The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-05-31
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The Presidents 'toifpanions on. the
tennis court are sslfa1iyGifford Pinchot,
the Government Foqester: Lawrence o.
Murray. Assistant Secretary Of COM
merce and Labor: James r. GARFIELD,
Commissioner Of Corporations. and
sometimes tho Freaecie ambassador. or
Herbert Knox Smith, Deputy Commits
sioner OF CorpOratlons, The President
always plays doubles 1t tennis. Tennis
10 the Presidents Sunshine play. II It
rains he gets into wetrReather toys and
goes on long trampH or horseback rides.
His friends will ride with him. but he Is
such m unmerciful walker that bust
ness comes in handy for those men who
are not particularly athletic and who do
not want to try one OF the Presidents
John c. Dueber. Of Canton. o., for 20
years q close personal friend OF the late
city, and gives us q leaf out Of the book
of the past.
Il live just across the street from the
Mckinley homestead. and I see Mrs.
Mckinley almost every day." said Mr..
'Dueber. 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 1t 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
tomb. Very few people see her. Mr..
Cortelyou sends flowers now and then.
but 1t Is all quite different from what it
was five years ago.
1.-The edifice in which the body Of the
President reposes is not yet completed.
t~,,k y
the work is proceeding slowly. Two
years ago the amount collected was
100000. but 1 understand that no ac-
counting of the money has been made.
and that 1t 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 service Of 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
Bench. It 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 IL he had any in
tention OF accepting the nomination for
the Presidency.
Just now we are entertaining a very
distinguished suest 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-
etan Hindu Princes OF India. His wife,
the Maharanee, Is tiny and looks like a
doll. She, too. is dark. and rather pref
ty. She cannot be very old. certainly
not above 30, yet she has a grand
daughter. His Highness wears the
clothes Of well-dressed business man,
and the only piecefSf jewelry in sight is
the two s'' you eanns You ao ,s'f tns
could have been SO talked about at the
wonderful Durbar. in India a year or
two back It is stated dnat he has fabu-
lousy rich gems. and, that when he puts
walking Tiffany establishments. His
robes are inerusted With jewels Of the
richest and rarest. and he has ropes Of
pearls. chains OF diamonds and rubies
from here to yonder. But they are not
in eWdence here. D'6
IL y - - .4,+t
Madame. the Maharanee. wears a por-
ton OF her native, costume only. She
n nss aesa e sfs Is e. s.asn sifG
man. with lustrous dark eyes. smooth.
black hair, and clear, dark olive skin
At dinner the other night she mace
quite picture in her quantity "a shioned
gown Of white silk tissue figured with
pale blue flowers. Over her head she
a WI 1on ~ nd OF
ter Of her forehead. held by tiny gold
chain, caught above either temple. she
wore he.large ruby ornament which is
the tewen OF her rank About her neck
she wore a turquoise necklace Of unique
design. The party occupied one Of the
ner where they were good and stared
at.
They have a whole regiment OF at
tendants. but these are not housed at
the willard. It Is not proper under
HindOo laws for master and servant tal
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'll
away. He Is thoroughly democratic in
his ways Of doing thines: for instance
instead OF having a special train he and
his wife came over from New York in q
.
Why. our President can't go to Balti-
more without a hurrah Of special Off
cials. 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 hasl
come on a business tour, and hopes to
get American trade for his section of
Mahomet's vineyard. and to interest the
United States I'm his country. He trav-
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 a dinner
The little lady does not have to hide
her face from the sight OF men. and
those big. black eyes OF hers take I'm all
there is to be seen.
Secretary Taft urges that Congress
give the Panama Canal Commission the
right to purchase supplies abroad i'll
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
Expositions has ordered a favora BILE re-
port on concurrent resolution request