The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-27

Especial to Tho Tlmes-Dispatch)
4 WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 2s.--With
tho presidential election and Its con,ribu-.
tary interests a thing OF the past. and tho
last Of the nations foreign guests wined
and dined as BELTS their station and the
Z American pocketbook, popular attention is
nov focused upon tho return Of Congress
which will convene December g. for a
short session.
Knowing that the date Is const tuition
lily fixed and It's approach is inevitable
as fate Uncle Sam is rushing through his
annual housecleanng at tho Capitol. Not
only are the legislative halls being put
4 into order for the coming OF the national
legislators but every committee room is
being made as clean as soap and water
can make It. and the handle OF every
big front door Is polished for the use
OF constituents. Twenty-elght OF these
rooms are re-decorated and furnished with
new carpets and mahogany furniture to
harmonzet with the color scheme adopted
!, In the committee rooms which were form
cd a few years ago In the space formerly
occupied by the Library OF Congress.
Senator Chester T. Long, OF Kansas. is
the latest recruit In the ranks OF Con-
gressmen and Senators owning their home
In Washington. Senator Longs new resi-
dence Is on Massachusetts Avenue, In the.
same block as Senators Deliver. OF Iowa,
and Burrows OF Michigan. The German
and Russian Ambassadors are also near
neighbors, while diagonally across the
street Is the Louise Home for aged women
OF gentle birth, where some OF the bellies
OF q generation ago now reside. Con-
nj "a onv1cv hn inv n a nj nvpa
A Is Mrs. Letltta Tyler semple. who as First
Lady of the Land during part Of Presi-
dent Tyler's administration. was leader
in society both here and In Virginia, her
native State. @ # 5 s5 l5iiis,4
She 1t was who planned and presided
Z over the state dinner given at the White
House for the Prince de Joinvlle. on the
occasion OF his visit TO America for the
purpose OF officially investigating the ru-
mors concerning the identity OF an Epis-
copal clergyman OF Green Bay, W!scon-
sin, who claimed to be the Dauphln, and
Son OF Louis XVI.
'At this dinner" said Mrs. Semple in
a recent conversation, Mr.. Fox. the Brit
p ish Ambassador sat at my fathers right
and the Prince. who sat on his left aimed
with a sFrenchman's intutivc dislike for
John Bull, a polite but pointed shaft now
and then at the ponderous Engllshman.
and the President afterward confided to
me that he was kept busy dlverting the
conversation into other channels.
Tho first state dinner OF international
Importance during the present season, was
given on Friday evening In honor OF the
two distinguished officers OF the imperial
German Army sent to represent Emperor
S William n at the unwilling OF the statue
of Frederick the Great. When Germany
and the United states last exchanged in
ternatonal Fluctuations, the Presidents
daughter shared honors with Prince Henry
Of Prussia. This time, she was con-
spicuous by her absence from the city.
Her friends, Miss Pauline Morton and Miss
Edith Root, were the young people in
vitcd TO meet the feted German ENJOYS
at the White House.
During tho visit OF Lieutenant General
Won Leewenfeld and Major Count Won
Schmettow, the hospitality OF tho Ger
man Embassy was continuous. The large
reception on Friday afternoon served a
double purpose. In that 1t was also a fare
Well for the Baron and Baroness Won
Sternbcrg who sail early In the week for
SIX weeks visit to the fatherland.
Mrs. Herbert II. D, Pierce, wife Of the