The National tribune., 1906-05-31
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merce and Labor James r. Garfield,
Commissioner Of Cerporations, and
sometimes the French, ambassador, or
Herbert Knox Smith, Deputy Commits
sioner of Corporal iOnS, The President
always plays doubles at tennis Tennis
is the Presidents sunshine play II It
rains he gets into wet-weather togs and
goes on long tramps or horseback rides.
His friends will ride with him. but he is
such an unmerciful walker that busi-
ness comes in handy for those men who
are not particularly athletic and who do
not want to try one Of the Presidents
trampS.
John C. paeber. OF Canton. o., for 20
years a close personal friend of the late
President Mckinley. has been in the
city. and gives us a leaf out of the book
of the past.
'I live just across the street from the
Mckinley homestead. and 1 see Mrs.
Mckinley almost every day." said Mr
Dueher. Every morning she drives out
to the tomb of the martyr President and
places flowers there. She leaned upon
him through the years she was an in
valid to such an extent that it is doubly
hard for her to be alone. She is just
as she used to be when in Washington.
and is attended constantly by nurses
and lives between the old home and the
Cortelyou sends flowers now and then.
but it is all quite different from what it
was five years ago.
''The edifce in which the body of the
President reposes is not yet completed.
but two stories have been finished. and
the work is proceeding slowly. Two
years ago the amount collected was
$500 900, but / understand that no ac-
counting of the money has been made.
and that it is still being collected
through the 'endless-chain' method"
Associate Justice Henry Billings
Brown will retire from the United
States Supreme Court next October. af-
ter a service cf Is years. The members
of the Bench and Bar in the District of
Columbia purpose giving the retiring
Justice a banquet. which will be given
at the Willard on the evening of May
81. 1t has been definitely announced
that Secretary Taft will be the successor
of Justice Brown upon the Supreme
Bench. 1t is suggested that this will
bar Secretary Taft from nomination for
the Presidency. as it is thought that he
would scarcely accept the nomination
to the Supreme Court if he had any in
tention of accepting the nomination for
the Presidency.
Just now we are entertaining a very
distinguished guest, in many ways the
most distinguished who has ever come
to Washington. It is. the Maharaiah
Gaikwar of Baroda. Gujareth. India
The short. fat little gentleman with the
long name is dark. and not handsome,
and he is one of the first of the Mahom-
etaE Hindu Princes of India. His wife,
the Maharanee, is tiny and looks like
doll. She. too. is dark. and rather pret-
ty. She cannot be very old. certainly
not above 80, yet she has a grand
daughter. His Highness wears the
clothes of a well-dressed business man.
and the only pieceisf jewelry in sight is
his watch chain. which is attached to
plain gold watch. When you look at
the two you cannot Imagine how they
could have been SO talked about at the
wonderful Durbar. in India year or
two back. 1t is statei ehat he has fabu-
lousy rich gems. and that when he puts
on his lugs at home he looks like a
walking Tiffany establishment His
robes are incrusted With jewels of the
richest and rarest.y and he has ropes of
pearls. chains of diamonds and rubies
from here to yonder. But they are not
in evidence here. D'6
Madame. the Maharanee wears a por-
ton of her native costume only. She
has always lace or silken scarf over
her head! She is a Slender little wo-a
man. with Iustrous dark eyes. smooth
black hair, and clear. dark olive skin.
At dinner the other night she mace
quite picture in her quaintly-fashioned
gown of white silk tissue figured with
pale blue flowers. Over her head she
wore white lace scarf. and at the CEN
ter of her forehead. held by tiny gold
chain, caught above either temple. she
wore the large ruby ornament which is
Nt.n H.. Il.
she wore a turquoise necklace of unique
design. The party occupied one of the
boxes at the Beiasco Theater after din
ner, where they were good and stared
at.
They have n whole regiment Of at
tendants. but these are not housed at
the Willard. 1t is not proper under
Hindoo laws for master and servant to-
be covered by one and the same roof.
and 50 the servants are taken care of
elsewhere. The Prince is enormously
rich. but he isn't throwing any of it
away. He is thoroughly democratic in
his ways of doing things: for instance,
instead of having a special train he and
par;or car. Think Of that, will you?
Why. our President can't go to Balti-
more without hurrah of special Off
cia.s. military clap-trap and a special
car. The Prince has been here before.
and he declares that he shall come
again. He likes us, he says. He has
come on r business tour, and hopes to
get American trade for his section of
Mahomets vineyard. and to interest the
United States in his country. He tray
els incognito. after a fashion. and so
has not TO be entertained officially. but
he and Madame lunched with the Presi-
dent twice and were given dinner.
The little lady does not have to hide
her face from the sight of men. and
those big. black eyes of hers take in all
there is to be seen.
Secretary Taft urges that Congress
give the Panama Canal Commission the
right to purchase supplies abroad il
they find the prices too stiff in the Unit
ed States.
Without committing the Government
to the expenditure of any money, the
House Committee on Industrial Arts and
EXpostions has ordered a favorable re-
port on a concurrent resolution request
ing the President to invite the Cover
nors of the States to participate in the
Tampa Exposition. in May. 1908. to
commemorate the beginning of work on
the Panama Canal. THE President is
requested to hold naval review in
Tampa Bay during the Exposition.
And here we have been thinking that
this canal was commenced long, long
ago.
The President Will make the Fourth
of July address at sOgster Bay. July 4.
That ought to be n ,prettv good indica-
w Ttn a rot