The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-11

gage wagons trundling constantly
through the streets piled high with
trunks, and boarding coming down
from doors and windows, are among
the many signs of the times that mark
an unusually early return of the
fashionable world to Washington.
The return of the President and his
family in little less than a week will
bring back the higher officials of the
government, including the Cabinet IA
milies-all except Mrs Morton and Mrs
Metcalf who may not arrive before the
middle of October. Mrs Morton, wife
of the new Secretary of the Navy. went
from New York to her home in Chicago
with her daughter and niece, as she had
planned to do when she started
with the Secretary on his fascinating
tour of inspection of the most delight
full summer resorts on the Eastern
coast. She and Miss Morton will not
come to Washington until the Secre-
tary has found home for them for
the winter--which, by the way, is no
easy matter. They do not wish to live
in a hotel or apartment house, but are
looking for a commodious private
house suited to large entertaining.
Mrs. Metcalf, wife of the new Secre-
tary of Commerce and Labor, is still
in her California home, where the
Secretary is just now enjoying his va
cation They expect to come East the
last of September, but will visit their
son in Annapolis before coming to
Washington for the winter.
Mrs. Shaw and her daughters and
Miss Flora Wilson are the first to
the Cabinet ladies to arrive-the first
named family coming direct from a
delightful outing of several weeks at
Squirrel Island, Me-, opposite Booth
bay harbor. The Secretary of the
Treasury spent only a few days there
with his wife and daughter before go
ing West.
The Secretary of State and Mrs.
Hay have had quiet summer in their
cottage on Lake Sunahee, where they
have remained continuously except for
the few weeks Mrs. Hay spent with
her daughter when the second grand
child arrived. Mrs. Hitchcock and her
daughters have spent the summer
rather quietly in their Newhampshire
home. The Secretary of the Interior
will return to Washington very soon,
but it is not known just when the
ladies of the family will come. Mrs.
Taft is still at Murray Bay, where
the family have spent the summer,
and she will remain there until the
early cold weather of the locality
drives her southwark. J.. Mrs. Payne,
wife of the Postmaster General, ar
rived at jamestown, N. Y, a few days
ago. After a short visit in that va
entity she will return to her apart
ments in the Arlington Hotel, which
she occupied last winter.
Hard Times for Househunters.
Heads of families who are searching
Washington for winter quarters are
having a hard time of it. Apartment
houses galore have gone up during the
summer, so numerously that one
would think unnumbered thousands
might find ample accommodation. But
what to do with the children is the
burning question with fathers and
mothers.
The wife of a popular Congressman
said to me: 81 think that President
Roosevelt, who has expressed himself
so forcibly on the race suicide ques-
ton, ought to turn a watchful eye on
the doings in Washington. 1t doesn
Go any good to preach the gospel OF
large families when every real estate
agent and landlord is doing his worst
TO discourage a rising generation. I've
been looking for three weeks for win
ter quarters, and from present indi-
cations | shall go on looking till doom's-
day. We don't take children and
dogs or cats, they tell you at all OF
the apartment hotels. We don't rent
tirst-class apartments to persons with
Children they tell you at all the rent
ing offices. We never take children,
say all the select boarding houses
Same way at every decent hotel. YOU
can take your piano and your canary
your coronet, flute, fiddle and mando-
lin into any house in town, but if you
try to smuggle child in you'll be
thrown out bodily. The child in the
house isn't a well-spring of pleasure
any more. 1t is crime and a crime
not to be encouraged by those wht
have houses or rooms to rent in Wash
ington. My children are too old tC
be left on the steps of a foundling's
home, and l have a foolish prejudice
against killing them; but doubtless
shall be driven to it in time. Apart
ment houses, boarding houses and no.
tells won't have them under any con.
slderation, and the nights are getting
too cold to let them sleep in the parks
l wish to goodness that the people whC
prate so much about race suicide
would devote a little time to the woe;
OF those of us who have done our duty
by the census"
At the Oriental Legation.
The Chinese Minister returned to his
legation yesterday. with his two LITTLE
sons and daughter, whom he took witt
him on his Northern visit He wen