The Washington herald., 1906-12-04

closely the affairs Of Congress that he is
considered by the foreign element IN
Washington as an authority on American
measures and policies.
What in the world are you doing up
here?" demanded a woman In lynx furs,
as she rounded a bend in the corridor and
encountered a friend in moleskin.
The latter laughed and confessed,
"Why. / only came to satisfy my curl
osity in regard to Mr. Hearst 1 made
a wager with my husband that the In
domitable William r. would be true TO
his stay-away -from-the-H House policy. and
I'm just going over 10 the Speakers gal
lery 20 see If, by any chance. he has put
Ia an appearance"
did the Senator really think he would
be IN his seat?" questioned the lady in
the lynx.
Yes" replied the Senator's wife, "and
he promised me a new automobile coat
If he lost the wager Naturally, / am
keen 10 find out about Mr Hearst. Well.
good-by; see you later. my dear" and
the lady in moleskin hurried on.
A prominent Southern member was en-
tertalning a party Of eight at luncheon
One Of the women asked him II his fam
ily would be in Washington for the win
ter.
My wife and the newest baby always
come to Washington while Congress
meets" he replied. The rest Of the kid
dies stay down on the plantation. 1 have
lot Of them, madam, and It isn't easy
20 travel around the country and live at
hotels with half a dozen youngsters. You
can never really depend upon Southern
children's table manners-that Is. chill
dren brought up on plantation under the
care Of an old nanny and her young as
sistants. The kIddies don't come. all OF
them at once, 10 the grown-ups' table.
and on plantation, where there IS a
good deal Of company. they all eat to-
gether in a room by themselves. One by
one, as they grow old enough, a child is
allowed to come to the family table to be
taught his manners
II didn't realize what little heathens nv
youngsters were until we were bringing
them back from the mountains this fall
We arrived at a place called Spartaas-
burg one night after the hotel dining
room was closed. There was nothing TO
do but TO marshal my progeny out TO a
cafe for supper When I asked my son
Of six years what he wanted to drink. he
piped up, 'COCOa-cOla, if you please That
set everybody in the safe snikering, and
IL wasn't the worst thing that happened.
no, indeed madame
DO you wonder madam. that we are
timid about bringing all our children to
live in a Washington hotel for the win
ter, that we come attended only by the
latest baby?"
That looks like the Walsh family oyer
there lunching with the Senator from
Colorado" said a keen-eyed girl in the
Senate restaurant, to whom the duty Of
pointing out celebrities to her older com
panions seemed to fan. Did you ever see
such stunning cOloTing as Miss Evelyn
Walsh has? She is the same type as her
mother but even more brilliant In effect
I heard the other day how perfectly love-
ly Mr.. and Mrs. Walsh are to their old
friends out West. Wealth and prosperity
and the friendship Of kings haven't in
the least turned their heads. Every sum
mer they go back to Colorado and spend
exactly as much money entertaining
the people they knew in the Old days
as they spend here in Washington, and
you know their dinners and balls and
musicals are famous.
Everybody says Mr.. Walsh is going
to be a future Senator from Colorado,
and I guess that's So"
It was blowing great and little guns
about o'clock. when several luncheon
parties came out OF the Capitol and got
into the automobiles that waited to con-
vey the fashionable world to a less
breezy part Of town than Capitol Hill.
Difficulty was experienced In getting
half a dozen ostrich plumes that glori-
fed one gorgeous hat, under cover Of an
ample automobile veil, for the immediate
neighborhood Of the George Washington
statue is a place where the ozone runs
riot. Two men and three women assisted
at the operation, and Just as the millinery
was thought to be nicely moored fierce
gusts Of wind came from four different
directions and took an eshes-of-roses
feather high I'D in the air. The feather
wasn't the only runaway, for the silk
hats of the two cavaliers In the auto
mobile went bowling separate ways
through the flying dust. For five minutes
there was an exciting chase by small
boys, cabbies, and pedestrians. An imp of
q bootblack rescued the feather and
pucked I'D his lips and whistled gayly
the ancient tune of Yankee Doodle" as
the automobile load, with us restored and
damaged property, steamed OF.