The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-03
THE FINISHED"
SHOWN AROUND
Opportunities for the Graduates
to See Into the Official
DenS.
THE DARK P0TENTATE,
A MAINTAINED MAN
Society Events in the Ranks of
WashingtOn's Smart
Special to The Tribune.


WASHINGTON. June 2.-All that isn't
heather princes and dark complexoned
creatures OF that sort In Washington
nowadays, Is commencements. There are
moro fashionable finishing schools" for
girls to the square inch here than in any
othor town in captivity. Tho number Is
appalling. The bait that most allures the
pretty creatures TO the capital is the
glamor OF official life here and the free
ior-all opportunities OF getting noXt to tho
spectacular pcrsonaGes that populate tho
headlines of the daily papers. All this
sort of thing has Its social ad-
vantage THAI appeals, so it's exactly this
sort of thing that's worked to a fine finish
by the lady End gentleman principals who
do flourlshing business in Washington
The paternal and maternal government
Is most obliging In alfordinB soclo-ed
tional opportunities to its aspiring on
spring. Al every single large White House
reception Invitations are always sent TO
carefully edited number of nonresident
school girls who attend In a bunch and
lovely costumes. Scholastlcally chaper-
oned The President Is always particu-
larly suayc and toothsome TO these eN-
cited palpitating young things. Slnco the
multiplication of Fashionable Finishing
Schools" at the capital, the limo has TO be
moro closely drawn by the powers that be,
across the applications for invitations on
the part OF ambitious principals and for
the most part only those school girls are
hidden to the WhitB House who were
never bidden before, thus giving oil new
comers chance. The President and Mrs,
Roosevelt VIII often grant special audi
enco TO posse of young women from
some particular school introduced by
member of the fncufty, II the interview
huS been arranged for previously. one or
the most carking OF all Congressional
cares is the conducting OF lunches of
sweet school misses. at the Instance OF
r,Grt,1 t,.t Hsa- 1Ih m
portant constituents in the faraway home
States-to call upon tho President In ms
private office. This Is a little choro that
ven the most piouS-mlnded Representa-
tive Will shirk so far as it doesn't place
vote for him In his home district, in Jeop-
urdy.
for tours OF Inspection among the vari-
Gus legations ana departments. and for
special dispensations at the Capitol and
at the homes of prominent dignitarles
Vice-President and Mrs. Fairbanks often
graciously receive an accredited bevy OF
school girls, Admiral and Mrs. Dewey and
Mrs John A Logan, displaying and eX-
planning TO them all the wonders and the
curios OF their menage- The Chinese Min
lister and other diplomats frequently de-
liver lectures to lovely undergraduates at
their alma matters The present Minister
from the Celestial kingdom, Sin ChentunS
LANG -Cheng, K. C, NJ. G.. Envoy Elk
traordinnry and Minister Plenipotentiery.
has received exactly twenty-siN urgent
applications this year TO deliver COM
mcnccment addresses
The commercial value OF official prestige
IS so well recognized by educational insti-
tutions here. that more than one adver-
tises Itself as boing opposite the White
House" or I'm the vicinity Of all the most
Important legations" Consequently then.
there is a strong social as well rs pictorial
flavor to the myriads of beflowered and
befrilled commenccments that have been
taking place for week or so in Wash
1ngton,
All of which is paying no attention
whatsoever TO the most illustrious and un-
pronounceable and bewhiskered heather
who has occupied the center of the stage
in Washington IN many a day, his royal
highness the Maharatah, GaekwaT of Ba-
roda. Sir Sayaji Rao III: Sena Khas Khel.
Sam Sher Bahadur. Franzand-I-Hkaso-
Dowlat-I -Inglishia, first In rank among
Hindoo princes. all one man. And such
a little man at that, not a tenth as tall as
his name. In spite Of his seven million
year the dusky little pudgy potentate re-
minds you of a respectable colorcd butler.
He has nice, United States table manners
and likes tho things 70 eat We like.
1t was most interesting TO watch the IL
lustrious little Oriental with his entire