The Washington herald., 1906-12-10
EPISODES HERE
AND ELSEWHERE

The badge Of mourning and the insignia
Of fraternity got rather ludicrously en-
/ tangled in a Connecticut avenue car the
/ other afternoon
At Farragut Park an unusually we'll
dressed man, the chancellor at one of the
1 Embassies, boarded the car lie was
/ Immediately groomed, and upon one
sleeve of his dark gray Prince Albert
coat a band of black broadcIoth pro-
claimed that he was observing a period
/ Of mourning. He took a seat halfway
up the car. At K street the car stopped
again, and there entered a young woman
wearing a mauve tailor gown. She sat
down next to the diplomat, and one
( sleeve Of her coat was also adorned with
a broad cloth band. It was not a badge
/ Of mourning 1t was pale blue in color
and upon its azure field three Greek let
/ ters In white stood forth conspicuOusly.
/ They were Phi Delta Theta"
/ At ! street the car made another stop
and an abnormalIy heshy colored woman
/ waddled in and took a seat on the other
side of the diplomat. She wore q shah
I by tan coat and the sleeve that brushed
against the aristocratic arm OF diplO-
macy had a much crinckled, bat very
wide band of crepe sewed on with unmls-
/ taxable green thread. The crepe had
worn woolly and gray from long service.
and passengers on the opposite side OF
! the car could not restrain their smiles al
the incOngruOus assortment Of sleeve
/ decoration offered for view.
At the next stop of the car small boy
climbed in with his nurse His REFER
| had the yellow band and insignia of the
cavalry stitched onto the sleeve. Directly
the little fellow was settled in his sect
his eyes rOamed about among his fellow
/ passengers and. fastening upon the diplO-
mat. the colored mourner. and the Greek
/ fraternity enthusiast, they grew round
with wonder.
why, Katie, he piped up 10 the nurse.
patting his own beloved cavalry stripes,
all of us mas got something booful on
our sleeves, but mine Is booEer than the
gentleman's. the lady's or the big mamy's
don't you fink so?"
Every one in the car Uttered. with the
exception OF the diplomat, who pulled his
mustache and gave the signal for the
car 20 stop. As he left the car. q pretty
/ girl remarked TO her mother That was
/ "a clear case Of bluff He understands
English perfectly. but he preferred that
the people in this car should believe
that be is utterly unconscious Of that
small boys ingenious comments"
One popular ex-member Of the House of
| Representatives, who lost his district in
the November election. has views exclu-
sively his own regarding benefits derived
from the campaign Of women.
He represents q district out West. and
woman friend, believing she understood
methods Of rendering people popular in
duced the young politician 10 give a tea
IN the parlOrs OF the best hotel in a
certain town. She willingly assumed the
management OF the affair. being thor
oughly at home IL the tea-giving bust
ness, and assured the Congressman that
she would relieve him of all bother with
regard 10 the~list OF invited guests. Pre-
suming that her judgment was good, the
candidate for reelection gave hes carte
blanche TO proceed with the entertain
ment
Woman-like, the jealous friend picked
the very cream Of local society 10 invite
Ga the tea II WAS very elegant enter
tainment. and the guests represented the
most exclusive and conservative elements
Of the town
And that is why the member is not
coming back 10 Congress after his short
session
Chief Justice Fuller is having his por-
trait done in oil The picture is under
way at the home Of the Chief Justice,
where sittmgs are given the artist every
morning for an hour or more.
The portrait represents the Chief Jus
tice IN a sitting posture. something as he
appears when presiding on the bench
He Is leaning forward on one arm, with
one hand in the foreground
II is understood that the painting IS
destined to occupy a place of honor in the
United States Supreme Court