The Washington herald., 1907-01-19
MAIDS FROM TROY VIEW CITY
Party of Nine, Under Powerful
Guard, Meets President.
Gaze WistfuIIy nt Millions In Treas
ury and Hope to See More
Wonders To-day.

Nine little maids from Troy, zealously
champeroned by two fair Trojans of the
married. persuasion and personally con-
Quoted by one of Mr.. Cooks eldest and.
for such a charge, most reliable agents,
are at present engaged in doing Wash
ington" in two days and a half
They arrived yesterday morning. regis
tered at the ShOreham, did" the de-
partments, the White House, and the
Capitol in the morning, shopped in the
afternoon. dined around one large table
at the Shoreham, visited the Library IN
the evening. held little party in one OF
the hotel rooms. voted unanimously that
Washington is grand, but Troy is the
best place this side Of Heaven" and went
10 sleep To dream Of strange places and
old sights and familiar faces in the home
of the Great American Boiled Shirt up
York State.
Their visit to the National Capital will
mark the close Of seven days Of delirious
JOY. Selected by vote from among the
many members of The Booster Club,
social and benevolent organization in the
city that is such a long walk from
Schenectady, the nine sisters OF Helen,
and their two chaperops, also members Of
the club, packed their grips and left their
native heath Monday morning bound for
New York and-a voyage Of wonders. BY
boat they were taken from Gotham to
Old Point Comfort. After two days In the
tropics, they journeyed up the old Po-
tomac and disembarked at the foot Of
Seventh street.
My. I thought Washington was such
a pretty place" said one Of the youngest
in the party. as they took d car for up
town.
I guess this isn't a swell neighboT-
hood" explained another dainty Trojan
Yesterday morning AT 10 o'clock. or
thereabout. the little party of wanderers
were ushered into the genial presence Of
the President The Chief Executive greet
ed them with one OF his famous smiles
and a few words Of welcome that left his
visitors speechless with delight
IF Nj. Roosevelt ever runs for PTcsi-
dent again and my brother Ben doeSn I
vote for him. I'll never speak To him as
long as I live" declared the same little
maid that had been surprised at the
lecture on the river front.
Then came the tour of the Treasury
Department. The visitors saw millions Of
dollars stacked in the vaults and the
other interesting things that only visi-
tors 10 Washington ever take the trouble
10 see. and departed awed beyond meas
ure. The other departments, the Capitol,
and the Library in the evening rounded
ont the day of sightseeing.
To-day they VIII be personally con-
Quoted through the Bureau Of Engraving
and Printing, the Washington Monument
the National Museum. and the Smithson-
ian Institution, and as many other inter
esting places as possible. On Sunday the
personal conductor will hand TO the rail-
road conductor one dozen tickets to New
York. and the last stage OF the weeks
tour will be under way.
The nine little maids, as registered at
the Shoreham. are May Berger. Mary
Donaher. Adelaide Wise, Maize Z. Henry
Alma Mccoy. Florence Sambrook. Lucy
Strain. Blanche Leathan, and Julia Hop
kins. The two chapeTons are Mrs. Ada
williamson and Mrs. Bertha Gridley.
W. e Parsons is the personal conductor.
irreverentIy called Grandpa by his
youthful charges.
Il tell you. I have my hands full taking
care of these youngsters" said Mr- Par
sons TO d representative of The Washing
ton Herald last night. Several Of them
have never been so far away from home
before, and I have To be mighty careful.
have noticed several young men who
looked as if they would like to butt
in if given half a chance. They didn' I
GET the chance however