man, referring TO @
woman. says: .'She is not exactly hand
some but she has face that grows on
one" The other speaker, usually q
woman. answers ''Nel. T. IN glad II uld
not grow Cu me- About four or uFe
wears ago a Well-kuoWn comic paper
printed that joke; did it purpOsely.
read IL and fen 10 wondering II the
editor knew how old the joke was
and mentally decided that he
did and that he had printed
the Joke as 81 joke. About that time
q certain doctor was advertising heaF-
ily that he could amend, reVamp. alter
improve. disguise, and change human
features by grating This idea leo ne
10 improve the old joke, and / made the
second half of the answer as follows
81 suppose so. Tt certainly IS not faev
that one would have gratJed-' / sold
Unis for two dollars. A few weeks later
I heard May Irwin use III on the stage.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-30
A Historic OaveI

A II CharlestoWn, Ind. William s.
u McCoombs has completed a his
L A toricaI gaveI and walking stick
which were given TO the Rev. J. p.
Aurrs pastor of the Methodist EpiscoUs1
Church. OF Charlestowu who. i'm turn
VIII present the cane to BishOp Walden
or Cincinnati, at the time OF the radedl-
cation of the first Methodist Episcopal
church built in indiana. The gavel head
IS made from q piece Of timber taken
trom The old church while the handle
was once part on the residence OF
Jonathan Jennings, FIRST governor Of In.
diana.
I'm the handle two twizs are imbedded
one being from cedar tree az Lincoln
CITY lud-r where Abraham Lincoln lived
when boy The other twig was cut
from a pear tree that stood In the par.
5ohage yard al Charlestowu. Near ths
emo or The handle IS iu.aid d piece OF
bark that came from "a log in the old
Harrison homestead, in Harrison county
lHd.s which IS said 10 have been The frst
brick house built west or the Aueeber,
Mountains
another piece Of inlaid wood ig ia.
handle came from the judges bench 8,
the old courthouse at CharIestowu. tha
place having been the county seat TO.
years There are number Of historic
bits OF wood 81 the body OF the gaveI
one Of which was taken from a wo5del
pin that dio service more than a centur,
ago in holding a shiugie on the court
[ house at Spriugyi+le, the last mark u
The town having disappeared years ago
The walking stick is made from a piec
Of poplar taken from the old church
HEil= ElC head Of the cane has beel
fashioned from piece OF cherry takei
from the Jennings house The stick &
beautifully inlaid. and among the wood
used is "a piece taken from The elm ire
near Corydous where iudi5na's FIRST con
zuluuOH was framed. The feFruIe O
made from whisky disttliery worn
captured iu - cstuCky during the CiYI
war.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-30

Russian Embassy IS Rich
er in Baby Life Than
ANY Other.

~ i far the most commanding mem
Y bers OF the Diplomatic Corps in
Washington are the babies, who,
wherever they go, excite gen
eTal comment and admiration.
From Mile AIila Won Hengelmuller
the hVe-year-old daughter of the Aus
trian ambassador and Baroness Won
HeugeimaIleT. who as the only ambas-
sad0rial baby I'm the corps, stands at
the head of the list, 90 the wee baby
i'm the household OF the Brazilian min
lister and Senor Assis-Brasil they are
all centers OF attraction wherever they
chance TO bee.
Russian Embassy Babies
the Russian embassy IS far richzl. i'm
baby life than amy of the other EN-
hassies there being hve little ones be-
longing 10 that branch of the corps.
The naval attache and Mime. Boutakof
have three children, the two elder ones.
Elizabeth and Greg0rie- having been
formally presented tn Washington So
cIety at the Russian Red Cross bazaar,
when they did some fascinating Rus
sian dances. all done up i'm native cos
tune. much 10 the edincati0n Of the
Americans who were fortunate 20 see
them They are charming lttle blends,
picturesque 10 marked degree, and
are dressed in Russian blouses, have
short cropped hair. and speak English
almost faultlessly as well as French
and Russian. There is "a baby in this
family also. which comes in Tor lot OF
worship from tae members of the am
bazzador's household. as wei as from
the outside world, who are more inter
es-ed ben his queer imported carriage
than 81 The baby himself
The financial agent OF the Russian
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10 reach after the old conee-house ses-
sious. memorable for their brilliant con
versatile and severe demands on the
tavern bar.
Improvements have swept away prac-
ideally an the buildings associated with
these gatherings, and the men cOmpos-
ing them. except this house OF Boswell S
and Johusou's home in Cough Square
which also bears the county council $
tablet. Where Goldsmith lived I'm Wine
Omee Court. "A row of modern buildings
now stands. and ali thrafs- the tor
turous little passages back of Fleet
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-30
Quentin Roosevelt
Baroness HSuS2l-
muu2r. Th2 Austrian
EmbaSS6dTg5S. and
hZT D5uStGr

embassy and Mime. Vilenkine also have
two children, Clarence and Olga, who
are beautiful specimens of baby life-
A Social Leader.
Little Mia Won HengelmulIer, the only
child of the Austrian ambassador and
Baroness Won Hengelmuner, is sort Of
a social leader in the ranks of baby
dom one of her customs is TO unveii a
beautiful Christmas tree every year, 10
which all of the babies Of the corps and
the bowling sWells OF babylon geuer-
ally are invited. They are given a vision
of the tree and are tempted with all
sorts of dainties manufactured express
IS for them.
While the baroness has not less than
hve pet dogs and q regular aviary in
her boudoir Miss Mia Won Heugelmul-
Ter has three or four nurses. and yet
with the dignity OF five years resting
upon her head insists upon pushing her
SELF her own imported baby wagon
regular work OF art in that line She
wears the most elaborate little French
gowns and her coats and bonuets set
the style for all the babies who breathe
the aristocratic air of Dupont Circle,
where Mile. Mia takes her morning and
afternoon airing.
Baron Won dem BUssche-H addenhau-
sen and Baroness Won dem Bussehe-
Haddenhausen are the parents OF one OF
the most beautiful babies of the Diplo-
matte Corps, who has excited no end OF
interest AT Len0x this summer He is
like his mother and is magnificent
specimen of babvhoOd
The minister from Panama and Nine
ObaIdia have one OF the very prettiest
boys I'm the corps, a beautiful child of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-30

American ambassador 10 Mexico and
Airs. Clayton pronounce her simply per-
lection she was the recipient OF some
rare gifts from the crowned heads of
Europe at the time of her birth. and. be-
sI1es. the society girls OF Washington
whom the youthful baroness had chap
eroned ora all their social iaUuts spent
dollars and dollars and hours and hours
on pretts- things to greet the advent or
the little International baby
The little children Of senior Quesadas
the CuBal minister. ana Sonora Quesa-
da have particular interest for Wash
ingtoniaus. for aside freu being dainty
specimens of child life. they were born
under the American nag and speak
English like natives. The minister and
Sonora Quesada are both exceedingly
fond of children, and once each year
celebrate with genuine child party
when the fav0rs. games, and refresh
meuts are an selected To suit the fancy
OF their children and ehiIdrans friends
Young Turks.
The Turkish minister. Chekib Bey. has
tyyo-vouug sons who came 90 Washing
ton a few years ago speaking nothing
but their mother tongue but VINO are
now sufficiently up iu English 10 hold
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-30
Bicycle Jokes Redivivus.

Nearly all OF my bicycle jokes. quite
popular I'm the middle niueties. have
been changed into automobile Jokes, and
in the new f0rm many OF them saw
themselves la print Those that do not
md such d haven viii be kept. and per-
haps within a few ears they viii ba
available as hyiug-machiue Jests.
Here is a bundle Of klondike jokes,
some OF them can be twisted into Si-
beriau jokes and given Il new lease OK
lie The climates or Siberia and the
KIoudike region are much the same. and
those frdppe jests VIII therefore apply
10 widely separated regions. The N-Tay
Jokes are not immediately available. To
twist them into radium IesIs would en-
tail as much work as constructing new
ones.-A Jokesmiths iu the BookloveEs
Magazine.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-30
BOSWELL'S RESIDENCE IN LONDON
IS TO BE MARKED WITH 4 TABLET
Next Year Visiting Amer
leans Can Identify
the House.
Hitherto No Mark Gave
Association to BiOg-
rapher'S Fame.
LONDON. October ..

London, October %.
THILE exploring the quaint old
a. courts and alleys of Fleet
v V street. which DIT. Samuel
johnson, oliver Goldsmith.
and other geniuses of their time made
famous by living iu. many an American
has looked iu vain for some house au-
IhenticalIy associated with the immortal
Boswell
Thanks 10 the perseverance OF sever
al London county council members with
true sense of historical value, those
who come here next summer may see I'm
much its original state the house at
Sc Great Queen Street which was oc-
cupied by J0hnsou's biosrapher during
part of his career I'm London. within
a few weeks the London county council
viii have placed ou the building one Of
its memorial tablets. and i'm spite of
the changes bound 10 take place ina the
ueighborhood on account OF the great
H0lb0rn- subway now uu-
der construction SO close by. it is prob
able that the old house viii be uumo-
Tested.
Was Recently Discovered.
IL was only recently that the county
councils committee discovered the iden-
uty OF this house in Great Queen Street
Last May the council gave permission
10 mark Il building III Great Portland
Street which stands Oh the site OF the
house H. wnicL. Boswell died. but this
committee managed 10 postpone placing
the tablet until iJ could mad out wheth-
er there SIN remained a house in which
I Boswell had lived. and which might
/ therefore, more ntungly be associated
with his memory.
Even before BosweITs residence ir
London, Great Queen Street was ths
/ center Of things. DruIy Lane. with Dr..
/ famous theater was short stone
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-30
Dereliets Not vsIueIess.

In the desk of any jokesmith are many
unused jests.
These dereIicts are not valueIess-
some OF them are still available with
out rewriting Merely trimming the
edges with scissors and stamping my
name and latest address ou them In
new spot win make them look like
jokes, and some editor viii then buy
them. Others VIII have 10 be rewritten
and brought up 10 date before i can
hir, them OUt TO editors who need their
services
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-30

five years, who has been named for his
father lie is the only child OF the min-
lister and Mime. obaidia. who is his see
oud wife.
Probably the baby which has awaken
ed the most interest IN Washington
society IFS the little daughter OF the Pei
giau minister and Baroness MOncheur.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-30

Street tan buildings have sprung up in
Ihe lasI nfty years.
Up nearer BoswelI's house one OF the
lasJ 10 disappear was Buttons coffee
house. one OF the most popular gather
ing places OF the time. With mach re-
EItL The present county council decided
1t must so when the whole neighbor-
hood came down 10 make way TOR q
wide street ucrthwird from the Strand,
and Americans Easy eonside IT for
tuaat. -adee5 that Jha lause ia Great
Queen Street Was discovered before a
similar fat- overlook 10.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-30

who was born at the Belgian embassy
m II Street .ast June. She is a rare
little beauty. and from the very first
refused To lose her identity in a red
face ana numerous SQUALLS which form
the Identification of al baby life. She
IS much like the beautiful American
baroness. and her grandparents, the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-30
The L0Oting Of Restaurants
By RESPECTABLE Patrons

holder and the tobasco bottle had dis
appeared together.
10 quiet way managers or cafes and
restaurants Try TO stop this polite piI-
lage. but unfortunately they lack the
cooperation of their walters. A 51-cent
tip win render a waiter obiivious TO The
facts that guests are slipping bits OF sill
yer ana table furnishings into their
pockets.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-30

~ HIS IS the season Of the year
when hotel and restaurants. as
wen as department stores. are
taking account of stock
one Of the heaviest charges on the
page devoted 10 proHt and loss in the
restaurants can be traced directly 10 the
mania Of the average New Yorker for
collecting souvenirs. The loss from
breakaee of dlsi,es iu a fashionable res
taurant or cafe is small compared with
the loss from this peculiar form of KEEP
fcInania-
4 restaurant which is particularly pop
uiar with residents OF Central Park
West has suffered extensively I'm this
way. and when the annual account ot
stock was taken the proprietors deter
mined TO select for the new Furnishings
of the tables as many unmarked ar
ticles as possible.
Even With Monograms.
AT one time they had their mono
gram ON an the slVerWaTe. the glasses.
mang or the dishes and the match safes.
au OF which disappeared.
AS an experiment they bought plain
white corrugated match safes, such as
can be bought hv the dozen in the 1--WE
patrons OF The cafe seemed 10 lose in-
terast in match safes which lacked in-
GlViduaIity.
Their codee service had included small
pitchers about two inches high ia a
good quality Of quadruple plate, bearing
the firms monogram, and these were
rerlaced by plain composition ware
which resemblad both aluminium auC
nickel Here TOO. there was less diff
Guilty Ia retaining tLeir property.
Several weeks ago or ms same res
sauraul q lru Whlch was putting out O
new lrand OF tobasco distributed SAM
ne bottles set ia email Individual cas-
rars ~ silver plate. Eighteen OF thsss
gre presented 70 tLe cafe aid placed
on as nanny tables for rrial one 5atur-
day uiglt
The Tobasco Sauce.
After Push hours were owes. about
u. tie proprietor made the rounds al
these tables 8iLh @ view or learning
how much ~ tire tobasco sauce had beer
used and what comments the Walterl
had heard about IT, The most impor
taut tact Impressed upon has mind dur
ine thfs tour was That ONT ~ elghteeI
Htue silver casters exactly nve re-
NAMED. In four instances the pretty
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-30

DR.. Johnson FIRST met This ScoJchman,
who was 10 become his greatest admireT
ira the back parlor ot little shop in
Russell Street. just around the corner
from Great Queen street. Alleraard
when Johnson lived a gausa Square,
Boswell 300 doubt louaa tine Great
Queen Street residence more convenient
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-30

throw away, while Bow Street which
AT that time was 90 I-oudon's elite what
Piccadiuy is today, was IN the height
of IT'S popularity Sir Godfrey knelier
lived iu Great Queen Street late i'm the
seventeenth century and I'm Roswelis
time Richard Sheridan had house iu
the same JhOrOughIare
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-30

Spanish" Becomes Russian"
Tor instance. md on examining
bundle which is marked War. that the
jokes included therein refer 10 the Span
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-30

r. HIS is the season Of the year
when hotel and restaurants. as
wen as department stores. are
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-11-30

We are the only firm in Fergus Co.
that buy their Rubber Goods direct
from the factory without some mid
die man getting a prift out of it
We defy a successful contradiction Of
this fact.
We will demonstrate that we own
them the right by our prices.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-20
EVENTS
Entertainments, Fairs,
SociabIes Of local interest
4 II IL

May 14-21-St Michaeps church
Hebdomad at Pythian hall. Watervllle.
May 20.-Barn dance by Brooklyn
Athletic club at their club rooms.
May 2O.-Whist by Liberty circle,
No $50, G. of f. of A., at Mechanics
hall
May 2o-North End A. G. dance at
their club rooms, cor North Vine ana
Division streets.
May 20 Monthly gathering for
league members, with concert by st
Margaret's glee club in Friendly
league hall.
May 21-American band promenade
at the auditorium.
May 81 Entertainment and dance
at Turn hall. Jefferson street
May 21-Promenade by the wafer
bury Military band at City hall.
May 21-Old fashioned kitchen dance
by s. G. of l.. A., at ~. of Y. hall.
May 21-Prof Sullivan's dancing
class closing reception and dance at
Columbus hall. Naugatuck.
MAY 22-Lecture by DIR Howard
Gibbs at City hall. p. M; supJecI
Socialism. What. Why and How"
May % Whist and sociable by 3. ~.
Nichols lodge No is, ID. of H., at fra-
ternity hall. Bank street
/ May 23-Reception and dance py
the Forty and Nine club at Il. OF y.
hall
May 24-Base ball at Athletic fleld,
Meriden High VS. Waterbury Hlsh'
game starts at $3.50.
Nav 81 Wrestling tournament any
smoker given by Empire Athletic
club at Congress hall
May % Second annual outing OF the
North End Quot club.
Nav 3O-Private dance by the Sa 60
We Wat Ia club at Leavenworth nail.
May 30-Fourth annual excursion 10
Hanover park by the Merrimae clun.
May 30-Dance by the Lady Maca-
bees at KNIGHTS of Columbus hall.
June Is. 16. .17-Queen's Daughters
charity bazaar at City hall, Tor SISTERS
of the Holy Ghost. ~
June 1S.-First annual picnic ps
| Naugatuck aerie Of Eagles, NO o4V' ~
! Linden park.
June 1s-C. T. A. q. state parade
and field day Athletic events anu
games at Driving park.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-20
L CHASE
TheMiIIer &P eek Co
Saturday Bargains from the
Kitchen Department.

AGATE WARE.
At 29c. , qt agate tea pots, value 35c.
At Ire. Large size agate wash basins,
volue 25c
At soc, Extra size agate tea kettles,
value S1.O0.
At soc, 6 at Berlin sand Npan with
cover, value. soc.
At 25c, 4 at Tipped sauce pan, 1tlue
35c.
AT 45c, Large size Dish pans value
At soc, ? at Rice Boiler, value soc.
TIN WARE.
AT 4c. Large size Bread and Cake
pans.
At Sc. p d Dipper. short handle.
At 25c, Large size Brown Bread
moulds
At Sc. Large size Colanders.
AT Sc Clothes SpfinSlers.
At 25c, Extra large Dish pans
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, &c
At Sc. Sale boxes.
At 35c, Large moulding boards
AT Acc, Large ironing boards.
At SOC, Three part clothes horse.
At &c, Wooden knife boxes
AT soc, Large clothes baskets.
AT &c, 100 clothes pins.
At lie, Large size wooden pals.
TEAS AND COFFEEs.
Well known brands. at attractively
low prices It will pay you to buy
them of us.
Arbuckles Ariosa coffee. ground or
in the bean. at BE a pound, 2 pounds
for Doc
At 29c, Genuine old Sort Java Coffee.
At 25c. Formosa Oolong tea,
LAWN MOWERS.
The sPhiladelphia' make, sos, a
three blade mower Is inch cut.
| At Sc. 90. a three blade ball bearing
mower, Is inch cut. value $500.