The National tribune., 1907-03-07


cnth Cavalry. one of the Presidents
Aids. and by Col. Bromwell. who es-
cortcd him to the Blue Room. In the
luc Room the ambassador and his
staff were met by Secretary of Stale
Root. and two or three minutes later
President Roosevelt entered the apart
nnont from the State dining-room and
greeted the Embassador cordially,
scarcely waiting for the formal pre-
sentatian by the Secretary of state.
The usual formal speeches were
made and the time-honored conven-
tons nf such occasions were observed
bat the affair was marked by much in
Formally before AIR. Bryce took ms
leave He and the Presi'eH. had met
during Il prior visit of Mr.. Bryce To tniS
country and they chatted informally
and spritedIy on various subjects. The
interview lasted about twenty minutes
and shortly before . o'clock Embassa-
dor Bryce took his leave, returning TO
S;oucleieh Court as he came. in the
Presidents carriage, accompanied by
col Bromwell.
Embassador Bryce was attired in the
full dress uniform worn by British dip
;oniats of the first rank, and all the
members Of his staff wore the appro-
pirate uniforms of their respective
ranks. The ambassador wore an over
coat heavily trimmed with fur- Col.
nromwcll and Capt. Lee wore the uni
forms, respectively, of Colonel of En-
gineers and a Captain of Cavalry in
the United States Army.
Altogether, il was brilliant assem-
blagc. but the Formally of the occasion
was relieved just after the party left the
White House by a SnoWballing match
between Capt Lee and Archie Roosa-
welt. the Presidents third son. who was
living in wait for him outside the porte
cochere.
After all we may not get to keep our
rich Mexicann Senor Enrique Creei.
ambassador from Mexico. His people
have nominated 1im for Governor of
chihuahua, his home State. and will
vote for him in June. He says if he is
elected il will be his duty to go back 10
the people who love him and serve
them. which is being truly loyal to ones
home, To say the least.
Here is story which Lieutenant
Commander Crank. commanding the
Louisiana. told on President Roosevelt:
''The day before we got back 10
Hampton Roads one of the officers re-
minded the President that he hadn't [
thrown the usual shovelful Of coal into
the furnaces The President and Mr..
Taft attacked coal heap together. and
Mr.. Tart, despite his handicap. showed
himself to be a better coal shoveier
than the President. However, tho Mr..
Taft was a good shoveler he wasn't any
fancy shoveler The President said it
was only a little thing for him to do,
but it pleased the officers, and especially
the men,.
In the House of Commons the other
day Harry Liddell. member from West
Down. Unionist. asked the Government
whether the civil service rule requiring
ambassadors to retire at the age Of 90
would be enforced in the case of James
Bryce. the ambassador to the United
States. who viii be 20 years old in May
of next year.
Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey
replied that the Prime Minister had the
power to recommend that the King ex-
tend the period OF an ambassador 5
service. lie added that this power had
been exercised three times in the case
OF Sir Julian Pauncefote.
And after all the furry President
! Roosevelt did not appoint negro in
Senator Foraker's bailiwick. to get even
with the senior Senator from Ohio.
"The February 2S Birthday Associa-
tion OF the House of Representatives
held its annual meeting on that day.
and celebrated the event with lunch
con in the House restaurant. The two
| charter members present were Repre-
sentative Kahn. of California, and Rep
! resentative Finley. of South Carolina
both of whom We're born on February
/ IS. 1861, the former at Kuppenheim
Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany. and
! the latter ut Yorkvlle. York County
s. g. The two charter members absent
! We're Representative Johnson, of South
| Carolina, born February 2S. 1858, and
Representative w. Bourke Cochran, OF
! New York, born in Ireland Feb. 2S
! 1854 The latter, aitho the oldest men,
married, and is travelling abroad or his
I honeymoon. 4 message of fe!icitatior
/ was sent 10 him and also to Mr.. John
son, who. altho in this country. found
| il impossible to attend the celebration
the one qualification for which is thai
the member must have been born OF
the last regular day of the second month
i of the year.
! The celebration was a very joyous
. affair, and before the association ad-
| journed resolution was adopted fav.
oring Constitutional amendment max
ing February % legal holiday be
/ cause so many famous Congressm1r
were born on that day.
+, A curious gathering was seen at the
/ main door of the House one afternoon
i last week. On one side of the messen
gers stood three big Sioux Indians. theii
features as exlressionless and stolid Il.
I the statues in Statuary Hall. Facing
I them, in all the glory of a bright col
ored silk kimona. her little feet rest
ing in sandals. with head bare and hel
J artistically coifiured raven locks set Of
with one large pink and one large ret
1 carnation, stood diminutive. pretty
rcd-cheeked Japanese maiden. Be
tween the Indians and the JapaneS,
lady stood William L. Vernon, peri.a p
as black negro as can he found in tn,
! United States. Persons hurrying pas
invariably stopped for an instant t,
size up the little group and then Wen
on their way smiling. Messenger boz
= and older people. too, gathered abJu
T To admire the little Japanese beaut
without rudely staring. and she did no
seem TO mind at all the attention sh
was attracting. Besides the nationaIi
4. ties mentioned. there were in the crow,
, about the door people from half IL;
! States Of the Union, who were yaitin,
, to see members from their home dis
tricts.
l Edmund de Salem Macsoud Bey, o
Alexandria, Egypt, is the first to max
. formal application for admission to tn
, College of the Political Sciences to b